they are even worried that conservatives are becoming cool. new york times columnist michelle goldberg is conceding that the left exudes an irritating progressive sanctimony, is grimly censorious, that the cultural energy is on the side of opposing wokeness. she goes on to quote author james pope who in vanity fair noted this new conservative movement has been quietly edgy and cool in new tech outposts like miami and austin and in downtown manhattan where new right politics are in. the signifiers like age of or cross necklace have become lockers of a transgressive sheik. now, where is my cross necklace? de mayor. leave it to liberals to misconstrue a crucifix. we all see what has always been true. in the modern era conservatives have always been the real rebel.