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Tyler over at the Portly Politico put up a post (see link below) to convince us to support artists on thew Right. He includes links to his work and other right-wing artists (and even me!).
Well, how can I disagree with that? I can tell you personally trying to get your “art” noticed in the digital marketplace is no mean feat. So kudos to him for speaking up.
Tyler over at the Portly Politico has bravely watched the Super Bowl Halftime in order that others could be spared the horror. If you follow the link back you’ll find out what he thought.
I applaud his courage but I would not copy it. Leaving organized sports in the rearview mirror was a wise move for me. My stomach lining has benefitted magnificently from the decision.
Tyler over at the Portly Politico has a link to some of his content that would be of interest to all those who get into the spirit of Halloween.
“I did a whole series on my YouTube channel during October about various Halloween and/or horror movies, 31 Days of Halloween:
I think you’ll enjoy it!”
Tyler has a post on his site about the madness that’s broken loose around us.
Tyler over at TPP is preparing for his wedding (congrats) but he takes time out for a tribute to his four-footed friend Murphy.
All hail Murphy. Long may his chunkiness endure.
Tyler went to see Matt Walsh’s undercover expose of the anti-racism grift and gives his review. If you are thinking of going to see the film a reasonably neutral review might be useful to you.
Tyler over at the Portly Politico has a post and a YouTube video linked about Tiberius Gracchus and asks the question if Donald Trump is our Tiberius Gracchus. If you’re unfamiliar with this historical figure the video is a good intro. The parallel is reasonable. Both times feature a selfish elite that imports foreign labor to displace native-born opportunity. Both times feature an absurd imbalance of wealth that threatens the stability of the republic. And both feature a reformer who was the target of assassination. Let me know what you think.
Tyler over at the Portly Politico gives us a primer on the Jackson/Adams election of 1828 and some of the similarities to our present clash.
I’m all for a business owner saying, “Okay, look, we’re going to pay you a living wage to serve coffee, but that means we’re going to have to sell this product at a much higher price than is competitive.” Advertise that to your customers—“we know you’re paying a bit more for this coffee and bagel than you would at our competitors, but you’re putting braces on our employees’ kids’ teeth.”
I frequent coffee shops, and that kind of model really resonates with the middle-class progressive clientele. It taps into the crusader/moralist mentality of the woke Left in what I think could be a productive way: the soyboy buying his coffee gets to feel good about “helping the workers”; the workers get more money and benefits.
It’s not sustainable in most businesses, but it could work in this environment. The problem is that progressives, like everyone, ultimately have to think about their personal spending, and raising prices will obviously mean fewer customers overall. Marketing with the right social justice message could mitigate some of that—and some people are very loyal to their preferred coffee shop—but it’s not easy. It sounds like the owner of OCF was trying some of these things and they weren’t working.
Richard Weaver was a mid century American who wrote about the South and its culture. In this post Tyler provides a sample of Weaver’s writing on the difference between Northern and Southern “tolerance.”