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When No One Cares   by Andy Peth

4/29/2015

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Another American city burns after another death at the hands of cops.  Was the death justified?  Unjustified?  I’d like more answers, but one thing’s for sure: The protesters don’t care.

I learned this from Ferguson.  Opposed by mountains of evidence, the protesters still rampaged.  They plundered.  Angered by logic and deaf to reason, they ripped through businesses like children tearing wrapping paper off presents.  Americans watched in horror.  On every TV screen, we saw what once were giggling children now running like savage animals in loose jeans—animals who didn’t care.

And what do we hear from Democrat leaders?  Pure accommodation.  Their basic theme?  “We support all your grievances spurring violence, but please don’t be violent, ’kay?”   Classic enablement.  Stoke the fire, then turn away as it burns—all while claiming to care.

Do these liberals care when all the rioting comes in cities ruled exclusively by Democrats?  Democrat policies, Democrat excuses, Democrat programs shoveling billions of dollars to Democrat voters, who in turn demand more money while their streets descend into chaos—no, liberals don’t care.  Not at all.  More votes for Democrats—that’s all that matters to these monsters.

Why care when you can keep power?   Why change systems that turn giggling children into rabid dogs when you hold their leash on Election Day?  For liberals, these young people aren’t individuals with amazing potential.  They’re just votes; just numbers. 

And no one cares about numbers.

Education:  Where Caring Must Begin

Democrats snuff out caring early on, and their tool for this is Public Education.  Don’t doubt me here.

You want parents to care less?  That’s easy.  Just take away their choices, herd their kids like cattle, and convince them anyone offering choice is threatening their kids’ education.  It’s simple psychology:  Make someone powerless, and they’ll swap pride for dependency.  Sure, they’ll still care about their kids (hopefully), but they’ll care far less about the program that’s raising their kids.

You want kids to care less?  That’s easy.  Just design an education system making them “well-rounded” by government standards, not well-equipped by market standards.  Forget what they need.  Forget their potential.  Instead, socially engineer them, lecturing them on self-esteem.  Raise their “awareness” on everything from sexual identity to whatever you’re calling “bullying” this week.  Don’t just educate; advocate!  Hey, they’re a captive audience, right?  So, make them what you want them to be.

As their success and dreams drown ’neath your agenda, they’ll trudge forth like cattle, fenced in by the government machine.  Do they care?  Cattle don’t know how to care.  Trained more to be Democrat voters than engineers, these kids become easy prey for dangerous movements.

My Solution:  “Success Education”

Here’s a thought:  Why not treat youths as individuals with potential, not numbers for an agenda?  Rather than force kids to be “well rounded” by government standards, let’s simplify…a lot. 

Space here forbids detail, but imagine if we wiped the slate clean of all current classes, then put back only those critical for functioning in the free market.  We could even poll businesses for ideas.  I call this “Success Education”--education geared solely toward the student’s free market success.

There would be two guiding questions:

    1.  “Does this course or lesson prepare kids to get jobs?”  If it does, keep it.  If not, dump it. 

    2.  “Of those courses we keep, which are critical for basic entrance to the workplace at large, and which are specialized for different sectors of the economy?”

English, math, science, computer fundamentals—all these would comprise basics up to a certain skill level, beyond which they would come under “Specialization” (meaning optional).  Psychology, music, theatre, physical education, world history, shop class—all these and more are great, but not critical to basic workplace entry.  Thus, they too would come under “Specialization.”  Kids could take specialized courses if their families wish—not because some bureaucrat wants to engineer captive audiences. 

What about Sex Education?  I’ll answer with a question:  Does this course, whether teaching Christian abstinence or sexual “identity discovery,” help someone get a job?  No.  Then end sex education immediately.  Besides, I don’t want schools forcing your kids to learn my views on sex, so why should anyone else force their views? All these idiotic courses achieve is generations of kids second-guessing every impulse; wondering what they are and what everyone else is as well.  Note to girls:  When guys stare at you today, they aren’t lusting—they’re trying to make sure you’re actually a girl.  Not long ago, when teenage boys stared at hot girls, they’d go, “Pant, pant, pant!”  Now they go, “Hmmm…okay…everything seems to be in order…”

In later grades, “Success Education” would stress internships throughout the marketplace, placing students in businesses applying to areas of specialization.  So, businesses would get cheap help, students would earn a few bucks with real life experience, and teachers could guide students through actually applying learned skills.  Everyone chooses, everything applies, everyone wins.

