As I have discussed in previous columns, the current Democratic coalition (it can and will change over time) is mainly built around race, gender, and sexual preference. A person’s race and gender, unarguably, cannot be controlled. People have no say at birth about the color of their skin or their gender. There is, however, a huge dispute over whether “sexual orientation” is a matter of birth or choice. Democrats insist on the former, and it is one of their main areas of attack on Christianity and the family. People cannot control what they are. But can they control what they do?
Traditional Christianity teaches free will, i.e., that no one is born a murderer, or a thief, or an adulterer, or homosexual, and certainly not “transgender.” These are choices made, not actions determined by heredity. Each individual does indeed have different “sins” that tempt them. You could put all the booze in the world in front of me, and I’d never touch a drop of it. I can’t stand the stuff. It doesn’t tempt me one bit. But other people do have an enticement to alcohol and drunkenness. Or drugs. Or pornography. Or theft. Or whatever evil allures them. That’s what “temptation” is, which is different for every person. It is also why we need to “conquer ourselves.”
Plato was correct some 2500 years ago: “The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.” Humans must learn to control their basest desires. Every time you give in to temptation, you weaken yourself morally, and resistance becomes more difficult. Obviously, some people reach a point where they absolutely cannot (or will not) restrain themselves at all. This produces theft, murder, rape, etc., and often people (especially Democrats) attempt to justify such behavior. But the bottom line is we choose our actions. Nobody forces us (except perhaps under some threat of harm) to perform any action. As long as I act under the freedom of my will, my actions are mine and mine alone. I am totally responsible for them, and I must accept any consequences.
But for Leftists (Democrats), the above only applies if you are a racist, sexist trans- or homophobic. Or a Trump supporter. BLM can destroy lives and property all over America, and, to Chuck Schumer and Kamala Harris, that’s “meh.” But January 6, 2021, was the worst insurrection since the Civil War. Chicago, Baltimore, St. Louis, Philadelphia, et al., can have multiple murders every week…” meh.” But if you say one word against it, you are a racist and “white supremacist.” Trans people can kill Christians, but guess who is to blame? You got it—the Christians who defend God’s truth. Democratic Party propaganda is an attack on traditional values, and it is deliberate.
Conservatives believe that men are born men and that any man who claims to be a woman is, at best, mentally ill. But, indeed, some men are (apparently) born with the urge, the temptation, to be effeminate. It is just that—a temptation, just like the temptation to commit adultery, etc. Those with a desire to steal must conquer themselves and resist. Men with a desire to be a woman must conquer that urge and act like what they are—men. But the Democratic Party especially has encouraged their desire to be a “woman.” And—crucially—it has now become politicized, part of the Democratic Party’s current coalition, and is why they condone teaching sex to kindergarteners, drag shows, “MAPs”, child mutilation, etc.
The more people who can be recruited to that lifestyle, the more voters the Democratic Party will have. It is exactly the same principle as the open border: the more illegals who enter the country and are given “benefits” by Democratic politicians, the more powerful that party will become. It has nothing to do with the well-being of children, adults, or the country. It has everything to do with power and tyranny—the two temptations that absolutely no Democrat shows any inclination ever to want to resist.
The Left doesn’t believe in God, at least no God you and I would ever recognize. Thus, the state, the government, becomes the highest authority. Government, of course, is run by people, and, as the last 100 years demonstrate, Leftists who control governments believe that they, and they alone, have the wisdom to bring a Utopia to mankind. It might—it always does—cost millions of human lives. But that’s okay; obtaining heaven on earth’s an acceptable price. Remove the “counter-revolutionaries” as quickly and decisively as possible so that the great socialist Shangri-la can arrive sooner. Every communist country killed countless innocents. But has never yet produced the promised Utopia.
And that is the Democratic Party of America. They know better than you how to run your life. They will define an ever-changing morality that you are required to believe in. And, if you don’t believe in it, that morality says you are a racist, sexist, trans- and homophobic white supremacist (even if you are black or female). You aren’t part of their current coalition. You must be censored because what you say is immoral, harmful to society, “hate speech,” and will inhibit the great socialist Utopia they will bring to our country. THEY will succeed where Lenin, Stalin, Mao, et al. failed.
American Leftists, in principle, are no different from Leftists anywhere else in the world. And, if given enough power…well, review the last 100 years of totalitarian government for the results.
The Democratic Party cares nothing about blacks, women, or transgenders, any more than the Chinese Communist Party cares about its people. Coalitions are a means to an end—total power. It is a coalition they can, and are, using very successfully to take over America.
Keep your powder dry.
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