Blurring the lines

It is one the best conservative commentaries on liberalism today.

As I wrote previously, Cobra Kai takes every opportunity to skillfully ridicule aspects of PC culture, such as social equality, slacktivism, and virtue signaling.

It cleverly inverts the black and white symbols of good v. bad, by exposing the hypocrisy of Social liberalism Cobra Kai blurs the lines of moral equity in a successful attempt to undermine decades of leftist dogma.

The bullies are portrayed as an ethnically diverse bunch of insensitive individuals from suburban households.

They live in a fake world and maintain a façade of tolerance which only serves to mask their bigotry.

An example is Kyle, an Asian-American, who presents himself as an upstanding young man.

However, we see duplicity in Kyle’s character through his bullying of Miguel (below), his disrespect of women, and his public humiliation of a white student who has a cleft lip.

It is refreshing to see white men once again portrayed both as heroes and victims in our society.

By sheer volume, white men are society’s victims.

They’ll also show up and save your ass more often than not.

Leftist hypocrisy kicked in the face

Many of these bullies are revealed as social justice hypocrites.

Regarding Johnny Lawrence, the protagonist of the series, he may be a drunk and deadbeat dad, but he sees what’s wrong in society and understands how to fix it.

In my mind, Johnny symbolizes a piece of nostalgic suburbia trapped in urban decay. America as it was — “a city on a shining hill” — forced to exist in the darker world of post-Obama America.

One cannot help but feel good watching Miguel and Aisha gain confidence and learn self-respect in the face of adversity by fighting back — face-to-face.

Cobra Kai exposes social tolerance as the hypocrisy that it is. It gives a finger to contemporary discussions on racial intolerance and gender insensitivity.

Most of these people “tolerate” the intolerance of anyone who is not part of their click. Just as the “tolerant” leftists in Hollywood are tolerant of hatred, violence, and aggression toward the right, in Cobra Kai, the bullies are left-leaning social justice warriors who cannot see the hypocrisy of their behavior towards others.

The parallels between the roast of Sarah Sanders and the bullying of Aisha – and how the “inclusive press” and the high school students, respectively tolerated it — is eerie.

The SJW teacher who is quick to correct Miguel for fighting back is notably absent when Aisha is repeatedly harassed by bullies.

Bring on Season 2!

I have been struck by the near universal acclaim Cobra Kai has been receiving, particularly William Zabka’s performance as Johnny Lawrence.

Indeed, one of the wonderful qualities of Cobra Kai is the way the two protagonists – Johnny and Daniel – stay as contemporary figures. Neither man lost their connection to their youth, so their inner-struggles are a way of relating to the social problems faced by our youth today.

Part of the problem millennials possess is their desire to be shown “the Way” — but there is no Mr. Miyagi to lead them.

In Johnny Lawrence we have an imperfect — even somewhat dark and brooding — version of Mr. Miyagi; but one which fits our generational needs today.

If Mr. Miyagi was the model sensei during the Reagan era, Johnny is the ideal sensei for the Trump era.

If you haven’t seen Cobra Kai yet, do yourself a favor and check it out!