Posted on 05/09/2015 8:32:42 AM PDT by PROCON
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At the worst, the very worst, I am showing you how it feels, taking God’s word as my authoritative source material.
But consider all the reactions to me here. To each amen, let’s help out, there are many catcalls.
Now put yourself in the shoes of a jihadist. What kind of talk would embolden YOU to try to attack? The amens would not. The “oh, Christian get thee into thy place, thou hurtest our feelings” would.
Lovers of liberty may play a part in exposing youth to a recognition of the essential ideas of liberty, and a rejection of the tired old ideas of tyranny which dominate so-called "progressive" politics of 2015.
We must not overlook what the Founders of the American Republic called, the role of "Divine Providence," whose pathway to the minds and hearts of youth can bypass even the most ardent and determined efforts of those so-called "progressives." who have censored and coercively excluded America's founding ideas from the "public square."
We have some responsibility ourselves for directing attention of youth to the ideas of the Founders, all to be found online now, not in some dark stacks on remote floors of university libraries.
For instance, the recent Sons of Liberty portrayal of Samuel Adams might allow us to introduce to Millenials his clearly-articulated understanding of liberty versus tyranny.
"The liberties of our Country, the freedom of our civil constitution are worth defending at all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have receiv'd them as a fair Inheritance from our worthy Ancestors: They purchas'd them for us with toil and danger and expence of treasure and blood; and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle; or be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men. Of the latter we are in most danger at present: Let us therefore be aware of it. Let us contemplate our forefathers and posterity; and resolve to maintain the rights bequeath'd to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. - Instead of sitting down satisfied with the efforts we have already made, which is the wish of our enemies, the necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let us remember that "if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom." It is a very serious consideration, which should deeply impress our minds, that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event." Samuel Adams - Essay in the Boston Gazette, October 14, 1771"When designs are form'd to raze the very foundation of a free government, those few who are to erect their grandeur and fortunes upon the general ruin, will employ every art to sooth the devoted people into a state of indolence, inattention and security, which is forever the fore-runner of slavery." - Article signed "Candidus," in Boston Gazette, December 9, 1771
"If the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them." Samuel Adams- As Candidus in the Boston Gazette, January 20, 1772
"The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave... These may be best understood by reading and carefully studying the institutes of the great Law Giver and Head of the Christian Church, which are to be found clearly written and promulgated in the New Testament." Samuel Adams - Rights of the Colonists, November 20, 1772
"It is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or any number of men, at the entering into society, to renounce their essential natural rights, or the means of preserving those rights; when the grand end of civil government, from the very nature of its institution, is for the support, protection, and defence of those very rights; the principal of which, as is before observed, are Life, Liberty, and Property. If men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the grand end of society would absolutely vacate such renunciation. The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave." - The Rights of the Colonists, November 20, 1772
"Is it now high time for the people of this country to explicitly declare whether they will be free men or slaves. It is an important question which ought to be decided. It concerns more than anything in this life. The salvation of our souls is interested in this event. For wherever tyranny is established, immorality of every kind comes in like a torrent, it is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice.” - Samuel Adams
And:
“The utopian schemes of leveling and a community of goods, are as visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in the crown. These ideas are arbitrary, despotic, and, in our government unconstitutional.” - Samuel Adams
EXACTLY the WRONG THING to do.
More than you will ever know my friend.
Enjoy the show and watch for flying debris ;')
Go HiTech RedNeck go! Stand up for the real America and it’s Bible-based foundation! Woo hoo!
Sorry, Redneck, but I do not let what others think or say about me affect my feelings. I was wisely taught that “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me.”
Unfortunately, recent generations have been taught that everything is about “feelings.” The Result is too many thin skinned adults.
I know who I am and am—as the French would say— “Comfortable in my skin.”
No one should give in to these terrorist moozlum a-holes. The authorities should shoot them if they do anything to interfere with Freedom.
Then since you care not about feelings, what is your objective complaint?
The fellow who wanted all American mosques to become detention centers... for the sake of foot washing in AUSTRALIA. Go re_nortex, show um!
Thanks much, FRiend!
“twood be time to change carriers, and council. Screw ‘em.
I disapprove of so many people caving in to “feelings” instead of “reason.” They have forgotten how to “think.”
I’m guessing but I wouldn’t expect that a majority of the bed-wetting dudes at the Boca West Country Club have a surplus of hard core Rangers and Marines in their sweet-pea membership.
They just wanna consume dangerous amounts of liquor, hide their infidelity from their wives and not be challenged to get up off their fat a$$es and act like men.
Now if we’d only start canceling same sex marriage ceremonies for safety reasons......
“Now if we’d only start canceling same sex marriage ceremonies for safety reasons......”
A winner! You saved the best for last.
Hope it helped raise your spirits some, melancholy
“Hope it helped raise your spirits some, melancholy”
...and safety!
What’s in the name? Hahaha
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