Posted on 09/06/2022 9:18:51 AM PDT by Starman417
It’s been a minute or two since I posted anything like this. In fact, it’s been decades. A long time ago, I wrote a lot of political posts, articles and even books in support of the War on Terror.
During the research for my first non-fiction book, I had some online issues with someone who didn’t like my opinion. He really didn’t like it, and he believed I should die for expressing a view (a fact-based view) that he didn’t like. He was from Egypt, and in 2002 a death threat from someone in Egypt meant getting the FBI involved. They told me to either stop writing or use a pen name, then blew me off. I tried using a pen name, but as time passed, and the War on Terror became a domestic political tool so too did the trolls and threats. One day, someone trolled my Facebook account, and made some intimidating comments about pictures of my family. That was enough, and I stopped writing. They successfully cancelled me.
This cancel culture is not new. People and groups have always turned to boycotts or a Scarlett Letter as a way of forcing their views to be accepted above others. I gave in. Most people do. We are lesser for it.
Today, if you call someone a “they” instead of a “ze” it’s grounds for violence. Canada even tried to make it a law. In many businesses, universities and other entities such a misuse of pronouns can be used as grounds for expulsion. The same is true if you express a politically incorrect view. It even happens if you ask a question about something the left states with authority (even if it’s a lie or proven incorrect later).
So it was that for years I watched the news, lived through Presidencies, plagues, near economic collapse, and a myriad of other human tragedies that were global, national, regional, and sometimes personal. It’s been the better part of a generation since I said what’s on my mind. This week the silence that was demanded by an Islamofacist in 2002, by a self-proclaimed democratic socialist in 2008, and by a progressive Democratic Party at large….this week I’m breaking the silence they demanded.
During my silence, an online friend who I never had the chance to meet in person, went to war, came home, and couldn’t adjust. He had been to Iraq and Afghanistan several times. He used to joke about how safe it was to walk around Bagram Airfield (as long as you stated between the caution tape that outlined the path through the Soviet minefields!). Like more than 20 other veterans every day, one day, my friend took his life. The last email I got from him gave no clue. He just complained about Democrats’ opposition to fighting Al Queda around the globe. The focus of his last email was a frustration and outrage that Homeland Security published an annual threat assessment, and on it-instead of Al Queda, Iran, North Korea, Russia, China, or a long list of rogue nations and groups….the number one threat to American security was from American combat veterans.
A few weeks later I hadn’t heard from him. I searched, and my friend, the veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, had taken his life. He left behind a wonderful wife and kids who I’ve been blessed to watch grow up, and he would be so proud of them. But our country was not proud of him.
Oh, they’ve always said, “we support the troops not the war,” but that’s a lie. Homeland Security’s declaration that the greatest threat to America is the American veteran…that’s the reality. Half the country stands and applauds them, the other half sits smugly with a shameful, envious disdain for people who earn and deserve respect.
Fast forward a few more years. America moved from a country that was deliberately divided over the invasion of Iraq, to a country that feeds upon itself over immigration, African-American culture, and non-heterosexual relationships. Today, media pundit-parasites prey on the once-United States of America. Today, if you disagree with them, you’re a xenophobic, racist, sexist.
You’re a NAZI, and according to popular leftist understanding, it’s ok to punch a NAZI. They deserve it. If you disagree with them, you’re a NAZI, and you deserve whatever intimidation, defamation, slander, or even physical attack you get. Oh, they’ll say they don’t condone violence, but then they turn right around, and when violence does happen….they silently accept/condone it. Cities burned by self-proclaimed Marxist groups, -they don’t “condone it,” but instead they have reporters standing in front of burning building and tell us it’s a mostly peaceful protest (not America burning).
