Musk Wins the Battle of Words Over Twitter, by Tom Luongo

Revolutions begin when enough people say, “F**k this sh*t!” and do something about it. From Tom Luongo at tomluongo.me:

In any war words matter. In fact, words may matter more than bombs or guns on the battlefield.

How we define things shapes how we think of them. How we think about any war is key to understanding how it’s going to progress regardless of the reality.

Wars come in all shapes and sizes, from the kinetic to the psychological to the cultural. The battlefields are as small as a kitchen table and as sweeping as the entire human-settled world.

At this point we’re beyond eye-rolling and laughter at some of the ridiculous framing used by the enemies of humanity at this stage of the war against civilization itself.

From “mostly peaceful” protests that burn down half a city, to “insurrections” where people wander around a government building aimlessly after being let in by the cops, their hyperbole has truly jumped the shark.

My favorite of 2023 is still “died suddenly,” but only in a strictly professional sense, as a writer.

This point bears repeating: words matter. Taking the high road by refusing to play the ‘Shape the Narrative’ game of these commies is a losing strategy.

The way they take words away from us leaves us defenseless. Many console themselves with feeling morally superior for not ‘sinking to their level.’ You see this from a lot of regime conservatives and I have to wonder if they haven’t always been just another psy-op.

There is no high ground during a tidal wave, folks.

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