Truth

Hundreds and hundreds of small boats pulled by countless pickups and SUVs from across the South are headed for Houston. Almost all of them driven by men. They're using their own property, sacrificing their own time, spending their own money, and risking their own lives for one reason: to help total strangers in desperate need.
Most of them are by themselves. Most are dressed like the redneck duck hunters and bass fisherman they are. Many are veterans. Most are wearing well-used gimme-hats, t-shirts, and jeans; and there's a preponderance of camo. Most are probably gun owners, and most probably voted for Trump.

These are the people the Left loves to hate, the ones Maddow mocks. The ones Maher and Olbermann just *know* they're so much better than.
These are The Quiet Ones. They don't wear masks and tear down statues. They don't, as a rule, march and demonstrate. And most have probably never been in a Whole Foods.

But they'll spend the next several days wading in cold, dirty water; dodging gators and water moccasins and fire ants; eating whatever meager rations are available; and sleeping wherever they can in dirty, damp clothes. Their reward is the tears and the hugs and the smiles from the terrified people they help. They'll deliver one boatload, and then go back for more.

When disaster strikes, it's what men do. Real men. Heroic men. American men. And then they'll knock back a few shots, or a few beers with like-minded men they've never met before, and talk about fish, or ten-point bucks, or the benefits of hollow-point ammo, or their F-150.

And the next time they hear someone talk about "the patriarchy", or "male privilege", they'll snort, turn off the TV and go to bed.In the meantime, they'll likely be up again before dawn. To do it again. Until the helpless are rescued. And the work's done.
They're unlikely to be reimbursed. There won't be medals. They won't care. They're heroes. And it's what heroes do.

The iron fist of apathy

The Iron Fist of Apathy

When a scheduled Patriot Prayer rally is reported as a white supremacist assembly by the media and therefore must be canceled due to security concerns, we’re no longer living in America – a country predicated on Judeo-Christian values and an indelible love of liberty – but George Orwell’s dystopian nightmare “1984”. Instead of Democrats and Republicans alike uniting in a civil setting for a peaceful demonstration of tolerance, a much needed refuge from the orchestrated hostility gripping our nation, AntiFa terrorists were allowed to harass and assault innocent bystanders as local police were once again nowhere to be found. Considering these brutal attacks would result in immediate arrests and an equal display of force by law enforcement on any other day, no excuse, degree of denial or apology will suffice. The only crime more hypocritical and egregious than hateful militants beating fleeing victims under the false flag  of “stopping hate”,  is for those officers who vowed to protect and serve our communities to consciously stand down in the face of such imminent brutality. When political allegiance or disdain for a President trumps common sense, duty, and any remote sense of remaining decency, the result clearly mirrors the madness. 

If progressives are not going to unconditionally condemn this proliferation of Marxist style propaganda and Nazi Gestapo tactics – justifying violence by fabricating fear and demonizing all political dissent as immoral extremism – it is only a matter of time before the oppressed bear arms against those seeking to put them, and their inalienable rights, in a permanent body bag.  And on that perilous note, I call on President Trump, the FBI, and the Department of Justice to restore order, make arrests and to indict the unapologetic perpetrators of domestic terrorism. The single, greatest trick the media ever played was convincing millions of Americans “extremism” only pertains to the right side of the aisle, when in fact the intolerant left, the Democratic Party, is still the single greatest embodiment of radicalism in America today.  How else can a political party built on racism, seduced by communism and now an adopted anti-American sanctuary of malcontents that increasingly moralizes mass conformity through the iron fist of fascism, continue to exist? Only in the alt-reality of disposable history, where indoctrinated ignorance and celebrated bliss converge to embrace the most notorious forms of human tyranny, are liberty and logic labeled as hate crimes for attempting to loosen the grip of tangible evil. The staged theatricality of blame and bigotry are powerful agents of deception in this escalated progressive war on truth, patriotism and ideological sovereignty.

The 10 most pervasive lies told about conservatives.

1) Conservatives are racist! Shall I quote the blissful bigotry of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Al Sharpton, or any slew of “socially conscious” crusaders; celebrities included? If I may, which party was founded as the anti-slavery party, ended Jim Crows and spearheaded the legislative movements for citizenship, suffrage and equal rights? Here’s a hint…it doesn’t rhyme with “rat”! Conservatives welcome all races and colors in our quest to defend and preserve America’s founding ideals. Likewise, we unilaterally reject divisive victimization rhetoric used solely to incite animosity along socio-economic lines for political gain. Although racism exist in all facets of America, such hateful attitudes are infectious and only invite future bigotry upon yourself, your peers and your loved ones. Progress is not measured by the number of times race is invoked or celebrated. It is personified by the number of lives liberated from its requirement. Why again would “racist” Republicans support Allen West, Ben Carson, Dinesh D’Souza, Mia Love, Condoleezza Rice and Marco Rubio, let alone spread the transcendent wisdom of Booker T. Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. or Thomas Sowell? Refusing to support a rformer President’s spiteful, anti-American agenda doesn’t make anyone a racist, regardless of their heritage or political affiliation. It makes one increasingly cognizant of the destructive aftermath such deep-seated prejudice inevitably brings.

2) Conservatives are sexist! Naturally, because conservatives don’t have mothers, wives or daughters, nor do they care about their well being. We decry discrimination against either gender, detest violence against women in any form, and support equal rights and pay for all women. Conservatives simply reject the regressive agenda of modern feminism which seeks injustice where none exists – “psychological trauma” inflicted by patriarchal images, the sexism of “mansplaining” or the “rape culture” of “manspreading”, gender identity conditioning of children, free birth control and taxpayer funded abortions, the so-called prosecutable sexual paradox of “yes” means “no” – as a means of degrading the masculine image and traditional role of men in society. This adopted brand of radical activism ensures reverse discrimination by attempting to validate such absurd demands to the detriment of both society and all reasonable, responsible women that desire nothing more than equal opportunity and treatment under the law. Self-respecting women do no want to be coddled, made to feel hopeless and therefore given an emotionally crippled crutch of contempt. Whether pursuing a career of or raising a family full time, they deserve the right to live the life of their choosing without discrimination or the crass exploitation of bitter gender fascists. Parading around in public topless, shouting obscenities and performing vulgar acts doesn’t make you enlightened, let alone noteworthy. It makes you the willing subject of your own stupidity. Empowerment, much like equal rights, doesn’t illicit hatred or reject accountability.

3) Conservatives are Nazi “extremists”! Unless you passed a concentration camp on the way to work, hauled the smelted gold taken from numbered corpses, this is nothing more than media driven hysteria designed to justify progressive policies that are incompatible with our founding ideals, or better yet, common sense. You do realize Adolf Hitler, the infamous leader of the Third Reich, was a rabid German socialist who denounced individuality, capitalism, Christianity, and free speech? He also advocated imprisoning or executing political dissidents and all inferior ethnicities. Do you know what other fascist movement harbors almost identical beliefs? Progressivism. Conservatives aren’t the ones silencing intellectual diversity on campuses, clamoring for state-run media, physically attacking Trump supporters, rioting in the streets over a free election result, singling out Christian businesses for prosecution, mocking traditional values or publicly demonizing white Americans. Liberal fascism, the once fringe element that officially hijacked the Democratic party in 2008, is now the single greatest threat to liberty, tolerance, due process, prosperity, and the survival of America. Considering the Nazis sought absolute control and conservatives loathe intrusive, unilateral government, this accusation is about as wise as a transgender Jewish man asking to be circumcised by a Muslim butcher before he uses the little girls restroom. “Halal No” or until hell freezes over, the left is by far the greatest embodiment of extremism in America today. When the end justifies the means, truth is of no consequence.

