But this will take hard work on the part of conservatives in media, academia, think tanks, business, and other institutions of civil society. America is a country that has strived, imperfectly but passionately, to live up to its founding promise that all men are created equal. Because this lie has been preached by our universities and media like the Gospel for a generation. But aren’t there many business owners who support Trump? Per Fonte, we must follow Trump’s lead in fighting back. A version of that question is what the 2016 elections were about, and what the elections in 2020 will be about. I wrote back to ask her to reconsider. Fry ’Em Like Bacon! 1 Comment. “We’re trained Marxists,” Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has proudly admitted. The odds that the fourth is Miss Right are not in my favor. Now he applies the "logic of revolution" to our current political scene. Again, I think Trump has done more, but the analogy would go far enough for my purposes. New Series From The American Mind: Multiculturalism vs. America, Trump vs. the Multiculturalist Insurrection, Mass Culture: Multiculturalism vs. Education. Klingenstein’s invocation of Abraham Lincoln, therefore, is not at all misplaced. A special free offer from the Claremont Review of Books! Sign up for email updates on new features, videos, podcasts, and more. “Almost the entire conservative apparatus is now captive to a libertarian-inflected political correctness,” Reno claims. Post. Again, I think Trump, One last point rose to mind, even if it too might be better left unsaid on a first date. we promote and defend the principles of the In this time of national insanity, what is needed is clarity and firmness. This is to say, the riots are the handiwork of the elite. Multiculturalism, on the other hand, prohibits all challenges; it even prohibits terms such as “American exceptionalism” (when used positively), which, according to the multiculturalists, foreshadow a challenge. (You can unsubscribe anytime). He distinguishes the deeply entrenched “cultural Marxism” of Left multiculturalism from the multiculturalism of “indifference” on the Right. Our work, of course, is unfinished. There was still another tack. Perhaps. This series serves as both a worthy introduction to the work of the Claremont Institute for the uninitiated, and an excellent read for the familiar. Republicans should tell the truth, without any attempt to appease the woke: BLM is racist, not America. Reno, editor of First Things, responds to Klingenstein in “Trump vs. Libertarian-Multiculturalism.” Reno points the finger at some on the Right no less than those on the Left. That’s about half true, but at that point in our acquaintance I deemed it would be an acceptable fib. It’s not true, and it does terrible damage to give any credibility to BLM. The Claremont Institute, ... Tucker explains the revolution,” the chairman of the Claremont Institute’s board, Thomas D. Klingenstein, told Orange County conservatives in August. As the poll numbers attest, BLM is succeeding and stands virtually unopposed. So how did Susan respond to my rather pointed email of a few days ago? They seem to think that the common man needs liberals to think for him. This, too, does not give Trump the credit he deserves—he has any number of good qualities. But, even acknowledging that conservative openness is born of necessity, it may also be true that the governing ideology of conservatives—classical liberalism—demands more openness than the ideology of liberals—multiculturalism. He finds that although multiculturalism lays claim to “culture,” it is not cultural in any meaningful sense because it cannot articulate and defend its own principles. These two rogue elements collude to force ideological multiculturalism upon Americans. It seems there is suddenly a movement in media to silence anyone who speaks out against George Soros—and, specifically, his funding of radical prosecutors seeking to change the criminal justice system by simply ignoring certain crimes. Indeed, he made it his business to kick political correctness in the groin on a regular basis. Multiculturalism replaces American citizens with so-called ‘global citizens.’ Thomas D. Klingenstein is a principal in the investment firm of Cohen, Klingenstein, LLC and the chariman of the Board of Directors of the Claremont Institute. Travel around the world and you’ll find its America that is the least racist nation on planet earth. Republicans must stop saying America is racist. With responses from David Azerrad, Matthew Continetti, Allen C. Guelzo, and Roger Kimball.