I keep getting burned out with politics and the whole mess going on around us, but the truth is the people trying to do something for this nation who are trying to bring it back to the reality of what’s happening are only going to get worn out faster if we leave it all up to them and don’t take a stand ourselves.
I am always impressed by the energy, positivism and passion for this nation and its values it was founded upon that I find in several people on YouTube, and on blogs everywhere.
This nation was founded upon logic and principles and morals that no other nation in the world was founded on. History, unfortunately, repeats itself, because mankind after a while forgets its history. I have been burnt out by the overwhelming odds that seem to surround us when I think of the lack of knowledge and the abundance of ignorance in our school systems. How is it we came so far from where we started in such little time? Truth is it happened because people actually believe that ignorance is bliss and that instant gratification is essential. In turn, those who fight against ignorance and fight for a moral compass to live by so that chaos does not take over, are now getting burned out and can’t fight anymore.
The rebellious teenager who wants the keys to his parent’s car in order to go drinking with his friends will fight and fight with his parents and consider it unfair and claim his parents “just don’t understand him.” The parent will hold out for a good reason, but when the teenager persistently pushes his parents over time with numerous things he thinks are unfair, they will eventually break over time and become so burned out that they will eventually cave. Of course this is not always the case with all parents, but in reality this is an allegory for what has happened to this country.
Somehow though it's more than just an allegory, it's actually a small example of what really is happening and how it develops. The young rebellious teens go to college and feel they need some sort of importance in life, something to make them feel significant, so they find some sort of cause and fight for it. When the hippies found their “cause” to protest the war, they started a movement that would continue far into the future. Now we have a whole lot of wannabe hippies who feel they missed out and must protest something or other. They found something to make them feel just as important and significant as the history books made it sound for the hippie baby boomers. Well, those very hippie baby boomers got us into debt and lost all that sensible conservatism their parents and grandparents before them had. They threw it all out the window wanting to be free, but never thought about “us”-the following generations. Of course they didn’t think about “us;” they were “free”, and they felt important, and now they are professors, still teaching the same philosophy of being free and fighting for causes that aren’t even causes. They ignore the real cause, the lack of responsibility and discipline that has now taken over this country. Sure they had their bra-free, hippy-loving, anti-war days, but did they ever actually do anything good for anyone or truly contribute anything to mankind or their country? Nope, instead they are now trying to vote in more taxes to tax their children and grandchildren to the point of starvation, but they think their kids will somehow all survive on the big government's money they so helpfully fed and fattened. Yes, somehow were all supposed to survive on tax payers' dollars that will be funneled to us by the government. So whose paying the taxes if we’re all taking money from the government and not earning anything to be taxed?
The conservatives are a dying race, we won’t be around forever to feed and pay for the medical care and a roof over the heads of the liberal community, especially when they keep attacking and viciously putting down the conservative way of life.
The liberals attack and insult the conservatives, and yet accuse the conservatives of being unfair and mean. What did we do, stand up for our rights and ask that they please not take our hard earned money to fund their own immoral, lazy, luxurious way of life?
Forgive me if I come across as insulting, but the liberals are the ones who are constantly insulting and being hateful, and get so easily offended all the time. You don’t have to be a lazy liberal, it's not a requirement, you can change, and you can be successful and care about others if you really want to. It’s not like being born with a disease or developing cancer. It’s a mind set, not something you're born with!
Why not actually help people, instead of always complaining for the hand outs you somehow think is your right?
Wonderful and true post! I enjoyed it a lot. It is so easy to get burned out but I find that one of the things that helps me is to know that I am not responsible for changing someone's heart. My only responsiblity is to speak the truth. It is hard for me to remember this sometimes. I just have to keep reminding myself. So thanks for speaking the truth. We are all grateful to those who encourage others to speak out.
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