I’ve spent the last 11 years coaching township Baseball to be able to have some say in reversing this crap. My son has been part of organized sports since he was able to hold a bat, a glove, and catch a ball.
Every one of us out can try to volunteer some time for this. It helps. Especially when you hear what some of these kids are exposed to, and you step in to correct misconceptions and intentional misinformation. Outright Ridicule of what the other side preaches works real well with the kids too - some parents even THANK you for “saying what needs to be said”.
And believe me, I’ve had some parents get pissed and pull their kids out (not many), but those kids STILL got to hear a different viewpoint and what they’ll remember is their parents pulling them off the Team and away from their friends, and how the other parents DIDN’T react that way.
The other side can indoctrinate. But we can TEACH - how to be young men, how to be Citizens, how to be Americans.
All it takes is the Will to get in the arena and do it.
After all - that’s how the other side got this far to begin with.
Volunteer. Coach. Teach. Be a mentor. Team up with other Dads that are on the same page.
Get your gunny friends together, organize a Youth Day At The Range at your local range. Kids today know more about guns from “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare” games than we ever knew when we were growing up. They’re waiting for the opportunity to be able to shoot the real thing and be taught properly.
Give them the opportunity.
Every one we take away from the other side is one less potential future liberal. I’ve already taken my son and his friends shooting with some of the guys I shoot with. This is how you can be proactive. The kids loved it, and learned that “Hey...guns aren’t evil... they’re FUN, and I can own them when I’m old enough!!!”
If we don’t get involved, get active, and influence the kids, we can kiss the society we love goodbye.
If we do nothing, the other side wins by default. We DO have a say in that outcome.
I choose to NOT let them win, by doing whatever small part I can, and by playing whatever small role God set before me. I’ll do this until the end of me.
Edward Everett Hale said “I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
Just do the one thing you CAN do - whatever it is.
Millions of “ones” add up to multiple millions of future Americans.
NF, your prose is professional-level and inspirational to boot!