'Right Here, Right Now' — The Cold War We’ve Forgotten Why We Won

pjmedia.com ^ | 6/8/2019 | Bryan Preston

[rktman]

Communism meant then — and means now — no freedom of speech, art or expression, so Western bands almost never played in any communist countries. Art in the communist countries was art of the state. Smugglers slipped Western music and movies behind the Iron Curtain, though anyone caught with such contraband risked prison or worse. Western rock was subversive and dangerous to the party and its power structure. So it was banned, along with Western thought. The most dangerous items an Eastern Block subject could possess were copies of the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bible.

But on November 9, 1989, communist East Germany began to allow its citizens to cross the Berlin Wall into West Berlin. Making such a crossing risked being shot by the communist watchmen. Yes, the communists would kill you for thinking for yourself or seeking a better life for yourself or your family. That was the point of communism. Pol Pot, communist dictator of Cambodia in the 1970s, murdered millions of intellectuals during his Khmer Rouge reign of terror. That such an anti-ideas mass murderer barely rates a footnote in history now is telling. Ignoring those crimes enables other socialists to gain traction today, right here, right now — in the United States.

[rktman]

Hmmm. A couple of us have a recollection of those years. And, we know what's at stake.

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[Tacrolimus1mg]

I was born in ‘87. I’m fortunate that I was able to educate myself while I was home during most of high school, as I was too ill to attend and the school did not see fit to assign me a tutor. If they had, I might have a slightly different viewpoint.

Understanding why letting someone else take the reins is a bad idea doesn’t hit the young unless they face hardship and realize that fairness does not exist. It hit me young, and younger than many.

After finding out about my illness, I very quickly broadened my political views, and came to distrust my history teacher. She didn’t teach us much of substance. Just, “Memorize these dates and enough to pass the Constitution test,” while showing Michael Moore films as documentaries. I’m pretty sure she was glad that I was virtually never in class, because I attempts to counter her when I was.

[Tacrolimus1mg]

*Attempted

Apologies. Auto-correct.

[rktman]

No problem and congratulations on becoming educated. I have about 40 years on you and, having visited East Berlin in ‘62 as a 13 year old certainly opened my eyes. From my tag line you can see I joined the Navy in ‘67 and did one enlistment. I even got my “Cold War Certificate” signed by D. Rumsfeld. :-)

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

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[minnesota_bound]

Subversive music.....
Lynyrd Skynyrd “Sweet Home Alabama”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zup5Pg98m5U

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird - 7/2/1977
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxIWDmmqZzY

[rktman]

LOL! Couple weeks ago after the gov signed i was at a jam and the guys keyed up that song and some female gave the good old "F Alabama!" . 🎸🎤

[Tacrolimus1mg]

The welcome is much appreciated. I lurked for awhile and ultimately decided to join in on the conversation. I plan to be here for awhile.

I’m not confident that there are other non-believers here, but when a header listing Atheism pops up I will most likely be present at some point, and generally not on the Atheists’ side. Especially when Freedom From Religion pops up. Those guys are pieces of work, and were nothing but nasty to me because I’m a non-militant who dared remind them that they don’t speak for all Atheists everywhere. They didn’t like that. I have the exchange somewhere.. Perhaps I’ll share that another time.