Thank you so much for bringing this to us, Bari! It's so heartening to see and hear an old school liberal. I hope that somewhere in the U.S. a new home can be carved out for all of them!
I just finished listening to the pod this morning on my way to work. The episode was very moving, and I really appreciate the thoughtful way you approached Maud and allowed her to tell her story. I hope this one gets broad listener-/readership as the subject feels extremely urgent. Something bad is happening in our institutions and corporations and the potential ramifications to individuals who don't agree with the new party line are terrifying. How can we stop it?
I am so glad for Black History Month and Juneteenth! I LOVE ALL MY BLACK BROTHERS AND SISTERS OUT THERE! I am so sorry for being white! I couldn't help it. I was born this way. But I'll make it up to you somehow. I want to apologize for my innate, subconscious deep seated racism and for living such a privileged life because of my skin color. I feel that all white people should pay reparations, not only for oppressing blacks but also oppressing our alien UFO space brothers. After all, wasn't it little Yoda who broke the color barrier and became the first green Jedi Master? So, in honoring those of other racial ethnicity groups, human or alien, let us stand in solidarity with Yoda as he proclaims "#GREENLIVESMATTER!"!
Bari, thank you for your courage and for providing a platform to other courageous people.
I saw you speak in Dallas at Old Parkland when Harlan said, “with all respect to Charles Krauthammer, this is [totally the shit man!]” or words to that effect. At least that’s how I remember it. I have been telling EVERYONE to read / listen to you ever since! Please keep it coming. I have a daughter who is a rising senior in high school and you are an inspiration for her. And you give me hope for the future of our country.
Bari, Your conversation with Maud was moving and I do appreciate that she is fighting back against the totalitarian left but my question is where was she and where were you when this was happening to politically conservative Americans. This all started when Ted Kennedy, the Lion of the Senate, libeled Robert Bork. It continued with many others including Justices Thomas and Kavanaugh. I know you don't want to hear this but the most aggrieved victim of the totalitarian left is President Donald Trump.
President Trump was called a Nazi, Hitler, an anti-semite, a racist and you stood silently on the side lines. His voters were called deplorables. President Trump's daughter converted to Judaism and is raising her children, Trump's grand children, in the faith, Trump moved the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, treated the Israeli PM with respect - unlike President Obama, and he was the catalyst from the Abraham Accords which would have brought peace to the Middle East. I know you are a staunch defender of Israel, as am I, but I don't recall you defending a President that did more for Israel than any other President save Nixon.
Joe Biden said that he decided to run for President after he heard President Trump defending Nazi's and white supremacists after Charlottesville. This was a vile lie and yet liberal - not the totalitarian left - facilitated and participated in spreading this lie.
We are witnessing a Stalinist show trial with the January 6 hearing on Capitol Hill. Liberals and the left have classified what happened as an insurrection and an attempted coup. This while Liberal and the left initiated and pushed the Russia coup. The Russia hoax was an attempted coup perpetrated by the Democrat Party, the media, the FBI, the CIA and the NSA. Even a cursory review of the claim would have exposed the lie and I ask again, where were you?
I could continue but I think the point is made. Americans on the right and the center have been dealing with what Maud is experiencing for decades and I think it is safe to say that Maud and people of her political bent, at a minimum, had no problem with what was happening to their fellow Americans.
Your conversation with Maud was moving and I am grateful that she is fighting back but a small part of me says that this Karma for standing by while the radical left lied, libeled and smeared fair minded people with whom she disagreed. Maud isn't the first leftist to be chewed up and spit out by the radical Left and she won't be the last. The shame is that had you, she and similar fair minded leftist had stood up to this insanity years ago, we wouldn't be in this awful state.
Rigodis Appling. What gives her the right to be judge and jury on a racist claim? Is there no accountability on making slanderous comments about a colleague?
Some good news for a change. A recent eNewsletter from Fair for All announced: U.S. Dept. of Education Rescinds Grant Priorities
On May 12th, we issued a call to action regarding grant priorities proposed by the U.S. Department of Education that would have funneled federal grant money to school programs that teach concepts rooted in race-essentialism. If adopted, these priorities would have funded programs for K-12 students.
The DOE’s priorities would have incentivized public schools to teach our children to focus primarily on their skin color and ethnicity and to view American history solely through a lens of oppression.
We called on our supporters to issue statements of concern, and as a result, 33,967 comments on the proposed grants were submitted to the Department of Education.
