On the June 17th Matt Walsh podcast/broadcast (as well on his Twitter feed that he posted the night before; which is linked at Townhall.com), he reported on the diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) activities taking place at Fox News Channel, especially during Pride Month. Now if you think that makes Fox News just as bad as the legacy media; feel free to think that the way. Perhaps there is a lot of cultural rot at Fox News and for sure needs to be dealt with, but before you point your fingers; I should remind you that Fox Corporation is not the only one that is under pressure to push DEI on its associates.
Yes, we know all too well about LGBTQ+ backlash regarding Target Corporation, Anheuser-Busch, and The Walt Disney Company. Their attempts to reach out to the SOGI’s basically caused a revolt from its customer base and many do not want to shop their stores, attend their buy their products, and/or attend their amusement parks respectfully. While these companies are getting hurt, it is going to take more than boycotts these days to push back against the DEI agendas that many corporations have embraced. The LGBTQ+/SOGI has more power than ever, and they will do whatever they can to use that power to get what they want; and sadly…they are not going to be satisfied and content as they want too much, and it will never be enough. Thus, the march towards self-destruction and why the Abrahamic faiths warned of such consequences for the tolerance of this.
You are likely not hearing about the DEI that is going on in many other companies…especially Walmart. Now would Walt Disney and Sam Walton themselves speak out against what the successors have done to their respective companies? Based on how they lived and their actual worldviews on life, the answer would be an astounding YES! Do not count out George Dayton who founded his namesake department store, which would later evolve into Target Corporation. Dayton may not be all in for this DEI agenda either.
Then there is Chick-Fil-A (CFA); which some critics say have become double minded. According to pieces in The Federalist and in the Christian Post, this seems to be the case and sadly CFA themselves have embraced DEI, and hired a DEI specialist. Yet they are still closed on Sundays, and CFA associates can still attend the local church of their choice. Once again people; you can run, but the DEI agenda is spreading fast like a plague. No different than the zombie apocalypse or the rage of purple (or black) skinned smurfs (the ones that constantly bark “GaNap”), and both groups want to infect others really bad.
While Bud Light has been dethroned by the flagship beers of Grupo Modelo, there is one problem here. They too are part of the Anheuser-Busch complex. Boycotts sadly can only go so far.
Fox Corporation is of course not the only media game out there. May I remind you of iHeart Media and Cumulus Media. Both companies also promote the DEI agenda while they provide content to conservative minded radio listeners. iHeart through its Premiere Networks syndication arm was home to Rush Limbaugh for many years; and now is the home to Clay Travis & Buck Sexton (the duo who directly succeeded Rush), Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Jesse Kelly, Ben Ferguson, Michael Brown; all of whom have syndicated shows with Premiere. iHeart still has talk shows personalities that focus on the local communities as well, and many lean conservative. Guess what kids? iHeart Media along with consumer goods company Procter & Gamble promote the “Can’t Cancel Pride” campaign during the month of June.
Cumulus Media has its Westwood One (WW1) syndication arm which is home to Chris Plante, Dan Bongino (Cumulus’ answer to replacing Rush but will end his radio show next year), Red Eye Radio (Gary McNamara and Eric Harley), Lars Larson, Todd Schnitt, Rich Valdés, Mark Levin, and by the way; WW1 also syndicates for radio three daily podcasts from three Daily Wire personalities. Those being Michael Knowles, Ben Shaprio (who founded the news site) and last and not least…the man who called out Fox News; Matt Walsh…oh and WW1 also syndicates three Fox News personalities too (Brian Kilmeade, Guy Benson, and Jimmy Failla). Larry O’Connor who does a morning drive show on Washington DC’s WMAL-FM (which is owned by Cumulus Media), interviewed Jason Chaffetz (who works for Fox News) about his new book Puppeteers, and mentioned the DEIisms that are not going on not just at Fox News but at Cumulus as well. O’Connor and Chaffetz are both conservatives and present that POV to their audiences and outlets, but during the interview they both mention that both men must go through the DEI/ESG training every so often. It has been said that Saul Alinsky told his students to go get a suit and tie and work yourself into the board rooms of corporate America. Well mission accomplish, and Matt Walsh still needs Cumulus Media/Westwood One if he is going to have a soap box on the radio…unless he and rest of Daily Wire can figure out a way to do it themselves…along with having enough capital of course.
The common citizens must overcome their fear of the ESG/DEI mobs if they want to have any common-sense return to Americana. Some of that is beginning with middle school children in Burlington, Mass; when they saw through the rainbow images. They do not hate people that are LGBTQ+/SOGI but it seems they are tired of the overkill of Pride Month. The parents and other adults must follow suit, and not be afraid to be called wicked and vile names by those who intimidate; just so they shut up and are allowed to act up in their childish ways. Chaffetz’s current book may also be a “must read” to your reading list.
Otherwise, you might as well tolerate the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and whatever vices that the pagan/secularists demand as they finally destroy what was left of Anthony Comstock’s attempts to curb public forms of vices and indulgences. You might want to show more grace to what Uganda is doing. There are more of the Anglican tradition than that of so-called “Holly Rollers” and/or “Jesus Freaks.” They understand what Pagan cultures past and present have done and or doing now. It is not about witch hunts (par say). It’s about holding up customs, morals, and standards that keep communities happy, healthy, and stable. “Compared to what?” indeed. Promises of a better humane world without the Law of God, coupled with our “own innate, humane, moral and ethical sensibilities and sensitivities today as to what is just, good and right” …usually leads to some form of dehumanizing principles, as our own selfish desires take priority…more dangerous when a Nero, Caeser, Caligula, Hitler, Mao, Castro, Chavez, Maduro, Kim, Xi and the like are in control, and many become their own god as they demand worship of themselves from the citizens (YOU, BOW DOWN TO ME UNDERSTAND?!- Evox: Power Rangers Beast Morphers).
Longtime Denver radio talker Peter Boyles is right; we indeed serve at the King’s Pleasure. When we say “God Save the King.” We really should “mean it, man.”
Saul Alinsky would be proud of all of this.
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Hyperlinks related to the above piece:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental,_social,_and_corporate_governance
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/06-16-23-jason-chaffetz-interview/id1061727141?i=1000617305011
https://www.wcvb.com/article/burlington-middle-school-pride-decorations-destroyed-protest/44180426
https://nypost.com/2023/06/13/massachusetts-students-derail-middle-school-pride-event/
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/burlington-middle-school-pride-marshall-simonds/
https://whdh.com/news/counter-message-protest-during-pride-spirit-day-at-burlington-middle-school-sparks-town-wide-discussion/
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/burlington-leaders-parents-decry-students-destruction-of-pride-decorations-at-middle-school/3066646/
https://abc7.com/dodgers-pride-night-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-catholic/13389618/