Oh ye of little faith

 Taking a break from politics with this post and wanting to focus on the religion or no religion debate.  I recently had a friend on social media return to the platform after many years with a dead page.  In the absence found his faith and began sharing it with others.  He restarted the page and daily shares interesting stories, personal struggles, and positive messages.  The other day he shared a story about a founding member of the Satanic church leaving his position after finding God and realizing he made a mistake.  Long story short this week he has had an overwhelming amount of negative, rude, violent, and all other forms of crap against his sharing of the post.  Comments like "Why do you keep pushing you religion on others", "Stop spreading your lies about Christ, and here is why you are wrong", and others that just hate someone sharing something that brings them peace.  I have often pondered, as I myself have been subjected to such comments and discussions, why people who are Atheist or have no belief in God feel the need to bring someone who is religious down?  Why do they feel it necessary to "prove" to the faithful that God doesn't or cannot exist?

When someone who has belief or faith it can be very hard to show it for fear of being shouted down.  Often the response to the negative reaction is to "prove" God does exist.  This is a mistake.  Just as they cannot prove he doesn't exist we cannot prove that he does.  I had a workmate who was an Atheist and we often had deep intellectual discussions about the topic.  We are both intelligent, both can articulate our positions, and both can know in the end we most likely will not change the other person's mind.  He once asked me if I believed in free will or agency, of course I said yes.  He followed it up by asking if I believed God was also all knowing, of course I said yes.  He then had the gotcha look in his eye.  He said, "If God knows every single choice you will make, is it really your choice?"  This question made me think.  In the end I said both could exist because although he knows what our choices will be he also gives us the freedom to make the choice ourselves.  The idea he would direct every single choice everyone on Earth made is far out there to me.  But the question is still one I contemplate from time to time.

Towards the end of our time working together we had a conversation.  He asked how I knew or could prove with evidence God existed.  I told him I could not provide physical evidence as it was something I just felt.  He chuckled and said, "If there is no evidence then it cannot be true or exist."  After thinking about his position, I had a response.  I said, "You have a wife and two daughters, right?"  He said yes.  I then asked, "Do you love them?" He said, "Of course I do!"  I responded with "Well how do you know you love them?"  He said, "I don't know I just feel it."  And it was that moment he got a look in his eye and knew what I was getting at.  He knew at that moment there was no evidence or proof he loved his wife and daughters, but he felt it.  Shortly after that he came to me and let me know he and his wife had attended a Christian marriage retreat and were looking for a church to attend.  Funny enough his "lack of evidence" argument disappeared when he realized some things on this earth we cannot prove or disprove.  Some things we need to feel and trust they exist.

As a Christian I often get approached by those of little or no faith and asked why I am so convinced and think of my old workmate.  I respond with telling that story.  It is important as people of Faith we remember it is our duty to love everyone as our brothers and sisters.  To treat everyone with respect.  But most of all to share our testimony of the gospel and be willing to withstand the anger, hate and arguments we may face.  Please don't misunderstand by loving and respecting everyone we are not required to agree their lifestyle or try to prove to them why they are wrong.  It is our duty to love them and pray for them, period.  It is ok for someone to have no faith, have faith, question their faith, etc.  What isn't ok is telling people they are going to hell because they haven't found God or have no faith.  In the end we all have agency and the freedom to choose.  As I have told many of my Atheist friends, I would much rather follow a faith and have a church then get to the end and have it be black and nothing than live as though God doesnt exist and get to the end and find out he does.

The Emperor's New Clothes

   As I watched a podcast the other day the speaker was discussing the Transgender movement and the supporters or believers in its authenticity.  She made a comparison to the folk tale, The Emperor's New Clothes.  For those who don't know the tale here is a brief summary:

