Disaffected

A Dangerous Failure in Categorization The ability and willingness to properly categorize things—and act accordingly—is a survival skill. Snakes are a category. But vipers are not just snakes. And vipers under your porch are not just vipers—they are an imminent threat to you and your family and need to be categorized as such. One of the reasons The Left was able to march through institutions and get so close to their goal of destroying our country—something still within their grasp—is that we categorized so many of them as mere fools and hypocrites. While this label worked for the useful-idiot contingent of The Left, it utterly fails for its core. A wolf in sheep’s clothing is not a hypocrite. It is a camouflaged predator. It is not stupid or wrong; it is smart and effective, using a strategy that will allow it to kill and eat sheep and then feed off the flock going forward. Too many people have categorized predatory malice as stupidity or hypocrisy because they could not discern the difference between a flawed belief system and camouflage for evil intent. In 2026, much of The Left are no longer confused, well meaning idealists with conflicting beliefs. They are either bitter malcontents—vipers under the porch who just want to hurt someone—or wolves in sheep’s clothing who actually want to eat you. Get your categories right.