(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . My Thoughts and a call for Courage! [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-02-04 If not now... When? Tomorrow is not guaranteed. Today I want to express these thoughts. I hope that most of you will agree with me on at least some of these concepts. If not, so be it but, at least I have spoken my truth. Ideology, formerly defined as the Science of Ideas, is now defined as,” a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policies”. Our ideology can and does change from place to place and time to time. But for those of us who were born and grew up in the United States since the depression, we all seemed to have a few of the same basic precepts of the ideology of Democracy and understood them to be intrinsic to our lives and the form of our society. It has been very obvious to anyone paying attention that a major shift has occurred over the past 30 years. The concept of freedom has been challenged so often that for many, they no longer understand what that should mean to all of us. Freedom of thought, freedom of faith, freedom to make your own major life decisions, freedom to live safely in your community. All of these and more have been savagely attacked so often that we as a whole no longer feel safe, let alone free. The institutions we counted on to “steer” the ship have failed so often we no longer have much if any faith in their ability to chart a course that will do anything more than crash us into the wall. Our “so called” leaders have been shown to be pathetically untethered from the people they are supposed to represent and give their fealty to, when asked to cast a vote that might affect their lives. Some others recently have proven that they are not just ineffectual but totally unhinged from reality and completely averse to truth, honesty or any concept of justice. It is my opinion that although a lot of us are unwilling to accept this truth , our society, our democracy, our very way of life is so seriously broken, it may never recover. As a woman, a woman of color, a native woman, I am a member of the most endangered of my species. I am also over 65 and live with compromised health, which leaves me as essentially disabled. Of course, all these things color my opinion. But the worst of those issues that cause me to say that we are broken beyond repair is, the truth that too many either can’t accept it or are afraid to admit it, or don’t understand enough to make an informed decision or worse, simply don’t care. Until and unless, We the People who care, who want things to be fair, equitable, and just. Who demand freedom of thought, freedom of faith and the freedom to make their own choices for their lives, stand together, shoulder to shoulder and scream out loud, that we will not allow this unfathomable destruction to continue. We will face the continued and very real destruction of our society, our democracy, our very lives. I’m calling out to people of every race, creed, color and faith, every gender, every walk of life, stand with your Fellows and Scream at the top of your lungs, “we will no longer tolerate those who would promote the nazi party and fascist regimes, wear AR-15 lapel pins instead of the American flag”. Those who plan only to obfuscate and obstruct, those with the desire to destroy the entirety of our Democracy. Stand up now before it’s too late. Now, before you are forced to kneel to the tyrant who takes the People's House and makes it a private mansion. Once it’s gone, you will not get it back without a war on our streets. I know that you can’t believe it could happen here. Well It has before (the Civil War) and without us all demanding that it never be allowed, it could in fact happen again. In Some ways it already has begun, The mass shootings aren’t just random crimes, think about it. Be smart, Be courageous, and Speak your Truth to those who wish to feed you only lies and propaganda. The Call today is to Fight for Freedom, Fight for Truth, Fight for Honesty, and Fight for Justice. It’s the call that was answered by your fathers, Brothers and Sons, Now it’s your turn. Reject the Fallacy of the Republican MAGA party. Reject the Democratic Party’s cowardice. Choose Only the individuals that will stand for the freedom we want. Change Starts now, and it Starts with YOU! Stand up, Be strong, be courageous and be heard! Thanks for caring enough to read this. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/4/2151090/-My-Thoughts-and-a-call-for-Courage Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/