Last week, Education Secretary, Miguel Cardona, changed course and withdrew the requirement (https://tinyurl.com/sxfe976k) that grantees incorporate curriculum and instruction based on or similar to the 1619 Project or the works of Ibram X. Kendi.
“Maud Maron has no business having a career in public defense, and we’re ashamed that she works for the Legal Aid Society. Maud is racist, and openly so. [She is a] prominent opponent of equality [and a] classic example of what 21st century racism looks like. [She] is one of many charlatans who took this job not out of a desire to make a difference, but for purposes of self-imaging. She pretends to favor integration while fighting against it and denying the existence of racism in education. No public defender can legitimately claim to be a proponent of racial justice if they are lax in how they do the work. We know for a fact that Maud's commitment to zealous representation of poor people of color is questionable at best.”
This is what happens when you have the utter temerity to tell the hyper-religious, “No.”
Thank you for your great work and courage Bari. I have never understood, however, the need to state left-wing credentials implying that left is positive and right is not, it's a bit 2000s. Connotative labels rather than the intellectual merit of each idea, and guilt/innocence by association, in my view has led us down this path in the first place. Specifically, our culture over the last two decades, at least, has been that if we go too far to the left, well at least our hearts are in the right place. I have never agreed with this sentiment, as I would never agree with the same notion with regard to the right. Thankfully we are becoming more familiar with Solzhenitsyn's "The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either, but right through every human heart, and through all human hearts". Sometimes it feels like the genuine and honest liberals on the left can't rid themselves of their own identity hang-ups, let's make the politics of connotations the game of the Identitarians, and not ours.
Are we suppose to believe that after all these years Mrs. Maron was clueless relative to the intentions and beliefs of her fellow co-workers,. Seriously. I hope to deserve this BW lifeline she can bring us up to date of all the times she spoke out against this evil bunch as they trashed working class whites because of their beliefs. I'm sure Mrs. Maude over the years stood up against the hate that she now finds herself the recipient of. Feels pretty bad eh Maude. Over the years did Maud encourage the mob through silence and maybe even agreeing with her fellow white collar elitists? I hope not. She deserves a chance to come clean. But I'm so pissed listening to this bunch who will always have options unlike the millions that have none. So now they have come for Maud no doubt a good woman, mother and wife. Our hearts should break when we see lives like hers destroyed. But shell be fine. Because the elites always are.
The moral high ground rests with those who clearly articulate a vision of individual rights, and the best way to oppose the "progressive" agenda is to make that clear, over and over again, and refuse to allow advocates of "social justice" to change the subject. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is not complicated, not filled with esoteric language or legalese, and provides a vision derived from the founding documents regarding our ideals as a culture/society. The language of the law, combined with the history of the civil rights movement (culminated in MLK's dream speech) has no equal, no better philosophy. If those who believe in those words don't back down, and ask our opponents what they would like to replace the Civil Rights Act with, blank stares are almost always the result. (And frantic attempts to change the subject)
Don't forget this. Our job is to confidently express these straightforward timeless ideas and not back down. The truth is like a lion, let it out and it will take care of itself, but you have to be able to let it out and be heard.
I don’t know where to put this, but I really enjoyed the latest podcast discussion with david French & Chris Rufo. While I really appreciated French’s POV and I understand it so much more, I think his perspective is flawed by the self-described ‘red bubble’ he lives in. As someone who is very deeply in a blue, woke ‘bubble’ , parents need these laws to stand up for them. We’re terrified to speak up, it can ruin your kids life. While I’d love to say we already have this spelled out in the constitution, it doesn’t seem like it from where I sit. And we need the law makers to help us.
I am a "JFK Democrat", which means I'm a right wing extremist by today's liberal measures. I've seen this coming since the mid 80's when I was highly criticized by history professors for writing "right wing" course papers (ie they looked at things from a business/commerce perspective as that was my major) and when lefties spat upon me when I walked past them sporting a Reagan sticker on my shirt. The inflection point came during the Obama administration when the administration and the main stream media began rewarding politicians and bureaucrats for using their power corruptly to attack conservatives. That gave license to the current crop of left wing fascists.
Thank you so much for bringing this to us, Bari! It's so heartening to see and hear an old school liberal. I hope that somewhere in the U.S. a new home can be carved out for all of them!
