Then, Mygirlsmom, as I see it, your decision is simple, but a hard one: Pray and Fight.
As for Rush, he didn’t surrender his argument, he decided he’d made a tactical error and simply retreated to change firearms and strategy.
One source of his ammo is advertising. Without it, there is no livelihood, and most importantly for us and the country — no golden Voice.
THIS IS WAR on several fronts, culturally, politically, economically, morally. It’s probably going to get much worse, and your girls are growing up within this conflagration.
Retreat is not surrender. The militiamen at the Battles of Concord and Lexington retreated, but never surrendered, and they won against all odds and the most compelling force on earth!
Consider that, like Rush, you have merely retreated to rest, get your bearings, take stock and wait on reinforcements. When the militiamen retreated beyond a ridge and looked down on their besieged city, their frustration at being far outnumbered must have weighed on them enormously. But that’s when reinforcements began trickling in from the western towns.
Robust Rush has been through all this stuff before. It “bothers” him, but he knows he’ll get more listeners out of the fracas. The dainty, delicate advertisers will return after a change of outrage and of pantaloons. As for us, we rest when we must; but we stay and harden ourselves and fight back, because “they” will, and what choice do we have?
The only thing worse than hearing children ask, “What happened to America; where did it go?” is to hear them ask, “Why did you just let it happen?” If losing is inevitable (and I reject that notion) even then, we go down fighting!
To arms, Goodwoman?
Yes. Thank you floralamiss.