{"id":20606,"date":"2022-10-03T10:23:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T14:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=20606"},"modified":"2022-10-03T10:24:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T14:24:03","slug":"moderation-is-a-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/03\/moderation-is-a-myth\/","title":{"rendered":"Moderation is a Myth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s commentary was full of essays telling us that we\u2019re not really so divided (1<\/a>) (2<\/a>).\u00a0 It\u2019s the fringes of both sides who stir up the trouble.\u00a0 Both sides really want the same thing.\u00a0 Move to the middle.\u00a0 Blah, blah, blah.<\/p>\n

Probably some of these arguments are well-intentioned.\u00a0 After all polarization has recently turned to violence among the least stable characters inhabiting the nation.\u00a0 That mad man who ran over an eighteen-year-old because he had a political argument is a good example.<\/p>\n

But the arguments that both sides are the problem is stupid.\u00a0 The reality is that one side, the progressives, is waging a scorched earth campaign against normalcy with the explicit and coordinated aid of almost every power center in the country.\u00a0 You would have to be an amnesiac to have already forgotten the George Floyd riots, the resultant breakdown of law and order in the cities, the COVID lockdowns, the sabotage of the energy sector, the transgender assault on children and the anti-white campaign called Critical Race Theory or DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion).<\/p>\n

Our side is just trying to survive.\u00a0 We find ourselves under assault from all directions by the richest and most powerful individuals and organizations.\u00a0 To claim that this is all some sort of misunderstanding amongst otherwise like-minded citizens is ludicrous and frankly, a lie.\u00a0 It will take a herculean effort to turn around the situation on the ground in the United States to even barely survive the extinction level damage that has been done to this country.\u00a0 To tell people that they are overreacting to what we see on our streets is beyond delusional.\u00a0 It\u2019s either idiocy or dishonesty.<\/p>\n

So, my answer to these people trying to have a kumbaya moment is shut up.\u00a0 What you\u2019re saying isn\u2019t true.\u00a0 People don\u2019t need to be soothed back to sleep.\u00a0 They need to be awakened.\u00a0 If you wake up in the middle of the night and your house is on fire you shouldn\u2019t try to go back to sleep.\u00a0 Sure, maybe you\u2019re already groggy from the smoke and carbon monoxide but losing consciousness isn\u2019t going to save your life and the lives of your family.\u00a0 Wake up!\u00a0 Do what needs to be done to save what\u2019s left of your world.\u00a0 Don\u2019t listen to the voice of weakness that tells you to avoid the pain of resisting, that tells you that loss is inevitable.\u00a0 Wake up and do something!<\/p>\n

I have respect for those who are trying to organize a resistance and those who are actually doing something.\u00a0 It\u2019s not necessary for everyone to storm the barricades.\u00a0 But it is important to reject those weak-hearted or foolish voices that tell us that maybe the truth is somewhere in the middle and all we have to do is reach across the aisle for a compromise.\u00a0 Reaching across the aisle is what got us here.\u00a0 We\u2019ve been sliding down the slippery slope so long that we\u2019ve reached terminal velocity.\u00a0 At this point compromise is defeat.<\/p>\n

So don\u2019t tell me that the Mid-Terms aren\u2019t a battle between good and evil.\u00a0 They definitely aren\u2019t a decisive battle but when you\u2019re down by twenty runs in the bottom of the ninth with two outs and two strikes against you every pitch is a battle.\u00a0 If you\u2019re selling the story that the Left isn\u2019t the devil, you\u2019re selling a lie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s commentary was full of essays telling us that we\u2019re not really so divided (1) (2).\u00a0 It\u2019s the fringes of both sides who stir up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1575,923,3754],"class_list":["post-20606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","tag-fighting-the-good-fight","tag-left-vs-right","tag-moderation-is-a-myth"],"yoast_head":"\nModeration is a Myth - Orion's Cold Fire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/03\/moderation-is-a-myth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Moderation is a Myth - 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