The Balkanization

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana

“I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what.” – Kurt Vonnegut

 

How very appropriate that George Santayana and Kurt Vonnegut are very accurate in their statements above. The sad part is we are slowly seeing history once again repeating itself and right now people are too blind to see what is happening. Let’s begin with a little bit of a history lesson shall we. It is very commonly known and inaccurate that the American Civil War occurred over slavery. This is partially true but there were other factors that contributed to the War Between the States. Some of these factors beyond the slavery issue were economic issues and states’ rights. Much of these sentiments are what drove the Southern states to secede from the Union. It has been 150 years since the end of the American Civil War and yes some of the issues from that time continue to crop up now and then. But that is just part of a civilized society. 

 

However, recent events…maybe 10-20 years’ worth are pushing the United States into a very treacherous direction. There seems to be extreme responses to almost everything objectionable. Take the most recent decision by the Supreme Court that gay marriage be legal in all 50 states. This was sort of a no brainer that the Supreme Court comes down with this decision. And good for these people to not be discriminated against. 

 

Another example is the circus the media is creating over the Confederate Flag, as usual the liberals are coming out saying its offensive and racist. Of course this is the usual MO of a liberal because anything that they find objectionable or hurtful should be erased from the existence. I have news for your people, life is not all lollipops and candy land. Life is hard, and part of living in a free society is that there are some things in life you will not like or find objectionable. And one needs to learn to be more “tolerant” which the left likes to preach but they are not as “tolerant” unless they get what they want. 

 

Which brings me to my point, because of the left and their need to bully to get what they want. They are no better than the Bolsheviks or Stalin. Because they have the mentality of “its their way or the highway”. Yet, they are a bunch of hypocrites that speak about tolerance and etc, yet they are the least tolerant and want to cleanse the society. The two samples above are only part of what is happening, thanks to the liberal left. There is a balkanization of our country and it is becoming ever larger.


And it just not the two events above, there are many more that are just leading to a very bad end result which could find us repeating history once again.

Constitutional Rights

So SCOTUS Ruled in favor for Same-Sex Marriage. Congratulations to all those of you who fought to earn that right. So based on that same 14th Amendment that was used to grant you the rights to marry your life partner we as law abiding citizens should and must be allowed to legally carry a gun.

Hey SCOTUS thank you for opening the door for open and concealed carry. If you can wave your magic wand and site an abstract part of an amendment to legalize Same sex marriage then you have to allow citizens to carry their legally owned fire arm.

Why you ask. SCOTUS cited the following to legalize same sex marriage.
No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States. So our rights as a U.S. Citizen to keep and bare arms must not be infringed. It says it right in the second amendment.

The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.


The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. So I say to you all. Congrats on your right to same sex marriage. Now acknowledge and accept my right to keep and bear Arms. - Dan

Supreme Court ruling on Same-Sex Marriage

Normally, I do not touch subjects like this as they cause an incredible amount of angst and hysteria. But, after watching all the hysteria on the news outlets (all of which I am really starting to hate because they ALL distort the information to further their own agendas. Personally, I do not see a problem with the most recent ruling from the Supreme Court for same-sex marriage. Like or not, if anyone did not think that they would have ruled this way is an idiot. It is just pure and simple common sense as all same-sex couples wanted is the same equality as opposite-sex couples. From what I can see the Supreme Court is just saying that the same-sex couples have a right to marry from a state law perspective, not a religious one. Through all the hysteria, I do not see anywhere that it says that religious liberties are going to be violated or these organizations are going to be forced to perform same-sex marriages. Most religious organizations do not accept or recognize homosexuality so I can’t see a same-sex couple wanting to force this upon a religious organization. On the other hand there are people and groups that will attempt to do this just to be assholes and stir up controversy. The ruling today is more of a rights issue in regard to the state and not religion. There are such things as civil marriages and there are some religious organizations that will perform these ceremonies - Teresa

The Assault on American Culture

Does this offend you? Why? What is it about this historical symbol that has been making some so upset? Or is it just another attempt at the liberal left to censor our environment all in the name of offensive or racism?

For the past 20 years or so there has been a subtle assault on the American Culture. It began with the “banning” of bad language, the N-Word, R-Word and so on. Apparently these words were so terrible that they had to be banned from use. However, this did not apply to certain groups. So tell me why should one group get a free pass at using the n-word with no repercussions but other groups aren’t allowed? That’s called a double-standard which is wrong.  If it’s so wrong, then NO ONE should be allowed to use it…period. That is where the disease of political correctness begins, the censoring of the language all in the name of offensiveness and racism. But, this was only the beginning on the assault on the American Culture.

