Alvin Lui

It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
~ Mark Twain

Most people see a political movement; I see the sleight of mouth that leads to tyranny.

For over half my life, the Art of Magic was my blueprint for life. As a professional illusionist, I mastered the mechanics of deception. I learned early on that knowing how an illusion works is only 10 percent of the performance, the other 90 percent is presentation and audience management. I understand deception intimately because I spent my career creating it on stage.

Today, radical activists in K-12 education are using the exact same performative techniques to deceive parents. They use what I call Language Contamination: a strategy where they use your vocabulary, but not your dictionary. They hide behind pleasant-sounding words to bypass your parental instincts and weaponize your kindness.

When I speak to media or donors, they don’t get another commentator playing defense. They get a master storyteller and strategist who knows how to break the illusion, move the Overton window, and empower parents to go on the offensive.

Alvin Lui, president of Courage Is a Habit, is one of the sharpest, most compelling voices on today’s cultural and educational battles. At his org, they uncover and expose all the woke propaganda students are being taught through “emotional learning” avenues (counselors, etc). He’s a former magician and talks about how the left uses the same tactics of illusion and distraction to trick naive people into following their liberal marching orders.

THE PHILOSOPHY: OFFENSE-MINDED STRATEGY

Producers don’t need another guest apologizing to the left. I provide a clear, provocative, and intellectually rigorous framework that drives ratings, exposes indoctrination, and forces activists to defend the indefensible:

  • Embrace Exclusion: “Inclusion” is the Trojan Horse for K-12 indoctrination. I teach parents and donors that healthy societies and families are defined by what they exclude, and that good parenting has always been about exclusion. To protect our children, we must stop apologizing and start setting hard boundaries.
  • Own the Hate: When activists try to shut down the debate using the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “hate group” smear, I teach patriots to wear it as a badge of honor. Hate is the natural response of any sane person who sees children being indoctrinated, mutilated, or stripped of their innocence. I don’t play defense; I tell them, “Absolutely we are a hate group…we hate what’s happening to children.”

MEDIA BIO & PORTFOLIO

As the Founder and President of Courage Is A Habit, Alvin Lui is a highly sought-after voice across national television, radio, and digital print. He is known for popularizing hard-hitting, signature vocabulary that shifts the cultural battlefield, including exposing “Language Contamination,” fighting “Transgender Trafficking Bills,” and calling out “Transgender Child Mutilation Advocates.”

National Television & Legislative Battles:

  • Fox Business: Appeared on The Bottom Line to slam school-based health clinics for medicating kids and bypassing parental consent.
  • Legislative Testimony: Actively testified to expose WPATH’s fraudulent medical guidelines and successfully mobilized opposition to “transgender trafficking” legislation (LD 1735, LD 227, and LD 380) in Maine.

Top Op-Eds & Written Commentary:

  • The Blaze – “Own the hate: Why patriots should wear the ‘hate group’ smear with pride”: A viral piece redefining the left’s favorite smear as a badge of honor for protecting children.
  • The Blaze – “Wokeness runs on ungratefulness — and normal people are over it”: Deconstructing the perpetual victimhood ideology that runs the modern left.
  • The Blaze – “The left is using tax dollars to indoctrinate your daughters”: Breaking down the weaponization of school counseling and the “Lean In Girls” curriculum.
  • The Blaze – “How ‘media literacy’ threatens American freedoms”: Exposing government-funded censorship and “counter-propaganda” initiatives.
  • The Daily Wire – “The Islamist Trojan Horse Weaponizing Your Kids’ Counselor’s Office”: Detailing how radical organizations infiltrate schools behind parents’ backs.

Podcasts & Radio: Alvin is a high-engagement guest across the alternative media landscape, with featured appearances on Real America’s Voice, Megyn Kelly, Jesse Kelly, Bill O’Reilly, RSBN, and the Bongino Network.