True.

You make some excellent points. I agree that inflation / the economy was a big part of everything, but I also believe the fickle sheep are fickle. Last fall the best gas price I found was $2.77; this week I couldn’t find better than $3.23. I’m not blaming Trump at all, but I doubt the people who demanded improvements have the patience or understanding of how long progress will take.

I don’t share your optimism on “woke”. The polls I see (which, being highlighted by our side, are clearly not the most pessimistic) show feeble support (50s or low 60s) for issues that were uncontroversial / essentially unanimous through much of my life. There are at least three “generations” whose lifelong entertainment and mass media experience has been nothing but woke.

I’m not gauging the culture shift by the election. I’m gauging it, in part, by the reaction to the post-election governance. It feels very different compared to 2017, and poll numbers reflect this. Major TDS in 2017 led to peak wokeness by 2020. It was beginning to fade by 2022. By 2024, woke (modern Dem politics) was a joke. It’s like people were able to break free from a mind virus. Regarding the election, I think inflation and border control flipped most people. Plus, people began to realize how good we had it in 2019. And now we’re finding out that USAID made it seem like there was more support for left wing policies by funding activist groups worldwide.

I think there’s zero appetite to go back to the previous uniparty status quo. That doesn’t mean Democrats can’t win. It means people will finally demand more from Republicans. That’s why I’m much more confident in the 2.0 Administration.

As much as Trump was lied about in the media, he still would have probably won in 2020 (it’s the economy stupid) if it weren’t for Covid and the government-sponsored color revolution Summer of BLM. IMO anyway.

My original ‘I Haz A Question’ username I’ve used for years. This site is now blocking it. I know it’s the name itself because I attempted to use a different email address (which proved successful the last time SNW banned my username). When I finally used a different name (IHAQ), my comments were posted immediately.

What chaps my hide is that I’ve always been one of the most “vanilla” commenters here, and at your previous site. Nothing every inflammatory, yet often modded and sometimes blocked outright. Makes absolutely no sense, and frustrating that we don’t even know what the playbook is.

When my email address was blocked, it was the same result both here and at your previous site. Now it’s only here…I’m not experiencing any blocks there.

I wish the same thing could be said about TTAG because my comments haven’t been posted for over a month now. I’ve tried multiple times to contact them through Email and Facebook and continue to be ignored so obviously I was blacklisted from that site. I hope SNW does hold a higher standard when it comes to free speech because not all sites do. Thank you for providing relevant topics and information to those of us in the firearms community that want a voice in the discussion.

Dude, I respectfully disagree.

Practically every right-leaning video or article about the Hyena had comments describing her as “unelectable”, and I agree. Did an unelectable buffoon losing signal a political realignment, or was it just that plenty of voters (who are still leftists) were unmotivated to vote for an unelectable buffoon? If Dan Quayle lost by only 2M votes, would you say “the culture has shifted”, or would you just kick the RNC for running Dan Quayle?

Practically every video or article about Trump has commenters who impulsively voted for him because he was shot or because some Dem lie pist them off. In some cases the betrayals were flipflops on lefty positions, or denial of a handout they felt entitled to. Are they born-again MAGA constitutionalists, or just immature emoters who would vote for anyone for similarly superficial reasons?

PS Dan, every comment I post is held for moderation too.

What name were you posting under? We haven’t removed any mosts since we started SNW (aside from obvious spam).

Ahh…so it’s not my email address this time that you’ve blacklisted, but my moniker. That’s a first.

Well, so SNW is now no better than the previous site, I guess.

Three attempts over 24 hours. All three of my comments are removed. What the heck, Dan? TTAG rules apply here again?

I’m going to try a different moniker to see if you’ve blacklisted mine again for yet another unknown and undeclared reason. I must be one of the most vanilla and benign visitors to your site(s). Frustrating.