Shine the light. Tell someone. When somebody is under the yoke of woke ideology, facing unreasonable — possibly illegal — demands that they sign off on something they don't believe to keep their job, make sure people know what is going on. Powerful though woke-ism is, courageous individuals have forced major corporations to back down from woke advocacy, says Simon Hankinson, tonight's guest on Hannaford..Hankinson, a former State Department official now a specialist on border security in Washington's Heritage Foundation is the author of the soon-to-be-published 'The Ten Woke Commandments – You Must Not Obey.'So what are woke commandments? Hankinson: You must accept that there are more than two genders. You must trust the legacy media. You must reject your history, hate your culture, and accept American decline. You must obey the absurd directives of government bureaucrats who curtail your rights and force you to act, speak, and accept falsehoods upon their demand. If you don’t swallow the compulsory dogma, they threaten, you will be canceled, doxed, smeared, or even “swatted.”.There are more of course but it is in the latter that the so-called rubber hits the road for ordinary people with ordinary opinions, who get put on the spot by an employer — even in the private sector — who for their own reasons want to be recognized for political correctness.It may start, "We want you to put your pronouns on your email signature.""No.""It's really important to us that you put your pronouns on your e-mail signature. And by the way, can you stop wearing a tie? It symbolizes male dominance."And it goes downhill from there.But it doesn't have to stop at the bottom of the hill. Hankinson talks about people who have successfully pushed back on wokeness — folks like JK Rowling and Robby Starbuck — and offers hope and a plan for those who want to do the same..“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true… think on these things,” St. Paul tells us, says the publisher's blurb. But it's not a religious book, it's a handbook on fighting back against injustice masquerading as idiocy.And by the way, Hankinson has good news on his border specialty. "I have not heard anything about the northern border for several weeks. That's actually pretty good, no news is good news."Hannaford airs at seven o'clock.