The Emperor was excessively fond of new clothes.  So much so it slowly began to detract from his duties as Emperor.  One day two Rogues arrived calling themselves weavers.  They began telling the Emperor about their magnificent garments made from elaborate patterns and colors.  The clothes once manufactured would have a wonderful property of remaining invisible to everyone who was unfit for the office he held or was extraordinarily simple in character. "These must, indeed, be splendid clothes" thought the Emperor.  "Had I such a suit, I might at once find out what men in my realms are unfit for their office, and also be able to distinguish the wise from the foolish! So the Emperor paid them large sums of money to begin making him new clothes with this process.  The fakes setup empty looms and worked every night on these garments but in reality did nothing at all.  They demanded the finest silks and purest gold thread, which they pocketed.  The Emperor wanted to see what progress had been made but was embarrassed as he remembered the property infused in the garments.  To avoid risking being exposed as a simpleton or unfit for office he send his faithful old minister to check on the weavers.  The minister arrives and is of course unable to see any clothes.  He fakes seeing it and listens intently as to relay the appearance to the Emperor and thus remain in his position.  The Emperor sends another officer of his court and the same thing happens.  The Emperor then goes himself to see the garments.  He realizes he cannot see it either but exclaims how magnificent they are to avoid being seen as unfit. The rogues have the Emperor strip his clothes off to "put the new ones on." Not one person including the Emperor is willing to be seen as unfit to be honest and express the truth that the clothes do not exist.  He walks about the town as the townspeople shower his "new clothes" with praise until he comes upon a little child.  This child says "But the Emperor has nothing at all on!"  The child's father exclaimed "Listen to the voice of innocence!" But what the child said had been whispered from one person to another.  At last all the people cried out "But he has nothing on at all!" The Emperor was vexed, for he knew the people were right; but he thought the procession must go on now!  And the lords of the bedchamber took greater pains than ever, to appear holding up the train, although, in reality, there was no train to hold.

  I found this a very apt comparison as those of us standing on the reality that men cannot become women and women cannot become men get cancelled, called names like Transphobe or even extremists all so the illusion that is transgenderism can spread.  Not until enough people stand for biological truth and are willing to acknowledge the reality that gender dysphoria is a mental health issue that requires counseling and not hormone replacement therapy and gender assignment surgery will we begin to help those in our lives that need it desperately.  I have sympathy for anyone suffering from these mental health issues.  Just as I would not tell an anorexic they are fat and tell them to ask their doctor for weight loss pills I am unwilling to tell someone with gender dysphoria to go get parts cut off and alter their hormones.  The best love we can give to family or friends struggling with this issue is the support to seek treatment from a qualified Psychologist!

The Trans support has attempted to change the language used, give us new "pronouns" and have begun indoctrinating our kids at a young age.  Any adult has the right to think they are whatever they claim to be but when it comes to "transing kids" I am avidly against it.  As I have said of many left leaning positions these movements are all self-centered and egotistical.  Every single one preaches "how does it make you feel?" "Your feelings need to be validated" "If someone disagrees, they are an ism or phobe" To quote Ben Shapiro "Facts don't care about your feelings."  That is the major flaw in the left's argument, feelings.  Yes, we all have them but when it comes to mental health the feelings of love and caring are pushed aside to protect the persons self-perception.  

Lets embrace facts, biological reality and stop being so self-centered.  Our children, friends and family deserve honesty from us.  We need to care enough to be honest and not hold up the train which fails to exist.

An army of useful idiots

 In today's political culture we find ourselves more divided than ever before.  We place labels and draw lines in the sand.  We have abandoned our faith and embraced an ideology that in no way aligns with the good in the universe.  In 2020 23% of Americans unaffiliated or non-religious, that is seven percent more than the second closest group (Protestants).  36% of adults 18-29 claim no affiliation.  while down from 2016 (38%) the number remains very high and quite disturbing.  Between 2006 and 2016 that number increased from 23% to 38%! So what might be the cause of this loss of faith?

As I ponder this question, I began to think of what changed in our culture.  What have we done differently than all previous years to cause such a drastic increase?  The first thing that comes to mind is the shift in education and what is being taught in schools.  We have seen a drastic rise in CRT and other "woke" concepts.  The idea that America is systemically racist has been plugged into our kids minds for decades now.  The LGBTQIA+ agenda has been hoisted into the limelight and pushed in virtually every form of media.  Kids today are led to question even the most basic of life's realities such as biology.  One in five Gen Z adults identifies with some aspect of the agenda.  In the past decade the percentage of U.S. adults who identify as something other than heterosexual doubled from 3.5% to 7.1%.  Is this because we have fostered an environment where LGBTQ folks are comfortable enough to "come out" or is it that they have been indoctrinated to believe if they feel like they don't fit their bodies they must be something other than their biology?  Teaching acceptance of someone else's views is a great thing and can lead to valuable discussions and an appreciation of different perspectives.  Teaching kids that if they don't feel like themselves as they go through puberty must mean they need to take hormones and go through surgery removing parts of their bodies is not the right path.  In denial of biology the advocates of the LGBTQIA agenda will label anyone who doesn't agree with them a transphobe, homophobe, or some other phobe or ism.  The right label anyone who disagrees with their position groomers or some other pedophile label.  This divides us more and more every day.

