During
the legislative session, I try to devote this column
to happenings in Helena, but national news recently
captured my attention. Liberty loving Americans
should thank MSNBC news anchor Melissa Harris-Perry
for abandoning subterfuge and stating the truth so
clearly. She is my new hero. In a national broadcast
Ms. Harris-Perry proclaimed, “We have to break
through our kind of private idea that ‘kids belong
to their parents’ or ‘kids belong to their
families,’ and recognize that kids belong to whole
communities”. There it is; the left’s true agenda
stated so plainly even devoted Kool-Aid drinkers
cannot deny it. Government is going to raise your
children.
Progressivism, collectivism, Marxism and liberalism
are synonymous terms describing a massive central
government purposely designed to control every
aspect of the little people’s lives. For over 100
years, advocates for the central authority have
incrementally threaded their principles into the
fabric of the American soul. Because the changes
were small, slow and subtle, most citizens remained
fat, dumb and happy. Now, Ms. Harris-Perry went and
spilled the beans; bless her heart. If you care to
look, here is how deeply collectivism has invaded a
nation once founded on liberty and limited
government.
If you think the Second Amendment is about hunting,
target shooting and access to public lands, you have
already accepted collectivism.
If you think the primary purpose of government is to
care for those in need, you have accepted
collectivism.
If you think government should prop up food
producers with programs, you have accepted
collectivism.
If you think government schools better meet the
needs of children than do parents, you have
surrendered to collectivism.
If you think food, shelter, healthcare and a living
wage are unalienable rights, you have accepted
collectivism.
If you think school breakfasts and weekend meals
programs are necessary functions of government, you
have accepted collectivism.
If you think crime will disappear with enhanced
penalties and new laws, you have accepted
collectivism.
If you think borrowing money and paying Peter to dig
a hole followed by paying Paul to fill it in,
results in a net increase of two jobs, you have
accepted collectivism.
If you think man’s carbon emissions cooled the earth
in the 1970s, only to switch and begin warming it in
the 1990s, and thus you believe the climate can only
be stabilized by a controlling central authority,
you have accepted collectivism.
If you think the words “separation of church and
state” exists in the First Amendment, or anywhere
else in the Constitution, you have accepted
collective re-education.
I mention the above this week because I see people
coming from the sidelines to oppose the collectivist
teachings laced throughout the Common Core
curriculum being introduced in schools. I admire
their passion, but just like arriving at the Alamo
the day after the shooting stopped, we lost this
battle yesterday.
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