In the four years that Donald Trump was President, there was a constant drumbeat of the rise of fascism ushered in by his administration. His followers were compared to mindless groupies. If not groupies, we, and I’m part of that group of supporters, were also described as White Supremacists that hated anyone or anything other than us. As for me, I’m not white and I’ve never been a groupie.
I liked the fact that President Trump stood for Americans who were not part of the pop-culture. The Americans who are thought to be passé. We love our country – warts and all. We believe we are the good guys. We accept the fact that we are a Western Centric, Christian nation that is open to anyone who is an atheist, agnostic or of a different faith and comes from a different culture. We ask however, that if someone chooses to make this their home, that they, as they say, – “when In Rome, do as the Romans do.”
In the first place, people, other than the slaves and they were not all black, have come here voluntarily. No one has forcibly removed anyone from where they were, brought here and forced to work and stay. So, if you choose to stay participate in the dominant culture and respect its customs. That doesn’t mean that you are prohibited from practicing your culture at home or celebrating it publicly with people that share the same. Just don’t try to replace what existed before you got here.
We celebrate and say Merry Christmas. We revere our Thanksgiving and We Honor Our July 4th!
Most important of all, We uphold and defend our Constitution! That was and is what makes us different from the rest of the world. As the late Justice Scalia has stated, and I agree with him, I’m paraphrasing, – in the history of humans contributing greatly to the betterment and accomplishments of the species, Our Founding Fathers contributed The Constitution of The United States.
All the things I mentioned are under attack. The enemies of our way of life use our way of life to gain power then completely change it. They have said so – plainly!
Now, even behemoth platforms like Google, Facebook, Twitter and Amazon, censor speech they don’t like. They keep the speech of leaders that have shown pure hatred for us, and other peoples, ACTIVE. Who? Leader of Iran – who called for the annihilation of Israel. Leader of North Korea – who openly threatens the United States. Louis Farrakhan – who refer to Jewish people as termites and Satan. On the other hand, Make America Great again is considered “threatening” and is banned! If you believe the election to be stolen, you are also banned. The four years Trump was called illegitimate and a Russian conspiracist, that was “apparently,” ok.
In the four years of Trump, no speech was ever censored or banned. He gave as good as he took! He said – Fake News! He was brash and unashamed! BUT not once has he shut anyone down. A dictator, which he was called regularly, WOULD HAVE!
So, if you feel…. correct that…. more accurately – Yes, You Are Being Censored!
If this can be done to a President, then you know that they can and have done it to you!
What to do now?
I truly believe that there are millions of enterprising patriots that can, at first, locally fill the void that these billionaire behemoths (who made their billions within the the framework they now seek to destroy) created.
Keep in mind that there are at least 74 million of us in all corners of the country that can start this, Trump won over 80% of all the counties in the country. That’s a HUGE area! (Trumpian 😉)
We are still a Republic and have “Independent States.” Let us welcome and encourage people to push for the revitalization of our Constitution in our communities. Let us make the impact of the Federal Government, minimal. That was the original intent. Those colonies that just fought a war against a centralized government, would not have ratified The Constitution only to end up in the same situation they died fighting against.
Let us encourage a Convention of States. This way, they can have whatever monkey administration and elite class they want in Washington, or centers of pop-culture like LA or New York, but we could live our lives the way we choose to. We are indifferent of ones sex, color or creed. We are aware there are differences and they are what they are. We don’t seek to change them nor do we force anyone to accept anything they wish to exclude. We adhere to the American statement that says – Don’t Tread On Me!
We will actively participate in defending our way of life and we will pass it on proudly to our progeny. As President Reagan has said – It’s The American Thing to Do! Be proud of it!
Amen!!
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Amen!! Very timely comments……
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