America used to be a land of Tradition, Faith, and Family. Now those values are derided by the Left. What the Left does not understand is that with those values comes a tolerance and a respect for others, as well as a stable society able to address its shortcomings and better itself. Those principles do not hold a society static but give it the power to grow.
Tradition
Tradition is defined as “the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way.” But the goal of the Left seems to be to completely cleanse America of the customs and beliefs that built her and made her great. (Note I do not say perfect, but the beauty of America is that she aspired to a perfection and addressed the problems that stood in the way of that aspiration.)
But now we have Cancel Culture which, in collaboration with identity politics, is a horribly destructive process. The goal of the Left seems to be to rid the world of any trace of America and her traditions. The Left has designated “winners” and “losers” in their identity labels. If one is not a member of a favored identity group, they are being trained to deny and apologize for their heritage – for their customs and beliefs. We have heard that White people are evil as are Christians or political conservatives.
Just yesterday Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters told protesters in Minnesota to "get more confrontational" if Derek Chauvin isn't convicted of murdering George Floyd. (We’ll save the discussion of how this is a direct threat on that trial’s jurors as well as our concept of a fair judicial system with verdicts based on facts, not emotion or political agenda.)
This threat came on the heels of CNN’s Chris Cuomo saying “White people’s kids need to start getting killed” so there can be police reform. And a Mercer Theology Professor writing and publishing a prayer in which she asks God to “please help me to hate White people.”
Yes, Whites, along with other unfavored identity groups would happily all be cancelled if not killed by true Left believers. This while they select other, favored groups, to receive benefits denied to Whites simply because of the color of their skin. Haven’t we been here before? Racism is racism and, while this country has had a history of racism, it has also, because of its customs and beliefs, not to mention its form of government, been able to address those problems and move forward without turning around and destroying some other identity group.
Faith
Faith is defined as “complete trust or confidence in someone or something.” Generally, this means one’s God or religion or more generally a belief in something greater than oneself. It is based on “spiritual apprehension rather than proof.” But now it seems that the predominant focus is not on others or something beyond oneself, but rather simply on the self and making that self feel good.
We have self-love, self-care. We have access to all sorts of material pleasures, all designed to make the self feel good. Church attendance is at an all time low. Respect for others (something every legitimate religion teaches) is becoming non-existent: that is probably most reflected in the ease with which so many take the life of another as both a way to solve problems and a way to make oneself feel good.
The Left’s new religion of “Wokeness” of which a part is their proclamation that this is some sort of humanitarian effort, is just the opposite. Take one trip to the border to see the “humanitarian” efforts of young children so crowded (into what once when far less crowded were called cages) that they cannot even leave their “beds” (which are nothing more than a cover as they sleep on the floor). How humanitarian is it when the Left’s border policies encourage child traffickers, coyotes whose greed often gets the border crossers they are “escorting” killed, or the huge increase in drugs which will end up destroying the lives of so many?
With the dismissal of Faith comes the end of true humanitarianism. With the dismissal of true Faith comes the religion of self. And we see that flourishing now as the real motivation of many in power as well as many of the Left acolytes is simply their own pleasure and power. Faith gives a person, a family, and a country strength. Its absence puts that country on the road to destruction.
Family
Family is both “a social group made up of parents and their children” and “a group of people who come from the same ancestor.” The family is the basis of all civilization and the family group, because it shares ancestors and customs, will include the elements of Tradition and Faith as those have developed within that family history.
The Family – parents and children – is the basis for broader groups. Families form tribes or villages. Villages form towns. Towns form cities. Cities form countries. What each of these groups will have in common is a similarity of Traditions, customs, and Faith. They will not be identical, but they will be tolerant and find a way to live with one another to achieve goals that are common to their individual customs and values.
That is what America used to be. But that is being destroyed as the Cancel Culture Left and its hate for seemingly everything that is, also is attacking the family. Children are no longer a part of a family’s history and future; rather, they are simply something of convenience to be disposed of if they are inconvenient. That includes not only early abortion, but late term and even post-birth abortion. The current administration has just made fetal tissue approved for far more scientific studies. That fetal tissue in large part comes from aborted children; demand for that (and thus for necessary abortions to provide it) will now increase. And we’ve already mentioned child trafficking, and here we will include child pornography as more evidence that children are for many nothing more than a convenient furtherance of their own self pleasure
But the Family is also under attack in other ways. Somewhere between 40 to 50 percent of marriages end in divorce in this country. I suggest that is because of the loss of Faith and Tradition that make the sanctity of marriage less meaningful and condone ending that union when it becomes inconvenient or interferes with one’s personal pleasures. And there is no question that the children of destroyed marriages suffer in so many ways. Again, what is happening to the Family in this country is the result of a culture of self-love as not just the dominant but indeed the only important value.
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Conclusion
Holding Tradition, Faith, and Family dear does not mean that a society is static or bound by intolerances of the past. Great Britain, with it strong traditions, is not the same country that it has always been; it continually evolves yet maintains its Tradition, Faith, and Family. Those foundations give a society the strength to evolve.
Those who care about this country should take a minute to reflect upon what we are losing as we allow the Woke Cancel Culture to ride roughshod over our Tradition, Faith, and Family. The road we are on does not have a pretty ending, and, when we get there we will have lost something beautiful.
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