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Beware the Morality of the Democrats
By Jeffrey T. Brown
The Democrats have laid claim to be the new arbiters of “morality.” They declare “immoral” anything that has the potential to thwart them, whether it’s a wall, a hat, a facial expression, or even religion itself, particularly Christianity. This has invited soul searching on the question of whether Democrats are right or wrong in their selective declaration of morality. Some are led to ask whether Democrats might be right -- could a wall be evidence of immorality? What if my desire to protect my country, my family and myself is actually bigoted, and therefore immoral?
Such navel gazing by an objectively decent person is foolish. It is intended to bring about either a flawed acceptance of the left’s version of morality, or a subtle coercion to offer no further support for something that arguably offends others, presuming their good faith in being offended. The accusation of immorality, whether express or implied, represents a distraction from the Democrats’ efforts to subvert the country and its inherently moral principles.
While the Democrats don’t actually care about true morality, they know you do. The very people that Democrats smear and belittle constantly as hate-filled bigots are usually self-critically evaluating their own actions and beliefs on an ongoing basis. Most normal people have been raised, or choose of their own accord, to avoid behaving unethically or immorally in relation to fundamental objective principles of right and wrong. At least, that used to be largely so.
They do not depend on politicians or activists to guide them, but look instead to a just God whom they believe morally guides them to behave with honesty and goodness. They act in ways that they believe preserve their souls, and those with whom they interact, for the eventual judgment of God. They do not believe in or practice seeming honesty and goodness toward some, while practicing virulent rage and hatred toward others. Morality is not a political sliding scale. The God of moral people is not a political party or political philosophy. Those are instruments of subjective power, making them invalid instruments of subjective justice. Raw political power, manifested in dominating and subjugating largely voiceless people to a political future of servitude to the state, is not a wellspring of morality.
Indeed, to behave morally is often the antithesis of self-interest. Because morality is about what is right, rather than what is subjectively most advantageous for the decider, true morality requires self-denial. It requires considering the welfare of others and the suffering of others, as those will flow from one’s actions, and placing the interests of others over one’s own when to do so is morally right. This is not social justice, or socialist justice, but moral justice. This cannot be accomplished by those given to lie about their underlying greed or self-interest, or even about how what is best for them might coincidentally be good for others when that is not their purpose.
Americans animated by actual morality make hard choices every day, even if subconsciously, not because their political affiliation or social justice colleagues will demand that they be punished if they do not but because their own souls and those of others matter to them. They care more about behaving ethically and morally than dominating. What the left calls morality a sane person sees as often-vicious intimidation driven by hyper-emotional hatred cultivated to crush others. Politically driven actors cannot owe elective fealty to a corrupt political machine, which commits objectively immoral acts and promotes policies that destroy lives, and still pretend to be moral.
By Jeffrey T. Brown
The Democrats have laid claim to be the new arbiters of “morality.” They declare “immoral” anything that has the potential to thwart them, whether it’s a wall, a hat, a facial expression, or even religion itself, particularly Christianity. This has invited soul searching on the question of whether Democrats are right or wrong in their selective declaration of morality. Some are led to ask whether Democrats might be right -- could a wall be evidence of immorality? What if my desire to protect my country, my family and myself is actually bigoted, and therefore immoral?
Such navel gazing by an objectively decent person is foolish. It is intended to bring about either a flawed acceptance of the left’s version of morality, or a subtle coercion to offer no further support for something that arguably offends others, presuming their good faith in being offended. The accusation of immorality, whether express or implied, represents a distraction from the Democrats’ efforts to subvert the country and its inherently moral principles.
While the Democrats don’t actually care about true morality, they know you do. The very people that Democrats smear and belittle constantly as hate-filled bigots are usually self-critically evaluating their own actions and beliefs on an ongoing basis. Most normal people have been raised, or choose of their own accord, to avoid behaving unethically or immorally in relation to fundamental objective principles of right and wrong. At least, that used to be largely so.
They do not depend on politicians or activists to guide them, but look instead to a just God whom they believe morally guides them to behave with honesty and goodness. They act in ways that they believe preserve their souls, and those with whom they interact, for the eventual judgment of God. They do not believe in or practice seeming honesty and goodness toward some, while practicing virulent rage and hatred toward others. Morality is not a political sliding scale. The God of moral people is not a political party or political philosophy. Those are instruments of subjective power, making them invalid instruments of subjective justice. Raw political power, manifested in dominating and subjugating largely voiceless people to a political future of servitude to the state, is not a wellspring of morality.
Indeed, to behave morally is often the antithesis of self-interest. Because morality is about what is right, rather than what is subjectively most advantageous for the decider, true morality requires self-denial. It requires considering the welfare of others and the suffering of others, as those will flow from one’s actions, and placing the interests of others over one’s own when to do so is morally right. This is not social justice, or socialist justice, but moral justice. This cannot be accomplished by those given to lie about their underlying greed or self-interest, or even about how what is best for them might coincidentally be good for others when that is not their purpose.
Americans animated by actual morality make hard choices every day, even if subconsciously, not because their political affiliation or social justice colleagues will demand that they be punished if they do not but because their own souls and those of others matter to them. They care more about behaving ethically and morally than dominating. What the left calls morality a sane person sees as often-vicious intimidation driven by hyper-emotional hatred cultivated to crush others. Politically driven actors cannot owe elective fealty to a corrupt political machine, which commits objectively immoral acts and promotes policies that destroy lives, and still pretend to be moral.
