As the days count down to November, the fear sets in. What is this fear? That of the famous 'fix' that the Republican Party has played out in past elections - everything is being used these days against the Progressive movement, and frankly against the real morality of the citizens of this country.
But the 'Fix' I refer to is the hidden one we know is in the room. The big Elephant in the room, that as much as we don't wish to admit it, is simply the ignorance of America and its citizens on what is happening around them, how they are being manipulated and what they are becoming...
I don't know about anyone else, but looking at the 'Rise' of the Teabagger movement from the early days - I could not help but see a resemblance to the Fascist mobs that signaled the tipping point in Germany before the rise of Hitler. The historian Robert Paxton said this about Fascism:
"Fascism is a system of political authority and social order intended to reinforce the unity, energy, and purity of communities in which liberal democracy stands accused of producing division and decline."
And in this time of uncertainty, this is what the extreme movement within the Republican Party has accomplished. The "Tea Party" movement is a movement that is pushing for 'purity' in both their candidates and their ideals. We laughed and pointed how ignorant they are - but sadly they are also our neighbors, friends, family. And like the anger in Germany, they feel they are being disfranchised by those they wish to blame - and are nudged into blaming by 'elites' within the Republican Party.
Thus easily manipulated to target groups, the 'Tea Party' has been guided to target: the 'liberal,' the 'faggot,' and the 'illegal' immigrant. The fact that we, as a Nation, have elected a Black President has made their job sadly easier. Easier to pin the various troubles of America on a 'foreign' influence from the great 'other.' And sadly our society's lack of patients makes it easier to prove 'nothing has improved.' With friends like the Blue Dogs in Congress and the Senate, in some regards they are correct - nothing has been done.
But the problem is the message that is being delivered to our families, friends, and neighbors by this far right movement. And even though 'we won' the message war leading into the general election of 2008, we are losing the war today because the Republican Party, and the fascist movement that is driving it today, has constantly been pushing out from day one, after the loss of the White House, a stream of 'purity' messages to Americans. With the downturn of the economy and the growing fear of what the next day would bring, these 'purity' messages have sadly taken root and allowed to grow fruit - thus the Tea Party.
For awhile now, since the election of President Obama, my mother has been receiving constant emails from a former neighbor of a political nature. Be it jokes, or some completely ignorant forwarded email that could easily be disproved by Snopes or Factcheck, this neighbor constantly would 'carelessly' forward these emails that my Mother has requested her not to send. It even got to the point that this neighbor said 'she was simply asking' if she could just check if 'the email was true' even though she had forwarded it on to others in addition to my Mother.
She sadly came to the realization that her friend and former neighbor has fully bought into this fear that has been pushed out by the likes of Beck, Palin, and others.
Today the was another forwarded email this time on immagration:
HERE ARE ALL THE DEVELOPED NATIONS OF THE WORLD
THAT OFFER BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP TO THE BABIES OF
TOURISTS AND ILLEGAL ALIENS:
- United States
That's right, every other modern
developed nation in the world has gotten rid of birthright citizenship policies.
Yet, most of U.S. news media and politicians the last two weeks have ridiculed the comments by some other politicians that it is time for the U.S. to put an end to birthright citizenship for tourists and illegal aliens.
Folks, the U.S. stands alone.
There used to be all kinds of Developed countries that gave away their citizenship as freely as we do in the U.S.
But one by one they all have recognized the folly of that policy.
SOME MODERN COUNTRIES THAT RECENTLY ENDED
THEIR BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP POLICY:
• Canada was the last non-U.S. holdout. Illegal aliens stopped getting citizenship
• for their babies in 2009.
• Australia's birthright citizenship requirements are much more stringent than
• those of H.R. 1868 and took effect in 2007.
• New Zealand repealed in 2006
• Ireland repealed in 2005
• France repealed in 1993
• India repealed in 1987
• United Kingdom repealed in 1983
• Portugal repealed in 1981
The United States is the laughing stock of the modern world.
Only the U.S. values its citizenship so lowly as to distribute it promiscuously to the off-spring of foreign citizens visiting Disney World on tourist visas and to foreign citizens who have violated their promises on their visitor, work and student visas to stay illegally in the country, as well as to those who sneak across our borders.
It's not just Mexico and South America who are sending illegals across our borders. Currently, the CBP reports that of those apprehended illegally crossing the border, China is number one.
Wake up America .
Ilegal aliens from China, India, Russia, the Middle East and a host of other nations are flooding the country. Ironically, most often these illegals and/or their offspring are given positions at the front of the line for Government jobs, contracts and assistance.
Look around you! We are giving away our culture, and economic and fiscal strength because our borders are not secure and we bestow citizenship irresponsibly.
"In God We Trust"
My Mother has been a real trooper. Below was her response to this forwarded diatribe:
This would be ridiculous in our country. Who would they grandfather in? Anyone? We are a nation of immigrants. I hope with all the changes they want to make to the constitution; they will go a step or so further and remove "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of you teaming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" from the Statue of Liberty and maybe since France gave it to us, and so many people hate France, they will just want to give it back or sink it into the harbor. Also remember when fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a Bible. I know people like to say we are a Christian nation, but I don't think the ones who are saying this are acting very much like Christians. All this hate is coming from the religious right, some of whom are actually trying to start up an Apocalypse - now they are telling God what to do and when. I have never felt so much hate emanating from supposed Christians in all my life.
Please just send me jokes and don't send any more political stuff.
Sadly her friend refuses to relinquish this 'anger' that has been manipulated into her by her circle of friends and family that see this country as 'corrupted' by a progressive movement. Her response was this:
Okay you take things too serious, my family came to America thank God they did, but they came here the right way, I wonder if you would feel the same if you lived in Arizona or Texas maybe you would understand they're frustration, its easy to feel the way you do when your not exposed to it. My sister in law has close friends in Arizona, they can't even go to the park, do you see whats going on in Mexico with the drug cartel do you want that spilling over into this country, sorry it already has. I usually moniter what I send you, this one slip through
And from my Mother's point of view - she has lost a friend - especially one that keeps on pretending to 'let things slip through.'
And like my Mother's paraphrased quote of Sinclair Lewis "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross," I see that it truly is coming - and that is why we have to be alert. And do our best - even if we fail - to stop the ignorance that is spreading. But sadly, like in Germany - I fear for the worse that is to come.
We only have a few more days before November. Congress and the Senate look like they are giving up on making any real motivational pieces of legislature leading into the November to boost the morale of the Progressives. And sadly there are not more people like my Mother willing to give it a shot.