Jan

25

Forgetting Is Costly

Filed Under America, American Patriotism, Tears 

by Janet J. Seahorn, Ph.D

I think our nation has selective forgetfulness.   So many of her people are choosing to forget the cost of freedom because so few have ever had to put their lives   on   the   line   to   secure   it.     So   many   are   choosing   to   forget   the   price   of democracy because they have never had to experience anything other than this priceless gift of independence. So many are choosing to forget that a country that values democracy must first make sure  that they elect  leaders who  have some higher moral code of decency such as – truth over lies, good over evil, unity over division, and hope over hate – just to name a few.

It seems like over the last few decades we as people in this great nation have turned our political affiliations into more of a sports game, ME vs.THEM… never US. If I control the playpen I will refuse to let anyone or anything in that doesn’t align with my limited beliefs.  America and Americans in the past have been able to work together to consider the greater good.   Leaders have been able to cross party lines and reflect on the WE versus ME.   Now it seems if someone in the “control” party tries to cross the line and listen to the other side he/she is ridiculed, ostracized   and   often   threatened   with   IMMPECHMENT.    This   is   not   how   the democratic system works.

The old saying “A nation divided will fall” or “United we stand, divided we fall” are not just euphemisms they are accurate predictions of what happens when various parties become self-obsessed with their personal agendas without any real concern  for  protecting our constitution, our nation, our people.   Are we really going to want and support a dictatorship where the person or party in charge can and   certainly   will   do   whatever   they   please   to   gain   more   power   or   resources? Unfortunately, I have read and heard too many say either “that won’t ever happen”, or “maybe that is what we really need”.   These individuals have no idea what it means to live in a country that is run by a tyrant. If this is what you want then you must ask yourself when (and there will be a when) a different party or person is elected and wants to follow the same unhealthy authoritarianism. What will you have to say then because you will have already given permission for anyone and any party to force their mindsets on others the way it is being forced on others now.

Truly   I   could   care   less   if   a   candidate   is   a   Republican,   Democrat   or Independent – I have and will continue to support the person who is most qualified both morally and intellectually to run our country from  small  offices  to major elections. I will refuse to back any person who puts him or herself above our democracy, our constitution. 

Too many lives have been sacrificed, too much blood has been spilled to ever deem this is acceptable.

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