well said ...
It just makes me heartsick to see how many alleged conservatives embrace party or clerical serfdom. It is as if they had voluntarily submitted to moral lobotomies, just for the ‘security’ of being in a herd with other domesticated chattel.
The light is not quite out on a free and independent yeoman’s republic, but it sure is flickering badly. This light has burned since the Magna Carta, and it is nearly extiguished during our watch.