The Rise of Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ and Its Political Shift to the Right | Big Take Asia
Japan’s first woman prime minister is somewhat populist right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFwvVChYp2M
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Japan’s first woman prime minister is somewhat populist right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFwvVChYp2M
“When conservatives reject constitutional limits on executive power and foment civil conflict, what exactly are they conserving?
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“There was a time when the American right was conservative: appreciative of inherited wisdom, skeptical of rationalism, wary of excessive government power, and against radical change.
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The New Right is not interested in defending these distinctively American ideals. Drawing instead on collectivist, nationalist, and even monarchist traditions from continental Europe, this New Right seeks to wield the tools of government to advance its own social, cultural, and religious priorities. For years, the New Right, by its own admission, has rejected the tenets of classical liberalism, including individual liberty, mutual toleration, and limited government.
https://reason.com/2025/09/26/the-american-new-right-looks-like-the-european-old-right/
““The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said. “In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.””
If this is all he said, then this is a political cancellation that goes against everything many on the right used to say they stand for. Kimmel’s statement is not totally accurate, but is hardly beyond the pale.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/media/jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-trump-fcc-brendan-carr
“An archived version of the study is still available online, and states that “far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides” than the left”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/doj-quietly-deletes-study-charlie-005626328.html
There’s an active organized effort to find, report, and spread widely messages and posts that are perceived as negative toward Charlie Kirk’s death, and then try to get people fired. This makes concerns about cancellation look terribly hypocritical. Many of the people are now being harassed and threatened.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/people-getting-fired-allegedly-celebrating-193945578.html
Charlie Kirk said that Joe Biden should be put in prison and/or given the death penalty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upp7HVa1lVY
Elon Musk appears to be calling for violence in Europe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sJl-IrEQaw
Political violence has been going on for decades, including recent history. Kirk’s murder is an outrage and we need to preach peace, love, and free speech, but it’s not unique.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-c6afDgXRg
Prominent people on the right are using this horrible murder to falsely blame Democrats and the entire left. They falsely claim all of the right is under attack, subtly, and sometimes not so subtly, encouraging more violence. While, of course, ignoring the times people on the left are attacked and murdered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itinwnMA8DQ
A lot of conservative complaints about free speech infringements are not defending free speech, but defending harassment of disabilities and incitement of in real life harassment. Joe Rogan has trouble understanding the difference between making fun of someone who regularly says stupid stuff about politics on his show, and making fun of someone’s disability.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kUdtXlb0ms&t=20s