I think you have accurately identified this fight. The masks are merely a symbol, a very apt one, of the stifling of our liberties and rights. The fact that government was able to take away our livelihoods, our communities, separate us from our families and even prevent our exercise of religion, all in one fell swoop, with virtually no objection from anyone, still stuns me. Who would have thought it could happen so fast? I’m sure even the governments were amazed at how easy it was.
And now they’re just consolidating their win with these ever increasing mask orders, the renewed shutdown of places where people might gather outside of government supervision (bars and late night restaurants, for example) and overt attacks on church gatherings.
What they realize - as did the Founders, even deists like Jefferson - Is that the greatest threat to the state is religious faith, because it tells human beings that they are something more than mere units of the state and that they have duties to a moral force that is beyond and superior to that of the state.
Reagan was right and your post was right, we have to fight for our freedom and this is the fight for our time.
...this is the fight for our time.
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Good post.
My prayer for decades has been or the progs to expose themselves for the totalitarians they are. It has been answered. It is uncomfortable. The more uncomfortable it becomes the more people question and the more who question, the more freedom we have in the aggregate.
Refuse the mask.
If you stay stocked up on essentials,now is the time to learn how to stretch those resources. This allows you to avoid the corporate collaborators.
On the same note, if you need something and just don’t want to trek out store-to-store, hoping something is in stock and you don’t want to patronize Walmart/Amazon if at all possible, search for independent venues on line or locally and purchase from them. You will pay shipping if under a minimum, but you will spread the economic activity beyond the collaborators.
Daughter of a friend in a hot spot Blue Enclave is making good income with DoorDash and InstaCart. She is picky about which orders she takes. Tips are good.
Spend the time doing/learning whatever will make you more self-sufficient. It beats the depression. So does getting out wherever possible to places that defy the orders. A few hours with happy people living their lives is a great anti-depressant. Church, if you have one. Our local R party is having movie nights. Our sheriff is not policing mask orders. We have found a couple of restaurants/bars that do not require masks and they are full.
From what I can tell, exclusive areas of Blue Enclaves are starting to feel the pain. That is going to flip more people against the progs.
Fight as you can and from wherever you are. With God, all things are possible.
spot on