March 28, 2018
Friend or Foe
By Tammy Derouin
I get so tired of all the manufactured
hatred being pushed to pursue a liberal political agenda. If hate
and violence are acceptable as a justifiable means to an end, how
good is the destination? When rule of man is favored over rule of
law, it only takes a shift in the political wind to reclassify you
from friend to foe. Rule of law, justice applied equally to all,
checks and balances among our branches of government and our freedom
is what makes us uniquely exceptional among nations.
It's sad to see so many people embrace
harmful political ideals as well as harmful practices which are
becoming socially acceptable such as socialism, ignoring the threat
of the radicalization of our enemies both foreign and domestic, using
religion as a protective shield when the message is death and
destruction while the Christian faith, which teaches love,
understanding and forgiveness, is under attack. Institutions of so
called higher education and those on the political Left are denying
true science such as biology and embrace false science for a
political agenda.
I had a conversation with someone who
voted for Bernie Sanders. I was told he sounded good. The individual
was surprised when I mentioned socialism and didn't realize the
ideology he had “unintentionally” supported. Sadly, so many do
not look into the background of those they support. They listen to
sound bites and Left-wing propaganda which is delivered by the main
stream media. But, they embrace it for the same reason so many
Americans are begging the government to enslave us by foolishly
demanding that our elected officials legislate away our rights. They
do not understand the value of our freedom. They do not understand
what they are doing. Maybe they never learned about the blessings of
liberty and the reasons we fought against tyranny. Knowledge of our
history is key to understanding and protecting our rights.
Perhaps they never learned what happens
when a dictator comes to power and how quickly the rule of man can
have devastating effects on a country and its people. Embracing an
economic system which has failed many times over and jumping on band
wagons to demand that our rights be removed are perfect examples that
they do not understand the consequences of their demands. They also
do not realize that they are being used to promote an agenda of
enslavement. When you take a closer look at the organizations and
individuals who are pushing these anti-freedom movements, it paints a
much clearer picture of the trap they are setting.
The continuous call to limit our
freedom while using hatred and violence as a justifiable means to an
end is extremely troubling. Calling for limits on speech because you
are uncomfortable with the message or it might hurt your feelings is
very disturbing. The American people, given the facts and the truth,
are capable of making good decisions. Not allowing fellow Americans
to speak because you do not agree with them hurts everyone in the
end.
Demanding more gun laws, which will
only affect law-abiding citizens, does not solve the problem of gun
violence or any kind of shooting because the gun, by itself, is not
the problem. Placing more restrictions on law-abiding citizens will
make future situations worse because fewer individuals would be able
to step in and stop a shooter. Why do those on the Left accept that
their politicians and entertainment icons have gun wielding security
detail but the rest of us do not deserve the same protection? Those
who are encouraging you to give up your right to bear arms have armed
security surrounding them as they speak down to you.
Thinking that the government is capable
of protecting you or that you will be safer if you simply give up
your right to protect yourself, is a very flawed way of thinking. If
law abiding citizens lose their right to keep and bear arms, only the
criminals and the government will be armed. You will not be safer.
You will be much more vulnerable to attack. Without the right to
keep and bear arms, how long before the rest of your rights will be
infringed upon by those who wish to control you? The Second
Amendment is for far more than hunting and personal protection
rights.
The founding fathers knew that an armed
citizenry was key to protecting our freedom from a runaway,
out-of-control government. Individuals who wish to harm and kill,
target gun free zones for a reason. Imagine how easy it would be for
a an anti-American elected president with an anti-American agenda to
destroy our country if we allow our Second Amendment right to
disappear due to lack of knowledge.
“Are we at last brought to such a
humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with
arms for our own defense?”
Patrick Henry
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