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Conservative Commentator, David Brooks, calls for mass protests and strikes

www.mediaite.com Conservative NYT Columnist David Brooks Calls for ‘National Civic Uprising’ to Defeat Trumpism – Complete With ‘Mass Rallies, Strikes’

Conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks has called for a mass uprising to oppose President Donald Trump, going so far as to quote The Communist Manifesto.

Conservative NYT Columnist David Brooks Calls for ‘National Civic Uprising’ to Defeat Trumpism – Complete With ‘Mass Rallies, Strikes’

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They are talking about striking in the national media, a conversation started by an Alexander-Hamilton-moderate-conservative. This is it, it has hit the mainstream media and word is getting out to the people that aren't necessarily in the 50501, and like organizations, loop.
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Conservative NYT Columnist David Brooks Calls for ‘National Civic Uprising’ to Defeat Trumpism

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Conservative NYT Columnist David Brooks Calls for ‘National Civic Uprising’ to Defeat Trumpism

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Conservative NYT Columnist David Brooks Calls for ‘National Civic Uprising’ to Defeat Trumpism

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He finally pulls his head out of the sand after the global economy starts to reroute itself to bypass the US?

Brooks is probably fairly wealthy. He should put his money where his mouth and start filling some strike funds.

Well this might be good. In order to achieve regime change and new elections with the protests, you'll need the military on your side. You can never overthrow the government otherwise. So conservative people like this can help.
- If we achieve new elections then great, it seems like there are pro-constitution conservatives in his basket, but I would be careful about installing a new regime with their help because it isn't always a better regime.
  
  You can't install any new regime without at least the military ignoring a revolution. And then the current elite stays in power.

The difference between a shithead like this, and any and all sane people, is that sane people could see this unnecessary shitstorm approaching from afar, while these stunted minds only seem to be able to see things only after things smack then in the face.
Fuck him, all his ilk and the greedy, myopic, ignorant goddamned boat they rode one.
- To he fair to Brooks (which I hate to do, since he is a shithead), he was very aware of the dangers of Trump and endorsed Hillary, Biden, and Kamala in the last three elections. He has even said that he was wrong about Bernie, and now acknowledges that his kind of economic populism is the only thing that could have stopped Trump's fascist populism. That being said, he's spent the last three decades promoting the kind of Regan-style neoliberalism and Bush-style imperialism that got us into this mess, so fuck him.
- We will need less insane conservatives on our side to correct this big orange mistake, so let's not fuck him for the moment.
  
  While I agree, you're assuming the opportunity to fuck him won't pass once moment is over and he won't be enshrined as "one of the good ones" and allowed to continue making big, colorful mistakes so long as they aren't orange ones.
- In this case, you're quite obviously "barking under the wrong tree". Some people who call themselves conservative or moderate are quite capable of predicting what may happen.
  Regarding the 2016 election, Brooks spoke in support of Hillary Clinton, applauding her ability to be "competent" and "normal" in comparison to her Republican counterpart, Donald Trump.[67][68] In addition, Brooks noted that he believed Clinton would eventually be victorious in the election, as he foresaw that the general American public would become "sick of" Trump.[67][68]
  On the August 9, 2019, episode of the PBS NewsHour, Brooks suggested Trump may be a sociopath.
  Not a secret, lifted from his Wikipedia page.
  I would always advise checking a person's background before saying things about them.
- When we need to unite against a literal fascist, I'll gladly stand with conservatives with whom I have serious policy disagreements. Telling them to fuck off will just strengthen Trump's hold.
  Once we've finished the fight against the MAGA cult, we can debate each other about policy without worrying about anyone getting disappeared.

I've been seeing this guy for longer than I care to remember. He never called out Bush Jr. for lying us into an endless war for oil, or stood up to racist attacks against Obama.
Proof that they only scream when they are getting stabbed themselves.
On the other hand, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and any one who is against Trump now is welcome.
- On the other hand, the enemy of my enemy is my friend
  Maxim 29: The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less.
  That doesn't mean you can't work with them on a common cause, and maybe even show them the benefits of your way if thinking, but don't get caught out when they turn on you.
  
  The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less.
  This is beautifuly put
  
  That line diminished their entire point. ‘I’ll ally with fascists when it serves me’ is exactly how we got here.
- Proof that they only scream when they are getting stabbed themselves.
  If folks can somehow retain one and only one thing if we get through all this without civil war:
  R wants power, and they want to hurt anyone who doesn't fit a fairly narrow demographic. That's all they have ever wanted, and every policy or position out of R in the past many years is all the proof you need.
  When R gets power they start breaking shit and hurting people. It's the only outcome of modern conservatism. And when they say "enough is enough" it's ONLY because the policies they supported and cheered for finally start to blow back on them.
  IF we make it through this folks, DO NOT FORGET. Don't vote R ever again, not for the lowliest local position, not for the highest position. Not for any position. I'm in my 50s and I'm telling you all that hate and control over those not like them are the only things from Republican mouths in as long as I've been old enough to pay attention. How polite they are about it has waxed and waned, but the direction they push for has always been the same.
  (and don't come at me with some shitty whataboutism - D sucks in their own way as a group, but that way is not this way)
  Edited to add -
  I'm telling you all that hate and control over those not like them are the only things from Republican mouths in as long as I've been old enough to pay attention. How polite they are about it has waxed and waned, but the direction they push for has always been the same.
  This is so true that they tried to convince people it wasn't true with a targeted rebranding in the 90s. I don't think anyone bought it even then. Compassionate Conservatism
  
  A few years ago I put my position on the Republican party into a relatively pithy saying it's really easy to remember.
  " No Republicans. No excuses. No exceptions."
  Feel free to share and steal without attribution.
  
