Posted on 09/03/2010 10:36:13 PM PDT by neverdem
For decades, liberals won the culture wars and, consequently most of the elections that reshaped America. More than politics is changing in this crossroads year of 2010Americans are reasserting traditional culture. You won't read or see it in the mainstream media, but this fact is driving the political story.
The Republican Party is not resurgent (although it may be the beneficiary); America is resurgent.
Generations of Americans have never known any culture except the progressive, politically correct left.
Beginning in the 1960s, God was driven out of American public life because liberals said the Constitution demanded a separation of church and state.
Planned Parenthood was part of a campaign that convinced many Americans that killing unborn babies was really a defense of a woman's constitutional right to choose.
The ACLU sued to define "free speech" to include vandalism, sacrilegious art, and spitting on returning veterans of the Vietnam War.
Even more depressing, the drive for equal rights for liberated slaves, begun by Republicans during and after the Civil War, morphed into a liberal affirmative action program which reintroduced privilege based on skin color.
In 2010, the tide has turned.
This year, liberals demanded Americans respect the triumphalist mosque near Ground Zero as an expression of American commitment to religious freedom. At the same time, liberals sued to remove a cross in a remote area of California's Mojave Desert and sponsored hate crime legislation that would put Christian pastors in jail for reading Biblical passages condemning homosexuality.
The hypocrisy had gone too far. Americans noticed the one-sidedness; they saw The Agenda at work. Americans by 70% oppose the Ground Zero mosque and Obama's support of it has hurt him and his party going into November. The liberals lost the culture conflict and, consequently, the political momentum.
In the 2008 campaign, liberals promised Planned Parenthood that healthcare "reform" would include all "reproductive services" (read: federally funded abortions). But in the debate over healthcare legislation, Rep. Bart Stupak and a small band of pro-life Democrats joined with Republicans in demanding the continuation of a ban on federally funded abortions.
Based on promises made by Pelosi and Reid, Stupak and enough others caved and the "reform" passed. But the "ban" was watered down in the final bill drafted in secret; abortion coverage was made subject to further rule-making by the federal bureaucracy.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was given the power to write regulations governing required coverage in all health insurance plans under the Obamacare bill. A notorious pro-abortion advocate, Sebelius prepared to require abortion as a covered procedure, with federal funding for those who could not afford it.
The deception was too obvious. Americans noticed. Obama, Reid, and Pelosi would say or do anything (or bribe anyone) to advance a federal takeover of our healthcare choices.
Americans by 60-70% want this "reform" repealed. Obama and Co. won the legislative battle, but lost the culture. Now they are losing the politics as well.
The Obamacare debate awakened what Nixon called the "Silent Majority." Silent no more, the Tea Party gatherings starting in the summer of 2009 galvanized American grassroots opposition. Liberal attempts to scold, denigrate, and marginalize this movement backfired. Now, incumbents of both parties are being thrown out of office in a political bloodbath that will reach a crescendo in November.
Al Sharpton's pathetic counter demonstration to Glenn Becks Restoring Honor event in D.C. is only the latest highlight of the perversion of the civil rights movement by its current self proclaimed "leaders." More and more American blacks have come to realize that the Democratic government plantation is not so different from the Democrat's original version in the pre-Civil War South. Dependency is dependency. A welfare check and food stamps are doled out by the new "massasame as the old "massa".
Americans of all backgrounds have noticed. Equality of opportunity has degenerated into new privileges based on skin color. Most Americans want a return to an opportunity society with "equal justice for all." The Voting Rights Act should apply to the New Black Panthers, too.
Too many commentators have looked only to the economy and Obama's failed economic policies to explain the Democrats swift fall from grace and the growing belief that the November election will turn the House, and maybe the Senate, over to the Republicans.
Underlying all politics is the culture. It is changing. The dominant liberal culture has yielded division and decay in American societyand a government-directed economy destroying our standard of living. The rejection of liberal culture has begun; the rejection of liberal politics will follow.
