A new poll
conducted jointly by the Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports surveyed
1,016 “likely voters” in the United States on January 5th. The poll
revealed…that a large percentage of Democratic voters would have made excellent
Germans circa the 1930s and 1940s. Specifically, it revealed that 59% of likely
Democratic voters want the government to enact a policy mandating that
unvaccinated Americans be confined to their homes at all times, except for
emergencies. (Conversely, 79% of Republicans and 71% of unaffiliated voters
oppose such draconian punitive measures.)
Moreover, 45% of
Democrats called for the government to round up citizens who are not
vaccinated against COVID-19 and force them into "designated
facilities." (These same people, I’m certain, are-- or would be-- appalled
at FDR rounding up Japanese Americans and placing them in “designated
facilities” during World War II.) An even higher percentage of voters who have
a "very favorable" opinion of President Biden were in favor of
putting unvaccinated Americans into COVID Camps. Interestingly, the same
measure was opposed by 71% of all voters surveyed and 95% of those who have a
"very unfavorable" impression of Biden.
The poll found that a shocking 29% of Democrats surveyed want to have children
temporarily removed from their unvaccinated parents. (That’s odd, given that
Democrats purport to be overwhelmed with grief when illegal alien parents are
temporarily separated from their children when crossing our southern border. And,
in that case, they don’t care if either the parents or the children are
vaccinated.)
Democrats' desire to imprison
their unvaccinated fellow citizens in their homes is obvious everywhere, as
actions taken-- and edicts issued-- by federal, state and local leaders alike
have proven these last two years. (Remember “Two weeks to flatten the
curve?” That morphed into “Two years to flatten your spirit and crush
your soul.”) And in opinion pieces such as the one published in the Salt Lake
Tribune recently, which openly called for the military to enforce the absolute
confinement of unvaccinated citizens. Anyone see a problem turning the American
military loose on the home front to confront and oppress those it is Constitutionally
sworn to defend?
In an article titled
“Utah leaders have surrendered to COVID pandemic,” the Salt Lake Tribune
Editorial Board said: “Were Utah a truly civilized place, the governor’s next
move would be to find a way to mandate the kind of mass vaccination campaign we
should have launched a year ago, going as far as to deploy the National Guard
to ensure that people without proof of vaccination would not be allowed, well, anywhere.”
Anywhere.
How
can this be? This is what happens when people do not acknowledge the primacy of
natural law. If our
rights don’t come from our Creator (we didn’t create ourselves) then there are
only three other possibilities, all horrendous: 1) We create our rights
ourselves, screw everyone else, 2) We have no rights whatsoever, or 3) Our
rights come from other people. If everyone can make up their own rights, then
there are no parameters. If I believe I have the right to your house, your wife,
and your life, then we have chaos, anarchy and devastation. The rule of law
would be impossible. If we have no inherent rights whatsoever, well, say
goodbye to your house, your wife, and your life again. And if our rights come from
others…it’s the same result. The Holocaust wasn’t necessarily wrong. Neither is
theft, rape, incest, or premeditated murder.
The
government of the largest country in the world once deemed it necessary and
proper to construct a vast network of Gulags to deal with those who didn’t toe
the party line. The government of that same nation today is authoritarian and
getting more so. Today, in modern China, the ruling Communist Party believes it
has the right, even the duty, to imprison hundreds of thousands of Uighurs. And
harvest their internal organs. Sometimes while they are still alive, according
to reports. If our rights don’t come from our Creator, how can slavery be wrong?
If large groups of people, extremist organizations, terrorists, or governments (and
it is often impossible to distinguish among them) say it is necessary and
proper to enslave Black people, white people, Jews, kids, women, Canadians,
Capricorns-- or those with red hair and freckles who happened to be born on a
Thursday-- and our rights are determined by them…who can argue against this?
How?
The
truth is that the United States became the freest, wealthiest, most creative,
and most respected nation in world history largely because of its founding
belief in natural law as recognized by the Founders in the Declaration of
Independence. Amazingly, this recognition was, and is, unique. And, if you
think about it, without this acknowledgement, nothing else really matters. Because,
without this acknowledgement, the government can toss you in jail for
jaywalking. Or for being fond of soup. It can prevent you from protecting
yourself, while allowing others to take away your happiness, liberty, and very
life.
Our
rights don’t come from President Biden. Nor did they come from President Trump.
They don’t come from Don Lemon, Joy Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Sean Hannity, or Tucker
Carlson, either. They don’t come from Bob, Sally, or Pat. Your rights don’t
come from me, and my rights don’t come from you.
Thank
God.
If
enough of us don’t recognize this—and rededicate ourselves to reclaiming our
natural rights from governments always zealous to usurp them—mankind will have
a very bleak future indeed.