  "Let's beat the system by playing in the system's rules!"
  It's reasons like this why we still don't have single payer healthcare.
  I am so fucking tired of the "vote blue no matter who!" This mentality continues to perpetuate the very inequality we keep facing. As long as liberals have their tvs and their diet cokes they can take any amount of abuse the system puts on them. "See the numbers are up! So you must be crazy if you think your situation is bad!" Is the dribble I heard consistently throughout the Genocide Joe administration. It ain't just him though lemme tell you.
  Chuck Schumer (and other democrats) voted yes for cloture giving more power to Elon.
  John Fetterman is basically a republican ignoring everything his constituents voted him in for.
  Kamala promising single payer healthcare during her first run. Yet as soon as she became the Democratic candidate in 2024 she ran sprinting the other way.
  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/kamala-harris-wants-end-private-health-insurance-new-democratic-litmus-n964241
  Do you not realize that Biden crafted the gun that Trump is firing at student visa protesters?
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxyLBZ5gMWc
  the cages for children that were built by the Obama administration.
  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/08/26/fact-check-obama-administration-built-migrant-cages-meme-true/3413683001/
  and the constant drone striking from the obama administration.
  Obama bailing out the banks because of the 2008 financial crisis.
  Pelosi (and many ither democrats) with their insider trading.
  Pelosi stiffing AOC for party leader and putting an old fuck with esophogeal cancer in instead.
  Or the Democrats standing outside the Department of Education as it got raided. The most protected group of citizens couldn't have the courage to force their way in. They just recorded and cried "look at what they're doing! We are so helpless!"
  The Democrats sitting idly by with stupid ping pong paddle signs as Al Green stood up and yelled at Trump. WORTHLESS.
  How about anytime the Democrats have had The House, The Senate, and The Presidency they are always fucking useless? Saying they don't have the power to do anything. Whine whine whine. Yet when Republicans come in they have absolute power and get their objectives DONE. I mean fuck they don't give a rat's ass about the law, If they want it done it will be done.
  Anyone else is welcome to fill in the blanks on collasal democrat fumbles.
  If you keep voting for them it signals they can keep getting away with not serving you. Their messaging is the very reason turnout was low. No one is motivated by Goldman Sachs approving your economic plan. By the end of Kamala's campaign she was promising diet Trump policies. Why would I vote for diet deporter when I can have the real og? The messaging was brain dead.
  Democrats do a better job at getting a Conservative elected than Conservatives themselves. They are a fucking joke and I am tired of everyone acting like the color blue is a savior. It's not. We are on our own right now. The Democrats won't save you.
  It's time we abandon the radioactive party that is Democrats and work towards a leftist movement. Talk to your neighbors, get to know people and their plights/struggles, show compassion and empathy to your fellow citizens, create a network of people who you would protect and would absolutely protect you, build up skills such as growing your own food, and volunteer at a soup kitchen. Try to lessen yours and others dependance on the powers that be as much as possible.
  Democrats paved the way for a Trump presidency. Do not be surprised if violence is required to overcome this. These people use violence on you everyday, you just don't call it that.
  Until you see some major motion from the Democratic party, do not give them anymore of your time. For the love of god do not give them any of your money.
- he did call out the lies about the Iraq war, he just placed the blame on Rumsfeld and Cheney
  but he has called it a mistake many times
  I think Brooks is a complicated figure but one to pay attention to, even if you don't like his conservative stance
  
  Watch out for trolls. Knocking down anti Trmp allies with a purity test is an old trick that supports MAGA.
  
  Hindsight is 20/20
  
  he did call out the lies about the Iraq war, he just placed the blame on Rumsfeld and Cheney
  Much, much, MUCH TOO LATE. Everyone with a functioning bullshit meter knew the whole time it was all evil bullshit ginned up by Gee Dubz to attack Iraq for reasons only he really knows because no one has ever been able to definitively state why.
  Brooks was a feckless cheerleader and he absolutely made his shit bed. Fuck that guy. Oh he's upset the republicans have destroyed the country? Fuck that guy. What a piece of shit.

