Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Ten Lessons from a Tumultuous 2020
Amrican thinker.com ^ | October 14, 2020 | Steve McCann

Posted on 10/14/2020 7:31:59 AM PDT by Kaslin

This year has been not only stunning but eye-opening. The list of what we as a nation have learned about ourselves is not limited to the political arena but includes the scientific and medical communities as well as modern-day American society. Among the most notable lessons are the following.

1. The Chinese Coronavirus pandemic has revealed that virtually all Democrat elected state and local government officials are fully capable of doing the unthinkable: creating a de facto police state. They have issued orders and edicts or convey preferences with no legal authority and with little consideration of the human cost while callously disregarding individual rights. Further, they have relentlessly fostered unfounded fear among their citizens as well as deliberately prolonged their economic hardships by enforcing lockdowns for no sound medical purpose, solely to defeat Donald Trump in November.

2. A plurality of the American people have shown that they are willing to sacrifice their freedoms and way of life in order to empower a potential police state in the guise of conquering a pandemic. Thus, they are emboldening those who seek political hegemony through the vehicle of the Democrat party, as governments never easily surrender power once attained. They only seek to normalize it. The left-wing hierarchy of the Democrat party now know that much of the citizenry will meekly acquiesce to any so-called national emergency being declared an existential crisis that requires government to unconstitutionally impose its will on the people.

3. Far too many scientists in the medical field, once respected and revered, have been exposed to be in the thrall of corporations, political parties, foreign entities and governments as they have, for political reasons, aided and abetted the police state tactics of elected officials. Thus, there is no longer such a thing as settled science.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; hillaryclinton; joebiden; supremecourt

1 posted on 10/14/2020 7:31:59 AM PDT by Kaslin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

Sums it up neatly. God help us.


2 posted on 10/14/2020 7:43:51 AM PDT by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

11. President Donald John Trump is supernaturally guided, directed and protected by God Almighty to a degree not seen since George Washington. I’ve never seen anything like it. And I am grateful.


3 posted on 10/14/2020 7:45:15 AM PDT by Migraine ( Liberalism is great (until it happens to YOU).)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Migraine

12) And all of the above occurred largely because Mike Pence completely lost control of the messaging of his task force and allowed Fauci and the CDC doctors to go rogue. He gets an F for allowing the Fear Pandemic to occur.


4 posted on 10/14/2020 7:51:07 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Persevero
Interesting that the essayist mentions the Lincoln re-election campaign as the last one with similar importance.

I believe it was during the Lincoln administration that the populous rolled over and allowed the suspension of habeus corpus.

Then there was everything the American public allowed during the Wilson administration, some of which occurred when Wilson was as cogent as Biden is now.

Then there were the people who signed up for the fascism of FDR who we still worship as the greatest generation.

Then there was us allowing the creation of the Homeland Security Department and TSA and all of the other nonsense following 911.

The American people have been caving to the elites for over a century.

5 posted on 10/14/2020 7:59:36 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Buckeye McFrog

Most people miss that Pence is associated with PEPFAR the U.S. part of the HIV-AIDs epidemic “fighting” organizations, and so is Invanka Trump. See her msg under article: https://www.bustle.com/p/ivanka-praises-trumps-unga-speech-despite-criticism-from-everyone-else-2408896
It is possible that Pence is the institutional former-Congress link to ‘administrative state’ for Trump that Bush was for Reagan. Not happy about these thoughts, but it would explain some actions.


6 posted on 10/14/2020 8:08:53 AM PDT by JungleGoat77 (.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Persevero

I agree that the lessons have been taught. I’m less certain that the electorate has learned them. I guess we will find out soon enough.


7 posted on 10/14/2020 8:42:30 AM PDT by henkster ("We can always fool the foreigner" - Chinese Proverb)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: henkster

The virus was a setup from the start. We just need to look at who the DA’s are. This has Soros written all over it.


8 posted on 10/14/2020 10:22:38 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Cloward-Piven is finally upon us.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson