Sadly, I’m too old for the childhood experience of show and tell, but I have a daughter who gave me the experience vicariously. I wish I had an embarrassing story to tell about her, but I don’t and that wouldn’t be the purpose of this blog.
Since 2020, with the intro of covid, I watched our government take our liberties and we gave them up, initially, without even a minor protest. I won’t go over all the talking points as it’s nauseating, but it started with “6 weeks to slow the spread.” And it went on and on. The media were the spokespersons and advocates FOR our stolen liberties as they shamed and canceled and dox’d the rebels. Yet somehow WE didn’t collectively protest in any large forum until November 2021 when parents were told to sit down and shut-up about their kid’s education. Yes, I screamed and yelled at my TV, wrote letters to every elected official too many times to count, encouraged others to do the same, all the while feeling extremely frustrated and impotent up to this moment. What in the world does 1 person do?
Now we’re watching Russia war against Ukraine. What does that have to do with us? Media. Putin has control over his media. The only info the Russian people are allowed to know about his war against Ukraine is what HE allows the media to disseminate: It’s a “peace-keeping mission, ridding Ukraine of nazification.” That can’t happen here? No? What about: Hillary’s email scandal?, Hillary’s Russia/Trump Collusion LIE?, Hillary spying on a sitting President?, Biden family and foreign money – China, Russia, Ukraine?, Hunter’s laptop?, FBI’s acknowledged involvement in Gretchen Whitmer’s planned kidnapping?, FBI’s acknowledged involvement in January 6? Amazon taking down Parler? Why did every major social media site along with mainstream media, minus Foxnews and Newsmax, suppress or lie about every single one of those stories?
We are free thinking adults who have the ability to take in information from multiple sources, use our own reasoning, do our research and make our own conclusions – even if they’re wrong. Our Constitution and Bill of Rights GUARANTEES our freedom of speech and thought. If we continue down the path we’re on we WILL be Russia or North Korea or China. What did Nancy Pelosi say to our athletes going to 2022 Olympics in China? “Do not risk incurring the anger of the Chinese government because they are ruthless. I know there is a temptation on the part of some to speak out while they are there. I respect that, but I also worry about what the Chinese government might do to their reputations and to their families.” or SHUT-UP. We’re almost there unless we start yelling!
Freedom Matters 