steveh_131
Grandmaster
I know I haven't seen eye-to-eye with a lot of you over the years. Libertarians and Republicans don't share everything in common, after all. We've argued about foreign policy, vaccines, conspiracy theories, drunk driving, Ron Paul, you name it. But culturally, I'm a Christian and have always been quite conservative.
I've giggled at unhinged SJWs right alongside most of you. It was like watching National Geographic, seeming so foreign. I knew they had their tentacles into higher education, and much of urban culture. I know it's Marxism 2.0. 2 Marx 2 Furious. Neo-Marxism 2, The Awakening. Call it what you will. I also know they've been making a concerted effort to tear down the very fabric of our treasured western culture for a century. If anyone disagrees with that, let's discuss it - but I think you all know.
This past year has been... different. Churches shut down by Sheriffs, even in my rural neck of the woods. Businesses destroyed by government mandate. Tens of millions of people sitting at home with government-paid vacations, while virtual signaling and guilting anyone who doesn't. Mask-wearing mandates, but enforced selectively by RACE? The collectivist mindsets there were troubling, but that wasn't the peak.
For me, the peak of my concern was during the race riots. Race riots are nothing new. Police brutality is nothing new. Looting and vandalism is nothing new. But this is the first time in my life that I've seen normal, decent, even somewhat conservative people actually defend looting. What? Have we descended into full-blown clown world? Grown men are stepping over dead security guards hauling out flat-screen televisions, and otherwise seemingly sane people are on social media saying things like "Well... who are we to judge." "I mean, we should have listened..." "They're just expressing their oppression". Looting. We're defending looting. BLM, a 100% political organization, has effectively made it hate-speech to even disagree with them about any of it.
So, what do you guys think? Are we past the point of no return? Can our nation and culture be taken back from these do-nothing degenerates? And if so, will it require bloodshed? Is there enough American spirit left for us to reignite the fires of individualism and freedom? Obviously, nobody can predict the future. Just interested in your thoughts.
I've giggled at unhinged SJWs right alongside most of you. It was like watching National Geographic, seeming so foreign. I knew they had their tentacles into higher education, and much of urban culture. I know it's Marxism 2.0. 2 Marx 2 Furious. Neo-Marxism 2, The Awakening. Call it what you will. I also know they've been making a concerted effort to tear down the very fabric of our treasured western culture for a century. If anyone disagrees with that, let's discuss it - but I think you all know.
This past year has been... different. Churches shut down by Sheriffs, even in my rural neck of the woods. Businesses destroyed by government mandate. Tens of millions of people sitting at home with government-paid vacations, while virtual signaling and guilting anyone who doesn't. Mask-wearing mandates, but enforced selectively by RACE? The collectivist mindsets there were troubling, but that wasn't the peak.
For me, the peak of my concern was during the race riots. Race riots are nothing new. Police brutality is nothing new. Looting and vandalism is nothing new. But this is the first time in my life that I've seen normal, decent, even somewhat conservative people actually defend looting. What? Have we descended into full-blown clown world? Grown men are stepping over dead security guards hauling out flat-screen televisions, and otherwise seemingly sane people are on social media saying things like "Well... who are we to judge." "I mean, we should have listened..." "They're just expressing their oppression". Looting. We're defending looting. BLM, a 100% political organization, has effectively made it hate-speech to even disagree with them about any of it.
So, what do you guys think? Are we past the point of no return? Can our nation and culture be taken back from these do-nothing degenerates? And if so, will it require bloodshed? Is there enough American spirit left for us to reignite the fires of individualism and freedom? Obviously, nobody can predict the future. Just interested in your thoughts.