A House Divided

Abraham Lincoln said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." Although this was in reference to the secession of the South, I believe that the citizens of this great nation have come to this crossroads again. With the current and ongoing violent protests by the libs( actually, I consider them to be terrorist attacks) It seems all to clear that this country is divided. The intensity of the hatred for a newly elected president faced by Donald Trump is equaled only by the reaction of the Confederacy to the election of Abraham Lincoln. That ended up in civil war, a precedent that one hopes will never happen again. Why is Hollywood (in particular) freaking out so badly over Trump? First, because he's a Republican who might actually do the things he said he wanted to do. But second, because this is the first cultural victory the right has scored since Reagan stumbled into one in the '80s. The left is used to losing political battles. They scream and cry over these but they don't truly panic, because they know that as long as they maintain their hammerlock on the culture, Republicans can't really change anything. Blue Team Progressivism is a church, offering you moral superiority and a path to spiritual enlightenment. As a church it's got a lot going for it. It runs religious programming on television, all day every day. Every modern primetime program is like a left-wing Andy Griffith show, reinforcing lessons of inclusion, tolerance, feminism, and anti-racism. Watching a 90-pound Sci-Fi heroine beat up a room full of giant evil men is as satisfying to the left as John Wayne westerns were for the right. The Blue Church controls the HR department, so even if you don't go to church, you have to act like a loyal churchgoer in every way that matters while you're on the clock. And off the clock, on any kind of public social media platform. Jon Stewart and John Oliver are basically TV preachers. Watching them gives the same sense of quiet superiority your grandma gets from watching The 700 Club. The messages are constantly reinforced, providing that lovely dopamine hit, like an angel's voice whispering, "You're right, you're better, you're winning." Hollywood award shows are like church talent shows - the skits and jokes aren't really funny, but it's fun to look at the pretty girls, and you're all on the same team. Red Conservativism is a business, selling a set of political products. They don't make you feel good, they don't appeal to your morality or your spiritual sense of self, but sometimes you really NEED one of their core products like security, jobs, or national defense. Their appeals to "freedom" and "family values" ring hollow these days, but when people are flying planes into buildings, you need a strong member of Conservatism, Inc. in the big chair. For the first time in decades, voters explicitly rejected the Blue Church, defying hours of daily cultural programming, years of indoctrination from the schools, and dozens of explicit warnings from HR. We've been trained since childhood to obey the pretty people on TV, but for the first time in decades, that didn't work. Donald Trump won because Common Sense America wants their culture back, and Blue Team has not been rejected like that before. So why do liberals hate freedom so much? It could be that they just do not know what it REALLY means to be free. To a Liberal Democrat freedom is the lack of something. Freedom from working for example, hence welfare; freedom from getting shot whilst raping, hence gun control; freedom from being burdened by money, hence higher taxes. Since the 1700s my people have been free Americans, now the Democrats want to change the very definition of freedom. Don't let them do that, please remember that freedom is about your ability to do something with as little restriction as possible. It has nothing to do with being equal, it has EVERYTHING to do with having an equal opportunity to succeed in life. But everyone measures personal success differently, especially today. I believe that each and every one of these so called "protesters" need to be charged with destruction of property and vandalism and thrown in jail! When Obama was elected, I didn't hear of any Conservatives throwing rocks at businesses or burning Ol' Glory! The reason is because obviously we are grown ups and can deal with defeat at a much more mature level than these bleeding heart crybabies! That being said, it appears that we have come to a point in our glorious history where the people of this country need to really look at what we want. Out of life, liberty and the PURSUIT of happiness. Because everyone IS different. But our common glue that holds our truths to be self evident, and sets and continues to set the example throughout the world is FREEDOM! I would like to close with another quote form the great Abraham Lincoln, "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and loose our freedoms, it is because we destroyed ourselves."