The second thing I thought about was the desire to dig our heels in politically.  If you are on the right and support our Constitution and the freedoms it grants you are labelled MAGA and a white supremacist.  If you are on the left and want progressive change you get labelled a communist or socialist.   Our "leaders" choose a side and we have seen the rise of anti-American politicians in the form of the squad.  Congress members speaking in public forums about overthrowing America because we are inherently racist and transphobic.  They advocate for removing the statues of our founding father, changing the curriculum of history to fit the 1619 narrative, and throwing out the Constitution and starting over.  This is 100% the wrong idea.  Do Racists exist, yes in every ethnicity.  Do homophobes exist, yes in every walk of life.  Do white supremacist exist, yes but not in the numbers we are led to believe.  So why would our leaders push narratives that only work to divide us further?

The Super Bowl was yesterday and every single story I watched or background of a player revolved around their race.  We had a black national anthem, 2 black QB's, the legends from each team were all African Americans, we had Rihana perform, and most of the commercials played into the woke agenda.  What does any of that have to do with football?  Nothing.  All of the athletes in the Super Bowl were elite athletes.  The league patronized one minority group as to not be dubbed racist.  It isn't just the NFL either, the NHL had pride night a few weeks ago and teams wore rainbow colored jerseys during the pre-skate to show unity for the LGBTQ agenda.  There was one player who chose to stay in the locker room, just like the BLM athletes, and was drug through the mud and told to "Go back to his country" all because his religion (Russian Ortodox) does not believe in homosexuality.  The NHL patronizing to the LGBTQ agenda was meant to advocate inclusivness and the result was the same "inclusive" people demanding this player bow down or be cancelled.  

The point of this blog is to point out that it isnt one side or the other doing the damage.  Both sides socially and politically  are building an army of useful idiots.  An army of people who will listen to them and repeat the slogans and agenda without educating themselves on the topic.  That is why you see so many slogan, talking point, misinformation and such going around.  People need to take time and hear all sides of the argument and for their own opinions.  On almost every topic you will hear me state my position by saying "In my research" "The statistics show" or "There are studies that say."  What you will rarely if ever hear is "I feel" or "I believe." The lefts arguments come from feelings not facts.  The rights arguments come from "facts" but slanted to their belief.  Very few people actually listen to all sides and form educated opinions.  Do your best to avoid becoming a useful idiot before it is too late!

And now a musical interlude

 On this lazy Sunday I decided instead of my usual political thoughts and feelings I would share a little about another side of me, Music!  For me music has always been a safe space for processing and expressing feelings.  I cannot tell you how often as I am driving a song comes on the radio and my mind immediately relays an important life event or situation from my past.  On days when I am battling depression, anger, stress, etc. I find solace and comfort in music.  Music is the one thing in my life which has never let me down or made me feel like I wasn't worth it.  It has always been there.  In my darkest times and my brightest days, it is there.  My head has a constant running soundtrack in it.  

Have any of you ever been having a terrible day and then that 1 song comes on and everything aligns in your world?  Every single time my Spotify playlist knows what my mind needs to realign.  The energy that music emits has a very unique way of working with our brain waves and leveling us out.

Another thing I do with music is host concerts and shows.  I had the opportunity to go out for a 2-week tour and ended up being the emcee each night.  I had a blast.  The shows I have hosted have felt like home.  If I had one wish it would be to be in a financial position to own a music venue and host shows every single day!  Music is my happy place.  Yes planning, organizing, paying for it and all the rest is super stressful but the night of the show when all the work pays off there is nothing like it!  No feeling in the world compares to live music.  The energy, lights and vibe all put my energy in line.  

