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It seems Mallory (Justine) has joined Alex. The FP reports:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>Three days after the election, Justine Bateman, the former <em>Family Ties </em>star, catapulted herself into the political muck with a <a href="https://x.com/JustineBateman/status/1854911656289071200" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">tweetstorm</a> to her 140,000 followers that began: “Decompressing from walking on eggshells for the past four years.” </p> <p><a href="https://x.com/JustineBateman/status/1854918491461034338" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">She continued</a>: “Common sense was discarded, intellectual discussion was demonized. . . Complete intolerance became almost a religion and one’s professional and social life was threatened almost constantly. Those that spoke otherwise were ruined as a warning to others. Their destruction was displayed in the ‘town square’ of social media for all to see.”</p> <p>In other words, she said out loud the thing everyone has been thinking.</p> <p>The tweetstorm went viral, and her followers more than doubled. People responded on X with tweets like: “<a href="https://x.com/KeenanPeachy/status/1854922422820258046" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A long war just ended and I’m finally home</a>” and “<a href="https://x.com/hear4tucker/status/1854911894358048827" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">It’s okay to be normal</a>.”</p> </blockquote> <p>The intolerant left is the best recruiting mechanism for the right.</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>Then came 2020: the pandemic, George Floyd, the riots, the groupthink—“these people necessitating that I think like them, and policing what people say, and what they tweet, and what they like on a social media post.”</p> <p>She hated the rise of the progressive mob. It was antithetical to everything she believed in. “The only way you get that kind of momentum behind destroying peoples’ lives is when you have a mob mentality,” Bateman said. “I felt like the fact that Trump won cut the momentum of that mob mentality.”</p> </blockquote> <p>It was, and still is, a mob.</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>But as recently as a few weeks ago and definitely a year or two ago, it would have been difficult, if not impossible, to produce a show like <em>Family Ties</em>, Bateman told me. The progressive scolds would have called Alex a white supremacist, and they would have loathed the ex-hippie parents for accommodating their kids’ shallow, capitalist, racist, sexist, xenophobic values rather than banishing them from their home. </p> </blockquote> <p>Sadly, this is probably correct.</p> <p>Think how many of our favourite shows could never be made today – Family Ties, Friends, Faulty Towers etc</p> <div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-facebook-142519" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon" href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/11/mallory_keaton_joins_alex.html?share=facebook" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Facebook" ><span>Facebook</span></a></li><li class="share-twitter"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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The Progressive Mob, or the threat of being on the wrong side of that mob.</p> <p>As a case in point, I wonder how many of the AB’s were uncomfortable with the antics of TJ Perenara, but feel like they cannot raise an alternative point of view.</p> <p>Israel Folau remains an example of what can happen when you fall foul of Progressive Shills. Even though I disagree with his sentiments, I disagree with what was done to him even less so.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="comment-meta"> <ul> <li class="voting"> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="up-3648982" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_up.png" alt="Thumb up" /> <span id="karma-3648982-up" style="font-size:12px; color:#009933;">29</span> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="down-3648982" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_down.png" alt="Thumb down" /> <span id="karma-3648982-down" style="font-size:12px; color:#990033;">1</span> </li><li class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-login" href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiwiblog.co.nz%2F2024%2F11%2Fmallory_keaton_joins_alex.html">Log in to Reply</a></li><li> <span id="safe-comments-result-3648982"><a class="hide-if-no-js" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="safe_report_comments_flag_comment( '3648982', 'bb8e21ee9b', 'safe-comments-result-3648982');">Report</a></span></li><li class="comdate"><a href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/11/mallory_keaton_joins_alex.html/comment-page-1#comment-3648982">November 25, 2024 11:05am</a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment-li"> <article id="comment-3649005" class="jumplink"> <div class="comment byuser comment-author-zulumonster odd alt depth-2 comdiv clearfix"> <div class="comdiv-a"> <header class="comment-author"> <h3>zulumonster</h3> </header> <div class="comment-content nobot"> <p>Exactly – odds are there is an ACT supporter or two in the team. Imagine the fallout if the haka leader started with a supportive call for the Treaty Principles Bill – the outrage would have be apocalyptic!</p> </div> <footer class="comment-meta"> <ul> <li class="voting"> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="up-3649005" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_up.png" alt="Thumb up" /> <span id="karma-3649005-up" style="font-size:12px; color:#009933;">11</span> <img style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: none;" id="down-3649005" src="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating-pro/images/1_14_gray_down.png" alt="Thumb down" /> <span id="karma-3649005-down" style="font-size:12px; color:#990033;">0</span> </li><li class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-login" href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiwiblog.co.nz%2F2024%2F11%2Fmallory_keaton_joins_alex.html">Log in to Reply</a></li><li> <span id="safe-comments-result-3649005"><a class="hide-if-no-js" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="safe_report_comments_flag_comment( '3649005', 'bb8e21ee9b', 'safe-comments-result-3649005');">Report</a></span></li><li class="comdate"><a href="https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/11/mallory_keaton_joins_alex.html/comment-page-1#comment-3649005">November 25, 2024 11:33am</a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment-li"> <article id="comment-3649018" class="jumplink"> <div class="comment byuser comment-author-philview even depth-2 comdiv clearfix"> <div class="comdiv-a"> <header class="comment-author"> <h3>Philview</h3> </header> <div class="comment-content nobot"> <p>I recall the pensioner who went into a book shop and turned over some copies of Jacinda Ardern’s autobiography as a protest. 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It’s better to just watch reruns.</p> <p>Same too with movies. 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