"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" -- George Santayana, Spanish Political Philosopher
Young military leaders are taught to study history and battles to look for parallels. There are certain principles that are immutable and transcend time. Last week as we heard about the televised January 6th hearings, more of a Stalinesque show trial, I reflected back upon the history of the Democrat Party in America. It is a history that can be summed up in four S-words; slavery, secession, segregation, and socialism. And if there is one unifying word that transcends each of those phases, it is violence.
I need not articulate the abject violence of the period of slavery in the United States. But it is imperative to remind the readers that this heinous institution was wholeheartedly supported by one organization or political party. It is the same political party that did not support the ending of said institution, the Democrat Party. And as a further reminder, the Republican Party was established in 1854 as a single-issue political party, the abolition of slavery.
Now today, we no longer have the institution of slavery since the 13th amendment to our Constitution was passed. Albeit, Joe Biden asserts that no amendment to the constitution is absolute--go figure. But today, instead of physical bondage and enslavement, the same political party is pushing policies of economic bondage and enslavement...just look at the past 18 months of inflation, high gas prices, lack of baby formula, shrinking investment plans, and a retracting economy headed towards recession. Always remember, there are two ways to enslave individuals, work them for no pay or pay them for no work, one group has done both in America.
We hear all the claims of insurrection, and there is one party that did so and supported such action. And the same party has also been responsible for the creation of two deadly domestic terrorist organizations -- the Ku Klux Klan and Antifa. I do not consider Black Lives Matter, Inc. a terrorist organization, but they are a subversive Marxist organization. All of these were part of the policy extension of the Democrats, who were responsible for Jim Crow 1.0. Matter of fact, it was a Democrat, first progressive, president, Woodrow Wilson, who hosted Klansmen in the White House to debut the film, "Birth of a Nation". And let's not forget the ugly history of lynching for which no Democrat president lifted a finger to end. And we know very well the documented history of the Democrats in the south, such as my ol' Georgia Governor Lester Maddox. Many were friends of Joe Biden.
Assessing the violence brought forth by the aforementioned Democrat-sponsored groups is important. It was on President Trump's inauguration day that cars were being torched, and storefront windows broken. It was a Bernie Sanders supporter who opened fire on the Congressional Republican baseball team practice. It was a leftist who hatched an assassination plot on a Supreme Court justice. It is a radical leftist pro-baby killing group, Jane's Revenge, that has claimed responsibility for the firebombing, vandalizing, and destruction of churches and pro-life pregnancy centers. This same group has vowed continued violence against pro-life centers if they do not disband in 30-days.
We remember the summer of 2020, also known as the summer of violence. Funny, how authorities cannot seem to find any Antifa leaders or members and have them arrested. The establishment of an unconstitutional "autonomous zone" in Seattle was not deemed an insurrection, nor were the countless attacks on government buildings, police stations, and even an ICE headquarters.
And now we have progressive socialist leftists in positions such as district attorneys and judges who are releasing violent criminals back onto the streets...while calls still go forth to defund law enforcement. And open borders have created a drug, human, and sex trafficking crisis along with foreign terrorists flooding into our Country.
And somehow, the Democrat party and their leftist minions in the media and others want us to take them seriously with these staged and produced hearings?
There is a reason why the left wants to purge American history; facts are immutable, and as George Santayana hinted, oft time repeats itself to the unaware.
Tolerance has become a one-way street and when combined with an effort to disarm legal, law-abiding American citizens, it leads to cultural suicide, a perilous road to perdition.
Totalitarians and tyrants do not advance their cause by way of legitimate persuasion; it only comes by way of creating fear, intimidation, coercion, threats, and yes, violence. History is replete with such examples, and sadly, it is now playing out here in our America.
Our constitutional rights are immutable. This is why we are dedicated to defending them at the American Constitutional Rights Union. If we fail to protect them now, we fail to pass on individual rights, freedom, and liberty to subsequent generations...and that ain't happening on my watch!
Steadfast and Loyal.
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