4) Conservatives oppose immigration! Hardly. America was founded as a beacon of hope for all races, creeds and colors. On the contrary, we rightfully object to the pardoned excuses of “illegal” immigration and the mass influx of untraceable “refugees”. Not supporting our immigration laws, those protocols every civilized nation enacts and enforces, is a slap in the face to every man, woman and child who immigrated to America legally, not to mention those 3,000 victims who died on 9/11. Abandoning our borders, not shielding citizens from criminally and medically unvetted threats, is a dereliction of duty and a clear and present danger to our country’s sovereignty and security. Encouraging, dare I say “engineering”, illegal immigration solely to win elections and demographically override our founding principles is nothing short of treason. Despite such disingenuous ploys, all are welcome who respect our sovereignty and complete the process afforded by law. Perhaps someday activists will understand this “revolutionary” concept when sentenced to decapitation by an Islamic tribunal or while picketing corporations in the progressive soup lines of socialism.

5) Conservatives are gun fanatics! Like our forefathers, we unequivocally embrace people’s right to defend themselves against all forms of tyranny; Thomas Jefferson’s most profound reason for preserving our right to bear arms. Gun violence isn’t a disease but a sociological symptom that reflects a parenting failing and an obvious psychological disconnect. Rather than addressing the obvious moral erosion infecting our communities – an endeavor Hollywood has worked overtime to achieve by mocking our religious values – progressives are content exploiting national tragedies to justify their insatiable desire to repeal the Second Amendment. Not only is gun confiscation historically the final lynch pin to uncontested subjugation, gun control does little to deter those who truly want to harm others; especially when you realize both the Oklahoma City Bombing and 9/11 were carried out without a single shot being fired. Every day firearms deter crime and save far more lives than the soulless   of any disturbed individual. You can no more regulate human nature than an inanimate object can pull its own trigger and be convicted for murder. When mass death is the ultimate goal, the weapon of choice is moot for people will always find a vessel to deliver their wrath. The fact these mass shootings rarely occurred 50 or even 25 years ago is a costly reminder that parents, schools and our elected leaders have failed to instill our children with the proper values and universal respect for their fellow man. The question isn’t why do so many citizens own a gun. The question is why are so many comfortable ending a human life? Leaving decent, law-abiding Americans helpless against thugs, terrorists and aspiring dictators is never the answer; it’s the broken promise of armed regret.

6) Conservatives hate the poor! Of course…because we never get sick, lose our jobs or struggle to provide for our families. Sorry but poverty doesn’t discriminate and any President that doesn’t create jobs, lower taxes and eliminate waste is no friend of the American people. One of the benefits of living in a nation as resourceful as America is the financial assistance available to those in need. Nearly all people struggle, require assistance time to time, and there is no shame in that. And yes, Americans are a compassionate and generous people. However, Conservatives take great umbrage with those smug parasites who view welfare as a career opportunity and conspire incessantly to defraud the system when they should treat such blessings as a stepping stone to reclaim their life. Stealing bread from the mouth of honest labor – those taxpayers who have watched the number of welfare recipients and the national debt nearly double since 2008 – is a slap in the face to all hard-working Americans, as well as those families that struggle with real misfortune and lingering disabilities. Everyone owes it to themselves, their family and their country to find a job. A paycheck is a means to a means, a self-sustaining gateway to a better life, whereas welfare is a meal ticket to endless dependence, debt and discontent. For when the fog of propaganda and entitlement clears, no economic system has liberated more people from the clutches of poverty than capitalism; that independent engine of ambition most synonymous with liberty, prosperity, and human discovery. However, please note, and much to the chagrin of Marxists everywhere, capitalism only works if you do! A healthy work ethic is the fastest path to personal success.

7) Conservatives are religious radicals! Clearly. What’s the terrorist score card of the century? Which religion has never had a reformation? Yet again, this is but another baseless claim designed to insight fear, hate and paranoia at the expense of dispelling dangerous misconceptions. America, Western Civilization, was founded upon Judeo-Christian ideals; a fact liberals malicious muddle, twist and insistently attempt to discredit. Opposing abortion – the death of a human being even in its most glorified state – or rejecting Gay Marriage – the political corruption of a “religious” institution in Western Society which threatens the family dynamic – hardly makes us harbingers of hate or the equivalent of Islamic militants; those extremists who deny women basic human rights and kill gays for merely existing. As ardent constitutionalists, Christian conservatives advocate the tolerance of all competing beliefs that coincide with our founding values. No, Christianity is not perfect or without historical indignities. Christians simply learned killing in the name of God was a fruitless endeavor that undermined every tenet of their faith. What we absolutely refuse to condone is empowering those ideologies that violate people’s natural born rights, i.e. Sharia Law, or threaten our founding values to the debasement of our culture and national ethos. Not all laws are just or justified; not all boundaries are meant to be broken.

8) Conservatives are war mongers! Yes, because once again, Conservatives, those who are most likely to serve their country or volunteer for during times of crisis, do not have families who sacrifice and grieve so that “We the People” many live free from harm and bask in those liberties so often denied to millions across the globe. Like all Americans, Conservatives detest war and view it as an absolute last resort of recourse. That being said, we do not live in a world were evil does not exist and circumstance can rely on the unwavering good nature of our fellow man. To unconditionally reject military intervention regardless of the prevailing circumstances is the equivalent of watching a rape across the street and doing nothing about it. Frankly, when did we stop caring? The question all liberals should be asking themselves, and that of the entire civilized world, is why aren’t more nations and leaders taking a stand against mass injustice and depravity? No, America cannot be the savior of the free world or right all wrongs of humanity. We simply must refuse to be the doormat of tyranny and criminal apathy. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

9) Conservatives hate the environment! I’d love to indulge this popular progressive fairy tale, but we too drink from the sources of water, breathe the same air, and educate our children about the ravages of pollution. Rather, conservatives refuse using science fiction as to implement unnecessary regulations, collect more taxes, solely to expand government and claim more austerity over our everyday lives. The same bureaucrats who can’t balance their checkbook, protect our borders, or give the people a straight answer, want to control every aspect of your life out of the goodness in their hearts. No, right-minded Americans aren’t fearful of science, anything but, for we eagerly embrace its universal necessity, power and wonder. What we don’t accept is a political alarmist, i.e., a pseudo scientist named Al Gore and his celebrity salesmen, proclaiming the Arctic ice shelf would cease to exist within a decade and that the entire city of New York would become the lost ruins of Atlantis due to the impending catastrophe known as climate change. Sadly, not to spoil the inconvenient truth about his “D” in Natural Sciences, or his six figure speaker fees, glacier coverage of the planet is now as prominent as it was 20 years ago and the Yankees have yet to give away floaties during a single promotion. Bummer.

As firm believers in empirical data, reputable science, conservatives recognize the existence of global cooling and warming; we merely view both as natural climatic cycles that far outweigh the shameless ploys of politicians. Now that’s not to say mankind has no negative impact on the environment, bio diversity or even global temperatures. I have no doubt whatsoever. It’s just that our presence pales in comparison to the mercurial power of the sun and the instinctive reflux of mother nature. After all, if the truth be known, one of the hottest years ever recorded in our nation’s history occurred in the 19th century during pre-industrialized America. Believe it or not, just as many if not more conservatives live off the land, utilize nature for recreation, and tirelessly work to protect and preserve the source of their greatest blessing…their preferred way of life. Protecting our environment against corporate waste and individual apathy is nonnegotiable. Listening to those politicians who manipulate scientific data for political and financial gain, on the other hand, is entirely optional.