I am going to try and take a post once a month or so and go off script from politics.  Hopefully you guys enjoy these and those as I enjoy it all.  Please share and like the blog so I can increase views and participation in this effort.

How Covid-19 changed America

 In 2020 the world changed dramatically.  Covid-19 began spreading like wildfire and countries struggled to handle the pandemic response.  While the initial evidence pointed to a lab in Wuhan may in our media and Government took the opportunity to take shots at the President for wanting to prevent travel from China.  They called him Xenophobic, Racist, and a White Supremacist all because he wanted to limit Americas exposure to people traveling from the suspected country of origin.  In March the Government suggested we lockdown for 15 days.  The phrase "15 days to slow the spread" lead the way.  Most Americans were understanding of that request and many businesses shut down, schools closed, and people stayed home.  High school graduations were cancelled or moved to virtual ceremonies.  By Aug 2020 when schools were to open back up people had been locked down for 5 months or more.  Almost all of the schools chose to move to remote learning.  Business had moved to remote work.  People had gotten used to the lockdowns and just went along, forgetting "15 days to slow the spread."  But not all people forgot that, some started pushing back on the regulations and rules imposed by our government.  Masking became a point of conflict.  One side supported masks forever, the other supported no masks at all.  In reality everyone should have been free to make their own choices.

So what did the Government learn during all of it?  They learned how easily Americans would believe whatever their chosen news source fed them.  They learned that Americans would go along to get along, even at the expense of their lives.  They learned how easily we could be manipulated to turn against one another.  They took two years of lockdown and divided us even further and faster than their previous idea (racial division).  Now we are divided by race, medical opinions, fear and income levels.  The poor and minority communities are being told the "rich" are doing whatever they want while locking us commoners down.  Minority communities have historically been told and are being told to not trust law enforcement because "All cops are racist."  We have seen a rise in lawlessness as cities refuse to prosecute "petty" crimes like theft and arson.  Violent crime is on the rise as we have seen attacks on the street in broad daylight.  Instead of stepping in people pull out their phones and "get the footage" so they can be famous.  Criminals and illegal immigrants have more rights than war veterans.  Cops are attacked in their cars and murdered and nothing happens.  We saw entire city blocks taken over and turned into autonomous zones where law enforcement was forced out.  That area, which was meant to be similar to a hippy commune, quickly was turned over to warlord Raz Simone and his "police" force took over.  People were injured and killed, and medical help was prevented from getting to them.  Did the government blame him or his goons?  Nope they blamed the medical professional for not doing enough and getting there in time.  All of this in just 2 years.

Just this week we saw a man pulled from his car by 5 police officers and brutally beaten and killed.  Major news networks quickly blamed white supremacy and the cops, until they found out the officers were all black and so was the man killed.  Fox news highlighted the cops as having gone way beyond protect and serve and even demanded justice.  What did the left-wing media do?  Had headlines like "Fox news finally puts blame where it belongs, with cops" and then they proceeded to demand police reform and once again "defunding" the police.  I watched that terrible video and all 5 of these cops need to face the justice they refused the man they killed.  Do I think that will happen?  No.  My reasoning is simple, it doesn't fit the left-wing narrative.  The left-wing narrative is simple, minorities are suffering under white supremacy every single day and white people are to blame.  For them nothing is not racist.  They say things like "If you aren't actively anti-racist then you are racist."  Remember earlier I said that was the first tactic they tried to use to divide us.  

Everything being pushed in the media and from left leaning politicians is meant for one thing, to push division.  That division is needed to control us as people.  While the elites run the government, we suffer.  While they make the rules, we suffer.  While they continue to keep people under their thumb, we suffer.  As we saw with masking and lockdowns once we as Americans unite and push back they change course.  America is a melting pot of all cultures and people.  We embrace LEGAL immigration.  When left to our own will we naturally do the right thing.  We do care about each other once we clear the fog of what the media is telling us.  Yes there are evil people in the world.  Some people are racist, sexist, and all the other words used to divide. Most people who embrace those values are quickly outed and suffer social consequences for their words and actions.  

