{"id":303,"date":"2006-06-08T10:57:57","date_gmt":"2004-02-25T18:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/wp2\/uncategorized\/shake-off-your-stupor\/"},"modified":"2006-06-08T10:57:57","modified_gmt":"2006-06-08T16:57:57","slug":"shake-off-your-stupor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/my-favs\/shake-off-your-stupor\/","title":{"rendered":"Shake off your stupor"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the long run, Americans favor more freedom, not less. Denying rights <\/p>\n

goes against America’s self-image. Even many conservatives are leery of amending the Constitution. Prohibition was the last time we <\/p>\n

amended the Constitution to restrict rights and freedom; you know how well that turned out.<\/p>\n

There is absolutely no doubt that one <\/p>\n

day, gays and lesbians will be free to have all the rights and responsibilities of marriage. No doubt.<\/p>\n

Before that day comes, <\/p>\n

there will be a battle with people who have no hesitation in denying countless Americans a whole host of rights. Ironically, these people <\/p>\n

call themselves conservatives, though they are all about radical change. This is just one bar in the cage they are building around <\/p>\n

America. They are our jihadists, our taliban, fanatic followers of the one true word of god (as they see it). Not content to live and let <\/p>\n

live, not able to do unto others as they would have done onto them, the Radical Right will destroy this village to save it. We cannot <\/p>\n

allow that.<\/p>\n

After they attempt a constitutional amendment to dictate who has the state’s blessing in declaring their love, the <\/p>\n

Radical Right will move on to an amendment denying women control over their own bodies and their families. Then, an amendment to allow <\/p>\n

Arnold Schwartzeneggar to become president (after Jeb Bush, perhaps).<\/p>\n

We must stop this. But, if we fail, the pendulum will swing <\/p>\n

and some of these changes will be undone (some things are already ruined forever). That’s assuming we haven’t all become slack-jawed <\/p>\n

bible thumping reality TV watching apathetic illiterates in the meantime. Who benefits from ignorance? Who benefits from apathy or <\/p>\n

despair? Who benefits from passivity? The Powers-that-be. Shake off your stupor and fight back! mjh<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

mjh\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s blog \u00e2\u20ac\u201d <\/p>\n

Expanding Freedom<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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