Juno News - April 27, 2022


Are we Witnessing a Conservative Shift in the Culture War？

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Ron DeSantis Elon Musk Jack Dorsey
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2 minutes

Words per minute

170.58

Word count

419

Sentence count

20


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In this episode of the podcast, we discuss the recent victories for conservative causes, and whether or not these victories are a turning point in the culture war. We also discuss the growing influence of the "Woke" political movement and its impact on our society.

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00:00:00.000 You see Ron DeSantis, the governor down in Florida, really pushing back against Disney.
00:00:04.800 And it looks like, you know, having having a victory in terms of, you know, pushing through
00:00:09.900 legislation that protects parents from their children being indoctrinated with the gender
00:00:13.920 ideology in school, you know, Disney pushing back and then Disney losing their special
00:00:19.120 status that gives them special tax and, you know, exemptions from regulations.
00:00:25.200 So on the one hand, that that cultural battle is being fought out and I think won by
00:00:28.680 conservatives. And on the other hand, you have Elon Musk successfully, it looks like buying Twitter
00:00:33.380 and saying, I'm going to recreate Twitter to be what it was supposed to be, a free speech platform.
00:00:37.920 So I'm wondering if you can comment on these on these sort of victories that conservatives have
00:00:42.640 been having, whether you think that there is a shift and a turning point, whether you would
00:00:46.320 categorize these as victories or if it's too soon to tell. What are your thoughts?
00:00:51.660 Well, I think you're right that there is a pushback mounting. It's becoming more commonplace to see
00:00:57.620 people, you know, acknowledge like this has gone too far. This, this woke political movement,
00:01:03.540 however you want to label it. I think it's becoming increasingly common for people to feel more
00:01:08.580 comfortable saying what they probably believed two years ago, but didn't know how to say without
00:01:13.540 potentially risking their jobs, their reputations. So that is a good measure, I believe, of pushback
00:01:19.700 growing is just seeing it be more commonplace for people to express dissent from this very well-funded,
00:01:27.380 well-financed political movement. Where I'm a little bit concerned is with, you know, with someone
00:01:34.400 like Ron DeSantis, I think he's on the right track in terms of establishing some safeguards for how power
00:01:42.500 is used in our society. I don't see the Elon Musk thing really being an example of that. Like, it's
00:01:49.540 really just switching from one center of power to another. Maybe he'll use it in a way that's more
00:01:55.220 pro-free speech. But even Jack Dorsey's comment on this is that he doesn't really believe that
00:02:01.220 Twitter should be a company, a private company anymore. He said that. And he said, if it's going
00:02:06.020 to be a private company, he's glad Elon Musk is in charge, but he doesn't believe that it should be a
00:02:11.380 private company. And I tend to agree with that. And I think Ron DeSantis' views are in line with that too.