We have witnessed and experienced a lot in the last year, as individuals and as a country. However, the capitulation and implosion of the Republican party maybe the most shocking. The Grand Ole Party which once championed global influence based on principles and global trade has become a Group of Patsies wallowing in self-delusion, fearful of shining the light of truth, and idolatry. The party, in my lifetime, faced down the tyranny of Soviet Russia now embraces its own form of tyranny, race-based caste system, and isolation. It is now a party which advocates hiding behind walls rather than tearing walls down.
The party, which once proudly advocated for fact-based decision making, is now advocating hiding from the investigation of the January 6th insurrection. Burying their collective head in the sand trying to make believe it did not happen. That a mob; flying the flags of a corrupt defeated dictatorship, the flag of racism and slavery, and those of idol worship; did not attack the Capital, did not assault Capital Police and the foundations of our Constitution. Nope, didn’t happen. It is fake news and was a group of peaceful, law abiding citizens exercising their freedom of speech and having a ‘tour of the Capital’. Denial does not mean it did not happen. Denial does mean it will happen again. How many members of Congress will stand up for the Constitution and this country and try to determine what happened on the days before and after January 6th. And how many will prove they are panderers and patsies only vying for votes from those who are too afraid to seek truth.
What are we afraid of? As we consciously and unconsciously practice our unique form of race-based caste system. What are we afraid of? Are we afraid of losing some of our race-based privileges? Are we afraid of equal rights, equal treatment, and equal access? Are we afraid, that on any given level playing field, we can no longer compete? That maybe, just maybe there are those who are better who have never had a chance to show just how good they are? If we consider ourselves a team; TEAM USA is failing. It is failing to play the best the players or even to let them try-out for the team. We must look forward and recognize everyone has more talents and more to offer. Exclusion based on race, gender, creed, orientation, nationality, education, or anything else succeeds in maintaining a false based caste system and inhibits all of us from moving forward toward greater goals. It succeeds in allowing those who strive to see us fail drive wedges of misinformation into the fabric of our nation.
The principles of fiscal discipline, personal responsibility and accountability, global leadership and trade, and social compassion have been cast aside. Cast aside for denial, scapegoating, isolation, and radical racial divide. The Republican Party I was a part of for more than half a century has been displaced by a cult, worshiping a demigod in the hopes of maintaining a failing direction and whose leaders care more about being re-elected than taking a stand for the principles of the country. The Party was bigger than one person and now is as small, and as shallow, as one. The party, whose leaders, once stood in defiance of tyrants and dictators now embrace them rather than standing for freedom, truth, and democracy. The idea of ‘truth will set you free’ can only come to reality if we actually seek the truth.
#NeverFeartheDream #GOP #Jan6 #BigLie
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