Posted on 06/23/2023 5:20:13 AM PDT by MtnClimber
With America's Independence Day fast approaching, it is worth repeating that there is nothing wrong with pointing out and condemning government tyranny. Doing so is not only a natural right, but also a long cherished American duty. When we celebrate on July 4, we celebrate those who stood up to tyranny. Never let Deep State defenders such as Bill Barr or Lindsey Graham hypnotize you into believing that criticism of the American government threatens the durability of American institutions. It is government corruption that threatens those institutions, and only those institutions resilient enough to survive public scrutiny deserve continued life.
Tyranny thrives in the absence of confrontation. It depends on a conspiracy of silence when good people become too afraid to speak its name. Do not fear directing an outstretched finger at the unjust machinery of the State. Those quick to denounce free speech as "treason" are often the most deserving of blame.
We are in an uncomfortable stage in history during which a growing number of people have begun to accept difficult truths, and the response from people in power has been to crush those truths before they can be fully heard and appreciated. This has happened many times before. Censorship is not new, nor is political persecution. Oppressive State surveillance is not new, nor is use of the legal system to imprison political enemies. Just because these forms of tyranny have been digitized and now operate behind a network of computers, that does not make them at all different from the secret police forces that terrorized citizens living behind the Iron Curtain last century. Being "canceled" is an instance of crippling tyranny — whether that "cancelation" involves black-clad men with billy clubs "disappearing" outspoken dissidents in the middle of the night or black-clad Antifa clubs...
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They are not even trying to hide the political persecutions of the FBI. It makes me believe that they don’t think they are doing anything wrong.
I have to believe that our government has been corrupt for many, many years and I just didn’t see it or notice. I think that’s what President Trump did for me...help open my eyes. This country has been taken over by people that think they are better than the rest of us. I am just sick at heart for what is going on in DC. I don’t know if we will ever be able to vote our way out of this. Maybe if all the patriots in the country stand up all together as an organized resistance and start fighting back, we may be able to fix things. Until then....?
Regrettably our nation has been throughly corrupt for decades. This mess will never be cleaned up. Th corruption is well entrenched The founders would have been shooting decades ago
Either that or they just don’t give a crap
Excellent essay, but the real “quiet part” isn’t the naming of government tyranny, but an actionable solution to it.
Harry Reid on floor of the senate accused Mitt Romney of not paying taxes.
When interviewed and confronted about telling a blatant lie, Reid answered that, “We won, didn’t we?”
That was BRAZEN.
But even more BRAZEN was “former” CIA apparatchik Mike Morrell who admitted putting together the lie claiming Hunter’s laptop was not authentic and the FIFTY who signed off on the lie giving the impression that the lie was passed through CIA channels before it was published and caused what a source cited by Trump as a 17 point swing in the election.
There was a coup.
And a leader of the coup BRAZENLY admitting culpability and saying in effect, yeah, we caused a legitimate outcome to be overturned, so what, what you sheeple going to do about it?
or worse, they think we’re in too deep to do anything about it.
“I have to believe that our government has been corrupt for many, many years and I just didn’t see it or notice. I think that’s what President Trump did for me...help open my eyes. This country has been taken over by people that think they are better than the rest of us.”
Well said and I second it. I think the founders claimed that the King and Parliament failed to follow British laws. We can say the same of the DOJ and FBI.
I have not followed the links on QAnon postings at FreeRepublic. So my comments apply to their posts only, excluding links. They are patriotic, religious, and non-violent.
They stress awakening. That would be the opening of eyes that you mention. We need more people to open their eyes. Our government, news media, entertainment industry, and other institutions that we might hope to rely upon are badly corrupted by the left.
The left itself has its roots in Marxism. However, it has evolved into several varieties that seem independent of one another but are not. The pastor who says “some are born that way” makes common cause with the leftist who mocks and condemns all religion.
“This country has been taken over by people that think they are better than the rest of us.”
And they hate you.
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QAnon’s Achille’s heel has been the predictions.
Predicting the future will make anyone look like a fool.
They do it often so the hits keep on coming....
“The pastor who says “some are born that way” makes common cause with the leftist who mocks and condemns all religion.”
This is so true and sad. Christians should be walking out on these pastors or get new pastors. Jesus says to love one another and that does not mean accepting the continued sin of the others. I pray for them with love, but I do not accept their behavior. And I don’t believe anyone is “born that way”. Something or someone in their childhood groomed them. Whether it was a parent, teacher, relative or even a peer.
The Founders wrote some pretty radical things that would raise a lot of eyebrows in today’s world. As a reality check we’d do well to refresh ourselves as to their written legacy this Independence Day.
Part of that is - they know that they now control EVERYTHING: law enforcement, the courts, etc…
THEY own all avenues of their own accountability.
They feel extremely confident and safe doing as they please.
And so, yes, after a while, they see everything they do as right.
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