10) Conservatives are out of touch! Or perhaps we’re painfully astute of history and vigilant to the ides of tyranny. As the proud torchbearers of the timeless ideals America was founded upon – individual liberty, limited government, God, hard work, accountability and duty – conservatives pose the biggest threat to the globalist agenda: a secular, soulless paradigm of mass conformity and institutionalized dependence. Progressivism cannot survive without inciting distrust, division and discord to conceal the truth from low information voters; those vulnerable souls most easily cajoled by such sensationalist propaganda. Any ideology that cannot stand on its own merits and is counter-intuitive to the Constitution – statism, Socialism, and Marxism – is inherently radical and a tangible threat to our way of life. If I may, how are any of these philosophies remotely synonymous with our founding creed, not to mention the supreme law of the land? Historically speaking, one must work far more diligently to protect a lie than to simply speak on the behalf of self-evident truths. Conservatives believe, and freely attest, man’s natural born rights are derived from a divine creator and not ransomed by the “benevolence” of centralized despots. At its most rudimentary core, our elected government has three fundamental duties: to protect our lives and liberties, to honor and uphold the prescribed limitations of the Constitution, and to provide transparency in all its dealings. I’m sad to report the corrupt cesspool of polarized bureaucrats known as Washington have egregiously failed on all three accounts. Defending the ideological cornerstones America was erected upon doesn’t make conservatives “extreme” or detached in any sense of the word. It makes our detractors hopelessly ignorant, toxic and irrefutably malicious.

TRAITORS

Traitors

There is the foul stench of political desperation, and there is the echo of fumbling footsteps loitering in their own delusional waste. In the curious case of the American media chasing yet another Red Herring, it's hard not to pin the tail on the drunk donkey wearing a Ushanka while selling party favors in Red Square. In other words, if you can't defeat a politically incorrect capitalist with a bad comb-over who suplexed your credibility on the wrestling mat of social media, blaming a hated political rival for the identical crimes committed by your absolved constituents, why not besmirch the prodigal son who bears his very name but never ran for public office?

Not to burst the 99 balloons of Russian roulette, exactly what law did Donald Trump Jr. break; regardless of his intent or status as a private citizen? It's well known English publicist Rob Goldstone initiated contact on behalf of Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya, she recently admitted to not possessing or passing any notable information during their meeting despite misreported claims of damning revelations, and the President’s son freely and adamantly released all records of their so-called "scandalous" correspondence. Hmm, color me cognizant of the difference between Caviar and fish sticks but this woman sounds far more like a political plant, a wealthy sycophant and convincing decoy used solely to imply misconduct, than a rogue character assassin conspiring to conquer the world with a married man from New York who religiously takes selfies with his kids in his waders.

And yet every election season, with little to no criticism or ethical standards, the DNC hires an army of lawyers and private investigators to find any crumb of usable intelligence to slander Republican candidates into submission. Not that Herman Cain would or Gloria Allred would digress! After all, just because the Clinton campaign initiated a quid-pro-quo rendezvous with Ukrainian officials last year to discuss trading Trump's dirty laundry for possible future political concessions, or Ted Kennedy begged a Russian diplomat to defeat Reagan by directly interfering with the integrity of our elections, there's no need for mass hysterics over real collusion and unpunished treason. Naturally the liberal press rarely mentions such shameless behavior because they're the DNC's proud propaganda pimps pushing an endless array of salacious narratives with zero discernible proof. Considering the Clinton’s longtime ties with the Kremlin, Uranium One and Moscow banks like Renaissance Capital sponsoring $500,000 speeches - yes, no foreign government is more acutely aware of Bill and Hillary's sordid past and shoddy dealings than Russia - you would be a fool not to exhaust all leads blatantly ignored by the mainstream media when the most corrupt and dishonest candidate in our nation’s history was mere months away from permanently liquidating the American dream.

This entire, nonstop Russian conspiracy fiasco is but an absurd microcosm of how desperate the Fourth Estate has become to deflect from Trump's growing list of successes and thus derail his extensive reforms loosening the grip of the Washington establishment. If anybody needs to be investigated for consciously colluding with Russia, China, Europe and the Middle East, for intentionally demonizing America's heritage and values at every conceivable opportunity, it's Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Does anyone honestly believe the $100 trillion dollar Paris climate agreement was actually about addressing global temperatures - a proposed scant reduction of .3 degrees by 2100 when solar activity alone can account for such variation in a single year alone - in lieu of perpetrating a globalist Ponzi scheme clearly designed to redistribute America's wealth, sovereignty and historical influence? Why was Iran, a radical Islamic regime and sponsor of jihad against the West given permission to "eventually" build nuclear weapons, with almost no enforceable oversight, let alone made the beneficiary of a 400 million dollar ransom payment made out to "sorry"? Did Valerie Jarrett, a self-admitted anti-American Marxist, not possess ties to both Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood while serving as Obama’s most trusted adviser in the pinnacle of our government? Apparently not.

Unfortunately for "We the Pawns" of public perception, the media isn't interested in ascertainable truth, exposing real impropriety through objective research, merely fabricating false appearances to incite further societal division and discord for the explicit purpose of destroying the President and his family by any means necessary. And to think Seth Rich's death - a DNC operative gunned down outside his home in our nation's capital - generated far less genuine concern or moral outrage than a completely legal and fully justifiable series of communications regarding one Hillary Rodham Clinton; a notorious lifelong politician and reckless reprobate whose name is synonymous with pathological deceit, inappropriate associations and personally profiteering from foreign dissent. It's a tragic failing of journalism, our national ethos, when an unsolved, cold-blooded murder of a young man "resisting" rigged primaries, or God forbid a presidential nominee using her own "charitable" foundation as a campaign slush fund to defraud disaster relief victims in Haiti, doesn't quite equate to the delusions of rabid partisans obsessed with chasing a figment of their imagination by 'wagging the dog' of implied indiscretion. Although there are no doggy bags big enough to dispose of the incalculable intellectual waste produced by the proud lapdogs of the progressive state, for the first time in modern history a man has dared to stick their collective noses in it. And the smell is glorious!

Political Agenda

The United States Military is not about indulgence, political agendas or pointless self-expression; it's overriding mission is to mold a group of men (or women) into an effective fighting force designed to achieve a strategical objective with a minimal loss of life. These protocols are not an open invitation to debate, nor a stage for interpretation, for they are intended to instill respect, minimize distractions and foster an undying sense of unity. From the rigid specifications of uniforms to the perilous details of combat training, the single greatest modality of interest to our Armed Forces is that of conformity. While their unflattering methods and stringent regulations may seem harsh or even unnecessary, they are deeply rooted in scientific observation - psychological precursors and suppresed deviant behaviors - forged by centuries of military training and global conflict. Maintaining a modern army is far more of an applied science focused on cultivating a productive environment...definable roles, unwavering discipline, steadfast resolve and group morale...in lieu of entertaining a social experiment designed to stretch the whimsical boundaries of gender identification.

So what do my boring textbook affirmations have to do with Trump's "discriminatory" transgender ban? Everything. Supporting one's right to be gay, a private matter and sexual orientation, is by no means the equivalent of indulging a recruit's fantasy to live as the opposite sex; a psychological disorder known as gender dysphoria and recognized by both academia and the medical community. While I highly commend anyone's willingness to serve their country, a truly honorable endeavor, that selfless commitment must respect the privacy/safety of other soldiers and abide by universal gender norms. Wearing a dress no more grants one the unabridged right to shower and bunk with actual women, than it affords a man a special accommodation to wear female attire or present himself as a woman among a male company of servicemen. It's not a matter of tolerance; it's a matter of functionality.

