I keep up with the news but I refuse to be controlled by it. By design the so called news wants to control our emotions. Every story is shaped to stir our fears, undermine trust and divide us. Every story is shaped to sway opinion, indoctrinate and demonize long standing values. Up is now down, black is now white and right is now wrong. Racism has been revived, hatred and bigotry have been redefined and mob rule is controlling our speech.
For decades I heard demands from these same people for peace and love, harmony and justice and freedom to do what they want. Today these same people support wars, injustice and oppose freedom. I heard about the sacred right of the first amendment, the honor of civil disobedience and the absolute privacy of the bedroom. Time has passed and ironically their values have changed. The abuse of power, propaganda and bullying have now been twisted into virtues.
Unfortunately a combination of isolation and propaganda has taken a toll. The whole world has gone mad according to the media, anyone who opposes the current opinion is slandered. The average citizen has been labeled a victim or oppressor, intelligence is determined by geography and the proper opinion is ever evolving. Words are conveniently redefined, history is rewritten and everything is impending environmental doom.
This all sounds hopeless but remember a big mouth with a bull horn may not represent the majority of opinion. Yes the press, movies, made for TV programing and social media have a giant megaphone but a silent majority is still there but open censorship, criminalizing opinion and assigning racial motives does have a chilling effect. In spite of this I'm convinced the average citizen operates on an old fashioned sense of right and wrong.
I believe poking the bear is a bad plan. Lie to us, call us names, try to silence us but don't screw with our kids and the safety of our families. I believe they have already gone too far, the bear is waking up and is really pissed off.
I have not been on the road lately to take the pulse of our nation. On my bike trips I talked with them, ate with them and camped in their yards. I saw the people who simply want to live their lives, build something and raise their children to be good people and citizens. I imagine not much has changed.
All is not lost the pendulum will swing. Most of what is happening makes no sense because it opposes natural law. Our founding documents take into account natural law because it is ingrained in every human.
The changes they are attempting to make are built on sand and have no foundation. You don't have to be old like me to understand natural law, we all have a basic common sense understanding. They have attempted to hijack phrases like common sense, fundamental freedoms and fundamental fairness.
They say these things but their actions just don't match what they say. You can spin a convincing tale, use the forces of pier pressure and attempt to silence common sense but natural law doesn't come to us through the media.
People are not stupid they can be miss lead but eventually when things get really ridiculous the lights come on. In the mean time, stay informed but do not wallow in it. We need to be clear headed and healthy. Don't buy into the name calling, worry about being popular or lose hope and check out. Live your life and enjoy your life.