Sophia
I just finished listening to the pod this morning on my way to work. The episode was very moving, and I really appreciate the thoughtful way you approached Maud and allowed her to tell her story. I hope this one gets broad listener-/readership as the subject feels extremely urgent. Something bad is happening in our institutions and corporations and the potential ramifications to individuals who don't agree with the new party line are terrifying. How can we stop it?
I am so glad for Black History Month and Juneteenth! I LOVE ALL MY BLACK BROTHERS AND SISTERS OUT THERE! I am so sorry for being white! I couldn't help it. I was born this way. But I'll make it up to you somehow. I want to apologize for my innate, subconscious deep seated racism and for living such a privileged life because of my skin color. I feel that all white people should pay reparations, not only for oppressing blacks but also oppressing our alien UFO space brothers. After all, wasn't it little Yoda who broke the color barrier and became the first green Jedi Master? So, in honoring those of other racial ethnicity groups, human or alien, let us stand in solidarity with Yoda as he proclaims "#GREENLIVESMATTER!"!
Bari, thank you for your courage and for providing a platform to other courageous people.
I saw you speak in Dallas at Old Parkland when Harlan said, “with all respect to Charles Krauthammer, this is [totally the shit man!]” or words to that effect. At least that’s how I remember it. I have been telling EVERYONE to read / listen to you ever since! Please keep it coming. I have a daughter who is a rising senior in high school and you are an inspiration for her. And you give me hope for the future of our country.
Bari, Your conversation with Maud was moving and I do appreciate that she is fighting back against the totalitarian left but my question is where was she and where were you when this was happening to politically conservative Americans. This all started when Ted Kennedy, the Lion of the Senate, libeled Robert Bork. It continued with many others including Justices Thomas and Kavanaugh. I know you don't want to hear this but the most aggrieved victim of the totalitarian left is President Donald Trump.
President Trump was called a Nazi, Hitler, an anti-semite, a racist and you stood silently on the side lines. His voters were called deplorables. President Trump's daughter converted to Judaism and is raising her children, Trump's grand children, in the faith, Trump moved the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, treated the Israeli PM with respect - unlike President Obama, and he was the catalyst from the Abraham Accords which would have brought peace to the Middle East. I know you are a staunch defender of Israel, as am I, but I don't recall you defending a President that did more for Israel than any other President save Nixon.
Joe Biden said that he decided to run for President after he heard President Trump defending Nazi's and white supremacists after Charlottesville. This was a vile lie and yet liberal - not the totalitarian left - facilitated and participated in spreading this lie.
We are witnessing a Stalinist show trial with the January 6 hearing on Capitol Hill. Liberals and the left have classified what happened as an insurrection and an attempted coup. This while Liberal and the left initiated and pushed the Russia coup. The Russia hoax was an attempted coup perpetrated by the Democrat Party, the media, the FBI, the CIA and the NSA. Even a cursory review of the claim would have exposed the lie and I ask again, where were you?
I could continue but I think the point is made. Americans on the right and the center have been dealing with what Maud is experiencing for decades and I think it is safe to say that Maud and people of her political bent, at a minimum, had no problem with what was happening to their fellow Americans.
Your conversation with Maud was moving and I am grateful that she is fighting back but a small part of me says that this Karma for standing by while the radical left lied, libeled and smeared fair minded people with whom she disagreed. Maud isn't the first leftist to be chewed up and spit out by the radical Left and she won't be the last. The shame is that had you, she and similar fair minded leftist had stood up to this insanity years ago, we wouldn't be in this awful state.
It was moving and compelling - I just listened. Maud Maron is a very brave American.
Are there any show notes associated with the podcast episode under the same name as this article?
Rigodis Appling. What gives her the right to be judge and jury on a racist claim? Is there no accountability on making slanderous comments about a colleague?
Some good news for a change. A recent eNewsletter from Fair for All announced: U.S. Dept. of Education Rescinds Grant Priorities
On May 12th, we issued a call to action regarding grant priorities proposed by the U.S. Department of Education that would have funneled federal grant money to school programs that teach concepts rooted in race-essentialism. If adopted, these priorities would have funded programs for K-12 students.
The DOE’s priorities would have incentivized public schools to teach our children to focus primarily on their skin color and ethnicity and to view American history solely through a lens of oppression.
We called on our supporters to issue statements of concern, and as a result, 33,967 comments on the proposed grants were submitted to the Department of Education.
Last week, Education Secretary, Miguel Cardona, changed course and withdrew the requirement (https://tinyurl.com/sxfe976k) that grantees incorporate curriculum and instruction based on or similar to the 1619 Project or the works of Ibram X. Kendi.
