A new national poll of 2,300 U.S. adults found that 71% of
Americans believe that political correctness has silenced important discussions
our society needs to have. Worse, 58% of Americans say that the current
political climate prevents them from sharing their own political beliefs. The
Cato Free Speech and Tolerance Survey found that only Democrats, by a slim
majority, do not feel the need to censor themselves, while 58% of Independents
say they keep at least some political beliefs to themselves. Fully 73% of
Republicans said they keep their views to themselves. Among true conservatives,
I’m sure the number is even higher.
That
this could happen in the United States of America is preposterous- and tragic.
It certainly makes it easy to see how it occurred in the Soviet Union, China,
Cuba, North Korea and Venezuela, for example. Power-hungry statists (think “The
Swamp”) manipulate decent people’s feelings in order to shut them up. The
statists claim to be tolerant and open-minded and to espouse “equality” and
“social justice,” want the rich to pay “their fair share,” and promise “free
health-care, college, and birth-control” to everyone else…all the while knowing
they are emotionally, spiritually, intellectually, and financially raping them
for their own benefit. Physical rape may
come a bit later.
One of
the reasons more conservative folks are uncomfortable- and feel “unsafe?”- with
sharing their beliefs is the blatant bias and obvious (though empty) moral
superiority with which progressives assault anyone with the temerity to stray
from Pre-Approved Political Views.
There
is another reason, however. Most conservatives respect other’s beliefs and
don’t want to randomly, needlessly inject politics into everyday life. We are
taught, from an early age, not to talk about “politics, sex or religion” at
formal- or friendly- gatherings with people we don’t know well. Simple decency.
Treat others as you’d want to be treated, etc. I am “guilty” of this myself. A
life-long serial offender, in fact.
Leftists
do not adhere to this ethic, regularly and wantonly turning even weddings, Bar
Mitzvahs, and funerals into strident, shameless political advertisements. This
is not hyperbole, and I have personally been at a number of these functions. In
2002, Democrats turned the Paul Wellstone funeral into a Party Pep Rally, and,
just recently, Maxine Waters used “comedian” Dick Gregory’s memorial service as
a forum for attacking President Trump.
“I’m
cleaning out the White House,” she bizarrely declared to a cheering crowd of
funeral goers. “We’re going to sanitize the White House!” She added: “When I
get through with Donald Trump, he’s going to wish he had been impeached.”
Classy
and touching sentiments, indeed.
The
American Founders were exceptionally well educated, intelligent, and highly
moral. Traditional, disciplined and respectful, they never sought a conflict
with their British brethren. Yet, when they saw that their freedom and dignity
were being abused and even mocked, they calmly yet steadfastly refused to yield
even to the greatest military power the world had hitherto known. They simply
could not countenance being taken advantage of in this manner.
My
fellow Americans in Flyover Country, and
around the world, we’ve seen how corrupt the establishment classes are.
Washington, D.C. is a swamp. Brussels is a swamp. The United Nations is a
swamp. Hollywood is a den of inequity masquerading as the center of the moral
universe. Your rulers in the big cities on the coasts disdain you…and worse.
They all employ a cynical constituent calculus, and look ahead to how they
believe the demographics of the future will affect their prospects for
retaining power. A tip: you’re not a factor in their decisions.
So,
conservative Americans and Brits, Catalonians, people of Venice, and those
seeking true freedom, independence and self-rule around the world, it is time
to step up, not back down. We must no longer cower in the face of potentially
violent though ridiculous backlash to our beliefs.
Every
passing moment makes our children’s freedom less likely, every minute we dally
makes it more difficult for the truth to prevail, every second that finds us
timid emboldens the dictators.
It is
not only time to serve notice to Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong-Un, Raúl
Castro, and Hassan Rouhani that we’re no longer going to put up with their
threats and bullshit. We must hold our own “leaders” equally accountable.
Justin
Trudeau, Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, Theresa May, and others must be held
to account, as well. Note to our leaders: Black Lives Matter, of course, but so
do ours. Immigration is not all bad, but neither is it always good. Illegal
immigration is…illegal. We don’t get
rewarded for breaking the law.
The Enlightenment eventually led to
people believing they knew better how to govern their lives than did kings,
dictators, or massive governments run by unaccountable, unelected bureaucrats.
We are on the cusp of losing that forever. Do not be afraid. Never surrender.
This could be the last time humanity has a chance to have a say in its own
future.
Whatever it takes, whatever the
sacrifice: Let Freedom Ring.