This article feels a little disingenuous and seems written by someone who has only heard their friend complain about David Brooks. In his book "The Second Mountain," Brooks goes into his mea culpa moments. He has on more than a few occasions admitted his errors. I would share citations, but it was a library loan and it's on hold.
Those of us who protest against power, aren't we looking for exactly the kind of change of hearts and minds such that Brooks is showing?
- He is an honest person, but has had a lifetime of being honestly wrong about almost everything. Even with the mea culpas, he still apportions the blame for our current situation completely inappropriately. That said, I agree we are not in a position to turn away imperfect allies and I applaud him for trying to do something with whatever miniscule influence he retains.
  When people say "you used to be able to have honest debate with the other side," David is the only one who in my lifetime that may have been true for.
  
  When people say "you used to be able to have honest debate with the other side," David is the only one who in my lifetime that may have been true for.
  Well, no, because honest debate recognizes truth and Brooks has fought The Obvious Truth for decades so he can perch in his comfy conservative cheerleader costume.
  His bullshit has been nasty for decades and PBS happily smeared him all over their news broadcasts for just as long.
  I won't have any part of either now, because of that. Hooray he's vaguely cognizant that Shit Do Be Fucked but holy god man, what a complete fool.
- He’s one of the very few conservatives I feel respect for. I may not agree with his takes but believe that he is thoughtful, honest, and filled with integrity. His opinions are reasoned and rational. Wish he were a progressive, we’d think of him like Bernie.
- If that is all true and it's a genuine change of heart, I would hug him and welcome as a friend. I hope it is. But it's so easy to play pretend, and the dangers are very real.

Where was he the last 45 years? Making this happen.
Will he be at these protests?
- I agree that he's been an enabler, but you know what they say : the convert is more zealous than the person who grew up in the church.
  
  thats why magats tend to be younger, and they are even more alt-right than thier conservative ancestors.
  
  Tell me he won’t mean-revert the second the crisis is over.
  
  I've never heard that line before but it's great
  
  He's no convert. He's a conservative commentator. i.e. a grifter, a fool.

him first.

There are demonstrations this Saturday, David. Hope we see you there.

What is this goddamned clownworld timeline we live in where David fucking Brooks is calling for a mass revolt, a literal insurrection, against the pinnacle, ultimate form of what he and his ilk have advocated for and done their level best to make a reality for longer than I've been alive?
I mean... at this point, fuck it, this is good news, we are gonna need as many bodies in the streets and feet on the ground, from as many backgrounds and persuasions of all kinds to have any chance at all of stopping this madness...
But Jesus Christ if this isn't the most 'Dog finally catches car and is disappointed' fucking thing.
- Just rejoice that you have cons pushing for it. Don't look your gift horse in the mouth and complain its teeth aren't perfect.
  
  Oh I agree, I just cant help but to be stunned and bewildered.

How does this asshole think we could avoid situations like this from recurring, should we succeed now? As long as we have billionaires, we will have the conditions for fascism.
- What fascism means to you because this is very ambiguous word

REVOLUTION TIME FOLKS LETS GOOOOOO

“Will someone please clean up this mess I made?”
Fuck you, David.
- Anyone calling for revolution/revolt in America is a good guy right now. -Canada
  
  We don't want things to go "back to normal". We want REVENGE. Heads must roll.

Even a broken cunt is right twice a day.

Brooks has never given a damn about abuse of power or fascist rule. He’s just arguing to defend the status quo. He has the moral backbone of a fruit fly.

A more onion-y title would be something like "Conservative commentator quotes Marx, calls for mass protests and strikes".
The actual title is more just !ironicorsurprisingnews than !nottheonion material imo
Edit: You've editorialized the title?
Posts must be:
Links to news stories from...
...credible sources, with...
...their original headlines, that...
...would make people who see the headline think, “That has got to be a story from The Onion, America’s Finest News Source.”
Unless it was changed post-publication, the original is
Conservative NYT Columnist David Brooks Calls for ‘National Civic Uprising’ to Defeat Trumpism – Complete With ‘Mass Rallies, Strikes’
Imo that's actually more onion-y than the changed title

Was he one of those Brooks brothers from the riot?
- no, hes the writer that has made a name by being the conservative writer for liberal publications
- Brooks Brothers Riot refers to thier preferred clothing company, but I wouldn't be surprised if he was related

People are products of their culture and the material conditions that they live under. So, we have two choices: we can either take a hands-off, or laissez-faire, approach and allow conditions to change organically and just accept any political or social changes that might come about, or we can take a more direct approach and try to change the conditions that people live under, and the culture, in such a way that will make something like the Trump movement much less likely to emerge. But, the second option probably won't just happen, spontaneously or organically, it would probably require a fairly heavy handed, top down approach. I know many people are quite apprehensive about that, so that approach would likely be quite controversial.
So, what's it going to be? Let things just play out organically and see what happens, and accept that the outcome may or may not be desirable, or try to steer the course of US society more directly and deliberately?
- Time to go off the rails
  
  What does that mean?
  Edit: I guess they're not going to answer. If you're not capable of completing a coherent thought, maybe just stay out of the conversation.

Smart guy
However I don't think he is calling for violence
- Does he need to?
  
  No

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