Jarrett Stepman: Obama's Legacy Crumbles Before His Eyes

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I was an Obama fanboy.

Really bad.

In my defense, though I read news obsessively, my understanding of the positions and movements in American politics was pathetic. And I barely read conservative sources...largely because I thought that, by reading the NYT and (mainly) the WaPo obsessively, I was getting the most accurate available version of current events. (Which, hell, may actually be true...they may be the best...but they're extremely biased and not very good.) But, much as I tried to be objective, I thought the blue team was the good guys and the red team was the bad guys. That thought--or feeling--was just lodged deep in my brain. Or soul. Or whatever.

Well, anyway.

Enough about my epistemic failures...

Though I've moved significantly to the right, some of that happened because the left moved so insanely far left. To some extent it's no movement at all on my part. That's the Colin Wright point:

But I also actually moved right--largely because I finally came to understand more about political issues, more about economics, more about the right--and more about the left.

But anyway:

I've always been opposed to the PC left--or, rather: I was opposed to it when I first encountered it as radical feminism as an undergraduate, and then, when political correctness called by that name took over campuses my second or third year of grad school, I was its most vocal opponent in the department. Anyone who's read Orwell should have vocal opponents ofit...but damn few actually were.

The point, really:

I wouldn't have supported Obama--ever--if I'd have known that he was a PC leftist at heart--or, even if he isn't--that he would help kick off something like the "Great Awokening." (The Great Retardening would be a better term...)

Well, maybe this is the real point:

I'm still not convinced that he's a leftist at heart...but there are bad signs.

And I just did not know about (or I've forgotten about)--this Executive Order.

Anyway.

I now don't know what to make of Obama. I still like things about him--e.g. his "no drama" demeanor... There's just no comparison to Trump's all-carnage-all-the-time demeanor.

I'm still think hope is important...but change...shudder...I now realize that's an ominous slogan. Not that I think much should be made of slogans--generally.

Well, that's all.

Almost all:

Don't miss some of the great links in the piece, especially this link to a piece by the great Zack Goldberg: "How the Media Led the Great Racial Awakening."