Learning in the Real World

But what do I know of dealing with young people, right?  Truth is, I know a lot.  I managed movie theatres for several years in Kansas City, where kids could work from the age of 14.  Our “14’s and 15’s” were state-limited to 18 hours/week, and they did a great job.  By the time they were 17, they were already “Leads”—“Supervisors” by 18.  They grew up quickly, and they loved it.

Our staffs were white, black, Hispanic, Asian—it made no difference.  Their backgrounds meant nothing, since I valued them not by where they’d been, but by their potential.  Anyone could succeed or fail.  I always told employees, “This is just a job, not your life.  But if you do well here—and I’ll gladly teach you how—then you’ll do much better everywhere else.”  And many did just that.

In the free market, failing to show up on time costs you a job.  Bosses and coworkers are often petty, every detail affects profit/loss, and self-esteem is found through really being needed.  This is where we become well-rounded; not in classrooms where teachers preach agendas.  We can’t become well-rounded by replacing free market consequences with written exams.  We become well-rounded in the real world, so let’s get kids into it.

Here’s the bottom line:  When young people see their success means more than our agendas, they will care more.  They will learn better.  And when upset at possible injustice, they will do more than protest peacefully; they will protest effectively.  They will demand answers, not loot stores.  They will hold police and other authorities accountable, because they themselves will be accountable.

With young people like that, cops won’t have to worry—but bad cops will worry far more.

Cities without Caring

Look back at those images on TV, with all these spectacular, talented young people reduced to rampaging like savages.  Just look…closely.  Do you see it?

I see kids who don’t care.  I see parents with no hope.  I see boarded up buildings where there should be community businesses—businesses benefitting from low-cost labor while imparting real-life skills.  Looking at Baltimore today, Democrats see political success.  I see human debris.

This is what happens when people don’t care.  Buildings burn.  Families decay.  Cities collapse.  Young people wanting desperately to matter find structure in gangs, escape in drugs, and purpose in riots.  Some poor guy dies in police custody, and the fuse is lit—but the dynamite was built up over years.

The reason for all this?  Simple:  People don’t care when your agenda means more than their success.  Treat them as voting cattle, and they’ll vote from dependency, losing sight of opportunity.  If you shelter them as lab experiments while molding them in your image, they’ll lose interest and fear the workplace. 

My message to liberals is simple:  You people accommodate every failure in your own backyards, blaming everyone else—from the rich to the police to white people to businesses to Republicans.  You blame parents for their disinterest, as if you played no role in it.

But when your throats grow hoarse from blaming everyone else, understand this:  The reason these kids are running wild is because they no longer care.  And the reason they don’t care…

…is because you don’t.


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This GOP Field is Impressing Early   by Andy Peth

4/22/2015

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I hate it when stupid things I see today trigger painful memories of stupid things I did long ago.

For instance, the worst memories from my youth involve bad messaging.  It was a family thing.  Like when I was 8 years old, leading my peewee football team…

“Men, we’ll never lose if we just stay in this huddle!  It’s safer here!  Who’s with me?!”
…then there was my Dad, shouting all game from the stands…
“Do not fail me!  Please stop failing me!”
…and my Mom…
“Listen to your father, Andrew!  Don’t make him angry!”
Do I still wake up shaking at 2am?  Well…I’m working through it.  Unfortunately, whenever I approach recovery, bad messaging from the present “triggers” feelings long buried—leaving me talking to myself at bus stops.  And nothing revives my dread like a GOP primary season.

It never fails.  Romney wrote off 47% of the electorate…on tape...  Gingrich promised to build a moon colony...  Paul insisted a border fence would be used to keep us in...  Has Rick Perry resumed talking yet?   Every four years, I start sweating, my shaking hands frantically switching channels as my candidates melt down—like wicked witches frolicking in a water park.  “Do not fail me!” I shout.  “Please stop failing me!  Triggers!  You’re…you’re all triggers!!!”

But this time, I’m actually—knock on wood—impressed.  Cruz, Rubio, Paul, Walker, Fiorina, Jindal—each boasts real skills, leaving other presumptive entrants re-thinking their plans.

Mitt Romney saw this group and retired.  Jeb Bush should stay out too, as he has ZERO groundswell among grassroots activists, independents, even many in the establishment—pretty much all mammals.  Perry?  Huckabee?  Santorum?  Good guys, but no chance.  Ben Carson?  Brilliant, but the field is too strong.  Christie?  Trump?  Pataki?  Please.  Like the time I got really drunk and woke up with an “Akin-Mourdoch 2016” tattoo, some decisions are indefensibly stupid.

Enough triggers.  Let’s enjoy some strong performances:

Cruz’s Message Strategy

Since many deem Ted Cruz too pure for twisted, modern-day America, concerns over him “connecting” merit discussion.  Cruz understands.  Rather than dodge doubters or brand them all RINO’s, Cruz recently discussed clear messaging in New Hampshire:

"The way you win is you draw a line in the sand. You make a clear meaningful distinction why this election matters to you, and two things happen. Number one, you turn out millions of [conservative] voters. But number two… it's also how you earn crossover votes.”

"Let's say you're a Michigan auto worker. You've been a Democrat your whole life, your parents were Democrats your whole life.  If…the two candidates are…indistinguishable, what are you going to do? You vote Democrat. That's your team, that's your side. Why would you switch?”

 “But what happened in 1980 was there was a sharp difference between the two, and millions of FDR Democrats—blue-collar, union members, working-class, gun owners, pro-life, strong national defense—said, ‘Hey, those are my values.’  And…they crossed over.”

(Excerpted from Shane Goldmacher’s 4/19/15 article in National Journal.)

Too often, political thinkers forget “normal” voters; people with some party loyalties, but little time for dissecting minutiae.  Cruz gets this.  Knowing dry policy debates favor Democrats, Cruz startles Americans with foundational truths, awakening hope rather than managing decline.

Nicely done, Ted.

Marco’s Redemption, Courtesy of Rush

Whether dazzling crowds or confounding “gotcha” interviewers, Marco Rubio is a messaging dream come true.  He’s fast.  He’s clear.  He’s forceful.  Witty and principled, Rubio leaves me with “Wow” expressions.

And yet, Rubio can’t talk away his big problem with Republicans: Immigration.  Why?  Because on this issue, we’ve been led on, let down, and lied to by many GOP leaders, so Rubio’s eloquence is actually a detriment.  Though much improved since the “Gang of 8” proposal (which I opposed), Rubio needs help—honest, no BS help—and he just got it from Rush Limbaugh. 

On his April 15th show, Rush provided game-changing praise for Rubio, showing him to be nothing like the amnesty machine some feared.  Let me quote pieces from two segments (my emphasis added):

“Rubio, at the time, the Gang of Eight bill…he made a prescient prediction.  He was spot-on with the prediction, which was in part an explanation for why he was participating in the Gang of Eight.”

Rubio said that if Obama does executive amnesty…he could not envision a new Republican president being elected and rescinding it.”

 “Lo and behold, his prediction turns out to have been right on the money, at least up to the present time.”

Later, after quoting Rubio more directly and discussing the bill: 
“The whole point of this is just to remark on Rubio's prescience, his forecastability, if you will, because it's a hundred percent spot on.  Exactly what he predicted has happened.”
Remember, Rush criticized Rubio during the “Gang of 8” discussions.  He’s no easy sell—nor should he be, after all the corruption and idiocy we’ve seen on immigration.  But with Rubio’s much-improved stance (he’s competing to be a Gang of 1, not a Gang of 8), Rush’s analysis helps.  

The upshot is simple:  Rubio knew Obama’s intentions.  And in trying to head him off, Rubio overreached.  So he learned from it.  But perhaps Rubio’s greatest lesson came not from ill-advised strategy, but from helplessness; knowing his eloquence couldn’t rescue him.  Falling short on such a critical issue, Rubio found himself needing bigtime help—and this time, he got it. 

Next time?  I don’t think there will be a next time.  This guy’s too sharp.     

Turning Tables with Rand

Have you noticed how Republican candidates get all the tough abortion questions?

Reporter:  “Mr. Republican, would you force a rape victim to carry the child of her rapist, all while you ban gay weddings and stick us in needless wars to benefit weapons manufacturers?”

GOP Candidate:  “I’m sorry, what?”

Reporter:  “Also, I can’t help but notice you are a man.  Care to explain that?”

Democrats get a different treatment:

Reporter:  “Mr. Democrat, when Republicans engage in white supremacy by taking contraception from the poor, how do you find the strength to save us from them?”

No wonder I talk to myself at bus stops.

Recently, when questioned by a New Hampshire reporter regarding abortion exceptions, Rand Paul turned the tables, throwing the topic at Democrats:  

“You know, we always seem to have the debate way over here on what are the exact details of exceptions or when it starts—why don’t we ask the DNC, ‘Is it okay to kill a seven pound baby in the uterus?’”
DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz responded poorly:  
“Here’s an answer:  I support letting women and their doctors make this decision without government getting involved.  Period.  End of story.”
Thus, not only did DWS endorse partial birth abortion—a position opposed by roughly 80% of Americans—but she also opposed government’s involvement in health decisions.  Ummm…

Wow.  What a train wreck.

For the remainder of this election cycle, Democrats are on the hot seat for their support of late-term abortions.  Score one for Rand Paul. 

Hope for My Recovery

Cruz, Rubio, and Paul are not alone.  Scott Walker is rapidly improving on foreign policy.  Bobby Jindal is flat-out brilliant.  And Carly Fiorina, who delights in taunting Hillary’s lack of achievements, frustrates reporters who challenge her (and you’ll love her thoughts on sharing pro-life views).  This, my friends, is a pretty awesome group.

Will they be perfect?   Not a chance.  But while mistakes proved fatal in the past, this current GOP field shows an ability to recover.  It’s refreshing.  For the first time in decades, I'm not laying awake at night, wondering which GOP candidate will trigger my next “episode.”

Next time I go to the bus stop, I might actually talk with someone else—maybe that Hillary supporter who keeps muttering to himself: “Wiping a hard drive?...perfectly normal…people do it every day…it’s like blaming terror attacks on internet videos…yes, it all makes sense to me now…she got how much Russian money?...Russia got how much American uranium assets?...doesn't matter, she’s a woman, so it’s okay…I’m gonna be okay…”

On second thought, I’ll just listen.  Don’t want to trigger anything.

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My Chat With Hillary   by Andy Peth

4/14/2015

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Moments ago, I caught up with Hillary Clinton for an exclusive interview:


“Mrs. Clinton, your daughter Chelsea said it’s important you be elected ‘for symbolic reasons.’  Was she referring to your gender?”

“Absolutely.  Gender is my greatest achievement—along with travel.  Having traveled extensively, and having done so as a woman, I now realize I am a symbol for all women who have ever lived.  Or traveled.”

“Carly Fiorina calls travel an activity, not an accomplishment—”

“Well, if it’s just a man traveling…”  

“—and she insists you’re playing the ‘gender card.’  Are you?”
 
“Of course not.  I’m just saying my election will be the pinnacle reached by all great women to this point, from Cleopatra to Joan of Arc—”

“—Mrs. Clinton—”

“—to Mother Theresa, to—”

“—excuse me, Mrs.—”

“—to Ellen herself!”

“Ellen?”

“I guess, in my own little way, I represent a turning point in human history; a moment when women rise as one against this Republican War on Women.”

“Ellen?”

“If only we’d done this eight years ago, but some people got swept up in shallow identity politics—wanting to elect a ‘first this or first that’ instead of doing what’s right.  Well, I’m not into ‘firsts.’  For me, it’s all about America.” 

“Speaking of America—”

“Where?”

“Speaking of America, what issues do you see as most pressing, and what are your best qualifications for addressing them?”

“I’m glad you asked that.  Americans care about those issues affecting them at home, in their day-to-day lives.  One such issue is having a woman president.  Don’t you want to see a woman president?”  

“Well, with labor participation at a 35 year low, and the national debt approaching $19 Trillion..."


"Such petty concerns are beneath me."

"My point is, Americans face big challenges.  You realize Republican-led states greatly outpace Democrat states in job creation and balanced budgets, right?”

“Perhaps, but are those Governors women?”

“Well…some are, actually...”

“But many aren’t, and isn’t that the point?  Don’t you want to see jobs created by a woman president?”

“Well, I want jobs—”

“As I said in Iowa (note: She really said this), ‘we need to build the economy of tomorrow, not yesterday.’”

“The economy of tomorrow?  Ummm…what the hell is that?”

“It’s hard for men to grasp.”
 
“You realize you’ve never actually created any j—“

“I’ve read about it.  I studied it during my training to become (note: She really said this) 'a champion for everyday Americans.'
”

“Training?  In college?”

“Oh, no man’s college could qualify me to lead the fight for women.”


"You mean Americans."

"Who?"

"Everyday Americans...you want to be their champion."

"Well, half of them, anyway...no point leading those who can't understand the economy of tomorrow."

“The what?"


"Exactly.  You men can't see it as I do!"

"But…what can you build when your only qualification is being a woman?”

“I sure am!  In fact, I was born to be a woman!  I'm certain of it!  And it took a village to raise me…a village of courageous, warrior women…on the hidden Island of Themyscira.”

“Wait, what was that?”

“Themyscira.”

“You mean…you mean Wonder Woman’s home?”

“I can’t remember every girl there!  I didn’t ask names when training with sword and shield, knowing one day I would awaken to a 3am phone call—on any of my four phones—and defend women everywhere!”

“Themyscira?”

“Are you listening?  Yes, I was raised on an island where we warrior princesses bathed beneath waterfalls and ran along beaches in long, flowing pantsuits!  And you dare question my qualifications?”

“Mrs. Clinton, setting aside that (shudder) mental image—“

“That feminine image!”

“—of course, that feminine image—“

“With women doing womanly things on woman-laden beaches!”

“—please stop—“

“—running in pantsuits, swimming in pantsuits, training in pantsuits—“

“—please, I’m begging you—“

“—calling out, ‘Hera, give me strength!’ in sweaty, battle-scarred pantsuits!”

“I…I...I can’t un-picture that.  Can Hera give me amnesia?”

“It was there on Themyscira where I learned my destiny—”

“Defending a corrupt husband in your pursuit of power?”

“—to create a nation where Government exists solely for women!...helping pay their bills, choose their kids’ schools, buy their birth control, fund abortions, guarantee equal pay regardless of situation, lock in hiring quotas…WHATEVER IT TAKES FOR WOMEN TO BECOME MORE SELF-RELIANT!!!” 

“But…but…”

“We can’t become self-reliant by ourselves, you know!  It takes a village!  A highly taxed village!…with strong women!...in glistening pantsuits!”

“I really should go—”

“Afraid of the truth, are you?  Go ahead, run!  My sisters will find you!  We’ll find you all!!!”


Thus ends my first presidential interview.  There will not be another.  Shudder…

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Open Season   by Andy Peth

4/8/2015

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“Sssshhhhhh…be vewy vewy qwiet…I’m hunting Chwistians…”

Bill O’Reilly recently stated, “It is open season on Christians.”  He’s right, and the bout over Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) reveals a trend.  Our rights are dwindling.  We can’t choose who we serve.  Our beliefs, should they conflict with any requests (such as catering gay weddings), are being outlawed.

I say this not from animus toward gay people.  I’m perfectly comfortable around them, I’ve always enjoyed working with them, and I proudly defend their freedoms.  Would I mind catering a gay event?  Nope; happy to do so.  Outside of officiating a gay wedding (the term “officiating” is so prophetic for some marriages), no business transaction with gays would bother me in the slightest.  Log Cabin (gay) Republicans?  They’re heroes, in my book.  They’re great patriots.