America is not systemically racist.  In America we have the unique opportunity to move between economical classes.  You might be born rich, middle class or poor, but you alone can change all of it with your actions and motivation.  Yes some people start ahead with "generational" wealth and some of those people lose everything because of their actions.  Some people are born poor and with less but they make it out and move into the upper class with hard work and motivation.  To tell any kid "No matter how hard you work you will never be as good or get as far ahead as this kid" sets them up for failure.  It disgusts me that we have accepted mediocrity and whining as the standard.  Newer regenerations have accepted being victims.  They all believe they should not have to work long hours or put in max effort at work because they have been conditioned to believe if they aren't given it the person refusing to give it is "attacking" them or hates who they are.  We have raised a generation of pushovers who can't even handle a full 8-hour shift without devolving into the stock room to cry and make a Tik Tok video demanding "unionization."  Those who went to college to get a degree demand that society pays their student loans (yes that system sucks and needs to be overhauled as well). They demand $15/hour for entry level work and then cry about milk being $7/gallon.  They haven't been taught supply and demand, skill-based income or simple economics and survival skills.  For 2 years they did distant learning and honestly how many of them put in the effort?  We have seen scores and motivation decline.

Our future generations are in trouble.  Covid-19 showed the Government how quickly they can seize control.  They control the media, our school systems and our businesses.  Covid-19 did not force the government to do these things, they were working toward it already.  Covid allowed them to take what they have wanted all along.  We as Americans need to unite, demand term limits on all elected positions, demand the government work for us not the other way around.  Lets stop fighting against ourselves and do what is best for future generations!

Our elections are rigged!

 After President Joe Biden won the election in 2020 most right-wing news and political organizations began the idea that the election had been rigged.  Then came the events of Jan 6, 2021.  On the left the narrative became "Donald Trump was complicit in the insurrection on the Capital that day!"  On the right the narrative was "Trump never incited violence."  So who is correct?  In his speech on that day the following statement was made by Donald Trump:

"Mike Pence is going to have to come through for us. And if he doesn’t, that will be a sad day for our country because you’re sworn to uphold our Constitution. Now it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. And after this, we’re going to walk down -- and I’ll be there with you -- we’re going to walk down. We’re going to walk down any one you want, but I think right here. We’re going walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators, and congressmen and women. And we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard. Today we will see whether Republicans stand strong for integrity of our elections, but whether or not they stand strong for our country, our country."

Let's take a look a what each side pointed to to justify their positions.  The left cut and highlighted this "We’re going walk down to the Capitol......you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing.....I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building" Now what was left out was this "and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators, and congressmen and women. And we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard."  And that is what the right points to as evidence he was not demanding they storm the Capital.  The left has since agreed he didn't "specifically" say to do it but he "knew his followers well enough to know there would be violence."  Is that how we want things to go?  Speculation, interpreting words aka saying they meant something they do not?  And this is the point when it comes to the elections of that year.  Both sides digging their heels in and not looking at the facts.  So here are some of the factual things from that election:

1. Donald Trump lost by 7 million votes.  He got 74,223,369 votes in 2020 as compared to the 81,282,916 Biden received. in 2016 he received 62,984,828 votes and Clinton got 65,853,514.  Trump increased his votes by 11,238,541.  Biden added 15,429,402 on the Democratic side.

2. We have begun to see reports about the Hunter Biden laptop that state "On the subject of the 2020 election, 79% overall said it was "very" or "somewhat" likely that "a truthful interpretation of the laptop" would have resulted in the reelection of President Donald Trump.  And nearly 4 in 5 that have followed the laptop story say they believe that "truthful" coverage would have changed the outcome.  That is a lot.

3. Many people have traced down addresses of voter registration and found the location did not exist, were empty buildings or lot or simply did not have the "voter" living there.

4. Many "key" states changed their voting regulations and rules to accommodate "Covid-19" and prevent people from having to vote in person.

With those things in mind let's look at 3 things: Covid-19, Laws and media coverage.  When it comes to Covid we all lived in an unknown world and did the best we could to protect ourselves and others (but that will be a future blog!).  Some states took that opportunity to not only change the way votes were cast and tallied but did so without following proper legalities within the state constitutions.  So why would the people in power within the state allow this?  Simple, to get the votes to go their way.  That goes for blue and red states.  But what I really want to look at it the media and how the stories are manipulated to meet political ends.  

