Ray9
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In a free society a difference of opinion is tolerated as the price of the freedoms enjoyed by citizens. Those of us who have been around the block a few times can clearly remember arguments ending in: “Hey, it’s a free country, I disagree, now let’s have another beer”. We all knew that what we have here is special; it was taught in school-Civics, Social Studies, Comparative Government et al.
Something is changing in our society and to those of us who stood in line for Polio shots back when Rock was young that change feels like an ill wind that will blow no good. Something is trying to come through the back door. We knew our society was free but imperfect, and that was made clear to us. We were the television generation and we watched war scenes from Vietnam as well as violence against freedom marches in the south-free but imperfect.
Any free society is only as perfect as the individuals making up that society and there are no perfect individuals. But the freedom is the important thing to be preserved in spite of imperfection. It’s what makes us different from parts of the world that envy or freedoms. They are tethered to the umbilical post of concentrated power and they will never taste the freedoms and liberties we take for granted.
We need to watch what’s trying to come through the back door. When our current president got elected he interrupted a targeted fundamental change that was underway in our schools, our media and our politics. That change was contingent upon weakening our freedoms and liberties by empowering government. The lie that healthcare is a human right is front and center in the destruction of personal freedom. It’s a strategy to make everyone dependent on that government by force if necessary.
When you see politicians encouraging individuals to harass other individuals not just in public places but in their own homes this is no longer a free country. When you see powerful people calling for boycotts of businesses that have different opinions this is no longer a free country. When you see a political party use national security agencies to construct false charges of treason against an elected president this is no longer a free country.
Watch the back door very carefully. Something is coming for you and you must be ready to defend your freedom.
Something is changing in our society and to those of us who stood in line for Polio shots back when Rock was young that change feels like an ill wind that will blow no good. Something is trying to come through the back door. We knew our society was free but imperfect, and that was made clear to us. We were the television generation and we watched war scenes from Vietnam as well as violence against freedom marches in the south-free but imperfect.
Any free society is only as perfect as the individuals making up that society and there are no perfect individuals. But the freedom is the important thing to be preserved in spite of imperfection. It’s what makes us different from parts of the world that envy or freedoms. They are tethered to the umbilical post of concentrated power and they will never taste the freedoms and liberties we take for granted.
We need to watch what’s trying to come through the back door. When our current president got elected he interrupted a targeted fundamental change that was underway in our schools, our media and our politics. That change was contingent upon weakening our freedoms and liberties by empowering government. The lie that healthcare is a human right is front and center in the destruction of personal freedom. It’s a strategy to make everyone dependent on that government by force if necessary.
When you see politicians encouraging individuals to harass other individuals not just in public places but in their own homes this is no longer a free country. When you see powerful people calling for boycotts of businesses that have different opinions this is no longer a free country. When you see a political party use national security agencies to construct false charges of treason against an elected president this is no longer a free country.
Watch the back door very carefully. Something is coming for you and you must be ready to defend your freedom.