If enlisting is truly paramount to your beliefs, distinguishing yourself according to your actions instead of merely collecting a check and free government healthcare for a complimentary sex change, who in their right mind would confuse their wardrobe with their career? Considering recruits must bunk with the same sex and wear the same standard issued clothes regardless, what is the purpose of declaring your imaginary gender except to bring undue attention to yourself or seek special treatment? On the binary battlefield of life or death, whether pulling a trigger or residing in its cross-hairs of denial, any issue that distracts from your mission and threatens your camaraderie is but another senseless casualty of the progressive culture war on common sense.

Before the Obama administration rejoiced in mocking our military and societal values, the U.S. Armed Services, like a majority of reasonable Americans, only recognized two God-given genders; that genetic dichotomy defining every human being's anatomical birth. (And please spare me those rare genetic mutations and birth defects contrarians inevitable invoke as proof of gender fluidity)  These military institutions do not believe bathrooms or gender exclusive  units are a matter of personal preference and wishful thinking. Being denied a locker room of your choice or entrance into a military branch hardly constitutes discrimination simply because you refuse to accept reality by acknowledging the tangible genitalia of your natural born sex. That is your failing alone. Likewise, any attempt to link the historical fight for racial equality or women's rights with this campaign to secure transgender privilege is a callous and ignorant disregard for the millions who suffered under a sordid legacy of oppression, human servitude and bigotry. Could a runaway slave magically change the color of his skin to evade his captors any more than a mother could alter her anatomy to cast a vote in 1919, avoid sex trafficking in Asia or become a Catholic priest? Nor should they have too. There's a stark contrast between the systemic persecution of one's biological heritage, an involuntary target of circumstance, and decrying the uncooperative consequences of one's actions or blatant lack of accountability.

While I do not deny the transgender community endures ridicule and hate, often stemming from their insistence to demand acceptance, supporting one's conscious decision to identify as "transgender" does not transform his or her true identity. Asking society to forgo verifiable truths, those natural constructs of gender delineation used to identify our strengths and weaknesses or ensure your safety, is as absurd as calling your poodle a cold-blooded invertebrate because it likes to drink from the toilet. Honestly, how long us it before uncooperative bystanders are reprimanded, expelled, fired or sued for not entertaining the gender delusions or advances of their peers? Enjoying the individual freedom to pose as the opposite sex, for better or worse, does not change your gender, suddenly invalidate the legitimacy of public standards or displace your neighbor's right to reject your lifestyle without reason or explanation. 

Conspiring to make the world "gender neutral" will not end discrimination, save more lives or heal the planet by placing our cognitive abilities in a plastic bubble of "unoffensive" ambiguity. And it definitely won't improve the mental health and emotional stability of our youth - those impressionable minds now being conditioned by schools and pop culture to question or reject their natural gender while attempting to overcome the everyday challenges of adolescence. Teaching our sons and daughters to appreciate their innate differences and symbiotic connection is not regressive; it's indigenous to our survival and evolutionary proliferation as a sentient species. Nevertheless, a biological woman or man can still play sports, fire a gun, open a boutique and love the gender of his or her choosing without regret. Breaking barriers for the spiteful sake of eradicating biological order or any remaining sense of basic decency is about as logical as a man who identifies as a pregnant mother attempting to publicly breastfeed his own baby to protest gender bias; excluding those cute little pink or blue blue booties of course. The more the rational world accommodates this destructive nonsense, the more future generations will be unable to distinguish the most elementary truths or God forbid complete the simplest tasks without having to first visit the Island of Misfit Toys in hopes of saving the malformed appendages of gender fascist capitalists. 

The same LGBT activists demanding political concessions to appease a blissful state of mind, are also oblivious to the fact "old, sexist" generals originally spurned women in combat roles because studies confirmed their male counterparts became psychologically distraught by the mere site of their deaths and needlessly lingered over their dismembered bodies. Should I even mention the exponentially higher risk of rape at the hands of enemy combatants, including the increased incidents of abuse, fights or operational dysfunction among transgender integrated troops? Contrary to the victimization propaganda of science fiction fans, not every pragmatic decision requires a politically correct pronoun to appease any one of the approximately 58 genders now claiming dominion over the human anatomy and the social gentrification of modern warfare. It merely requires a sensible leader willing to understand the mental manifestation of transgenderism, an aesthetic desire for sexual transfiguration, does not supersede biology or negate the necessity of maintaining gender norms in the private barracks and front lines of national security.

THE SLAVERY MYTH

The Unpaid Pawn Stars of Slavery

Every time I hear someone invoke slavery or demand reparations, albeit a politician, academic or unhinged activist, I literally cringe. Unless I’m mistaken, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued over 150 years ago, only 1.6 percent of the American populace owned slaves at the height of the Antebellum period and nearly 400,000 white soldiers died to procure their freedom; not that race should ever discern the value of a human life or disregard an abolitionist movement spearheaded by white, evangelical Christians. It is also common misconception the Civil War was fought solely to end slavery when in reality it was far more about state sovereignty (as intended by our Founders), economics, the rapid industrialization of the North, a lack of railway access in the South, and tariffs. Likewise, it is obviously of little concern to reparation revisionists that no living American breathing today “is” or ever has been a legal slave of this Republic.

For anyone, black or otherwise, to consciously compare themselves to lifelong servants – those who toiled, suffered and died under the auspices of slavery – is offensive and illustrates a complete disregard for these victims’ horrific plight. If the millions who were sold into bondage had the liberties every American enjoys today, there is no dollar amount that could quantify their sheer joy and appreciation for reclaiming their God-Given rights and forging their own destiny as equals. Martin Luther King Jr. didn't identify as a Republican out of some misplaced or partisan need to bury the truth. The civil rights icon knew that if not for the efforts of the anti-slavery party founded in 1854, the dignity of every black sentient being would have remained shackled to the fields of Democratic apathy for years to come.

Not to question the sterling anti-American credentials of the United Nations, but why has no official condemnation or financial recompense been sought in memory of the astounding 5 million African slaves transported to toil in Brazilian gold mines; a sum 10 times greater than the number brought to America between 1750 and 1860? And while we're on the subject of globalists posthumously adjudicating guilt, why haven't the Spanish, Dutch or Portuguese governments been implored to pay reparations for sponsoring and harboring notorious slave trading operations for centuries on end? Furthermore, unless thousands of Irish families have unceremoniously received a check as compensation for their ancestors being starved, driven from their homes and forced to work as indentured servants in English colonies, perhaps I'm confused as to the true definition of crimes against humanity worthy of absentee enrichment. 

Between 1641 and 1652 alone, half a million Irishmen, women and children were murdered by the Crown and another 300,000 were sold as "white" slaves in the West Indies and New World, causing their native population of 1.5 million to plummet to 600,000 in less than a decade. Yes, numbers far more daunting than the estimated 3,000 blacks lynched in America; a grotesque atrocity regardless of the totality. Apparently "victimization" in the modern theater of social justice requires an invitation to sequester an equally detached alibi to not give a damn.

History was never intended to serve as a politically correct blueprint fortuitously spared from the ravages of human vice, conflict and folly; rather it is a road map for mankind to consciously elude the missteps of an imperfect past to forge a universally beneficial future where the innovative prowess of the human mind is as poignant as its cultivated respect for the lives, welfare and rights of others. If I may be so brash, how does paying blood money to disjointed descendants who have little or no knowledge of their own legacy – let alone a respectable appreciation of the opportunities their ancestors' pain made possible – honor or alleviate the gross injustices committed against the actual victims? Simply put...it doesn’t. Such an exploitative ploy would merely reward those shameless opportunists seeking a free paycheck while punishing innocent taxpaying citizens who never owned a slave or supported its vile existence in any manner whatsoever.