But for those who are uneasy around gay people, let me share the strongest support you’ve ever heard:  Liberals are wrong to scoff at you.  Do you hear me?  They have no right; you’ve committed no offense.  Period.  You're not a problem, and there is nothing hateful in your uneasiness.  You’re fine.

Pardon the cringe-worthy subject matter, but your anxiety comes not over different shades of skin, tastes in music, or views on fashion.  This is no mere clash of cultures.  We’re talking about sexual intercourse with one’s own gender in a two-gender species.  That’s a big difference from you. Whether chosen or natural, this practice can’t procreate, and body parts designed primarily for one purpose are used for another.  You know this.  And despite your best efforts, you might struggle to block such images from your mind.  

Hence your discomfort.

Finding these images offensive, you endure a culture that condemns your struggle; labeling you a heartless loon.  Night and day, you are treated like a racist—which you’ve never been.  All this you suffer, and for what?  The singular transgression of being uncomfortable. Seriously, that’s your real crime—they can buy cakes and flowers anywhere.  No matter how nice you are, no matter how gentle, your failure to celebrate sexual practices you’d rather not envision makes you a societal pariah.  

You’re like a hunted animal, especially if you’re a Christian.  It’s Open Season.

Finding Comfort

Let me address my fellow Christians a moment.  Let’s talk comfort.
 
As you know, Jesus didn’t just eat with sinners; He gave His life for them.  Moreover, those “sinners” weren’t just gay people, or far worse, wealth redistributionists—those sinners were me. And you.  And Mother Theresa.  Maybe even Bobby Jindal (who could be planning his first sin this very moment).

Take all the images you block out regarding gay people and multiply them by, oh, say, a million, and you’ll see what God sees in our hearts every moment.  You’ll see all our greed.  All our selfishness.  All our pride.  All our non-Bobby-Jindalness.  Knowing my own rotten-i-tude, I can’t imagine why Jesus slums about with me, except that perhaps with supreme power and goodness comes exceptionally bad taste (one can only hope).

Whatever the reason, God is there with us each day, and He’s perfectly comfortable. 

Why?  Because finding comfort in His own holiness, God doesn’t need ours.  And it is in His presence—not cozy earthly surroundings—that we also find comfort (II Corinthians 1:3-7).  This is how we can be “content whatever the circumstances” (Philippians 4:11), and it helps us follow Christ’s example in embracing all people:

“If you love those who love you, what reward will you get?  Are not even the tax collectors doing that?  And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others?  Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”  —Matthew 5:46-48
Here’s the lesson: To find comfort in a situation, you’re best off bringing it with you.  And for Christians, this comfort is first found in God—not in surrounding ourselves with people who act like us. 

Taking Targets Off Yourself…

Remember the Eye of Sauron from “Lord of the Rings?”  Whenever Frodo put on the ring, that Eye immediately zeroed in on his location.  “I see you!”  

Likewise, when Christians seek comfort through avoiding gay people, the Left zeroes in, seeing easy targets.  “Oh, you volunteer to help the sick?  Why not help AIDS patients?  You don’t like gay marriage?  We demand you provide services for gay weddings!”  Here’s my point:  Any discomfort you display around gay people trains the Left’s sights on you.  Remove that discomfort, and you blur their vision.  Understand, the Left doesn’t care about gays—who can buy cakes and flowers elsewhere—they just hate you.  Trust me on this.  My comfort around gay people doesn’t please the Left; it frustrates them.

Yes, the temptation to put on that ring of comfort is strong.  We think it makes us invisible.  We think it hides us from contact with different lifestyles—but the opposite is true.  That ring doesn’t hide us.  It exposes us.  “I see you!”  Hoping to avoid a few awkward interactions, we instead focus the all-seeing Eye in our direction.  From there, it’s disaster.  Dispensing Witch-king wraiths (bloggers, lawyers, media), the evil Sauron (or Soros, as it were) hunts us down, and soon thousands of enemy marauders are thundering our way—all in stunning CGI.

