Have you ever wondered? If two different people do exactly the same activity, are they not both guilty, or innocent, and deserving of the same judgement?
For instance, I have often quoted Ronald Reagan’s, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”
I have been asked if it is wise to offer this quote, some people do not respect Reagan, and thereby may not receive the encouragement, and/or conviction offered in this statement. The very fact that I repeat a Reagan quote might lower my credibility among some.
I ask you, is this sane reasoning? Is a statement true or false based on who said it, or whether it is factual. Ben Shapiro is known to say, “facts don’t care about your feelings.” In other words, a fact is a fact, whether we believe it or not, and a lie is a lie, whether we believe it or not. We have a generation of Americans who have been taught to believe that everything believed by “certain people” is infallible, and what is believed by others, is wholly unreliable. They are taught to believe that truth can be determined by who has promoted it, and they are taught who to trust, and who to reject.
To some extent, I agree with this axiom, If someone’s actions have revealed them to be a liar, then it is reasonable to expect them to lie. If someone has revealed themselves to have integrity, it may be wise to trust them, but it appears to me that those that have indoctrinated our younger generations, have misdirected them as to who are the truth tellers. We are told that BLM activists, who carry weapons, follow leadership that boldly claim that they are Marxists, and aim to destroy the nuclear family, are trustworthy. They violently assault those that politically oppose them, burning police cars, homes and businesses, and commit murder. These, we are told are, “peaceful protestors,” and many are not arrested, and if arrested, are not prosecuted. We are expected to believe that this is justice, because they support a, “noble cause.” Is Marxism really a just cause, should we really embrace the destruction of the nuclear family?
Likewise, we’re expected to believe that those who were in attendance at the US Capital on Jan 6, 2021 are, “insurrectionists,” and are worthy of prosecution, without due process of the law. The very fact that they supported President Trump, and believe that the 2020 Presidential election was undermined by election fraud is proof that they are un-American and guilty of insurrection, maybe even treason. The fact that many of them have been held, without bail, in solitary confinement, without any evidence of possession of weapons, or violent behavior is of no importance. They align with President Trump, so they are evil people, and deserving of condemnation. BLM, and Antifa members are social activists, engaged in pursuits endorsed by Democrats, academia, and the media, therefore their violence is justified.
These facts, while accurately describing our modern American experience, represent a gross miscarriage of Justice. Truth is self evident. Facts stand on their own, therefore we should judge the Reagan quote on its own merit. Is it not true? Are the scenarios presented in it not verified? If so, should we not judge the character of Ronald Reagan on the basis of the verifiability of his statements, and actions? Did he not serve as US President for two terms, based on a landslide election, and a greater landslide reelection after the results of his first term? Did not the policies of his presidency produce results, and did not those results include decades of peace and prosperity, with the defeat of the USSR thrown in for good measure?
This Reagan quote is not only true, but verifiable, and we are presently living the proof, having not “fought for freedom,” or “protected it,” nor “passed it on to our children, for them to do the same.” We are very close to the day when we might be resigned to, “spend our sunset years telling our children and children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”
Justice requires, EQUAL JUSTICE! Actions are either virtuous or unrighteous. People are to be judged by the virtue of their actions. It is the height of injustice to judge the righteousness of actions, based on whether we believe that the doer of those actions is a righteous person. Marxism sets arbitrary standards, condemning those that believe in traditional, godly values, and exalting those that further the goals of Karl Marx, and by extension, Satan. Therefore we must resist marxism at its core, and strive to submit ourselves, and our principals to the love, and service to our LORD.
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.” Ronald Reagan.
God bless you, Dave
Great post Dave, I think this is something many have overlooked. It is easy to blame younger generations, but many of these folks were just not taught how valuable their rights and freedoms are. Goes back to parents, but also the school systems they were brought up in. Obviously, when a child becomes an adult they choose where they go, what they believe, etc. but the deterioration of parents being parents has played a large role.