“He should include a box of crayons.”
Excellent!
Re your post #23:
Years ago I considered myself a leftist— whenever their flag was raised I stood and saluted (figuratively, I mean.)
More than a few times I knew, instinctively and profoundly, that I was applauding nonsense. I expended hours of effort ignoring, rationalizing and self-deceiving to maintain my identification with them.
Why? Because, for one thing I’d forfeit my narcissistic sense of being at the vanguard of history. I wanted to be special, merely being unique didn’t seem like enough I guess.
More important however, I feared it would be the equivalent of losing my self—that I would be alone, cast adrift in a forlorn, arbitrary and meaningless chaos.
I’m overdoing it a little; I actually recall the day I consciously rejected the left. The world didn’t shift its axis; no mountains fell. It was no different from any other and I remained the same person who’d gone to bed the night before. Well, maybe I was a little pissed off at my former heroes.
I think some of these kids are going to be in similar states as they begin to wake up; the fear of change is harder than the change itself. It may be that fear we are seeing these days.
I just bring this up because the only way to defeat the left is by converting the leftist individually. This takes empathy—and truckloads of patience.
Thanks for your story. It took courage to post it. Glad you joined the forces of freedom.
Outstanding comment! Thanks for the thoughtful reply.
A big moment for me politically was Reagan’s funeral. I was already somewhat conservative but I was dumbstruck by the way the media was so surprised at the outpouring of affection and respect for the man. It was a display of liberal arrogance and profound bias that caused me to fully realize the depths to which the media was politicized. It was one of those moments that changes the way you look at things.
The Left has been pretty successful at brainwashing several generations of Americans. The indoctrination has been relentless. Its going to take some profound events to alter their thinking. The two things that most often tend to change people are fear and pain, as in a perceived threat by a foreign power or the financial pain associated with economic downturns. Those kind of things get people’s attention and kick start the process of re-evaluating your personal circumstances and questionning what you’ve been told.
The mendacious media is a serious impediment to persuading people with facts, logic and the lessons of history. There is a daily barrage of propaganda that has unfortunately taken effect in this country. Even Trump’s economic successes, which benefit everyone, are not universally acknowledged or appreciated. That illustrates the challenge of trying to get our message out over the incessant smoke screen of a media that works tirelessly to shape the “news”.