Weaponizing "isms"

Just wanted to highlight this excellent read on Townhall by Kurt Schlichter on woke conservatives.

He clearly defines the battle to be had - conservative or not.  If you are an independent thinker, if you are willing to be logical and rational, if you think blaming others and the "success through guilt" industry are shams, if you think accusations do not equal guilt, then your only recourse is to stop giving a shit what they say.  They have weaponized race, gender, sex, diversity and so on.  In the end, the equation is you either agree with their beliefs or you are an "ist". We all shudder at the possibility that we might be called some form of "ist".  Schlichter is right to suggest that it is time to ignore the labels.

Strange thing is how they do not realize the marginalizing effect that this "ism" approach has for what are important issues.  Sexual assault and harassment are serious issues that need to be dealt with.  But in their rush to weaponize them, they trivialize them.  They are not advocating for change, they are simply using the issues as tools.  Putting them to political purposes, exaggerating them beyond rational bounds simply creates a caricature that loses all significance.

When one is a racist, a sexist and inordinately privileged simply because they are white, when one is a gun-toting terrorist because they believe in the Second Amendment and defending themselves, then you have created a tale told by an idiot signifying nothing. There is no logical recourse in this regard - expect to stop caring what they say, stop attending to the lies.