Considering how much the U.S. Government has doled out in public assistance and disingenuous disability claims over the past 25 years, not to mention the eight and nine figure bank accounts many black athletes and entertainers now command, I’d venture to say the term “slave” is about as irrelevant as a black president in a White House. It's just too bad the modern day pawn brokers of historical "injustice" are so incredibly immune to the human trafficking epidemic that continues to plague the Middle East, Asia and Africa because the perpetrators lack the proper nationality for an indictment of racial iniquity. Apparently the allure of the almighty dollar, appeasing America's "unpaid" political detractors, is just enough moral recompense to dull the contemporary screams of unchecked human suffering.

HISTORY

History is littered with the human aftermath of tyrannical regimes and aspiring dictators who sought global power, coerced adulation, at the expense of the oppressed. And yet the only revelation more hypocritical than the “civilized” world’s willingness to appease such evil is their concerted effort to marginalize the suffering of their victims; so-called statistical aberrations too often relegated to the triviality of banned history books.

Kim Jong-un is far more than the mindless byproduct of neurotic nepotism compensating for a Napoleonic complex and a bad hair cut, he is a displaced relic of the Cold War. While a petulant child wastes billions of dollars pursuing his recurrent wet dream of a nuclear arsenal - a singular intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach American mainland - the North Korean people toil in poverty, lack basic amenities including a functional infrastructure, and are incarcerated, even terminated, for the slightest signs of dissent or acts of misconstrued disrespect. For a country that allocates the least per capita on healthcare in the world, wastes millions brainwashing children with history revisionism and the mandatory deification of a tyrant – the very man responsible for their unapologetic suffering - it’s of little surprise the North Korean Education Minister was executed for not sitting properly during a cabinet meeting.  Who needs critical thinking skills, universal standards of basic human decency, when native children are taught Kim II-Sung used teleportation to single-handedly defeat one million Japanese? More profoundly, who knew Star Trek wasn’t science fiction?

The Korean Demilitarized Zone, considered the most dangerous strip of land in the discovered world, is but a microcosm of the institutionalized denial present in Western Society. Whereas media propagandists and detached progressives love to morally equivocate Donald Trump with Adolf Hitler, a mass murderer guilty of some of the most grotesque atrocities in human history, their love of Marxist principles leaves their ranks almost completely oblivious to the true nature of Communism. Who in their right mind would tout Cuba as a ‘progressive”, modern state – an indigent, totalitarian cesspool its citizens are fleeing in makeshift rafts – let alone acquiesce to the insatiable demands of Iran and North Korea - barbaric and intolerant manifestations of fascism – to grant a homicidal madman the means to murder millions in one rash moment of unbridled hate? Sadly, their identity is as unmistakable as it is treasonous: they are the same delusional 60’s radicals and entitled millennials who need safe spaces from accountability, who religiously attack free speech on college campuses and who still linger under the academic delusion Communism is the ethically superior choice for a Constitutional Republic predicated upon individual liberty and limited government.

I find it insulting, morally irreconcilable, the United Nations and self-proclaimed humanitarian organizations such as WHO and CAIR zealously demonize America for enforcing its immigration laws, combating terrorism and preserving its citizens’ right to defend themselves against all forms of tyranny, only to consciously dismiss and politically pander to jihadists and tyrants guilty of unyielding crimes against humanity. Yes, those disregarded transgressions that far exceed denying ‘transgenders’ a dress on the battlefield or the unique gender privilege of using the bathroom of their choice; requests that would result in their imprisonment, torture or execution behind the very fortified walls of bloodthirsty rulers globalists spitefully protect. Rather than encouraging these tormented populaces to rise-up and reclaim their homeland, restore the dignity of all human life and their natural born rights, the New World Order is content pardoning murderers and thieves to procure the downfall of Western values.

In the early 1980’s, unprovoked terrorist attacks rippled across Europe targeting civilian cafes and nightclubs, which culminated in the deaths of 241 sleeping American servicemen after their barracks in Beirut, Lebanon were bombed. President Reagan, acutely aware of the state sponsors of Islamic militants and their ties to the Kremlin, bombed Libyan military installations and even the palace of Muammar Gaddafi himself under the veil of night. Unbeknownst to critics, the perpetrators of these "mysterious" attacks immediately ceased. Kim Jong-un, if he so foolishly desires, can conduct missile tests and hurl spitballs at America’s geographic sense of security until he turns blue in the face. However, know this truth; for every singular missile that can reach our mainland or strike our allies, the United States possesses the means to annihilate North Korea with a solitary launch for the next 4,000 consecutive days without refrain. If you’re going to tug on Superman’s cape solely to solicit a pre-emptive response of unrivaled recompense, do not decry the results when your research facilities, missile silos, secret bunkers or your lavish living quarters are buried beneath the midnight rubble of pinpoint bombing campaigns; an ability your scientists can faintly fathom.

Like the unwavering “Peace through Strength” doctrine of Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump, General Mattis and Chief of Staff John Kelly do not believe the best way to defeat unrelenting evil is by apathetically waiting for the inevitable body count of senseless appeasement. Therefore, in the immortal words of “The Gipper”, I leave Kim Jong-un with one final straw of prophetic advice: “They counted on America to be passive…they counted wrong.” If self-preservation requires no explanation, the unannounced reminder of our resolve will be as short lived as your vile legacy.

The RAISED Standards of Immigration Reform

Before 1965 roughly 200,000 immigrants were approved annually to reside in the United States; largely to pursue professional opportunities and/or to reunite with estranged family members. Regardless of their circumstances, these individuals had to demonstration a willingness to assimilate to our culture and provide for themselves without harboring any undue animosity towards America. In fact, applicants were required to demonstrate a working knowledge of our founding ideals, government procedures and laws, in addition to formally pledging allegiance to America while denying serving as a foreign spy or Communist agent. In essence, citizenship was a privilege with firm requirements and stark expectations. Not only were our immigration laws viewed as fundamental necessities designed to protect America’s interests, her citizens and sovereignty – yes, legislation written and ratified by both political parties - they were routinely enforced without any organized protest, media outrage or inflammatory rhetoric from duplicitous politicians plotting to grant Amnesty to an additional 11 million Democratic voters. Immigration was universally accepted as a matter of prudence, non-partisan pragmatism, not a destructive platform to invalidate intellectual diversity through electoral supremacy.

Since 1970, but even more so during the past 15 years, immigration has divulged into a chaotic dereliction of duty that now accounts for over one million immigrants entering America each year; a majority of which are illegal, unvetted, harbor almost no loyalty towards America but somehow were awarded federal benefits, healthcare and education at taxpayer expense.  If this astronomical trend continues, 40% of all children in the US will have come from foreign born parents by 2060. To make matters worse, elected public servants who once swore to uphold our laws and the Constitution itself, including one Barack Hussein Obama, have purposely muddled an elementary issue of national security for political gain. “Hope and Change” were obviously the misunderstood, monosyllabic cousins of “Confuse, Conspire and Conquer”.

Despite the disturbing reality illegal immigration costs America approximately 100 billion annually, increases the prevalence of crime and  threatens the integrity of our elections through the auspices of voter fraud, sanctuary cities are actually attempting to sue the Justice Department for upholding the law and doing their job. Illegal aliens account for over 25 percent of the current U.S. Prison population, with each inmate averaging 12 criminal offenses and 8 arrests for a total incarceration cost of 7 billion taxpayer dollars per year...ironically almost the same "unaffordable" price tag of building a border wall, minus the cost of deporting repeat offenders. Yet by some unintelligible form of "progressive" reasoning, our President is a radical supremacist for specifically ordering the deportation of career criminals and violent gang members who pose a threat and financial drain to all sects of society; including other illegals, and both naturalized and natural born citizens? Naturally!

