This is the Quietest Day for Me

It was the defining moment of my adult life. It was a sharp break between The Way I Thought It Was, and The Actual Reality.

Up to that point, I'd always been a Liberal, Democrat-Voting, Accept that the Left is ON THE "RIGHT" SIDE OF HISTORY kind of girl.

It really was a beautiful morning. I was quietly working in my classroom when my husband came in, tears in his eyes.

Then, he told me what had happened.

This blogger gets it - and expresses it so much better than I.

Check out the difference between the Google.com page, and Bing.com - Google has NONE of the doodles it uses for less important days. Bing's page is low-key, and lovely.

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Bringing Down the 1st Amendment

It's not the first time it's been tried.

It won't be the last.

However, it's staggering just how many people want to limit First Amendment Rights to those speeches and writings that agree with theirs.

It's a Euro idea, that SOME opinions or writings are just unacceptable, and MUST be censored. It didn't start with the Nazi party, as is often suggested. Long before Hitler, European countries were censoring Socialists, Communists, Anarchists, Atheists, Feminists, those who opposed the official state church, those who were pro-Democracy, etc.

But, the Leftists and their allies, the Progressives, have gathered energy, used their positions to pressure companies to cancel their provided services to organizations - or individuals - that they deem too controversial. Or Non-Lefitst. Or "Homophobic" or "Anti-Woman/LGBTQ-whatever/Black/Minority".

Without proof. Except their VERY strong Say-So.

The same people who insisted that churches had to tolerate crude, vulgar, hateful expressions right outside - and, sometimes, inside - their places of worship have suddenly developed the vapors at the IDEA that they should have to tolerate such nonsense, themselves.

Funny how those same women who will INSIST that they be treated as though they are BIG, BRAVE WOMYN also insist that we moderate our speech, because - you know - they just can't BEAR the sound of all that AWFUL "HATE"!

And, it's not just them insisting that we, who disagree with them, refrain from speaking in their presence.

They're also mobilizing their considerable forces to pressure OTHERS from providing a platform. Or links. Or, not condemning us strongly enough. Or refusing to go along with their efforts to make those they dislike become a un-person.

For those who do not understand the un-person thing, I include this educational link.



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The Sloth of Walden

The peaceful, mindful lifestyle of Thoreau lives on in the dreams of many Liberals. The hard work of making a living from the soil is bypassed, and glamorized in the essay "On Walden Pond". The FACTS of Thoreau's stay in that cabin are conveniently forgotten.

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