The media covered up the Hunter Biden laptop and it has been proven they deliberately did so to keep it "hidden" until after the election.  They have tried to convince us that voter ID laws and voting in person is racist.  They say it is because minorities are unable or do not know how to obtain said ID, doesn't it seem racist a little bit to say an entire group of people is too stupid to figure it out?  They shadow banned or outright banned candidates from posting to social media platforms and being able to share their message, see the "Twitter files."  Elon Musk exposed Twitter and the policies that were in place to shut out conservative voices.  Once he did the media began calling him a "fascist", "white supremacist" and many other terrible things.  Why would they do that?  He exposed the media and its bias against certain views.  He began allowing ALL speech on a free speech platform and the narrative became "Elon musk is a threat to free speech by allowing all speech on Twitter."  So, allowing all speech is a threat to free speech?  Yes, some people can say awful things on the platform, they have the right to do so as long as it is not directing others to be violent or incite violence.  But even that is something all platforms allow for the leaders of Iranian, Palestinian and other governments who consistently post demands as to the destruction of Israel and committing violent genocide against certain ethnic groups.  But those comments and posts are left alone while a sitting President is banned for demanding accountability in our elections.  Please don't get me wrong Trump needed someone to vet his tweets and keep him from saying dumb stuff.  To me the biggest threat to our voting system isn't the politicians, it is the media who is being used by the politicians for political gain. 

So how can we stop this from happening?  I am going to suggest some things that will not only prevent "rigged" elections but also prevent lifelong politicians from feeling the need to use the media for political gain.

1. Enact term limits for all elected offices.  2 terms for all elected officials.  This will prevent lifelong politicians and allow a greater diversity in our seats of power.  

2. Restrict the amount of money any candidate can spend on a campaign.  The amount of money spent is ridiculous!

3. Demand at least 3 debates between the candidates during the election year and ensure they are all complete before the first mail-in ballots are sent.

4. Limit mail-in voting.  Ensure everyone coming to vote is identified and their votes are counted on election day.  It has become election weeks and that is ridiculous.

5. Voter ID.  Make it free and make it easily attained.  I recommend when someone comes in for a driver's license add something to their ID for voting, like we do with organ donation.  If they don't have a license issue a state ID for free that is used for welfare benefits, identification and voting.

6. Stop the officials who certify the election from being a candidate.  This happened in AZ and there are many here who believe it was not right.

So there it is, do I think the election in 2020 was "rigged", no I do not.  Do I think more regulation and oversight is needed?  Yes I do.  The Democrats are proposing a bill allowing 16 year olds to vote, why?  Simple, they know at that age no one cares and is easily manipulated so votes will be easier to get, see class president election in high school.  In those many promise longer lunches and less time in class to get votes.  That is what will happen if we allow that.  

In conclusion I think our system is broken.  It has been taken over by extremists on both sides and will eventually be our downfall.  This is the greatest country to have ever exist on the planet Earth.  We are the beacon for abused and enslaved people around the world.  That is why so many people want to come here.  I heard today that a large percentage of our 2 youngest generations think America is a terrible country and hate it.  The classrooms, media and left are telling them constantly America was founded in racism (See the 1619 project), America is hated by the rest of the world (not true as more and more immigrants want in) and that Socialism is the way to go (More on that in a future blog).  If you made it this far, I appreciate it.  Leave a comment, let me know any topics you would like me to research and provide some thoughts on and share with your friends!  Civil discourse can only be achieved by civilized people.

2 years later

     Ok so it has been more than a few months since I took a break from this blog, but I am back!  I took the time off to pay attention to the world we are living in and watch the shift in the political spectrum.  Hopefully this is the first of my blogs I post this year.  

