BasicGreatGuy
Aut libertas aut mors
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I have seen enough of your posts to know you genuinely believe in what you type and do not play partisan politics. And while I support your efforts, our country is so far removed from what the Constitution was originally drawn up for, I do not see any chance of truly "going back".
Does that mean we just stop trying? Men and women have given their very lives for this Republic, They gave their all. If we don't give our all, we make their sacrifice meaningless. We show contempt for freedom and liberty if we give in and give up.
While I agree with the sentiment, I'm largely a pragmatist. People aren't hacks because they care about constitutional interpretation, or the meaning of government, or the pace and direction of human progress, or of the scope and depth of civil liberties or the nature of concepts like "freedom" and "liberty". They're hacks because they see politics as a game and themselves as the cheerleaders. Or maybe the water boy. How does one go about changing that?
The biggest thing we can do to try and help change course, is to walk the walk ourselves. None of us is perfect. We all fall down at times. But if we are going to get anywhere, we have got to help each other understand that what is at stake each and every day, is our Republic, our freedom and liberty.
The heck with political parties and their allegiance. We aren't all going to agree on issues. That is normal and to be expected. But if we debate the issues based on the foundation of this Republic, and not political labels etc, then we will start making progress. The dialogue must be centered around the Constitution. If not, we are wasting our time and allowing this great nation to implode on itself.
Most people wouldn't allow themselves to be abused in a relationship. And yet, they allow their own government to abuse them day after day, and year after year expecting different results.
It doesn't matter what Hannity, Limbaugh, Coulter, Olbermann, Beck, Savage, Boortz, or any other political entertainer says. What matters is what our employees are doing right now. What matters is what we are doing.
I like to debate politics as much as anyone on this board. Venues like this, can be a valuable tool. How many people know where to look on the internet, to find out what legislation has been presented and its status? How many people know how to contact their reps, much less who their reps are?
With all the technology today, we shouldn't have to educate people on how to defend freedom and liberty, but we do.
We have got to get back to the fundamental basics. I can't place love for freedom and liberty inside someone elses heart. However, I can do my best to inspire them, incite them to positive action, and encourage them on when they get tired in themselves.
We are all fellow Americans. If we don't stand united on the ideal of giving this Republic everything we have, our troops at home and abroad are dying for nothing. God forbid it so.
If the children don't see a love and a willing sacrifice for freedom and liberty from us, where will they see that determination and fight? What example are they seeing from the adults, when all they hear are "us vs them" crap?
Each one of us has a duty to freedom and liberty. Voting is but a small part of the whole.
Whether this Republic lives or dies depends on us the employers, not the employees.
The greatest threat to this Republic is "We The People." That is why we must be busy and on guard, lest we become that which we preached against.