{"id":2021944,"date":"2023-09-05T08:19:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T12:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-activists-used-to-be-about-fighting-the-man-now-they-are-the-man\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T08:22:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T12:22:45","slug":"leftist-activists-used-to-be-about-fighting-the-man-now-they-are-the-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-activists-used-to-be-about-fighting-the-man-now-they-are-the-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftist activists were once against &#8216;The Man,&#8217; but now they have become &#8216;The Man.&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleftist-activists-used-to-be-about-fighting-the-man-now-they-are-the-man%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2021944&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n      <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>The Left&#8217;s Transformation: From Rebels \u200bto the New Establishment<\/h2>\n<p>For decades, the left defined itself by its opposition to authority, gleefully fighting the old conservative fuddy-duddys in power. But as a\u200b slew of formerly rebellious rockstars have learned, the left has since become the very thing\u200c it \u200cused to fight.<\/p>\n<p>Alice Cooper, a famously painted-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-shill-bruce-springsteen-arrested-for-dwi-reckless-driving-in-new-jersey\/\" title=\"Democrat Shill Bruce Springsteen Arrested for DWI, Reckless Driving in New Jersey\">rock icon<\/a> since the \u201970s, came under fire for a series of benign comments regarding the current transgender pandamonium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m understanding that there are cases of transgenderism, \u200cbut I\u2019m afraid that it\u2019s also a fad, and I\u2019m afraid there\u2019s a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">people claiming<\/a> to be this \u2062just because they want to be that,\u201d\u2063 Cooper said. \u201cI find it wrong when \u2063you\u2019ve \u200bgot a six-year-old kid\u2062 who \u200dhas no idea. He just wants to play, \u2063and you\u2019re confusing him telling him, \u2018Yeah, you\u2019re a boy,\u200c but you could\u200d be a \u200bgirl if\u200c you \u200cwant to be.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For\u200c this perfectly \u200cinnocuous statement, Cooper lost a brand deal with Vampyre Cosmetics, which \u200baccused the musician of transphobia.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, \u2062the LGBT community is so oppressed and powerless that banal criticism of\u2062 them results in losing work. \u200bCooper didn\u2019t express anything\u2063 hateful, he simply cautioned of too many people hopping \u2062aboard the current cultural bandwagon and that\u200d these procedures have permanent consequences.<\/p>\n<p>For that, Cooper was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/alice-cooper-transphobic-statements-kids-gender-identity-bathroom-predator-myths-1234811328\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accused<\/a> of \u201cspewing debunked bathroom predator myths\u201d and \u201cleaning on right-wing, anti-trans scare\u2062 tactics\u201d by Rolling Stone,\u200b an\u200c outlet that used to be about covering music but \u200chas since moved on to political hackery.<\/p>\n<p>But Cooper isn\u2019t the only rockstar to feel the wrath of former supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Legendary guitarist Carlos Santana recently made headlines when \u2063he paused during a \u2062concert to express his\u200c opinions on transgenderism\u200c and gender \u200cideology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen God made you and me \u2014 before \u2062we came out of the womb, you know who you are and \u2063what you\u2062 are,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fmr-ambassador-to-afghanistan-we-are-in-moment-of-crisis\/\" title=\"Fmr. ambassador to Afghanistan: We are in moment of crisis\">rocker told<\/a> a crowd of concertgoers. \u201cLater on, when \u200dyou grow up and you see things, and you start believing that you could be something that sounds good, but you know it ain\u2019t right. Because\u200c a woman is a woman and a man is a man. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>\n      <span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last night at\u200b a concert in New Jersey, rock legend Carlos \u2062Santana said \u200d\u201cwhen God made \u2062you and me, before we came out of the womb, you know who you are\u200b and\u2062 what you are\u2026 \u2064a woman is a woman and a man is a man.\u201d<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zCZibZIkM2\">pic.twitter.com\/zCZibZIkM2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <!-- Twitter embed goes here -->\n        <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>      <\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The vitriolic response from the\u200b gender cultists\u2063 was immediate. Multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/entertainment\/article\/carlos-santana-anti-trans-apology-18330851.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">outlets<\/a> \u200b painted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/entertainment\/article\/carlos-santana-anti-trans-18328867.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his comments<\/a> as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/music\/story\/2023-08-24\/carlos-santana-anti-transgender-concert-comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anti-trans<\/a>,\u201d making\u200d him out to be a monster for stating\u200d obvious facts. The harassment clearly got to him,\u200c or at least his agents and managers, because he put out a since-deleted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/entertainment\/article\/carlos-santana-anti-trans-apology-18330851.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">apology<\/a> a few days later.<\/p>\n<p>Santana\u2063 and Cooper \u2063are the two\u2062 most recent examples of rocker rebels \u2062publicly criticizing the LGBT regime,\u2063 but there\u200b are many others who have taken a stand and found themselves on the receiving end of rainbow thugs.<\/p>\n<p>KISS frontman Paul Stanley <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulStanleyLive\/status\/1652714287478059013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">criticized<\/a> \u201ca lifestyle that confuses\u200c young\u2063 children into questioning\u2062 their sexual identification\u200d as though some sort of game\u201d with which Twisted Sister\u2019s lead singer Dee Snider <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deesnider\/status\/1652933403484778497?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agreed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And without fail, the\u200c claws and fangs came out to \u200baccuse\u200d these men of betraying their \u200csubversive roots. \u201cThe LGBT community is horribly oppressed,\u201d the radicals cried. \u201cYou\u2019re supposed to be \u2063on our side!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet the vicious attacks against these men\u2063 reveal the truth. The LGBT mob has never held more sway than it \u2063does\u2062 now, and they\u200b have the power to utterly destroy their opposition and force them to bend the \u200dknee. It\u2019s only natural that the anti-establishment rockers, who fought so\u200d hard\u2062 against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-celebs-rage-in-defeat-after-barrett-confirmation-revolting-disgraceful-unconscionable\/\" title=\"Hollywood Celebs Rage in Defeat After Barrett Confirmation: 'Revolting. Disgraceful. Unconscionable'\">conservative majority<\/a>, have adapted to the times and now rail against the new establishment.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062radical left\u2063 has \u2064long lost the \u2063right to call themselves the underdogs. They\u2019re \u201cThe Man\u201d now, crushing dissent\u200b and making people\u2019s lives miserable. Which makes the conservative movement the new underdog.<\/p>\n<p>And since every scrappy underdog \u200dneeds a theme\u2063 song, might I recommend Twisted Sister\u2019s \u201cWe\u2019re Not \u2062Gonna Take It?\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>About the \u200cAuthor<\/h3>\n<p>Douglas Blair\u200d is a producer and special correspondent\u200c with &#8220;O&#8217;Connor Tonight&#8221; on \u2062the Salem News Channel.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years, the left thrived on opposing authority, joyfully battling conservative figures in power. 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