I understand your point that I should probably not be so, confrontational . But I find a lot of the underhanded attacks on the basic principles of our country a little more than annoying.
There is a big movement to chip away at the truth by flooding the mainstream populace with false information and blend everything into nothing. Ever read the communist manifesto?.... The end result justifies the means. New Age thinking utilizes these tactics as well. I challenge this view and invite debate with facts, and most of these individuals do not wish to debate with valid facts.
While being a young lad with little real world experience I admit to having left leaning views. I attended a small state university and was privileged enough to have a US government course instructed by a gentleman that had served in the Defense Department under Reagan.
Because he was not liberal in his views, but would have fit in well with the Tea Party, he offended most of his colleagues and was apparently asked to leave. Surprise there :roll:
What he taught and what he stood for made a lot of sense. He identified many of the threats to our country that were present at that time (this was the mid 1990’s) and many that would threaten our country in the future.
He discussed how it would not be whole countries endangering us, but instead, it would be small mobile terrorist groups that would be the biggest threats- this was well before 9/11. Our world was actually more stable with the USSR being in power, and we were safer. It was a counterbalance.
He discussed how much of a push there is for the sovereignty of America and other countries to be dissolved into a world “government” by New Age thinkers.
When America was formed, the founding fathers agreed about the basic premises of human rights and why individuals were born deserving those rights and basic government duties. The disagreements were generally over how the government was to go about performing these duties.
We more or less had two groups that were divided on protocol.
As time has passed, we have had more and more groups that are trying to shift away from the basic premises of America. These groups (socialists, communists, islamic fundamentalists, just to name a few), are attempting to change the dynamics of our political system and endanger the liberties America was founded on by attacking the basis of our liberties and the independence of our country.
It is the purposeful use of propaganda that I detest and feel a personal and patriotic duty to unveil. The push to make “In God We Trust”, into our “Host”? To make our system that was designed to be complete when legally followed, into nothingness- since under these new views it may be one thing today and something completely different tomorrow.
“having the right and being given the right are two very different matters.. getting rights and having rights, fighting for one's rights, these are absolutely things that are worth exploring. however all these things are hard to nail down ie., systems being fluid, and being that laws and leadership and resources and many things are ever changing. thinking about the bulk of our ideas about rights it should be said that the conformity + observance should not be confused with the content for when that happens there is potential for 'spin' overruling fact.”
My purpose is to open up the subtleties and hidden agendas of these groups. If they choose to not respond as you pointed out, that is fine. But I thought this deserved pointing out as well.
I will drop this thread now.