Considering Los Angeles alone has spent an estimate 1.6 billion in the past two years providing for and shielding illegals, including offering driver’s licenses, tuition waivers and free legal assistance to sue actual American citizens, bankrupt California is the epitome of the detached bureaucracy attempting to dismantle America in favor of a globalist socialist utopia that criminalizes common sense and seeks to euthanize any concept of self-preservation; if you’re a patriotic, Christian American with a job, a gun and an acute awareness of history, that is.

Under the Trump administration’s new “RAISE” program, common sense will replace political chaos and points will earn the privilege of residing in America. Immigrants seeking work visas and/or citizenship will be given special preference according to their job skills, knowledge of the English language, and willingness to assimilate as productive, law-abiding members of society. In other words, the reignited “Don’t ask what America can do for you, but what you can do for America” creed of John F. Kennedy will help filter out those aspiring burdens who are more concerned with handouts, exploiting both the system and struggling taxpayers, than working towards the betterment and preservation of a free, independent and economically vibrant nation. And yes, these reaffirmed goals of naturalization will also help better identify those bitter transients who despise America and have no regard for her people or survival. Unless burning the American flag, cursing our heritage and attacking Amnesty opponents are now acceptable behavior for foreign guests – smugly waving the symbol of their native countries which so egregiously failed them – such unapologetic logic is long overdue and sorely unappreciated.

The problem with enacting policies rooted in reason, historical precedence, and beneficial to the U.S., is that progressives are bound  to protest anything that makes too much sense. Despite the knee-jerk “resistance” prescribed by Democrats, the liberal commune of Canada utilizes a similar merit-based system and routinely denies or delays migrants entrance into their country for both economic and security reasons; despite Trudeau’s mindless proclamation “all refugees are welcome” to assimilate naïve Westerns. Of course, you will hear no such admission by the mainstream media for truth is not welcome in the production meetings of mass manipulation. When buying cigarettes or applying for a loan requires more screening and due deligence than stepping across the unguarded border of a sovereign nation, in a post 9/11 world no less, the insane asylum has obviously mastered the art of absentee voting.

If you thought Sitar music was the annoying aftermath of lazy indigents attempting to become existentially enlightened through hallucinogenic horticulture -  the Marxist love child of Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren - the red Armies of Entitlement fed by the wealth redistribution scheme of the Obama administration quietly doubled our national debt by nearly 10 trillion and triggered the first two credit downgrades in American History; an astounding figure nearly equaling the accumulative debt accrued by all other Presidents combined. And to think publicly funded abortions and sex changes, albeit for prisoners and incarcerated illegals deported multiple times, are now being promoted as natural born rights by social activists.   

Whereas his predecessor recklessly distributed over one million green cards each year, using them primarily as a criminal means to help illegals escape deportation, Donald Trump will limit that number to 5000,000 or less and require all approved immigrants to wait at least 5 years before qualifying to apply for public assistance. If you’re outraged by one man’s attempt to restore accountability and fiscal responsibility to a politically hijacked matter of national security, but are completely ambivalent towards the treasonous ploys of an anti-American propagandist seeking to supplant our founding values and electoral balance through an orchestrated demographic invasion, you definitely flunked Ethics and hate your grandparents' powers of observation. How else can an American Governor, bound by the state ratified supremacy of the Constitution and subsject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice, refuse to release election data when 11 of his counties cast more votes than citizens or legal voting age? 

When the argument is lost and all credible options of opposition are exhausted, one word always remains in the progressive pantheon of victimization: racism. Luckily for civilization, outside the regurgitated excuses of the irrational mind where photo identification is somehow the most unattainable form of pertinence but a nonnegotiable necessity to attend the Democratic National Convention, lies the single greatest manifestation of the real world: consequences. If a white American stood in the heart Mexico City, demanded the right to vote and free entitlements, all while waving the U.S. flag and cursing those Mexican “bigots” who dared to disagree, how long would it be before he was beaten, jailed, or buried? Would I be offered "sanctuary" for committing larceny, assault or raping a Mexican child? No? How quaint. Apparently logic has a passport with an undocumented carry-on of tuberculosis. 

There are numerous cases of Americans jailed in Central and South American countries for imaginary or pedestrian infractions, corrupt nationals ransoming their life savings as recompense for their reclaimed freedom, with almost no public outcry of "racism" from those very critics demonizing our right to protect our borders. Yes, it is true, a border wall will not stop all illegal immigration, but such an ominous edifice, fortified by the public knowledge of our recommitment to enforce our laws, will discourage and stop far more people than it entices. I openly welcoming those individuals and families seeking a better life by contributing to a moral and prosperous America, as long as they respect the process and accept the inherent responsibility of becoming a citizen. I simply refuse to provide the kindling for opportunistic malcontents who would gladly watch America burn, bleed her dry behind the veil of political correctness, before lifting a finger to act on her behalf. If thousands can successfully immigrate from Asia, Europe and Australia without organizing a single protest or demanding a billion dollar door prize, our contemporaries South of the border shouldn't require need a translator to explain why houses have locks and bank cards have pin numbers. Likewise, if the pompous Pope can lecture America behind a 1167 year-old wall designed to repel pillaging invaders, why can't America build one to weed out aspiring terrorists, disgruntled anarchists and uninvited parasites?

Nationalism

Contrary to contemporary paranoia, i do not have a problem with nationalism - a fierce respect and undying love for one's country, its welfare and survival - as long such reverence is not based upon the violent oppression or senseless discrimination of any sect of society. Racial supremacy, however, is a pointless, naive and entirely self-destructive endeavor. Even if one's claim of racial superiority was rooted in incontrovertible fact, it's of little relevance in a country as diverse as America, let alone one predicated upon individual liberty and tolerance. Refusing to "coexist" is as much of an attack on our founding values as coercing free will into mass conformity. Furthermore, attempting to silence or limit free speech, the most fundamental manifestation of our natural born rights and the cognitive domain of sentient beings, merely justifies the very form of tyranny censorship inevitably invites.

The greatest contention I have with the chaos in Charlottesville or anywhere else for that matter, besides the grotesque display of inhumanity and needless loss of life, is that professional political agitators like Antifa and BLM solicited protestors, distributed detailed "playbooks" and transported hundreds of militants into Virginia with the explicit purpose of ensuring confrontation and exacting bloodshed. These radical organizations have repeatedly called for the death of police, even proclaimed a need for white genocide, with little to no outrage from the mainstream media or our elected representatives. Since when did unabashed bigotry and orchestrated anarchy not become worthy of being declared hate crimes, or dare I say recognized terror threats, in this hyper-sensitive age of political correctness and publicized mass murder?

Being the KKK has been designated a hate group for over half a century, and rightfully so, shouldn't the Black Panthers receive similar treatment for their vile rhetoric and cultivated animosity towards millions of white Americans, the very political party that ended slavery and our law enforcement community? Unlike Barack Obama who immediately exonerated and racially exploited Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Freddie Gray, triggering riots and a national wave of police assassinations, the President has made no such malicious assumptions or "call to arms" to fulfill a bitter, divisive agenda. He simply denounced the horrific hostility unfolding on national TV and made a renewed plea for mutual respect among fellow Americans; regardless of our skin color, political beliefs or inevitable differences.

Much of the discord currently enveloping America is a choreographed fire sale to give the illusion the country, if not the world, is coming apart because of one man's ill-concieved policies and contemptible nature; or in layman's terms, his resolute rejection of the corrupt, prejudiced and failed status quo. Despite his well documented past of social philanthropy, accolades and praise received from the same civil rights leaders now invoking racism, it's obvious progressives are far more concerned with linking Donald Trump to white supremacy - yet another shameless ploy to disparage his name and discredit his presidency through false association - than fostering amity by addressing the true source of these avoidable hostilities: liberal fascism.

