Trust Us
Glenn Beck seems to be under a misimpression: that the people in the Tea Party are afraid of the Media. We are not, for the most part. Maybe HE’S afraid of the Media. The GOP is afraid of the Media. The national Tea Party organizations are afraid of the Media. But the actual people in the Tea Parties are not afraid.
For fifty years, average Americans have allowed the press, and later, The Media, to dictate politics and culture to them. We are truly, what Pres. Nixon once called, "The Silent Majority." Glenn Beck can afford to take on a "warm and fuzzy" mantle of peace and love: he’s a wealthy man with his own microphone.
"Trust me," he says to us. But the Bible says we should trust no one but God. We're in a different situation than the black people of the Sixties. This problem preceded the Sixties by several decades. The government has grown incrementally since FDR's time, and no one has opposed it, until we now face a truly fearful behemoth.
Many Americans have sat for years in fear of the Media and the government, doing nothing and saying nothing, especially when God was expelled from school. The Progressives don't fear God; they don't even believe in Him. At his rally, Glenn was preaching to the choir. No one in the Tea Parties is talking about hurting anyone. But there are many people still hiding behind their doors, their televisions tuned in to the Liberal Media, thinking they don't have a voice. They feel the way we do, but they're afraid of coming out precisely because of the Media.
We are under siege. We must face them down and show them that we're not afraid to speak out. It's not the job of a single person to do; that is why we have no leader, no "heroes." It's just us. Americans. The people with the power of the vote and of freedom of speech. No one is going to do it for us, least of all Glenn, apparently. Nor should he. We must speak for ourselves.
Idealistic platitudes are all very nice, but peace and love aren't going to do it, though neither is violence. That's been the Progressive/Liberal mantra, if you'll recall. That's how they put Americans off their guard. Now Glenn is playing that same card, against the very people who follow him so faithfully.
We know the Media will attack us. They aim their cameras at us like cannons. But like the soldiers Glenn asked us to honor at his rally, we are not afraid to go into the breach. If a soldier in the Korean War could charge alone up a hill against murderous fire, if a Civil War soldier was able to capture an entrenchment of enemies with an empty rifle, if a World War II soldier, on Christmas Eve, could throw himself on a grenade to save the single life of his commanding officer, we have no cause to fear holding up our signs.
Glenn would have us lay down our signs. I ask again: Will he next have us lay down our flag? For I'm sure he couldn't help noticing the South Carolina Confederate flag off to his right at the rally. There will always be infiltrators. Infiltrators have been a presence in every war.
We're strong enough to overcome their influence. We respected Glenn enough not to bring the signs to his rally. He should respect us enough to trust that we know what we're doing and doing what we know we have to do.
For fifty years, average Americans have allowed the press, and later, The Media, to dictate politics and culture to them. We are truly, what Pres. Nixon once called, "The Silent Majority." Glenn Beck can afford to take on a "warm and fuzzy" mantle of peace and love: he’s a wealthy man with his own microphone.
"Trust me," he says to us. But the Bible says we should trust no one but God. We're in a different situation than the black people of the Sixties. This problem preceded the Sixties by several decades. The government has grown incrementally since FDR's time, and no one has opposed it, until we now face a truly fearful behemoth.
Many Americans have sat for years in fear of the Media and the government, doing nothing and saying nothing, especially when God was expelled from school. The Progressives don't fear God; they don't even believe in Him. At his rally, Glenn was preaching to the choir. No one in the Tea Parties is talking about hurting anyone. But there are many people still hiding behind their doors, their televisions tuned in to the Liberal Media, thinking they don't have a voice. They feel the way we do, but they're afraid of coming out precisely because of the Media.
We are under siege. We must face them down and show them that we're not afraid to speak out. It's not the job of a single person to do; that is why we have no leader, no "heroes." It's just us. Americans. The people with the power of the vote and of freedom of speech. No one is going to do it for us, least of all Glenn, apparently. Nor should he. We must speak for ourselves.
Idealistic platitudes are all very nice, but peace and love aren't going to do it, though neither is violence. That's been the Progressive/Liberal mantra, if you'll recall. That's how they put Americans off their guard. Now Glenn is playing that same card, against the very people who follow him so faithfully.
We know the Media will attack us. They aim their cameras at us like cannons. But like the soldiers Glenn asked us to honor at his rally, we are not afraid to go into the breach. If a soldier in the Korean War could charge alone up a hill against murderous fire, if a Civil War soldier was able to capture an entrenchment of enemies with an empty rifle, if a World War II soldier, on Christmas Eve, could throw himself on a grenade to save the single life of his commanding officer, we have no cause to fear holding up our signs.
Glenn would have us lay down our signs. I ask again: Will he next have us lay down our flag? For I'm sure he couldn't help noticing the South Carolina Confederate flag off to his right at the rally. There will always be infiltrators. Infiltrators have been a presence in every war.
We're strong enough to overcome their influence. We respected Glenn enough not to bring the signs to his rally. He should respect us enough to trust that we know what we're doing and doing what we know we have to do.
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