For far too long Progressives, Liberals, and Secularists have allowed themselves to be complacent about the realities of Conservatism's position towards us. The opposition's stiff-necked attitude towards Liberalism is one of hatred and bigotry, and there is no room in their world view for compromise. Conservatives have long since the 1970s declared war on Liberalism, and Liberals, they have declared, are their and America's Enemy #1.
I have something important to say to the wider Liberal community. Things that I feel need to be said. Things that I hope will change the direction of the Liberal community and reinvigorate the spirit of Liberals toward becoming not only movers and shakers in America, but also become the true power behind the scenes of our American Republic.
It will not have gone unnoticed by many of you that we have faced stiff opposition from our opponents who are the Right-Wing of the Conservative political persuasion. Some of you may be on the frontlines of opposition, either as activists or as pundits framing debates or as legislators or executives attempting to form law and policy in the halls of governance, locally or nationally. We have all seen, up close or from a distance how tough the battle is, from the halls of Congress to the news media.
Let there be no mistake in our awareness. What we are engaged in at this moment in the history of our country is no less than the direction in which America goes. We find ourselves embroiled in a cultural war that is not of our making. For now it is just a cultural war. I will argue that we as Progressives should not shirk our responsibility to our future and the future of our children and grandchildren, for there is nothing more important than those who inherit the fruits of our labors.
There is another thing in which we should make no mistake. Right-Wing Conservatives, especially their Dominionist leadership, view their participation in American politics as a war. Conservatives are at war with Liberals and Progressives. They view us as the enemy of themselves and as the enemy of America. They also view themselves as totally right, and that they have God at their backs, and make no bones telling everyone so. This viewpoint of theirs is so entrenched that they will not sway one bit from directing and enacting policy and law that is based on their religious views, very Conservative religious viewpoints on which they are so sure are right and good and so godly that no one can convince them otherwise. I have no doubt that many of you have already personally experienced this fact.
Conservatives are at war with us Liberals and Progressives. They make no bones about that. Conservatives have been so fearful of change that starting in the mid-70s, influenced by Christian Reconstructionism, they began insinuating themselves into the structures of the Republican Party and took it over by stealth. Many of you may already be familiar with how this has happened. I will not here reiterate the story. So by the mid-80s we have Conservative Religious Right organizations such as the Eagle Forum and Moral Majority organizing their foot soldiers in churches by instructing them how to vote. They picked the issues they fought us over: freedom of speech (anti-pornography), abortion, secularism, etc. They drew a line in the sand and dared us to cross it. Many have been the battles, and many the scars as proofs of those battles, have all of us endured for the past 30 years.
Conservatives poisoned the well of common decency by declaring us Liberals, Progressives, and Secularists as evil and harmful. They told lies about us and gave Liberalism a bad name. They have punched us all in the eye and we allowed them to do that.
This is a war. And I dare to say that some Progressives, Liberals, and Secularists have been too far complacent behind the battle lines, too far uninvolved for even their own safety; There is too much at stake. It goes far beyond the futures of our children and grandchildren. What is at stake is nothing more than the future and security of our American Republic. The Dominionist dominated Conservatives of the Republican Party and Tea Party seek nothing more than the establishment of a theocracy.
This threat to Progressivism and Liberalism, this threat to American freedoms and democracy, is further underscored by the infestation of Dominionists within the rank and file of the U.S Military. Anyone familiar with Mikey Weinstein’s Military Religious Freedom Foundation will know exactly what I speak of. The information provided by the MRFF is chilling.
The time has come for Liberals, Progressives, and Secularists to wake up! This is WAR!! We had better understand that even though we did not start this war, we had better conduct ourselves in the manner of waging war. And we better conduct ourselves in waging this war to finish it and win it. Conservatives have declared themselves to be our enemy. Conservatives ARE our enemies. They certainly are not our friends. Does anyone here reading my words really think that Conservatives will do us Progressives, us Liberals, us Secularists any favors? Does anyone of us really think that they will join hands with us and sing cumbaya?! I have no such delusions, and none of you reading this should ever have such delusions either!
Dominionists are on record for requiring the death penalty for those whom they consider non-desirables: non-Christians, atheists, gays, Christians whom they do not consider to be their kind of Christians. Do not for one minute think that once in power and in total control that the Conservative-Dominionist-Republican-Tea Party bloc will not institute mass genocide. After all, remember whom we are dealing with: fascists.
This is a war!
There is no reasoning with a Conservative. Conservatives think themselves so right in their convictions, they think themselves so much as children of God, that they will not waiver, will not compromise, will not ever consider themselves in the wrong.
This is war!
We are going to have to steel ourselves. We must resolve to hone our fighting skills beyond words and into deeds. We must resolve ourselves to the fact that if we just sit by and do nothing then we have already conceded the war to our enemy the Conservatives. They shall win by default if we do nothing.
And we must resolve ourselves to the fact that violence will not be avoided. Conservatives mean us harm. I do not know about the rest of you, but as for me, I will not be thrown into a prison camp without a fight once the Dominionists gain control! It is not a given that we shall win the political arena.
This is WAR!
Some of you may have a disdain for guns. The time has come to get over that. This is a war! Progressives, Liberals, and Secularists will have to consider arming ourselves to fight an actual blood and steel war of survival. Conservatives are our enemy. They do not wish us well.
We must organize to prepare ourselves for an actual bloody war of bullets and bombs in the event that we may lose in the political arena to the Conservatives. Once a Christian theocracy has been established as an actual government in America, all bets are off. Conservatives strive for nothing less than that.
Conservatives think and act like they are at war with us Liberals, Progressives, and Secularists. It is time for us to wake up to that fact and give them an actual war of blood and steel.
References:
Culture War
New Apostolic Reformation: The Evangelicals Engaged in Spiritual Warfare
Christian Reconstructionism, Theonomy
The Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party
Empirical Evidence That Proves Conservatism is Destroying America
The Christian Right, Dominionism, and Theocracy
Religious Right and Dominionist Leaders Come Together
Infiltrating the U.S. Military: Gen. Boykin's "kingdom warriors"
Military Religious Freedom Foundation
What Would Dominionists Do With Gays?
Atheists Receive Death Threats On Fox News Facebook Page
Chris Hedges on "American Fascists: The Christian Right and The War on America