It's not everything but it's something. A victory of sorts. I was very, very worried about a federal mandate forcing this curriculum in public schools. Please support https://www.fairforall.org/ even if you do nothing more than sign the pledge: https://www.fairforall.org/petitions/the-fair-pledge/
Thanks.
Wow I’m so glad that you write articles here too. Wonderful
“Maud Maron has no business having a career in public defense, and we’re ashamed that she works for the Legal Aid Society. Maud is racist, and openly so. [She is a] prominent opponent of equality [and a] classic example of what 21st century racism looks like. [She] is one of many charlatans who took this job not out of a desire to make a difference, but for purposes of self-imaging. She pretends to favor integration while fighting against it and denying the existence of racism in education. No public defender can legitimately claim to be a proponent of racial justice if they are lax in how they do the work. We know for a fact that Maud's commitment to zealous representation of poor people of color is questionable at best.”
This is what happens when you have the utter temerity to tell the hyper-religious, “No.”
Tribalism is indeed a helluva drug.
Thank you for your great work and courage Bari. I have never understood, however, the need to state left-wing credentials implying that left is positive and right is not, it's a bit 2000s. Connotative labels rather than the intellectual merit of each idea, and guilt/innocence by association, in my view has led us down this path in the first place. Specifically, our culture over the last two decades, at least, has been that if we go too far to the left, well at least our hearts are in the right place. I have never agreed with this sentiment, as I would never agree with the same notion with regard to the right. Thankfully we are becoming more familiar with Solzhenitsyn's "The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either, but right through every human heart, and through all human hearts". Sometimes it feels like the genuine and honest liberals on the left can't rid themselves of their own identity hang-ups, let's make the politics of connotations the game of the Identitarians, and not ours.
Are we suppose to believe that after all these years Mrs. Maron was clueless relative to the intentions and beliefs of her fellow co-workers,. Seriously. I hope to deserve this BW lifeline she can bring us up to date of all the times she spoke out against this evil bunch as they trashed working class whites because of their beliefs. I'm sure Mrs. Maude over the years stood up against the hate that she now finds herself the recipient of. Feels pretty bad eh Maude. Over the years did Maud encourage the mob through silence and maybe even agreeing with her fellow white collar elitists? I hope not. She deserves a chance to come clean. But I'm so pissed listening to this bunch who will always have options unlike the millions that have none. So now they have come for Maud no doubt a good woman, mother and wife. Our hearts should break when we see lives like hers destroyed. But shell be fine. Because the elites always are.
Pop Psychology: This is what happens when all the affirmative action hires are shamed by the presence of someone who actually does their job ?
The moral high ground rests with those who clearly articulate a vision of individual rights, and the best way to oppose the "progressive" agenda is to make that clear, over and over again, and refuse to allow advocates of "social justice" to change the subject. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is not complicated, not filled with esoteric language or legalese, and provides a vision derived from the founding documents regarding our ideals as a culture/society. The language of the law, combined with the history of the civil rights movement (culminated in MLK's dream speech) has no equal, no better philosophy. If those who believe in those words don't back down, and ask our opponents what they would like to replace the Civil Rights Act with, blank stares are almost always the result. (And frantic attempts to change the subject)
Don't forget this. Our job is to confidently express these straightforward timeless ideas and not back down. The truth is like a lion, let it out and it will take care of itself, but you have to be able to let it out and be heard.
I don’t know where to put this, but I really enjoyed the latest podcast discussion with david French & Chris Rufo. While I really appreciated French’s POV and I understand it so much more, I think his perspective is flawed by the self-described ‘red bubble’ he lives in. As someone who is very deeply in a blue, woke ‘bubble’ , parents need these laws to stand up for them. We’re terrified to speak up, it can ruin your kids life. While I’d love to say we already have this spelled out in the constitution, it doesn’t seem like it from where I sit. And we need the law makers to help us.
I am a "JFK Democrat", which means I'm a right wing extremist by today's liberal measures. I've seen this coming since the mid 80's when I was highly criticized by history professors for writing "right wing" course papers (ie they looked at things from a business/commerce perspective as that was my major) and when lefties spat upon me when I walked past them sporting a Reagan sticker on my shirt. The inflection point came during the Obama administration when the administration and the main stream media began rewarding politicians and bureaucrats for using their power corruptly to attack conservatives. That gave license to the current crop of left wing fascists.