“..So when do we take charge of what we claim to believe in?”
It will take leadership. People like us won’t act in a way that negatively affects our lives. We have families, good jobs, roles at church, and in the community. We’re not, quite, willing to die alone, or be put in the Gulag having our sacrifice accomplish nothing. We are willing to be a part of movement if we see even the slimmest hope.
I think this article is a huge leap forward. So far, the only people saying anything like this are bloggers. Time is coming, maybe in the next year, when we’ll start to see some major civil disobedience. I think it’ll come when they start enforcing the individual mandate.
I agree with what you are saying here but here’s the thing.
You will never get principled leaders to step up and hang their posterior out there when the people they would lead can’t be trusted.
Would you personally put your life, and the life of your family in the hands of people who will turn tail and run at the first sign of trouble? Probably not. That said...
When out of all the bluff and bluster we see on conservative forums, a significant chunk of that hyperpatriotic base will spend literal MONTHS arguing that we must compromise the very beliefs we claim because of fear the other guy is worse, can you honestly expect a leader to look at this ‘base’, what it’s made of when the rubber hits the road over mere elections (nameless, faceless casting of ballots) and say “When my ass is on the line and the force of liberalism unites against me, I can trust these people to have my back?”
Seriously think about this folks. When so many here and elsewhere screamed (and still to this day scream) that we have to vote lesser evil in an attempt to have the alligator chomp us last, what principled leader do you see rising to lead us?
People can rail me all they want but it is what it is and deep down, each and every one of you know it. If you want a leader to rise and lead, it helps to be worthy of leading.