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The Fight That Lies Between Status Quo and Secession
The Fight That Lies Between Status Quo and Secession - American Thinker
2 Feb 2021 ~~ By Selwyn Duke
With a stolen election, stolen culture, stolen courts and stolen dreams, many Americans are realizing that rule by the Left, absolutely corrupt even without absolute power, is unthinkable. Talk of secession, something continually entertained in various states throughout history, is again in the air. The problem is that for the most part, we’ve been supinely submissive in the face of burgeoning leftist tyranny. So it would help if there were something between secession and our current slouching toward servitude. And there is.
Too many conservatives are also waxing defeatist, saying “The republic is dead; our freedoms are gone.” And, yes, if we continue operating inside the box and being “conservative” — as in status-quo oriented — we can kiss our (remaining) liberties goodbye. But the left isn’t constrained by any box, except what’s physically and politically possible; it doesn’t abide by rules, laws, social codes or conventions except when convenient. So why should we remain in any box except that which is divinely ordained?
Embracing Mao’s sentiment that “[p]olitical power grows out of the barrel of a gun,” the left trades in violence, violence done to political opponents and to our culture, history, heroes, Constitution and just liberties. Now having seized power in government’s executive and legislative branches via the violence of electoral theft, the left aims to use that power to become autocratic. As to how we should respond, remember:
Only power negates power.
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Leftists have made their intentions crystal clear, calling for 9/11-like “truth commissions,” blacklists and the persecution of Trump supporters. They’re also successfully “cancelling” opponents as they destroy careers, reputations and lives. For how long will we insist on abiding by Queensberry rules while they proceed no-holds-barred?
Painting with a broad brush, conservatives are principle-oriented and, projecting as man will, don’t fully appreciate that the Left is power-oriented. If we’d handled the Soviets during the Cold War as we do our left, with NATO (no action, talk only), we’d have been singing “The Internationale.”
Only power negates power, and our choice is simple: Accept that and nullify tyranny — or go gentle into that good night.
Comment:
Governors, sheriffs, and juries need to take this to heart.
Nullification is our right and our responsibility.
The next Conservative president needs to pardon everyone charged/convicted of nonviolent federal gun “crimes”. Ameicans have tolerated nullification for 20 or more years.
Sanctuary (from Federal immigration laws) states, counties and cities nullification !
Apparently there's nullification the unconstitutional kind and then there's NULLIFICATION THE PROGRSSIVE KIND !
We should nullify like Progressive Marxist/DSA Democrats have done and force a federal vs state, county and local confrontation.
Nowhere in the Constitution is the power to declare laws of Congress, or the state legislatures, unconstitutional. Nowhere in the Constitution is the power to stop a presidential order given to individual federal judges. No where in the Constitution does the federal government have the power to determine marriage laws or require states to allow abortion. No where in the Constitution does a federal judge have the power to mandate state legislatures spend money or stop spending money for a purpose.
These powers have been seized by the judiciary legislating by decree. No court is going to agree to give up powers the judiciary has seized. However, a legislature, a governor, or a president can certainly refuse to obey decrees from federal judges who have exceeded their Constitutional authority if they are prepared to hold fast. The only way to beat tyranny is to stand up to it.