Posted on 11/18/2025 4:32:02 AM PST by MtnClimber
We are certainly in the middle of this cultural battle. I worry that the next democRAT president will undo everything President Trump has unwound of their islamo-marxist plot.
Not without a fight.
It sure would be nice if the Republican party would codify some of what President Trump is doing. We have the House and the Senate, but we aren’t really able to do anything with them.
The woke and radical left in Michigan are doing so much damage that the majority of its residents are effectively blind to it because the Democrats in Lansing and elsewhere in the State operate in a shady and covertly stealthy manner. They are not “in your face” with it like they are in CA and CO, but don’t let the smooth taste fool you because they’re not the harmless moderates they appear to be. Is it just me, or does it seem like Gov. Whitmer, AG Nessel, SoS Benson (and she’s running for Governor!), have been keeping such a low profile that their silence is also deafening? The State of Michigan has become a testbed for this innovative strategy, the success of which depends heavily upon opacity while having the mere appearance of adequate transparency. It’s what they do, and they have new ways to do it if they think nobody’s looking.
They’re pulling the same stunt in North Carolina.
I reject the premise which the author floats. "Western Civ's got to go" was a BS chant back at Berkeley, but Western civilization isn't going anywhere. It changes, era to era, of course. But these United States, as an example, change when one considers that at one time we had neither national income tax at its beginning [ Revenue Act of 1861, and then reestablishment in 1913 ], nor the Fed [ begun also in 1913 ].
Niesche's "God is dead" stuff was trotted out a century and more ago, and while perversion has always riled the faithful, the faihtful don't accept the premise.
To comment further, I looked for a bio for the author, Steve McCann, but all the sites which publish his editorials tell nothing of him excepting the titles of his articles. Looking further, it seems a bit of a dead end in terms of his background and education.
Western civilization will be around, and it will change over time, because we change over time. But so much of today's' news and editorials sound the alarm because "if it bleeds, it leads."
Dueling messages come our way. "Fear" versus "fear not." It would be wise to focus on the latter. Fear not. Stay the course, but fear not.
We can thank the GOPe for this, being in a deep red area I can’t adequately describe how often conservative leaning people don’t get to the polls, the lesser of evils in voting is long gone and many people just simply won’t support RINOs.
A side note and/or side symptom: In the last state election the MI state GOP lost both the state house and the state senate for the first time in decades, why is this? No red wave locally just like nationally. That’s because the state GOPe has done a pathetic (and that’s being generous) job over the years and has earned it. The RINO state house/senate did NOTHING after the stolen election in 2020, (dump of ballots in Detroit in the middle of the night) and WHitler could have vetoed every voting security bill but these losers didn’t even try and that's just the beginning.
No one turned out to vote for them to keep them in power, no more. Like the rest of the rustbelt states these states are really nice in a lot of ways, however they all have a YUGE blue dot on the map called 'uniparty' keeping the upper Midwest stagnant for two generations and still marching.
On a religious level it's the Devil.
On the human level, it's the acceptance of evil into one's life for a myriad of reasons, or one might even say, justifications.
The RINO faction of the Republican Party ios just as complicit, and that is what people need to start understanding.
it is my firm belief that it is Islam that will implement the persecution of Christians during the tribulation.
Who’s Really Defending Democracy?
A principled response to political inversion
Today, one group (Group A) claims that another (Group B) is trying to “destroy democracy.” But what if the real threat isn’t destruction—but redefinition as a prelude to destruction?
🔄 Redefining Democracy: From Liberty to Control
Historically, democracy meant government by consent, rooted in individual rights, free expression, and constitutional limits. This tradition—shaped by thinkers like John Locke, James Madison, and Alexis de Tocqueville—emphasized liberty, not state control.
But Group A has begun to shift the meaning. In their rhetoric, “democracy” now implies:
• Economic equality enforced by the state
• Majoritarian rule unconstrained by constitutional checks
• Government as provider of outcomes, not protector of rights
This redefinition aligns more closely with collectivist systems than with classical liberal democracy. It echoes the logic of Rousseau’s “general will”, where dissent becomes illegitimate if it opposes the collective vision.
🧠 Semantic Inversion: A Tool of Manipulation
This is a classic case of semantic inversion—where words are hollowed out and refilled with new meaning. When “democracy” becomes a euphemism for state-managed equality, then liberty itself becomes the enemy.
George Orwell warned of this in Politics and the English Language, where political language “is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.” Today, the word “democracy” is being weaponized to vilify dissent and sanctify control.
🧨 Redefinition as a Step Toward Destruction
Redefining democracy is not a harmless shift in vocabulary—it is a strategic maneuver. Once the public accepts the new definition, any defense of liberty, limits, or dissent appears “anti-democratic.” This paves the way for:
• Censorship in the name of equity
• Centralized control in the name of justice
• Suppression of opposition in the name of unity
In this framework, Group B’s defense of constitutional democracy becomes a threat—not because it undermines democracy, but because it exposes the fraud.
📚 Historical Echoes
• Weimar Germany: The Nazi Party claimed to restore democracy while dismantling its institutions.
• Soviet Union: Called itself a “people’s democracy” while suppressing speech, religion, and property rights.
• Modern Venezuela: Elections persist, but dissent is criminalized and economic control centralized.
These regimes didn’t abolish democracy outright—they redefined it first, then destroyed it.
🛡 Group B: Defending the Real Thing
Group B resists this shift—not out of hostility to democracy, but out of fidelity to its original meaning. They defend:
• Free speech—even when unpopular
• Limited government—even when inconvenient
• Equal protection under law—not equal outcomes by decree
They are not destroying democracy. They are preserving it.
✍️ A Call to Clarity
We must reclaim the language of liberty. Democracy is not:
• The tyranny of the majority
• Redistribution of rights
• Government as moral arbiter
It is:
• A framework for freedom
• A system of consent and limits
• A safeguard for pluralism and dissent
Those who defend this framework—even against popular pressure—are not enemies of democracy. They are its guardians.
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I think I remember seeing “union” thugs in Detroit pasting cardboard over the glass so that GOP observers couldn’t see what they were doing inside “counting” the ballots.
The thugs were easily identify-able, nut I never heard that they were charged or even reprimanded.
This was the 2020 “stolen” election where Biden received 81 million votes.
As an AZ State Senator I wonder if people understand how State government works.
Bkmk
That all depends on which state and their leaderships. Democrats play by their own rules.
Thanks for posting. Civilized individuals get together and their civilizations survive as the uncivilized and their supporters are eliminated.
Sure, Capitalists, commie or a murdering muslim. It's all cool. Just relax and go with the flow. Right?
Didn't come to the same conclusion you did. Didn't say "go with the flow" either.
I'll go with Thomas Sowell from about a decade ago -- "If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win."
I said, "Western civilization will be around, and it will change over time, because we change over time." If Western civilization includes centuries of glories from many nations, then one sees change without question. If Western civilization includes National Socialism's destructive, disastrous effects on Europe, then Western civilization needed that change which included the Axis powers losing in Europe as in the Pacific. Ditto with Western civilization's formation of Marxism through the Frankfurt School which migrated to Columbia University, and spawned an Obama. That sure as heck needed "change," and that is ongoing right now. "It's all cool" is just a silly conclusion to my comment.
Western civilization has changed, is changing and will continue to change. I am among the barbarians, as above, for liberty and freedom, something the "commie" and the "murdering Muslim" are not. Liberty. Freedom. Through being barbaric enough to staunch the uncivil and uncivilized.
Because we have an education system that failed to instill the inherent evils of Marxism, we are doomed to repeat the horrors of the 20th Century?
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