This is the Rubicon that those of us who consider ourselves liberal, center-left, progressive and so on must face: Are we willing pr not to confront these destroyers of America and liberal democracy?
We're long past the point of allowing ourselves and our country to be whipsawed and ripped apart to appease the fearful and authoritarian demands of reactionaries and right-wingers. We're constantly informed by well-meaning yet ultimately useless conservatives like Matt Lewis that we should be mindful of the appeal of authoritarianism to a minority segment of the populace. We're told we must bend over backwards to understand and therefore appease those who want to crush and in their minds kill us if necessary. That may be their vision of America, but it's not the American way aka Truth, Liberty, and Justice for ALL.
We're in the right here - morally, spiritually, and as Americans. Those like us from previous generations fought against and ultimately smashed the Confederacy, Jim Crow, and fascism worldwide. It's our turn now to continue the fight to preserve the Republic, to honor those who came before us, and to protect the generations to follow. I have no doubt that we will prevail, but we must stop catering to those who call us the enemy, We have met the enemy and it ain't us.
This is the Rubicon that those of us who consider ourselves liberal, center-left, progressive and so on must face: Are we willing pr not to confront these destroyers of America and liberal democracy?
We're long past the point of allowing ourselves and our country to be whipsawed and ripped apart to appease the fearful and authoritarian demands of reactionaries and right-wingers. We're constantly informed by well-meaning yet ultimately useless conservatives like Matt Lewis that we should be mindful of the appeal of authoritarianism to a minority segment of the populace. We're told we must bend over backwards to understand and therefore appease those who want to crush and in their minds kill us if necessary. That may be their vision of America, but it's not the American way aka Truth, Liberty, and Justice for ALL.
We're in the right here - morally, spiritually, and as Americans. Those like us from previous generations fought against and ultimately smashed the Confederacy, Jim Crow, and fascism worldwide. It's our turn now to continue the fight to preserve the Republic, to honor those who came before us, and to protect the generations to follow. I have no doubt that we will prevail, but we must stop catering to those who call us the enemy, We have met the enemy and it ain't us.