When societal apathy, clear political favoritism, allows criminal malevolence to fester and operate with reckless impunity, tragic events like Charlottesville are hardly aberrations...they are the acceptable aftermath of pardoned hypocrisy. Freedom of speech only becomes a buried anecdote when political charlatans preaching "unity and social justice" implore their followers to belligerently "get in the face" of anyone who disagrees with their partisan aspirations. As repugnant as some views are, our response to those ideas can be equally appalling if not more obscene than the mere exchange of words. When the battle of ideas recuses civility and the merits of one's convictions for fisticuffs and homicidal threats, ignorance is always the last man standing.

CONFEDERATE DISRESPECT

The Confederate or "Rebel Flag" so widely commercialized today, the suddenly controversial symbol which replaced the original “Stars and Bars” of the Confederacy in 1863, was merely the battle flag of the Northern Virginia Army under General Lee. It later became the official embodiment of state sovereignty in the face of excessive or intrusive federal power; a struggle that continues today against militant groups like Antifa who believe centralized rule - silencing dissent, wealth redistribution and assigning conditional rights - is the answer for erasing America's imperfect history and finally achieving racial/economic equality once and for all. Wheres the infamous Nazi swastika represented white supremacy, fascism and mass genocide under Adolf Hitler, the Confederate flag came to fruition long after human servitude first appeared in America. To those proud descendants outside of the race-baiting media plantation, the “Dixie Flag” remains largely symbolic of those fiercely independent states that were loyal to our founding creed of limited government, rather than the sole product of those racist attitudes so prevalent throughout the 19th century world.

Just because liberal academia has convinced a sizable portion of America the "Confederacy" possessed no redeemable achievements outside of slavery - such as our early agrarian prowess or saving America by defending New Orleans alongside black and Indian volunteers during the War of 1812 - doesn't invalidate their contributions to a country that now affords millions of immigrants and minorities opportunities their native countries could faintly fathom. And yet as we stand in this Orwellian whirlwind of purging history and labeling politicians racist who dare employ reason rather than joining the firing squad, how ironic is it no one is asking the Dutch, the English, Portugal or Spain -nations who streamlined slave trading to the New World - to surrender their recognized colors or commissioned monuments of so-called national identity? If "We the People" are going to be historically accurate in this politically correct centrifuge of posthumously adjudicating justice, shouldn’t America give equal credence and outrage to those symbols, leaders and organizations that bear equal, if not more horrific legacies?

Unless knowledge now requires a press pass to buy Nazi memorabilia on Amazon, which it doesn't, the Democratic Party fiercely defended the institution of slavery for over 30 years since its inception, forged the KKK as the terrorist arm of their party to dissuade blacks from voting, and opposed nearly every civil rights reform from the Emancipation Proclamation to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If Dylann Roof was guilty of being an unapologetic racist, the twisted disciple of the KKK, Democrats are undoubtedly his founding father; the same ideological seed behind the fascist/supremacist factions of the Black Panthers, the Weather Underground, Occupy Wall Street, Antifa, and Black Lives Matter. Coincidence? Hardly.

The black flag of ISIS, an internationally despised symbol of religious intolerance and hatred – guilty of denying women basic civil rights, killing gays for merely existing, and beheading nonbelievers at will – has been spotted in Muslim communities across America and its representatives have even been invited to college campuses; the supposed safe harbors of enlightenment for our youth. Does embracing such antiquated evil not enable further depravity, degrade our societal values and inherently invite more death?  How is it a flash mob of rabid delinquents "rightfully" destroyed a divisive city memorial that had nothing to do with the civil unrest their ranks consciously sought in Charlottesville, but the images of Che Guevara, Vladimir Lenin and Karl Marx, infamous Communists and/or known mass murderers, have become an honorable political statement and the preferred wall décor of students and educators nationwide; yes, notorious butchers also displayed in the election headquarters of the former President of the United States. If I may be so bold, where is the outrage, the acute awareness and ingrained sensitivity for mass injustice? Those who violently seek to eradicate history for the "common good" are typically the one's most readily implicated its existence or most likely to repeat its timeless failings.  

If people find solace in toppling statues and blaming a flag that has flown for 150 years for the misguided actions of a deranged driver triggered by the violent clash of orchestrated chaos, so be it. There is enough tangible guilt and cultured misconception to indict both sides. But know this; banning a colored piece of nylon or smashing monuments to sanitize history and appease anarchists will not heal America's racial divide or assuage this culture war progressives are waging to achieve their goal of criminalizing American history. It is but a convenient scapegoat camouflaging America’s true ills and moral decay. And because most of these radical leftists view America as an evil construct of white imperialism and greed, where does this purge of the most transcendent country in modern history effectively end? Better yet, where would this "beacon of hope" be without our imperfect past and subsequent cultural growth from these transgressions?

Does the fact George Washington and Thomas Jefferson owned slaves during an era when it was culturally acceptable, diminish their indelible contributions to this nation, the Constitution, or somehow negate their life's work? If a black athlete murders his wife or an illegal immigrant kills an officer while fleeing arrest, does that make their life moot and devoid of all meaning? Apparently not if you're an anti-American radical who views all morality, one's intrinsic value, almost solely through the prism of race. The more "anti-racists" view patriotism as the most prevalent form of enduring bigotry, how long will it be before our flag, the National Anthem, is stripped from our schools, the military or sporting events because its deemed just too offense for public consumption? Once you realize our sons and daughters are being sent home for wearing patriotic clothes, penalized by teachers for supporting the Second Amendment, Donald Trump or God forbid the rights of the unborn, the delineation between freedom and fascism has never been so frail.

America, like all noteworthy civilizations, clearly bears its share of misgivings and missteps. However, the United States Constitution, and not the flawed cultural norms of any era, provided the blueprint for overcoming society’s most daunting challenges and glaring injustices. Because of our Founder's sacrifices and the foresight of their surviving wisdom, our capacity for self-reflection and societal evolution, I earnestly believe America has contributed far more to the dignity, potential and liberty of mankind - from her countless transcendent discoveries to centuries of economic liberation and by repeatedly confronting tyranny across the globe - than those despotic regimes and inhumane ideologies that continue to flourish today beneath the slumbering scorn of opportunists who continue to disparage America with unbridled pleasure.

While historians and media revisionists attempt to make America the immortalized epitome of human bondage, despite the fact less than 2% of all Americans owned slaves at the height of the Antebellum period, slavery was a global product of cultural relativism that stretched from Mesopotamia to the heart of Africa – the custom bartering practices of African tribes that sold their brethren for common trinkets and an industry that still thrives today with little to no protest or interference from the international community. Contrary to tales of unwavering moral clarity and universal symbiotic harmony, even Native American tribes engaged in slave trading and claimed conquered enemies as indentured servants. Are the armies of millennial mob justice picketing Indian casinos, protesting their federal and state tax exemptions, or burning Teepees dawning hundreds of Southwestern gift shops? Whether proceeded by a spear, a whip, or an Apache Attack helicopter, human nature is the most consistent trigger of injustice but the most grotesquely misconstrued fingerprint of politicized blame.