Roger Hedgecock is a nationally-syndicated radio talk host. Visit rogerhedgecock.com. The Roger Hedgecock Show is syndicated on the Radio America network.
All this I find just today, reading up on it. Most interesting to me is the developing history of the commemeration of the event. Originally, there was a monument to the slain policemen ( said now to be mostly victimes of "friendly fire" ) but this monument suffered continued vandalism, and was driven over the years out of existence. Now just in 2004, a monument has been erected at the site of the "riot" in Chicago. It's a modernist sculpture along the sidewalk on DesPlaines Avenue in Chicago. The whole ruckus was over the establishment of an eight hour work day, so think about that.
So for the last 45 to 50 years, we have been forced to accept rules/laws that we are not in agreement with. We are still a center right country, and the majority is sick and tired of living according to the rules set by the minority.
Lack of jobs and the poor economy got this revolt going, but intensity is increased because of the culture wars. When congress passed health care, that was adding insult to injury.
Americans hated the HMO’s that substituted their review panels for the judgment of their own doctors. They see no reason to accept government bureaucrats mucking up the doctor/patient relationship.
I agree that the liberals won the culture wars in court, but they have not yet won them in the hearts and minds of the majority of US citizens. We just need to be as relentless as they have been, and roll back their agenda.
It has taken them more than half a century to get where they are. Maybe it will take that long to roll it back. I hope not. I hope it takes less time.
Taking back control of the congress is just the first step. We need to push back in government at all levels; education, news services, churches, and entertainment outlets must all be involved.
When no one would be caught dead in an abortion clinic due to cultural mores, then Roe v Wade ceases to be important, because no one will choose it. At that point, a constitutional amendment to outlaw abortion should be an easy thing to do.
I can only hope so most sincerely. But this of course depends upon argent defense and exposure of the evils of liberalism!
We must expose to the leftist how this threatens them as well.
There is no equality or fairness in Affirmative action. There is no justice in the forced redistribution of wealth!
Theses things are antithetical to true equality, justice, and the American way.
It is a simple thing to expose them for what they are. A simple thing to remind people that 2 wrongs don’t make a right, and if they did then all theses “minorities” would be “equal” by now.
This must end.
we now have at least 2 generations of utterly brainwashed folks from around aged 42-44 and under
it's all blame whitey and the history of western civilization is one big crime against brown and black and yellow and red humanity by whites...especially white Christians
nothing whatsoever like the perceived reality from when I grew up
they seem to be winning the homo war too and 1-2 million babies a year still get culled before their first breath of air
marriage itself has become an anachronism and white men seem pretty damned gay and eunuch like
Hollywood almost only makes movies which demonize the FReeper ideal
don't guess i agree with the author
Every now and then we slow the train down. That’s about it.
Winning an election is only a small part of what needs to happen.
I do not share your bleak outlook. If it was the Supreme Court that ruled on abortion, you might be correct, but I see a constitutional amendment as a way to end the practice.
One of the dirty little secrets about illegal aliens is they are not encouraged to come here because they do jobs that Americans won't do, it is because they are needed to replace the Americans never born because of abortions. Why do they need replacing? Social Security. The politicians of both parties know and understand that Social Security is a ponzi scheme. It only works when you have new people coming into the scheme. Since Roe v Wade this nations has been killing those that are needed to support the scheme.
If I remember correctly it only requires 31 states to ratify an amendment.
I think same sex marriage can be handled in the same way. The American people do not want same sex marriage. The ruling elite want it.
History is full of examples of what happens when even dictatorships push more than the citizens can accept.
On this account, at least, I think you are too pessimistic. From my perspective as a newly acclimated grandfather, I seem to be surrounded by a sea of liberal sentiment, true enough, but this sentiment is held by next generation participants in "traditional" family structure. I speak not only of my immediate family, but of families known to me through friendly association via my grandchildren. It just seems like the world goes on, radical and liberal rhetoric notwithstanding. We shall see what we shall see.
