Saturday, October 13, 2018

Compilation: Explaining "the Left"

Dennis Prager is a great American, and a conservative.  He's responsible for http://www.prageru.com and the corresponding YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/user/PragerUniversity.  PragerU is not a real school in the traditional sense, but may be more useful in the modern sense. He's written a great 5 part article to help a conservative (who doesn't spend time watching politics) understand that there's a serious undertone in our nation's culture we need to be aware of and prepared for.
  1. https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2018/07/10/explaining-american-leftists-part-i-n2498802
  2. https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2018/08/21/explaining-the-left-part-ii-n2511543
  3. https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2018/08/28/explaining-the-left-part-iii-leftism-as-secular-religion-n2513574
  4. https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2018/10/02/explaining-the-left-part-iv-leftist-contempt-for-middleclass-values-n2524560
  5. https://www.dailywire.com/news/39615/prager-explaining-left-part-v-left-vs-right-brain-dennis-prager
On the same theme, one of his most recent videos was also on understanding the difference between liberals and "the Left" (https://www.prageru.com/videos/left-or-liberal), and compliments his written articles well.

The disgusting treatment of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was a perfect example of the appalling accuracy of Mr. Prager's observations.  As an example, here's an article: https://www.dailywire.com/news/36774/walsh-why-fbi-should-investigate-christine-ford-matt-walsh and here's the same topic from another angle https://amgreatness.com/2018/10/21/christina-blasey-fords-polygraph-was-b-s/.

Sadly, another current event that helps prove Mr. Prager right happened on Thursday: http://insider.foxnews.com/amp/article/63652. Here's an excerpt:
The Metropolitan Republican Club's windows were smashed, its locks were broken and its doors were spray painted with anarchy symbols. A note left behind at the building read that the attack was putting the Republican Party "on notice." "Our attack is merely a beginning. We are not passive, we are not civil, and we will not apologize," it stated.
And few more un-American stories happened that following weekend: https://www.frcaction.org/updatearticle/20181018/conservatives-beating.

May God help us stay civil and maintain the freedom of thought and freedom of religion this country was built on and for.  Equally important, may we (God's people) act appropriately (not just pray, but pray and act). If atheist Americans abandon Judeo/Christian values and become barbaric, Christians should not lose hope. Our nation was founded in a world that hated protestant Christianity.  If we can build a nation from scratch under that pressure, surely we can maintain one, with (and only with) God's help.

(Edit 21 Jan 2019, added part 5, and see recent news https://www.dailywire.com/news/42312/cnn-reporter-shocked-discover-mike-pences-wife-daily-wire right on topic.)