I’m reposting a (hopefully helpful)reply of mine to a FReeper who wrote “ The whole idea of Democrats ruling forever makes me incredibly depressed and angry.”
That’s their intent.
Depressed and angry people tend to act out of emotion - a decidedly leftist trait - and subordinate reason.
The result is often Bad.
There is always hope and Light. This nation has had countless Dark Moments….the Carter years with hostages and inflation and people pointing to the “ascending” Soviets; 9/11; Election Day 2016, and those are only recent Dark Moments.
At every such Moment, there was a Greek Chorus of surrendercons fueling the disparity, dangling poison pills of CWII, armed revolt, cheating, theft, and general abandonment of morality and principles.
Oh, and this lot of surrendercons ALWAYS says “yeah, but THIS time it is DIFFERENT.
Of COURSE it’s always different. That’s the way evil works….it is the master of disguises. At its core, however, it’s the same.
Thankfully, men and women of good character hold tight to God, and He delivers us from the jaws of despair. To wit : Reagan, National Resolve/dead OBL, and Trump.
FReeper SamAdams76’s quote about the 2016 election night is timeless: “I went to bed feeling like I had terminal cancer, and woke up like I was in full remission.
Now, prudence will dictate that we don’t become Pollyanna. It IS nasty nowadays, and situational awareness demands we take threats seriously AND take action morally.
But The End isn’t here yet. And while it’s easy to get down, there ARE moments of brightness that we forget - the whole BudLight backlash, two Ivy resignations, Christmas celebrations, and EVs aren’t selling. I don’t know what tomorrow looks like, but I have seen waaay too many buzzer beaters - and people beating cancer - to Surrender.
Thank you. That is more in line with how I feel, but this does feel different, and it bothers me.
But I am resolved to do something. As I said, I am trying to get involved at a local level, even though my town is as Leftist as they come. And I hate being involved in politics, even at this level.
But I have come to realize that, they want it that way. They want to make it unpalatable to people, so they will be left to do things without interference, the way THEY want to do it.
The upside is that I get to spend some time with people who are conservative at least once a month.
And my lifeline to conservatism is Free Republic, and people like you. So, Thank You.