Now lets get into my thoughts and feelings about the past two years.  From 2019-2020 I posted a lot on Facebook and other social media about my view on many topics.  I also started this blog and shared similar positions and thoughts.  Back then the "left leaning" advocates were operating somewhat in the shadows, denying the agenda they were pushing for and working hard behind the scenes to change generations of children against the country and traditional values.  How did they do this?  It started in public schooling and the curriculum.  Until the lockdowns during Covid many parents were unaware of exactly what their children were being taught in school.  Often a kid's rebelliousness would be blamed on growing up, truth was they were being indoctrinated to a belief that forced that rebellion.  Parents began to see kids as young as kindergartners being exposed to sexual relationships, race relations, and general anti-family beliefs.  While children eventually need to have that exposure, it needs to be done at home, not the classroom.  A lot of the beliefs being taught run counter to families with strong religious or traditional values.  After the lockdowns ended, we saw a large number of children being taken out of public school and either homeschooled or placed in private schools which give parents more control over the curriculum.  At this point logic would state the public schools would move further from the fringe topics and get back to the basics.  Fact is they did the exact opposite.  We now see drag shows in school assemblies, activist flags and slogans posted in classrooms, and teachers fighting to keep control over "their kids."  The left chose to double down, strip off the masks and very publicly advocate for the ability to indoctrinate our kids.

And the schools are just the beginning.  We saw Row V Wade overturned and the abortion regulation turned back over to the state.  So what was the reaction from the left to this?  Mass protests, violence, and an immediate movement to tell women they now were being oppressed and prevented from having bodily autonomy and reproductive rights.  The idea that reproductive rights start after pregnancy is simply wrong.  Womens reproductive autonomy and freedom starts before the sexual act even occurs!  We tell women it is empowering to sleep around, get pregnant and dispose of their kids.  Women are truly empowered by being able to be selective in partners, prevent pregnancy, and most of all respect themselves enough to know they have more value than what is between their legs.  Men also have the same value and empowerment.  Being a player and having multiple children with multiple women isn't empowering, it is low down and shady.  Men have more value than what is between their legs too.  Yes sex is fun, pleasurable and something most adults enjoy, pregnancy is the direct risk of this action, protected or not.  We should be teaching our children self-respect, respect for human life and also their value in life not just the bedroom.

We have seen a rise in the LGBTQIA+ movement and the desire to sexualize and allow children to go through gender affirming care aka mutilating themselves for life for temporary feelings.  We need to let kids be kids.  Adults can choose that life or not but most humans brains are not fully developed until their mid 20's.  Why would anyone allow kids as young as 5 to dress in drag, take hormone replacement medication and even go through surgery to remove healthy body parts all in the name of "understanding." The studies show that a large percentage of young children that are not given those options choose to not do them later in life.  And those given those options have a high percentage who detransition later in life and regret those choices.  As parents it is our job to help out kids navigate the world and discover who they truly are.  Help them understand everyone at one point or another feels like they are in the wrong body and have no idea why they feel that way.  The wrong way to help is to agree with the confusion and push them to make life altering choices that may or may not be reversible.  The left is normalizing "family-friendly" all ages drag shows.  They are making tv shows highlighting young kids in drag or sexualized situations and telling the world the kids are "Brave" "Bold" and "revolutionary".  The reality is that it is grooming our kids to not understand "stranger danger" and make them feel like some of these people are threats.  I know not all of them are that way but any group of people who engage with young children there is a greater possibility of pedophiles wanting to be involved.

The left is manipulating language to make terms less "offensive."  Here is a not so finite list of the most obvious:

1. Pedophile.  Has been rebranded as a "minor attracted person".  We are told this is a sexuality similar to being attracted to the same sex.  Normalizing this behavior was the "slippery slope" argument right leaning people were accused of pushing and then actively told "that would never happen." But here we are.

2. Illegal Immigrant- The left now wants us to use the term non-documented migrant or asylum seekers.  So why does this matter?  Simple the act of illegally crossing the border is a crime.  These people are allowed to seek asylum from tyrannical governments, that is true.  But the rule is you can seek it from the closest country to your own.  Many of these people come from South America and travel through multiple countries to America when they should stop in one of the many countries they travel through.

3. Patriot- These people are now being called "white supremacists" and we are being told it is due to white people being racist and all patriots are white people.  Very flawed argument.  Reality is all Americans should be patriotic!  It is our country and laws that give us the freedoms these very same leftists are using to change things.

4. Racism- Is now being positioned and pushed as anything done by white people which negatively impacts minorities. Truth is racism is any race which does negative things to any other race simply because of the race.   Every single skin color can be racist.  We will never solve racism by enacting laws which are racist.  

Like I said just a starting list for my fight against the injustice I am seeing this year.  Next blog I will be tackling our election system and why I feel a change should be made! 

If you read this and want more of my thoughts please send a comment and let me know!