27 February 2022
Will the West's obsession with Woke survive war in Europe? Or will Putin's missiles finally explode the Never-Never Land of
unreality in which we have been living?
It's early days, of course, but so far, the West's mythical land of prancing unicorns looks bulletproof.
Even as rockets rained down on Ukraine, Western elites worried about how the war would affect LGBTQ people, as if Putin might have
developed queer-seeking missiles.
Others voiced concern that grandparents huddled in bomb shelters beneath the pockmarked streets of Kiev might not be social
distancing.
The New York Times lamented that few of the Ukrainians fleeing for their lives were wearing masks. They probably weren't
triple-boosted either. And God forbid any of them were shot dead without first using a QR-code to check out.
Meanwhile, former US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed dismay at what he called the 'emissions consequences' of war in
Europe. He would presumably be far more comfortable with the Russian invasion had their tanks first met strict European emission
standards.
Kerry said he hoped Vladimir Putin would 'stay on track' with fighting climate change while fighting the Ukrainians. We can only
hope the Russian army will sort the plastics from the metal bomb casings when they get around to removing corpses from the
battlefield.
And here in Australia, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews lit up Melbourne in the Ukrainian colours as 'a show of support'.
If that doesn't work, he will likely deploy a hashtag.
And if China invades Taiwan, he will (of course) paint the town red.
Those who say cockroaches are the only things that will survive a nuclear holocaust are wrong. On the evidence available so far,
Woke - that virus of the mind which has turned Westerners into mindless, unicorn-chasing simpletons - will probably survive as
well.
The Russians may well destroy Europe, and China may well dominate the Pacific, but they will never kill our stupid!
Nothing better illustrates the disconnect between the imaginary world of the West and the cold, hard reality that is right now
marching toward Kiev than the fact that, just three weeks before the invasion, British troops were spending a day 'reflecting on
inclusivity'.
At the very moment Putin was surrounding Ukraine with rocket launchers, British soldiers were taking a break from tiresome military
exercises to discuss 'unacceptable behaviors' such as bullying, sexual harassment, and racism. (Moral rearmament, our soldiers’ most potent weapon) for context
Doesn't Putin know we have the most diverse, equitable, tolerant and trans-inclusive militaries in the history of the world?
And he's still messing with us?
If all of Europe descends into war, the Brits might not win, but by God they will be the best-behaved losers in military history.
If only Putin would challenge us to a 'Celebrate Diversity Day', we'd kick his ass.
Western armies may well comprise the nicest soldiers you could ever meet on a battlefield. Just ask the Taliban.
'Oh, you'd like a Black Hawk helicopter, would you? Here, have 33! And would you like Humvees with that? Have 27.'
Little wonder that, after watching American soldiers run away from a bunch of Afghani goat herders, Vladimir Putin decided to try
his luck.
It's not by accident that the acronym for the West's favourite things - diversity, inclusion, and equity - is DIE.
Putin wants to fight. So much toxic masculinity.
If our military leaders want to discuss 'unacceptable behaviours', they might like to talk about their total unpreparedness for
conflict.
For decades now, we in the West have imagined we lived in a post-war world. Conflict was, like, so last century.
With the loss of Christianity, we lost the doctrine of original sin; the idea that human beings - while made in the image of God -
are fallen and so have a propensity toward evil. Instead of preparing for the inevitability of conflict, we embraced the illusion
of the brotherhood of man and the perfectibility of mankind.
