Fighting Back Against The Left

If you have been reading The Federalist you perhaps noticed John Daniel Davidson's article on the need for conservatives to begin pushing back against the Left and the cultural civil war they have declared against America. As he points out in today's article, entitled 5 Ways You Can Fight Back In The Cultural Civil War, this article puts some specifics to the earlier article. Mostly, he is talking about using our economic power to harm Leftist organizations by spending our money elsewhere.

It can seem overwhelming.  I often feel it is hopeless myself.  An example, Mrs. Polykahr wanted to switch to a different telephone carrier because of the savings we would enjoy.  Little did I know that the company donates to Planned Parenthood, and thus, I was contributing to Planned Parenthood.  When I found out, I tried to switch, only to discover that switching would cost me big time.Such are the dilemmas that confront conservatives trying to use their spending power to effect change.  On the other hand, there are some things you can do that cost nothing.

Some examples may be in order. 

4. Google Also Hates You, So Stop Using It

If things like privacy and free speech are important to you, you might want to rethink how much you rely on Google products and companies. Gmail, for example, tracks your purchasing history from the receipts in your Gmail inbox. YouTube, which is wholly owned by Google, routinely censors conservative content under the guise that it’s “hate speech.”

Google of course has all kinds of double standards for conservatives. Earlier this month Google threatened to pull ads from The Federalist—not for anything we wrote, but for our comments section, which—you guessed it—violated their guidelines on hate speech. (The irony is that the comments section of YouTube is one of the most vile, hateful places on the internet.)

Also, you don’t have to Google everything. You can use Bing, Yahoo!, Searx, Qwant, DuckDuckGo, or any of the many other search engines out there. And you don’t have to use other Google products, like Gmail. There are a host of alternatives to Gmail, which honestly doesn’t even work that well. So get creative about not relying on Google for every little thing you do online.

Duckduckgo is a good search engine. I derive no income from them, so consider my endorsement as coming from a satisfied customer. If you use a VPN to limit the many many spys tracking you online, you might also try Epic. Epic sometimes goes out, but has the advantage of not tracking your history, and not letting anyone else do so. Oh, and don't buy anything from Amazon. But please read the whole article for more excellent suggestions. Incidentally, you don't have to follow every suggestion all the time, and you can wean yourself slowly.

So there you have it.  Go try one or more of these suggestions for actions you can take.