No, I’m not absolving the South for its sins, I'm just putting them into perspective. There are millions of decent, compassionate, law-abiding Southerners who aren’t racist or murderers, who proudly bear the colors of the Confederate Flag to honor their ancestors, and who also unconditionally weep for any man or woman killed by soulless bigots. If the enduring struggle of racism and mass violence can be pinpointed to the existence of inanimate objects and not the rogue acts of disturbed individuals, blind hate groups, then we should rejoice in the naïve delusion that wiping the enduring images of Islamic extremism and Communist oppression off the face of the earth will eradicate their destructive creeds forever. Or is their survival simply a matter of historical context and personal choice? Well that depends on whether or not you’re the modern disciple of 60's radicals and subversive Marxists living in a land predicated upon individual liberty. Although disagreement is inevitable and discourse the innate blessing of living in a free republic, indulging militants who abolish civility for celebrated anarchy marks the end of everything our Constitution represents and what centuries of Americans fought to preserve.

Do not believe for one moment the same lynch mob mugging the moral high ground would not hesitate to destroy Mount Rushmore, drag "demonized" conservatives from their Congressional offices or ransack Corporate offices in the name of social justice. Any person or party that can support an organization founded by a Nazi supremacist with the founding goal of exterminating the black race - one that sells dissected baby parts for profit, no less - will have few qualms following in the soiled footsteps of fascist Germany or Maoist China to coerce conformity, imprison ideas and destroy the mindful teachings of mankind's ascent from institutionalized persecution and lingering injustice. When the end justifies the means, the means of erecting an imaginary utopia is as easily concealed as the brainwashed bodies willing to bury any proof of their own graves. To each his own beneath the offensive flag of truth.

STICKS AND STONES

Sticks and Stones and Assassination Prose

Free speech does not cease in a nation predicated upon individual liberty, nor does it inevitably qualify as a “hate crime” simply because you disagree with or are deeply offended by the personal beliefs of others. There are no ‘safe spaces’ from the self-inflicted micro-aggressions of reality…i e., one’s own insecurities or deep-seated biases. Tolerance, disregarding the newly socially engineered version that slanders or threatens divergence with now disturbing regularity, is a prerequisite of free will and the fundamental crux of open and constructive discourse; a Socratic ideal colleges should be obstinately preserving rather than forcibly constricting in the name of fostering political uniformity.

Students, our own sons and daughters, should never be afraid to speak their mind out of fear of condemnation or retribution in our institutions of higher learning, let alone in the sovereign confines of a constitutional republic that openly rebelled against intrusive government, religious persecution, and the oppression of mankind’s natural born rights. If the immediate goal is to label all conservative views as hate speech, then the ultimate objective is the dissolution of our nation’s founding premise and the justified demise of due process. Tyranny goes by many names and you don’t have to be a philosophy student to matriculate into the baited den of madness. One merely must realize that totalitarianism is a futile endeavor because human nature, regardless whether America is buried and replaced by the most progressive state, will always challenge the limitations of any authoritative society that seeks to stifle our unique faculties and man’s innate desire to be free. While freedom of speech does not guarantee freedom from consequences, nor does it pardon terroristic threats, those activists attempting to suffocate the rights of unwelcome perspective, using "racism" as a justifiable alibi to incite violence and civil unrest, represent a far more nefarious threat to America's survival than those brash voices willing to speak their coarse minds and openly face their detractors. The first step in accepting tyranny or unconditional subjugation is to rationalize why you must first surrender your rightful independence.

Although I have no love, respect or earthly need for white or black supremacists, ANTIFA, La Raza, the Muslim Brotherhood or Marxist-Leninists, no one sect or ideology should be less entitled or more accountable for their actions. To quote Voltaire, and to rejoice in the “Common Sense” of Thomas Paine, I may disagree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it. Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative, Christian, atheist, white, black, gay, straight, rich, poor, Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton…to bask in the light of liberty, the transcendent gifts of humanity’s intellectual prowess, spiritual and empathetic capacity, is to shed the shackles of coerced silence. Those beliefs which cannot stand upon their own merits and withstand the natural rigors of honest scrutiny, will in due time wilt beneath the unsustainable of their own hypocrisy. When confronting "hate speech" requires the political distraction of false accusation, juvenile antagonism and welcomed brutality, the so-called justified response becomes far more deadly and divisive than an annual parade of fools or the mere deployment of words. I am far more wary of those lost souls who are willing to adopt the morally bankrupt premise of senseless rhetoric, then those who merely speak of it to solicit attention.

Right or wrong, I would much rather embrace the uncertainties of individuality, encourage the open exchange of competing ideas to challenge my convictions and unearth the best possible solutions, than to faintly exist amidst the blaring stigma of stereotype to justify mass conformity. Progress, our insatiable thirst for excellence and innovation, isn’t born solely from the comfort of serenity or the pulpit of self-righteousness; it is most often forged from the fires of failure, dissent, necessity and most notably, self-discovery. If people are not willing to discern truth from fiction, volition from fascism as sentient beings, then perhaps it is the media's job to tell us what to think, feel, eat and drink. Two and a half centuries of Americans didn’t toil and sacrifice so their tepid descendants could bite their tongue and recoil in fear amidst the Orwellian tactics of glorified political terrorists. They risked their very lives and the welfare of their children so the flame of freedom, the very First Amendment of our inalienable Bill of Rights, would endure without condition. These unfiltered voices of free will knew what it meant to be an American; more succinctly, they overwhelmingly understood their liberties were a birthright, derived from the grace of God, and not ransomed by any government decree or bloodthirsty movement.

As long as the media wastes more time and resources manipulating public opinion to needlessly demonize or potentially "assassinate" our President - his repeated recognition and clear rejection of hate in all facets of America - instead of equally exposing the actual instigators and perpetrators of mob violence, hate will grow in congruence with society's unwillingness to identify racism without the prism of political consent. Inflaming century old racial tensions simply to selectively report hate exists, does nothing to alleviate its existence or to responsibly condemn intolerance in any of its sprouting forms. Even if ANTIFA, the KKK and the sponsored armies of fascism beat their perceived enemies into submission, they would merely ensure the reciprocal means of their own demise. You can no more command the dead than a tyrant can earn the respect of the brutally oppressed. When “tolerance” requires bloody knuckles and hateful epithets – flash mobs of masked thugs assaulting political dissent – America becomes the first casualty of partisan contempt. Anarchy, however, eagerly invites them all.

NFL PROTEST

Roughly 1,000 protesters are picketing outside the NFL's headquarters in New York demanding that Colin Kaepernick is signed by a new team. Yes, the very same man who turned the football field into his personal political playground and who forgot he was paid to play a sport, is somehow now a victim of racist owners who refuse to lose more paying customers by indulging his ignorant recollection. Yet, not one of these outraged activists have organized a single demonstration let alone mentioned the 6,000 black homicide victims of annual black crime, the roughly 40% on welfare, the highest unemployment rate of any racial demographic in the U.S., or the fact less than 50% of blacks currently own a home. Raising a fist of solidarity through social media or kneeling during the National Anthem does nothing to assuage the true source of urban America's struggles: the moral decay of our communities, single parent families, rampant crime and drug abuse, insufficient higher education and job training, a crumbling work ethic and a glaring lack of respect for ourselves, our fellow man and America itself.

These volatile public displays concocted in the name of "social justice" are little more than opportunistic grandstanding designed to seek pity, fame or undue concessions through mass coercion, rather than getting in the unoccupied trenches of societal change and working tirelessly towards solving these perennial problems. Unfortunately for the  resumes or Mr. Kaepernick, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, real "hope and change" requires responsible, competent leaders willing to lead by their actions - getting their hands dirty in the absence of fawning cameras and political agendas - without giving endless speeches, shouting racism at every misfortune and self-inflicted wound, or cashing seven-figure checks to further one's professional aspirations. If you're going to pawn off another decade of moral degradation, racial division and urban plight to the next sold-out generation of affirmative inaction, at least have the gall to admit the circus comes to town only once every four years. At least then the black community will know what the going price is for used stage props.