When local bloggers casually (and
thoughtlessly) ponder whether the President of the United States is a
traitor it's time to call them out.
When the Governor of Texas
panders to the people of Texas by accommodating the suggestion that
they would be better off if they seceded from the United States, and
it's considered mere commentary, it's alarming.
The Republican
Party was high-jacked by the religious right decades ago, and has
consistently been moving to a full-out Christan fundamentalist party.
However,
during the eight years of the reactionary Bush regime, I believe that a
line has been crossed. Bush said; "You're either with us, or you're a
terrorist!", with the full implication; You know what we do to
terrorists.
Christian values are no longer sacrosanct to the right, but instead are
seen as weak. Anyone who would argue Jesus' position that aggression,
violence and murder are wrong, is seen as a collaborator with the jihadists.
Torture and violence are now glorified in His Name. Religious war is
being called for, and the United States, under the administration of
President Obama, has become suspected of siding with the enemy. The
courts and the Constitution have become obstacles to their desire to
build a new, proto-Fascist
psuedo-Christian state where elections are contests of bigotry and
intolerance and the country is a military-corporate dictatorship.
These
people are few in number and their minds are weak, yet they are capable
of inflicting damage beyond their numbers. Last week, right-wing
extremest groups were identified by the Department of Homeland Security
as the major threat to Americans.
Frightened people, and these
people are terrified, are highly susceptible to mass-manipulation. We
see this through their allegiance to the propaganda channel of Fox
News. Only the fact that every one of their old demagogues have been
totally discredited keeps them from forming a small but cohesive force
for insurgency.
Dissent that advocates the dissolution of the
Untied States and suggests that the President of the United States be
removed extra-legally is not legitimate political discourse. As citizens and patriots, we must hold people who make such statements personally accountable, and not let them them stand unchallenged.
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