They want to define the traditional masculine virtues-things like courage, and independence, and assertiveness-as a danger to society. The Left want to define traditional masculinity as toxic. This work of deconstruction is what unites today’s Left and binds together all their various preoccupations, from critical race theory to their economic socialism to their bizarre war on women’s sports.īut what I want you to notice, what I want to call out tonight, is this fact: that the deconstruction of America begins with and depends on the deconstruction of American men. That’s the Leftist project, and that’s their grand ambition: to deconstruct America. It’s a nation that needs to be taught how unjust it truly is and after that, rebuilt from top to bottom. It’s a dystopia, if only Americans would get woke enough to see it. They believe that America is a systemically racist, structurally oppressive, hopelessly patriarchal kind of place. Their voices predominate in the news media, in Hollywood, arguably sports, and of course, at our universities. They have the White House, the House of Representatives, the Senate. As we speak, the Left controls the commanding heights of American society. I want to talk with you about the Left’s attempt to give us a world beyond men. I want to talk with you tonight about another aspect of that ambition. It’s part of the Left’s effort to fundamentally remake America. I spoke two years ago of the Left’s ambition to create a world beyond belonging-a world where community and shared culture-our culture-count for little. So when Yoram invited me to speak again this year, I thought: What’s to lose? After that speech, the Left called me a racist, a fascist, and a Nazi. I had the honor to be at your inaugural conference two years ago. He addressed the future of the American man and highlighted the need to strengthen and empower American men so that they can serve as an “unrivaled force for good in the world.” Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) delivered a keynote address at the National Conservatism Conference in Orlando, Fla.
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