Solzhenitsyn Attitude

[Martin Hash]

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No under-30 Wokester was alive when the Soviet Union fell, and certainly nobody that age remembers Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the famous soviet dissident. That’s why when I explain to people my belligerent attitude towards people who blindly accept whatever narrative the mainstream is pushing: Climate Alarmism, Trump Derangement Syndrome, Covidians, Ukrainiots, or whatever the next bandwagon will be. I have a Solzhenitsyn Attitude. Aleksandr’s own words explain it all:

“Overcoming our temerity, let each man choose: Will he remain a witting servant of the lies or has the time come for him to stand straight as an honest man, worthy of the respect of his children and contemporaries? And from that day onward he: will not write, sign, nor publish in any way, a single line distorting the truth; will not utter such a line in private or in public conversation, nor read it from a crib sheet, nor speak it in the role of educator, canvasser, teacher, actor; will not in painting, sculpture, photograph, technology, or music depict, support, or broadcast a single false thought, a single distortion of the truth; will not cite in writing or in speech a single guiding quote for gratification, insurance, for his success at work, unless he fully shares the cited thought and believes that it fits the context precisely; will not be forced to a demonstration or a rally if it runs counter to his desire and his will; will not take up and raise a banner or slogan in which he does not fully believe; will not raise a hand in vote for a proposal which he does not sincerely support; will not vote openly or in secret ballot for a candidate whom he deems dubious or unworthy; will not be impelled to a meeting where a forced and distorted discussion is expected to take place; will at once walk out from a session, meeting, lecture, play, or film as soon as he hears the speaker utter a lie, ideological drivel, or shameless propaganda; will not subscribe to, nor buy in retail, a newspaper or journal that distorts or hides the underlying facts.”

That’s a lot of will notting but I’m up to the challenge, however the other day when I explained myself to someone, I got casually dismissed as a crank: "No one will come knocking on your door at 4 a.m. to drag you off to the gulags." I just looked at the person. “What?!” I exclaimed. “That's obviously not true when updated to today's gulag-equivalent. I can easily get gaslighted, #metooed, called 'racist,' declared a conspiracy theorist and discriminated against because of my sex or color of my skin. I’ve already been Cancelled."

Some friends of ours' daughter graduated as a nurse and got a job, and they asked if they could have a party for her in my house. Sure. I knew there were going to be lots of young women (feminists) there. I will not let lies go unchallenged, especially in my own house, which immediately turns into confrontation, but this was our friend's party so I stayed in the Master suite all night to keep that from happening. My wife did reconnaissance occasionally and she'd come back and say it wasn't safe for me to be out there. That's the gulag we live in and the cost of my Solzhenitsyn attitude.

[SuburbanFarmer]

A very worthy goal.

I’ve found that the simplest way of red-pilling the woke is to recommend reading his work. The first chapter alone should be enough to knock anyone out of their stupor.

[C-Mag]

They already are dragging people off at 4AM.

Roger Stone for example. I DCont like thuge guy, but that was clearly a political arrest. And the televised it.