Is It True

Is it true that the 'best and the brightest'
have set their minds against America, that
the protestors want to tear it down not build 
it up? Is it true that they are the real patriots,
the ones who want to refashion this country
to live up to its claims as a land of opportunity
for one and all? Is it true that these self-assured
people are the wave of the future, and that 
"Nothing can stop 'their great ideas,' whose 
time has come?"

Well they certainly are neither the best nor
the brightest.  To fall for communism, or any
of its forms, which have been proven over and
over again for the past 125 years to be the 
death knell of those unfortunate countries 
which have adopted them--- Is that bright?!
Listening to protestors' ideas carefully will reveal
how they actually would deny opportunity to the 
very folks they claim to want to help: Defunding
the police, and eliminating prisons and courts of 
law will forever doom the hopes of people 
residing in our inner-city neighborhoods, who
will be at the mercy of the shooters and drug-
dealers... And are their 'great ideas' the wave 
of the future?  They are if you really think our 
once-great universities have a chance of sur-
viving should they continue to unabashedly 
promote a radical agenda.  

Get a grip, America and Americans! Come to
your senses.  Restore the idea of 'One Nation
Under God. --- Under God, and not under the
allure of every youth movement that comes
along to overturn centuries of hard-won 
experience grounded in Faith, Good Deeds, 
and Wise Parental Guidance.  May we all live
to see the Dawn of a Brighter Day tomorrow!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Somadas Avatar
July 5, 2020 at 12:15 AM
To fall for communism, or any of its forms, which have been proven over and over again for the past 125 years to be the death knell of those unfortunate countries which have adopted them.. You nailed it Gershon.. Communism is a failed ideology.. It may shine in golden color in a book or thoughts, but in reality it is another word for dictatorship..
Wolf Avatar
July 5, 2020 at 3:43 PM
Socialism and communism always sound real good at first. Venezuelans, for example, were really optimistic about Hugo Chavez' regime changes back in 2004 or so. Then, it all always unravels, and as you stated, turns into a dictatorship. Pity the lesson never seems to reach the younger generation. ~ Gerhson
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July 4, 2020 at 11:20 PM
well stated Gershon,, part of the problem is that God died in the first semester in our community colleges. Happy fourth of July..can't tell if those are gunshots or fireworks.I guess not being able to distinguish between the two part of my white priv.
Wolf Avatar
July 5, 2020 at 3:45 PM
Ha, ha! We have privileges we've never even thought of, white man! We are really just basking in the lap of luxury, you and I! lol. What a pile of crock. Thanks, Anthony. ~ Gershon
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