Boomer Cringe

On a submarine, if the collision alarm sounds, you immediately shut the nearest watertight door, and cinch it tight. There is a line that we have that is the equivalent of that collision alarm.

If people we used to be associated with cross that line, then we will simply do our… pic.twitter.com/pxDtz2HpjR

— Douglas Wilson (@douglaswils) November 26, 2024

The left said that Trump was literally Hitler. America said “what a joke,” and elected him anyhow.

The anons argued that it was not enough to say joke, it was somehow necessary to become the joke, and started to work on the choreography of their kick-dancing. pic.twitter.com/61p0zSawDI

— Douglas Wilson (@douglaswils) November 21, 2024

Doug Wilson and his children appear to be suggesting in this clip that if a woman’s husband has what they consider to be abhorrent “right-wing” views, that they should rebel against their husband’s authority and go straight to church leadership with their “concerns.” pic.twitter.com/lGMDEkGXW3

— Mack (@kenzietuff) December 1, 2024

Doug, Nate, Rachel, & Bekah encourage wives whose husbands are too right wing to disobey their husbands.

Doug equates men noticing things like the fact that Jews run the porn industry or Hollywood as “going the Nabal route,” and encouages wives to be like Abigail who disobeyed… pic.twitter.com/rbnwtd5cd6

— Eric Conn (@Eric_Conn) December 1, 2024

Last week, the Antioch Declaration dropped—and boy, has it caused a stir. Is this the bridge to end the ‘brother wars’ in Reformed Christianity, or just another log on the fire? pic.twitter.com/Mer4emUDSc

— Joel Webbon (@rightresponsem) November 28, 2024

It is December.

“No Quarter November” is over.

Doug Wilson spent the entire month lashing out and burning bridges with various other influencers in the Christian nationalist movement. It culminated in the so-called “Antioch Declaration” on various “racial ideologies threatening the church” which can essentially be summed up as having a huge public meltdown because too many young Christian men on X are “racist” and “anti-Semitic.”

Before anyone even had the chance to chime in and respond, Doug and Canon Press anticipated the response and rolled out an official Boomer Cringe hat. He officially self branded his operation as #BoomerCringe and two weeks later released the Antioch Declaration in which he drew a line in the sand and invited everyone else in the Christian nationalist world to sign on and embrace his Boomer Cringe or else. If you don’t swear allegiance to Yoram Hazony and Israel, you are anathema.

I found it all hilarious.

I couldn’t believe our good luck.

In November, I largely ignored it because we had far more important things going on like the outcome of the 2024 election which was hanging in the balance. I also thought it was unwise to interrupt one of our enemies when they were making a huge mistake. I’ve never cared for Doug Wilson and Moscow which has zero appeal to me, but other Christians have been willing to put up with this out of nostalgia for the old man. It was better to say nothing and let Doug alienate some of his oldest supporters.

Long story short, the Christian nationalist movement has long been divided between Doug Wilson and Moscow at one pole, which is anti-White, philo-Semitic and Zionist, and Stone Choir and the Dissident Right at the other pole which is pro-White, anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist. Doug Wilson is furious that he is losing power as a gatekeeper because the pro-White pole keeps growing. He sees the middle of the movement – people like Joel Webbon of Right Response Ministries – drifting away from him.

Overall, I think this is an exciting and necessary development. Boomer Cringe is rapidly losing value in the marketplace of ideas. Sanctimonious declarations aren’t going to reverse the tide. It is just a sign that the old mainstream conservative consensus on race and Israel has badly eroded.