Complaining, or even refusing the newspeak is not acceptable. If you think that immigrants should check in like immigrants used to at Ellis Island, then you’re a xenophobic racist son of a bitch, and anyone who wants to get in your face at a restaurant to shout at you until you leave…that’s acceptable under the ok-to-punch-a-NAZI mindset of the modern left. If you think that the Black Lives Matters protests that led to hundreds of people killed and wounded with billions of dollars in damage were all just an election-year stunt….you must be a racist NAZI=ok to have your house and car spray-painted w swastika, and your employer and/or customers informed that you’re a Himmler. (Odd that the nationwide protests ended as soon as the BLM leaders had enough donations to buy mansions). If you think that it’s silly to have to use a person’s chosen pronouns by law, even if some people change them hourly, then you’re a transphobe sicko, and you and your family, and friends, and co-workers should be publicly humiliated as such.
The other night, my President went further. He told me that I’m a “Clear and present danger” to the United States and global democracy; to liberty and freedom for all mankind. He specifically, and with great emphasis (as well as theatre that made Darth Vader proud) said that this is the case with “MAGA Republicans.” He didn’t call me out by name, or you. He just lumped us all in together.
Do you think that 20 months of 10% inflation is bad? If so, you’re a MAGA Republican/clear and present danger to your country.
Do you think that the evacuation of Afghanistan was handled worse than the abandonment of South Vietnam? If so, you’re a MAGA Republican/clear and present danger to your country.
Do you think that maybe an extra $5-10,000,000,000,000 in federal spending could be excessive? If so, then sit down and STFU you SOB/MAGA Republican. Otherwise, you’re a clear and present danger to the United States.
Do you think that maybe there should be some control or sovereignty along the US border to make sure that some bad people don’t come in? OMG! What a disgusting idea! You should be whipped you NAZI, MAGA Republican thug. It’s people like you who are a clear and present danger to this country.
Do you think there should be some sort of election security? If so, then you’re a threat to democracy. Dead voters shouldn’t be purged from polls, and govt officials should be allowed to change the rules of an election during the vote count. To believe otherwise is to believe “The Great Lie” and be an election-denier, a MAGA Republican, an insurrectionist, a clear and present danger.
This list is infinite. Literally. I turned on MSNBC today, set a timer on my phone, and waited. It took only 75 seconds to hear the word “racist” tossed out like chaff. Turn on CNN, and you can hear the over-arching name de guerre “MAGA Republican” in just over a minute.
Make no mistake about it, the words “clear and present danger” are not a rhetorical tool. They are words that a President uses to authorize the use of force. Whenever there’s a school shooting the parasite pundits and Democrats scream for an assault weapons ban before the shooting is even over, and anyone who suggests hiring more security is-you guessed it-a MAGA Republican. Meanwhile, Democrats in the House, in the Senate, and in the White House just hired 87,000 new IRS agents without the blink of an eye. Why? Because half the country or more (the MAGA Republicans) are a clear and present danger. We’ve seen the Biden Admin use the FBI and other branches of govt to go after political opponents. It happens every day. Do you really think those 87,000 new IRS agents are gonna be going after the richest 3 million Americans who already pay half the revenue, or do you think they’ll be used to go after people who are a clear and present danger?
Look, I get it, politics is boring and nuanced, and divisive. There are always at least two ways of looking at an issue and so there are always going to be political divides over those two different perceptions. This is amplified exponentially depending on where you get your news: if you watch FOX, you’re likely to see more favorable reports about Trump and right leaning issues. Conversely, if you watch or read anything and everything else, you’re going to see positive left leaning perspectives. At best, the media outside FOX might pretend to give you what “the other side’s” position is, but their viewers don’t care if that presentation is accurate or not. The vast majority of people watch partisan news so their fears and perceptions are affirmed. No one turns on a TV looking to get worked up about how wrong they were about something.
Here’s the catch, the people who decide elections, the independents, the undecided, the RINO/DINO crowd, are usually the least informed.
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I like mustard based with no onions (vile weed)
Bkmk
(But the vile 'demon weed' - onions - are necessary.)
Looks great. I just despise onion.
Not even onion rings?
But that's okay - it takes all types of folks to keep the earth in it's proper orbit around Neptune.
Not even onion rings.....
lol
Okay, different strokes I guess. I
never grew into cauliflower or spinach so there you go....
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