Want to avoid all this?  Want to make the Left sweat?  That’s easy.  Just take the ring off.  

…And Putting Targets On The Left.

While the Left fixates on this issue, we might as well take advantage, making them the bad guys.  How?  By offering fairness and mutual protection where they offer bias.  Doing this puts the target where it belongs—squarely on the Left’s back.

Think about it.  The Left offers us an enormous advantage, because they only demand protections for one side while offering none for the other side.  That’s a huge opening, people.  If we fail to capitalize—if we just defend Christian rights against gay rights—this rewards the Left for choosing a side, and they run us over (all in stunning CGI).  But what if, rather than pick a favorite, we attack the entire practice of picking favorites—a practice the Left can’t resist?  Then what happens? Answer:  The Left looks really, really bad.

    • For instance, rather than support one choice over another, say, “I support every choice that doesn’t take away someone else’s choice.  What do you think?”  

Knocked off balance, the Leftist will revert to defending only one side—it’s all the Leftist knows.  He’ll say something like, “But by refusing to cater a gay wedding, they’re taking away a choice!” 

Don’t get rattled; they just helped you.  Calmly respond:

    • “If no similar services are available, then withholding service might possibly remove a choice. Feel free to share instances where this happens.  Until then, I notice you’re only protecting one side, but I’ll give you a chance to be fair.  What protections would you offer the other side?”

Now they’re more rattled, because your balance exposes their bias.  In desperation, they might try misdirection:  “Well, should Christians be able to refuse service for black people, too?”

    • “Changing the subject to black people shows you lack confidence in your central argument, but I’ll address it anyway.  Nothing about being black runs contrary to Christian beliefs, which is why Christians led the way in ending slavery.  But let’s stay focused, okay?  What protections would you offer for Christians?”

Now they’re more rattled because you didn’t take their bait of pitting group against group—and you focused back on their bias.   One thing they might say is, “I let Christians operate in the free market, where they have the right to sell things.  That doesn’t give them the right to discriminate!”

    • “That’s all you offer?  Oh, I go much further for both sides.  You see, I’m perfectly comfortable around gay people, and I’d have no trouble catering their events.  I have big problems, however, with forcing others to hold my view.  I don’t use the free market as an excuse to make others live like me…do you?”

These discussions range about, but the more we avoid playing favorites, the better we expose the Left’s favoritism.  Here are some more simple statements:

    • “Anyone can protect their own.  Can you at least try to protect everyone?”

    • “Sometimes, people’s choices will conflict in a free society.  Rather than use these conflicts for political gain, I’ll protect all choices.  I want justice for everyone, not power for me.”

    • “Some people just protect whoever agrees with them, but principled leaders look for ways to protect those who disagree with them.  I want principle for everyone, not bias for me.”

    • Here’s my question for everyone attacking Indiana:  “Are they offering ANY protections for religious people and small business owners, or do they only advocate for one side?”

    • “Who’s the aggressor here?  If a business won’t cater gay weddings, I’ll disagree, since I’m fine with catering gay weddings.  But have they sought out people to harm?  Of course not.  Meanwhile, when activists target Christian businesses with requests to violate their consciences, this is an aggressive act—they’re actually seeking others to harm.  I oppose aggression.”

And finally:

    • “Tell me, how can the nation heal when we reward aggressors for playing favorites?”

Let the Hunt Begin!

Eventually, Frodo got the ring to Mount Doom—by not wearing it.  Though he faltered, the ring was destroyed, and the Eye of Sauron came crashing down.

We too can win, if we set aside comfort and take the target off ourselves.  In so doing, we’ll become the good guys.  The Left will be the bad guys.  Stubbornly taking sides because they’re addicted to bias, Leftists will fall from favor—the hunters will become the hunted.  They’ll be ducking tough questions.  They’ll be running through forests.  If we refine our strategy, the Left will realize it is truly Open Season…on them.

"Sssshhhhhh…be vewy vewy qwiet…I’m hunting cwaaaaazy Weftists…"

Feel free to come along.
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