{"id":84625,"date":"2019-01-28T13:33:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T17:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=84625"},"modified":"2019-01-28T13:33:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T17:33:46","slug":"attitudes-on-the-left-and-the-politics-of-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=84625","title":{"rendered":"Attitudes on the left and the politics of inclusion.."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n..or MAGA Hart Part Two<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s VoV continuing yesterday’s discussion. I cede the podium:<\/p>\n

\u201cAppalling and beyond disrespectful. Nauseating. What\u2019s going to be done about this? And why can\u2019t this s— happen when I\u2019m around?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cYou can read the white rage in their MAGA hats\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cA restaurant manager in Canada was sacked after refusing to serve a man wearing a MAGA hat.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIf I saw a guy in a MAGA hat helping an old lady cross the street I would think \u201cwhat a douchebag\u201d and chances are I would be right.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cOpponents of the Trump administration have come to see the hat as synonymous with the presidency\u2019s perceived racism and xenophobia.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The above are just a few comments from the ever tolerant left regarding the dreaded MAGA hat. As stated in the previous essay, it\u2019s a symbol that invokes fear in some, and clearly it also incites hatred or violence in others.<\/p>\n

They want you to believe the United States was never great, that the United States has always been wrong in both its treatment of those within its borders and the treatment of those outside its borders.<\/p>\n

I will be one of the first people to tell you I don\u2019t trust my government, that I don\u2019t trust those who enforce its laws, and I don\u2019t trust anyone in the government who claims to be working on my behalf. Largely because my life experience with the government isn\u2019t one of wonderful support and unencumbered freedom to pursue my best life. My experiences with government officials are largely problematic, business suppressing, profit stealing, job destroying experiences. Not because the people who work in government are inherently bad, but because government itself is inherently bad. Government is opposed to personal liberty because government is always about control. Consequently dealings with the Government are designed to reinforce the nature of its power over the individual and over commerce, not to support business free from interference. That\u2019s a future topic to be sure.<\/p>\n

Having said that about my government I will also say this, the United States is still the greatest nation on earth. When compared in areas that matter to me there is no other government that allows me to live as closely to my ideals as this government.<\/p>\n

We have mistreated our own citizens, we have mistreated the original inhabitants of this land, we have certainly mistreated those we brought here in chains and this will always be a stain on this nation\u2019s history. But we also slaughtered each other to break those chains, we\u2019ve attempted to address those past wrongs and we\u2019ve tried to put things right as we move forward. We\u2019ve also done something a lot of other nations have never done, admitted we did some really terribly things in our past and tried to legislate ourselves into something even better.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve created the most powerful economy in the world, improving the lives of every single person in the United States. We\u2019ve been to the moon, we\u2019ve been to the deepest parts of the ocean, the United States is the sole reason that Europe and Asia retain national borders unencumbered by the fascists of the Rising Sun or the Swastika. The United States was always great, and is still great.<\/p>\n

For me making America great again simply means the postwar America where we represented the Democracies of the world, where our strength was placed on the side of the righteous to destroy evil. Where our generosity allowed us to rebuild our enemies and turn them into allies. It doesn\u2019t mean returning to systemic racism or intolerance for our citizens. It means a return to the idea that when the United States decides to do something it\u2019s going to get done. It means we will drive a dune buggy on the moon because we\u2019re Americans, it doesn\u2019t mean we rely on shitty Russian rockets to visit the ISS because our president shut down our return to the moon and stopped our shuttle program. It means we are constantly pushing our students to be brighter minds in the STEM fields instead of trying to be famous assholes on Youtube or Reality TV.<\/p>\n

To those on the left, you hate the hat or you fear the hat I\u2019ve heard both from you. That\u2019s fine, you are welcome to your opinions and you are more than welcome to try and change my opinion. But what are you offering that\u2019s better than what I already have? You hate Trump, okay I understand that because I\u2019m not a yuge fan either. Who are you offering as an alternative that brings something that does make America great to the table? What\u2019s your plan for 2020 that brings anything inspiring to a political independent like me into your allegedly \u201cbig tent\u201d political party?<\/p>\n

I’m an independent, and a libertarian at that.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what I\u2019ve seen so far in my opinion from the left, one true progressive socialist who was purposely cheated out of a fair shot at the nomination in 2016. The 2020 field thus far is a very diverse collection of has-beens and never-weres on a national level. Where\u2019s your Trump? By that I mean, where\u2019s your candidate that is going to energize the base? Tell me you hate the status quo, but if you want my vote show me something of value in changing the status quo because so far I\u2019m not seeing it. What I am seeing is a dismissive attitude regarding anyone who doesn\u2019t openly hate Trump like you do, and who doesn\u2019t openly jump on board with whatever outrage you\u2019re on about this week. Give me a reason to consider you are offering something other than you\u2019re not Trump. 2020 is coming, offering a Republican Lite version of Clinton in a different package might win the election, but it won\u2019t actually change a single thing Trump or Obama brought to the table. Both of whom are far more similar in their results than in their actions and words.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m waiting\u2026.<\/p>\n

VoV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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