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Fr Calvin Robinson ©® @calvinrobinson - Home from AMFest in time for Mass, and reflecting on what was probably the biggest and possibly the last of its kind.
There is a tension bubbling up under the surface. A taboo that everyone is aware of but many are afraid of. There is a clear divide between what Gen Z might call America First vs Israel First, and what the old guard might view as an extremist crowd gaining ground in their movement.
TPUSA are awake to this, and want to address it, and have tried to address it, but I am not sure they are really able to. I mean that with no disrespect, but there is a paradigm shift happening in real time and many will be left behind.
Zionists see the new wave as antisemites. The new wave see themselves as patriots, and the Zionists as traitors. Both have different ideas on what it means to be conservative, and if that is even a phrase they want to use anymore.
The problem is Israel. Specifically, the West (see: Christendom)’s relationship with the modern state of Israel. There is a political and theological conflation with the old guard that the newer cohort does not have.
My good friend Dr James Orr hosted the only debate on Israel, which was probably a wise choice for chairman. Getting an Englishman to moderate provides an element of impartiality, as Christian Zionism/dispensationalism are not major factors in the homeland. But inviting Steve Deace and Doug Wilson to debate on the topic was a mistake. They are renowned theologians in their own right, but they speak to a different generation. They are stuck in he old paradigm of the post-WWII liberal consensus and so spent the entire time gate keeping the conversation and doing their utmost to seemingly prevent any antisemitism sprouting up, but they will be unaware that censorious approach is precisely what is driving such a rejection of Israel and Judaism. Both are seen as sacred cows, in a land that otherwise has free speech. Questions and concerns are deemed as “hate,” and in any other context that would be considered woke.
Charlie had his finger on the pulse. He understood the post-WWII consensus was coming to an end, and the younger generation do not share the biases of their grandparents, and have a more objective view of the matter. They want to engage in conversations about foreign policy and faith but the old hats want to shut them down just in case they get too close to a line in the sand which is not shared by both sides.
Charlie really was the glue keeping the whole thing together. Without him, it feels like there are two big camps at odds with each other, without a shared language to communicate with each other. Questions go unanswered as people judge each other’s motives for asking. The air needs clearing, or this will continue to fester.
The real question, as demonstrated by Ben Shapiro’s speech and the responses to it from both sides, is how big is the tent?
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