Posted on 02/25/2019 2:45:39 AM PST by RoosterRedux
It is time for our society to acknowledge a sad truth: America is currently fighting its second Civil War.
In fact, with the obvious and enormous exception of attitudes toward slavery, Americans are more divided morally, ideologically and politically today than they were during the Civil War. For that reason, just as the Great War came to be known as World War I once there was World War II, the Civil War will become known as the First Civil War when more Americans come to regard the current battle as the Second Civil War.
This Second Civil War, fortunately, differs in another critically important way: It has thus far been largely nonviolent. But given increasing left-wing violence, such as riots, the taking over of college presidents’ offices and the illegal occupation of state capitols, nonviolence is not guaranteed to be a permanent characteristic of the Second Civil War.
There are those on both the left and right who call for American unity. But these calls are either naive or disingenuous. Unity was possible between the right and liberals, but not between the right and the left.
Liberalism — which was anti-left, pro-American and deeply committed to the Judeo-Christian foundations of America; and which regarded the melting pot as the American ideal, fought for free speech for its opponents, regarded Western civilization as the greatest moral and artistic human achievement and viewed the celebration of racial identity as racism — is now affirmed almost exclusively on the right and among a handful of people who don’t call themselves conservative.
The left, however, is opposed to every one of those core principles of liberalism.
Like the left in every other country, the left in America essentially sees America as a racist, xenophobic, colonialist, imperialist, warmongering, money-worshipping, moronically religious nation.
Just as in Western Europe, the left in America seeks to erase America’s Judeo-Christian foundations. The melting pot is regarded as nothing more than an anti-black, anti-Muslim, anti-Hispanic meme. The left suppresses free speech wherever possible for those who oppose it, labeling all non-left speech “hate speech.” To cite only one example, if you think Shakespeare is the greatest playwright or Bach is the greatest composer, you are a proponent of dead white European males and therefore racist.
Without any important value held in common, how can there be unity between left and non-left? Obviously, there cannot.
There will be unity only when the left vanquishes the right or the right vanquishes the left. Using the First Civil War analogy, American unity was achieved only after the South was vanquished and slavery was abolished.
How are those of us who oppose left-wing nihilism — there is no other word for an ideology that holds Western civilization and America’s core values in contempt — supposed to unite with “educators” who instruct elementary school teachers to cease calling their students “boys” and “girls” because that implies gender identity? With English departments that don’t require reading Shakespeare in order to receive a degree in English? With those who regard virtually every war America has fought as imperialist and immoral? With those who regard the free market as a form of oppression? With those who want the state to control as much of American life as possible? With those who repeatedly tell America and its black minority that the greatest problems afflicting black Americans are caused by white racism, “white privilege” and “systemic racism”? With those who think that the nuclear family ideal is inherently misogynistic and homophobic? With those who hold that Israel is the villain in the Middle East? With those who claim that the term “Islamic terrorist” is an expression of religious bigotry?
The third significant difference between the First and Second Civil Wars is that in the Second Civil war, one side has been doing nearly all the fighting. That is how it has been able to take over schools — from elementary schools, to high schools, to universities — and indoctrinate America’s young people; how it has taken over nearly all the news media; and how it has taken over entertainment media.
The conservative side has lost on every one of these fronts because it has rarely fought back with anything near the ferocity with which the left fights. Name a Republican politician who has run against the left as opposed to running solely against his or her Democratic opponent. And nearly all American conservatives, people who are proud of America and affirm its basic tenets, readily send their children to schools that indoctrinate their children against everything the parents hold precious. A mere handful protest when their child’s teacher ceases calling their son a boy or their daughter a girl, or makes “slave owner” the defining characteristic of the Founding Fathers.
With the defeat of the left in the last presidential election, the defeat of the left in two-thirds of the gubernatorial elections and the defeat of the left in a majority of House and Senate elections, this is likely the last chance liberals, conservatives and the right have to defeat the American left. But it will not happen until these groups understand that we are fighting for the survival of America no less than the Union troops were in the First Civil War.
I’ll never forgive Prager for what he did to the great Bob Grant.
I can’t go along with diluting the meaning of the word “war.” If as Prager admits there’s no violence — there’s no war. And even if there’s violence...was the Nazi regime prior to Sept 1939 called the German Civil War? Was Turkey’s genocide against the Armenians known as the Turko-Armenian War?
