Post by Smilin' Jack on Jul 26, 2017 20:44:15 GMT -5
It's sad that so many have gotten lost in the fog of delusion. Believing to be true, so much that is not, and thus blinding themselves to the inevitable tyranny headed their way.
And they don't seem to really care.
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Brits are much farther down the slippery slope, if not already fully to the bottom. They're done in this regard, IMO.
Imagine a typical America couple accepting the same situation in the same way as these British parents, today.
America is getting way too close to a tipping point where too many would act like these Brits, rather than traditional Americans.
Danger close... Danger close.
And they don't seem to really care.
Now the hospital and the British Parliament will make suitably grave remarks about how tragic it is to lose "this beautiful baby" (whom they killed), and how much their hearts go out to "his loving parents" (whom they stripped of their rights, their dignity, and their baby).
But the public outcry will die down; Charlie's death will, given the time-distorting elasticity of memory, begin to look like a vindication (rather than condemnation) of the government's decision; and the real issues at the heart of this case – progressivism's crushing of the private family and socialized medicine's absolute rejection of the natural rights to self-ownership and self-preservation – will be lost in the fog.
The fog. We use that expression a lot in this era. The fog of misinformation. The fog of mixed motives. The fog of conflicting interpretations.
The fog is somewhat endemic to the human condition. It is also a chief weapon of progressive authoritarianism. All that progressives need to advance their agenda is the chutzpah to force their will on the people at first – and then the willpower to wait, to ignore the pleas for freedom, the cries of justice, until slowly, inevitably, the fog begins to settle around all of us, and, like Charlie Gard's parents, we are forced to give up, tired and forlorn.
But the public outcry will die down; Charlie's death will, given the time-distorting elasticity of memory, begin to look like a vindication (rather than condemnation) of the government's decision; and the real issues at the heart of this case – progressivism's crushing of the private family and socialized medicine's absolute rejection of the natural rights to self-ownership and self-preservation – will be lost in the fog.
The fog. We use that expression a lot in this era. The fog of misinformation. The fog of mixed motives. The fog of conflicting interpretations.
The fog is somewhat endemic to the human condition. It is also a chief weapon of progressive authoritarianism. All that progressives need to advance their agenda is the chutzpah to force their will on the people at first – and then the willpower to wait, to ignore the pleas for freedom, the cries of justice, until slowly, inevitably, the fog begins to settle around all of us, and, like Charlie Gard's parents, we are forced to give up, tired and forlorn.
LINK
Brits are much farther down the slippery slope, if not already fully to the bottom. They're done in this regard, IMO.
Imagine a typical America couple accepting the same situation in the same way as these British parents, today.
America is getting way too close to a tipping point where too many would act like these Brits, rather than traditional Americans.
Danger close... Danger close.