Thomas
Jefferson said: “Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils
are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to
which they are accustomed.” It took a man so extreme and dangerous
as Barack Hussein Obama to do it, but I think the silent majority of
reasonable, hard working and virtuous Americans has awakened. We
have begun the process of abolishing the forms to which we have
become accustomed. Namely, Liberals running amok.
When
Dan Cathy, president of the fast food chain Chick-fil-A, stated his
not-at-all-extreme belief in the biblical definition of the family
and marriage (a position held by Obama until just recently when his
beliefs “evolved”), gay rights activists were infuriated. As
always, when a liberal constituency group is offended, liberal
politicians, waxing indignant, are sure to follow. The Democrat
mayor of Boston made a public threat not to allow Chick-fil-A to open
a franchise in that city. He wrote a letter to Cathy laced with
invective and insults. Some time after this the mayor must have
taken 10 seconds out of his busy schedule to read the First
Amendment. Imagine his shock and horror! He has subsequently backed
off his threat. “I can't do that. That would be interference to
his rights to go there,” said the mayor. Quick study, that lefty.
Then
we have Chicago mayor Rahm Emanual who said: “Chick-fil-A's values
are not Chicago values. They're not respectful of our residents, our
neighbors and our family members. And if you're gonna be part of the
Chicago community, you should reflect Chicago values.” Apparently
the mayor believes Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam,
reflects Chicago values because he just welcomed the anti-Semite into
his city. But then Islam is super tolerant of gays. Along with a
local alderman, Emanual is determined to block Chick-fil-A from
expanding in Chicago. The mayor apparently sees no First Amendment
issue in using his power to punish speech he disagrees with. This is
not surprising as Emanual was a big wheel in the Obama administration
and he is undoubtedly still exempted from constitutional constraints,
as the whole Obama administration seems to be.
Well,
those reasonable, hard working and virtuous Americans I mentioned
decided enough was enough. Whether motivated by their belief in
traditional marriage or their belief that the constitution matters, a
“buycot”
was organized and on one day thousands upon thousands of people made
a point of going to a Chick-fil-A. I don't know the actual numbers
and the major media has no desire to cover this story but Chick-fil-A
has reported that the effort resulted in their biggest day ever!
These
are Americans of all stripes. They are not protesters by nature.
They are too busy working. They have just had enough of being
lectured to by liberal elites. They are tired of being called
greedy, racist, bigoted, homophobic or just plain haters when they
are anything but. They are the most compassionate, generous,
hard-working, responsible and tolerant people in the world. But the
small, vocal minority representing all manner of the perpetually
offended, along with their political allies, don't want mere
tolerance. Oh sure, that's what they say. They say we need to be
tolerant of Muslims but what they really want is for us to celebrate
Islam. They say we should be compassionate to those on welfare when
they really want us to help them promote dependency. They say we
need to be tolerant of homosexuals but treating them with the same
dignity and respect we treat everyone just doesn't cut it for them.
We have to abandon our own long held traditions and beliefs and, if
need be, abdicate tenets of our faith.
The
Democrat Party has been adopting an ever more radical agenda for
years now. I think many Americans are now starting to realize just
how extreme the Democrat Party, in general, and President Obama, in
particular, truly are. I am feeling more confident about success in
November.
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