The American left’s opponents are taking it in the rear. That’s not “war.” It’s not even boxcars. Not even close.
And you can not win a war with a strategy based on defense. If you do, the enemy gets to define the parameters of the engagement to their advantage; place, time and method.
A Freeper mentioned a few weeks ago that the Left seems to operate like a "hive mind."
I think this is not only because of what they are hearing from the media, but also because generations of them have been indoctrinated by our colleges and universities (actually going back to just after the end of WWII).
The Left is brainwashed to see life through the commie prism. That is why (I suggest) when the Left started pushing the postmodern ideas of reality being the way you see it and your gender is based on how you feel, etc., those Americans who had been indoctrinated into Leftie thought understood it instinctively.
Embracing moral relativism was easy. It had already been forced into their very beings.
People must realize that there is a difference between Leftists and Liberals. Most Liberals have evolved into the Useful Idiots of the Left.
Good points. Somehow the typical, naïve and ignorant Liberal must be made to realize that they are the Useful Idiots of the Left/Communists. They must realize that they are being used and what they are blindly supporting is detrimental to them.
By de-emphasizing what the Left is doing as "not war," you are giving them a pass.
This is what they are counting on.
A war doesn't become a war when the shooting starts. If that were the case, it would exclude an enemy's efforts to set up infrastructure (intelligence agents, special operators, lines of communications, means of disruption/sabotage, etc.) behind the lines of their target before shooting commences as acts of war.
Has there ever been a civil war while the poorest people are the most likely to be obese and are the most entertained poor people ever? Also, you would think more people would simply deign to vote if things were so bad. The people who choose not to vote have outnumbered the turnout of either political party for 100+ years.
Freegards
I’ve learned to love your enemies - it’ll drive them nuts. The more someone’s in my face the more I smile; makes them look like idiots.
What did he do
Go ahead and equate today’s political climate with the American Civil War, or any war, but count me out. I think it’s absurd.
Carry Concealed (CCW in PA), and if attacked, SHOOT the MFer. Immediately call 911 and tell them you’re the victim. First to call 911 is auto-victim. Mr Kimber & I are always ready for anything.
Other way around.
"War is merely the continuation of politics by other means."
"Der Krieg ist eine bloße Fortsetzung der Politik mit anderen Mitteln."
What you said is what people are saying now to sound tough.
I don't think anyone is doing or saying that.
What has been said about the current situation is this:
"Normal" politics is when different parties within a country fight over the way the existing Constitution (or other foundational document) is to be applied.
"Regime" politics is when different parties argue over whether or not the existing Constitution itself is to be replaced or overthrown.
What we are seeing in this country at present is "Regime" politics.
Regime politics is an existential war "within" a country..."civil" war.
The left also seems to have Hollywood Stars turn up at many of their protests - - and magically they have buses pull up filled with people who pick up 'hand-made' signs and props that appear out of no-where... It's a mystery all right...
(Rooster - tactics are used to create the hive mentality too - it doesn't 'just happen'...)
Right. Still in caffeine deficit and it’s after 11:00.
Agree 100%.
Pull your kids out. Public schools = child abuse.
I was a volunteer with The Woodlawn Organization in ‘63 and ‘64... not a leader... but I have a small ‘feel’ for community organizing.
"We have two cycles. One is civil unrest and the other is international war. The civil unrest would show more on the revolutionary side, and, normally, they don’t particularly take place at the same time. They realign once every 300 or so years, and that’s what is happening right now.
So, we have a rise in civil unrest, and you can see it with this polarization in politics. That will lead to civil war, and there is no other way around this. Neither side is going to accept whoever wins in 2020.
This nonsense about Russia and Trump and Russia is absolutely absurd. They claim the Russians hacked the DNC emails and that is why Hillary lost. There is no allegation that anybody faked the emails or they weren’t true...
Over 70% of Democrats think that Russia is the enemy... You create that kind of sentiment, and that is what leads to war.”
Armstrong’s “War Cycle”. Armstrong predicts, “It’s pointing straight up..."
Martin Armstrong - Permanent Gridlock & Tax Disaster Coming to America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2582&v=IUyaQ0atDwQ
Steve Bannon expects 2019 to be "most vitriolic year" since before the Civil War
Trump's war on socialism will fail - The Washington Post
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