This country’s people used to go to war to preserve their government, their way of life, their standard of living and their freedoms. The stability of 21st Century America has since deteriorated because of ongoing repeated multiple media abuses of the First Amendment that created our indifference to the hard realities of fascism and its insidious, covert creep into our elected government, the minds of our people and the multinational corporations who drive our economy. This has become as much a violent war of ideologies and religion as any past war with bullets, bayonets and bloodshed. Instead of dying and wounded sons, daughters, husbands and wives, the casualties of this war are the death of reason and critical thinking along with the obfuscation of facts.
This time- in this upcoming election season, the consequences of making the wrong choice — ONE MORE TIME — will likely imprison the heart and soul of this nation and forsake the sacrifices of those whose headstones populate veteran’s graveyards.
So, America: what will it be? What components of your country are you willing to throw away to appease convicted felon? Who is expendable? Who among us are going to be the victims of some crackpot fundamentalist bigot, and his gunsels demanding sanctimonious retribution for women who DARE to wear dresses that (oh my god!) expose their ankles and refuse to wear “modesty garments" in public? Will male land ownership and fair skin be the only qualifications that allow voting privileges in elections as it was in 1650? Is fascism your acceptable alternative to a democratic republic?
Politicized religions throughout human history have destroyed more governments, butchered more people and smothered more human progress than any violent weather event, natural disaster, wild animal rampage or disease. How much historical evidence does generation after generation need to keep from constantly repeating the same deadly, vulgar mistakes?
This time… and it could probably be the LAST time… this coming November, the original intentions of the founding fathers who put ink to parchment codifying the basic functionary laws of a new nation so long ago might stand a chance of being preserved and brought into this 21st century with a new contemporary sense of progress and forward movement. It isn’t going to require tanks, bombers, fighter aircraft, rifles, ammunition and legions of soldiers to secure our liberty this time- it will simply require turning off the teevee, putting on trousers, shirts, shoes, and casting a vote for every Democrat on the ballot that’s running for office on Election Day, in spite of every perceived or real obstacle, distance, weather or blocked path.
The fascist cult will undoubtedly be there to register their allegiance … will your vote answer them?