We then come to a comedy club in Nashville where Tracy Morgan a very well-known comedian was performing. And as with many comedians he did what some would say was inappropriate or offensive material on the gay community. Not soon after the LGBT community was up in arms all offended with what Tracy had said in his act. And my first question is “What is wrong with these people that they can’t take a comedic jab?” He’s a comedian performing comedy in a comedy club. And of course Morgan got labeled that the jokes were homophobic and etc. That’s how the liberals or “progressives” go on the attack, they put labels on people especially if you don’t agree with them. But this is a comedian in a comedy club. But being so uptight this one guy started a shit storm over nothing completely blowing it out proportion to the point that Morgan was “forced to make an apology with a gun to his head”. There was nothing to apologize for except the fact that the person that was offended was a selfish self-important narcissistic asshole that could not take a joke. So instead of just dealing with it, he had to make sure that Morgan’s future was threatened and forced an apology that was not needed or warranted. The censoring of the language was only the beginning of the assault.

This liberal infiltration of the society is the result of those that were born after the World War II and the Great Depression. Growing up spoiled and coddled in universities they ended up turning against all they had been given. And not showing any appreciation for all that those that dealt with the Great Depression and World War II and what they did for them. Instead of the universities being institutions of learning, they are nothing more than indoctrination centers for the Howard Zinn’s and the Saul Alinsky’s of the world. As radicals, their goal is to destroy from within. Of course it has taken some time for the influence to become more prevalent as we see today.

However, their influence has become more obvious especially in recent times. Many times there are attacks upon or society where our basic civil rights are being used against us to further their agenda. Continual attacks on religion, race and other characteristics of the American life are being done as a destabilization to further their goals. The purpose of Free Speech is so people can speak their mind without any persecutions. However in the liberal mindset, this is all well and good as long as people agree with them. Any opposing viewpoints results in the false outrage and attacks upon those that do not agree. Of course this is done with an extreme response so they continually beat on their opponents until they capitulate.

Speech is only part of the continual assault on the American Culture. Multiculturalism is the other buzzword that the liberals like to use. That we must be tolerant of other cultures and must favor their ways instead of the existing ones. How about we come to the reality that multiculturalism is a farce pushed on us. At the beginning of the 20^th century there were large amounts of immigration to the U.S. and the big difference between those immigrants and the current influx is that the previous immigrants not only assimilated into the existing society but also wanted to be part of the society. Current immigration trends thanks to the liberal ideology is that the current immigrants do not have to assimilate but the society must change for them. It does not work that way, if one relocates to another nation. It is expected that the one relocating assimilate to the society they are relocating into, not the society change for them. Because of this multiculturalism ideology, the existing society is expected to change for them. A perfect example is the push to be more tolerant so a major Christian holiday has to be changed for them, regardless of what the majority is that that time. There is no logic here, it is not a holiday tree, and it is a Christmas tree. Get over it. This is just a small sample of how the liberal ideology is being pushed on American Culture and attempting to force a “fundamental change” in American society.

This brings me to my initial question about the symbol above. Why would something like that be so wrong and offensive? Granted a great many people do associate it with the Civil War, but the Civil War was not only just about slavery. There were a great many other factors that lead up to that plus the flag above was not the flag of the Confederacy. However as usual people have viewpoints on symbolism that become very different. This is a very common site in the southern part of the U.S. and the only people that seem to find it offensive are always those that find EVERYTHING offensive. Heaven forbid that someone get their feelings hurt, poor babies. Do you need a diaper change?

Of course it only starts with the Confederate flag and then it moves to other items such as Confederate monuments. Or the moron from the NY Post that wants “Gone with the Wind” to go away. And the best one of the extreme stupidity is from CNN anchor - Ashleigh Banfield who wants the Jefferson Memorial removed because he owned slaves. This is the insanity of the liberal mindset, winning one battle isn’t enough for them. They want a utopia where there is no racism, equality for everyone, no violence, where everyone gets a long and sings Kumbaya. This sets a very bad precedence which needs to be pushed back against. Because the liberal bullies will keep pushing until they get others to get tired and capitulate to their whims. Our Founding Fathers did not fight for their freedoms and this country for it to be ruined by a bunch of sensitive crybabies that are soft and offended at everything. We all have fantasies but the liberal mindset that is working overtime to destroy the American Culture drinks their own special brand of Kool-Aid where they can tell the Heaven’s Gate people hello.