Posted by
GSK Republican on Wednesday, June 09, 2010 8:57:45 AM
Take a comfortable, dependable, and evocative language of the people. Adopt new meanings for good, old, altruistic terms that formed the basis of Judeo-Christian values, such as goodness, helpfulness, integrity, and fairness. Twist these terms to mean just the opposite, so they support envy, racial strife, and social class warfare. Cleverly devise a system destructive of private property, earned wealth, and the traditional ethics that built this country's greatness. And hide all this restructuring behind noble-sounding words like peace and social justice.
What do you have then? You have the power of a whole new language that promotes the destruction of the best hope the poor have to rise from poverty and produce the wealth to care for their own: capitalism and a free market. You have subtle language changes that distract the people, making them into the faceless masses that secular elitists can manipulate, rob of remaining wealth, and make slaves to government. You have a language useful in stripping away all vestiges of morality, the structure of the family, and the freedom of worship and free speech. You have the whole new language of a political system called radicalism.
The framers of the Constitution realized how hard it would be to keep a moral, limited government for the people. They realized that forces would constantly be present to erode the Constitution and propose that we as a nation were not formed on Judeo-Christian principles. Perhaps they did not realize that one day the public schools of America would criminalize prayer or punish children for speaking of their faith, while requiring their participation in Muslim prayers. Yet they realized how fragile freedom was, how carefully guarded it must be--and how reliant is was on the biblical ethics of America's founding.
Listen to what George Washington said in his farewell address:
"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to support these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens...Let it simply be asked: Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education...reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle."
And, of course, the religious principle that Washington meant was that found in the Judeo-Christian faith.
The early twentieth century saw the rise of a new and deadly form of atheism that sought to subvert all religions and destroy freedom. This political system promised that peace and economic parity could be achieved by the destruction of private property and the redistribution of wealth by the centralized government. Without the restrictions of God's laws, radicalism as a religious and political force took rapid hold. Communism was the more extreme manifestation post World War I, and unfortunate for many nations across the world, it still deprives its citizens of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Socialism is the newer, more gradual and popular means of redistribution of wealth in many countries post World War II. Both of these systems depend ultimately on the language and meaning of radicalism.
Some Radical Code Words:
So perk up your ears, listen for these code words, and understand what radicals really mean when they say...
social justice - "Social justice has come to mean redistribution of wealth." - Andrée Seu, World magazine
"The term social justice, which once meant the obligation to offer charitable help to orphans, widows, the poor, and the homeless, has become a roomy term that encompasses a set of political mantras about racism, sexism, and the rest." - Ashley Thorne, National Association of Scholars
liberation or Liberation Theology - This is a belief and movement that seeks to destroy through any means--such as guerilla warfare in Central or South America--and replace the "evil" of Western capitalistic society with Marxism. The idea of salvation is to "liberate" the poor or discontented so they may in effect steal the wealth from those who give them jobs, but who have held, they believe, power to oppress them. Another word for this is class envy. Holding to this belief system, Obama's pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, can say, "Not God bless America! God d--n America!"