They had it all when Obama won, and all they had to do was play the moderate game just a leeeeetle longer...
But they couldn't help it.
They started dancing and celebrating when he won, and the "I want Obama money" crowd couldn't hold in a victory dance any longer.
On MSNBC, and The View and Hollywood and all their usual haunts, from Pelosi and Frank to "I won" Obama himself, the libs destroyed their decades-long charade and let us know who they really are. From the "mosque is about religious freedom" BS to "Arizonans are racists for enforcing the law" lies, they just decide "To heck with it, WE WON! WE'RE IN CHARGE! WE CAN SAY ANYTHING!"
And they spent our money on the non-productive, and vented their hate at the military (Call me senator you fascist scum!) and just relaxed, and became who they really are...
And those who bought the "coming together non-partisan" lies realize they've been had, and are finally (maybe if reluctantly) admitting the truth--the dems are the socialism with a human face party, and cannot be trusted, or allowed to hold power.
Sorry for the no-paragraphs double post, been a long night.
I'm afraid you are right. Look at much of the "conventional wisdom" that too many of our younger generation have unquestionably accepted from the public indoctrination centers. I think the left might have overreached too much, too soon, due to hubris and the underestimation of residual common sense, but the long term trend is not good.
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The education system has been intentionally dumbed down. The assault on our culture and values has eroded love of country.
Look who's teaching the teachers:
Public schools are deeply entrenched with a socialist, progressive ideology.
Good points. Yes, an 8 hour work day. All that labor strife was prior to the formation of unions. And as bad as unions have become, they were necessary in their early days to provide the work force with fair wages and benefits. It’s long gotten out of hand and partly caused the slow death of the US auto industry. But it all gets back to the same problem; overt greed and control on the part of management, that is, bad management. And before anyone draws any conclusions, I am in senior management and once was in a union. And for all you white collar folks out there who’d never been in a union, you think you got your company benefits because you’re college educated? The reason you got your benefits was primarily due to the union work force demands prior; management figured it was easier to give the white collar work force benefits, and have some control over them, rather than the white collar work force also being unionized. Think about it.
Good points. They can’t help themselves now, their childishness and their hatred towards this evil country—which they expect to give them everything, the money will just COME from somewhere, like it always has—compels them to try to ram everything through so quickly that it can’t be reversed. I hope they’re wrong.
Nothing has been won yet!
The culture war has just begun.
Fox News and the Internet have radically changed the battlefield. They together with voting booth are the shot and blade we will fight with.
Word is spreading, cannon balls are being forged,and military units formed. There are the cities of MSM, Hollywood, Universities and public primary education to capture. Some of our adversaries will die and some will desert and join our cause and like Saul/Paul they will become the most fierce warriors for our cause.
We haven’t won yet but the peasants with pitchforks are forming on the ridge lines and the Liberals look up and see impending doom.
November will be our Battle of Trenton.
Obama, Reid and Pelosi will be awakened in the middle of the night to be cast out into the cold darkness to flee for their political lives.
The Dinosaur Media will be left writhing in pain in the dust and filth as it bleeds out.
When the history of this era is written the names Palin, Kantor, Pence, Arpaio, Brewer, Breitbart, Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Levin and others will join Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, Paine, et als.
When your great grandchildren study the history of this era will they see your name? Will the family have passed down stories of your efforts to restore America?
America is at a turning point. Will it die fat, old and drunk asphyxiated in its own vomit or will it reach inside itself and find the spirit of the patriots who came before and renew and reform itself? Will it reach greater heights than before?
The second revolution has begun!
Yes, liberals have won the culture war. But, maybe the tide is turning. Maybe the "silent majority" is silent no more. But after 50 years of incremental and stealth socialism, maybe there will be real change that features common sense, borders, language, and culture.
We are but at the beginning of a long and arduous battle to restore freedom, free enterprise, and culture. Today's initiative may be just a momentary stall of our fall to socialism and economic ruin, but, then again it may be a real beginning, unlike 1994.
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