Why Do I Bother To Respond to Progressives?

Recently, I ask myself this question. Why bother? These left progressives are too set in their ways. No amount of evidence or logic will sway them. Our country is at a crossroad. Half the people wants to turn to socialism while the other half wants to continue with our historical governance. One that values freedom and liberty and individuality. I guess I was hoping to drum some common sense to those on the left.

It seems, under a Trump administration, they have all gone to the darkside.

- Aug. 2020

Time is precious. We all want to make the best of our time on this earth. We invest time to study and train in our youth so that we will have a good retirement. We choose to spend our leisure time for travel, for volunteer work and for family and grandchildren. We spend time at church enriching our faith. One area of our life is politics. It is what we believe our society should be. Our political leanings follows our world views. Conservatives and Progressives are on opposite side of this world view.

Progressives tend to engage in identity politics. It is how they operate. They like to use our differences to divide us, by race, by gender, by class and sexual orientation.

They also use stereotypes to paint the other side with a broad brush. By engaging the progressives, I am trying to dispel all the myths about conservatives. It seems like a lost cause or a waste of time. How do you teach an old dog new tricks? or How do you make a square peg fit in a round hole?

The answer is simple - you can't. No matter how hard one tries, using logic and common sense, and a sense of fair-play...

The Democrats claim they are the party of big tent. It sounds good as a campaign slogan but in reality they are not so open to alternative ideas. It is their way or the highway.

Progressives are radicals. As such, they adopted tactics of Saul Alinsky, who wrote the book Rules for Radicals in the 1970s.

They have learned these rules well. Check out Rule #4. This is one they use frequently on me. Since they know I am a Christian, they will use my Christian philosophy of charity to indict me for not practicing my faith when I oppose taxation to help pay for the various social programs. Programs that do not work and creates more dependency.

The parable of the Good Samaritan by Jesus was used to justify taxing the rich to pay for the poor.

Make no mistake about it. Progressives are socialists. They couch their philosophies as "democratic" socialism to make it seem better than it is. Here is what Saul Alinsky wrote...see how many of these are the very same policies of progressives today.

In summary, engaging with progressives is hard work. It is frustrating as hell. There is a light in the tunnel. One in a while, someone gets it. It is for those moments that make it all worth while.