Earlier I was reading
an article that a friend posted on Facebook that talked about how some themes of the American Civil War are still present in politics. I found it to be quite interesting even though it did have some anti-conservative rhetoric to it. That being said, I do disagree with one of its points.
The author claims that the center of the political spectrum has disappeared. Well, it hasn't disappeared as much as it has been replaced. Both Democrats and Republicans stand firmly within the center. What differentiates the two is their slight leanings to the left and right. That's right, I said "slight leanings". Both of the predominate political parties in America behave in basically the same manner and only choose to disagree on a select few ideas that form the platforms of the respective parties. They fight and argue over these points, but neither side is truly gutsy enough to take a stand. Obama made all these grandiose promises during his campaign including a massive healthcare reform, pulling our troops out of combat, and closing Guantanamo Bay. His healthcare reform is tiny and doesn't really change anything, he has committed more troops to Afghanistan and authorized military action in Libya, and Guantanamo Bay is still up and running. I'm not saying that I am saddened by his failure as president, but he just (like all of his fellow politicians) lacks the testicular fortitude to take a stand for what he believes!
I would now like to step off that soap box and move on over to another.
I really like how the author relates the liberal agenda to the aggression of the North in the Civil War. They get so offended when we "push our religion" on them and retaliate by pushing their lack of religion on us. They get offended when we take a stand for what we believe is right and retaliate by attacking us and calling us names like "intolerant". (Intolerant: adj.
not tolerating or respecting beliefs, opinions, usages, manners, etc., different from one's own, as in political or religious matters; bigoted.) Yup, that word pretty well describes the left. My message to the left is simple, practice what you preach! It really is that simple.
(Note: I am not one of those crazy redneck southerners who claim that the Civil War was purely caused by the North's aggression. I understand that it had a multifaceted causation that I am not going to go into here.)
In the article, the author says that Republicans are using Civil War era terminology such as "secession", "state's rights", and "annulment", and that this is a bad thing. It is most definitely not a bad thing at all! The individual states need the power to override a law that they see as being unfair to their people. The Federal government is not able to connect to the different people groups present in the different parts of America in the same way that the States' governments are. People in Georgia are different that people in New York, and people in California are different than people in Texas. There is now way that a president from Illinois can know what is best for a man in Georgia or a woman in Arizona, so their State governments must protect them.
For the people that are discussing secession, I must say that now would be a perfect time to do it! Liberals would never authorize military action against their fellow Americans. Oh wait... yea they probably would as soon as they realized how much tax revenue they would lose...
