DEFEAT FASCISM: READ REBUKE RESIST

 There comes a time when being nice won’t overcome evil. That time has come. I may become physically ill if I hear another person advise me to respect the opinions of others.

-          Should I respect the opinions of members of a cult that denigrates the heroism of John McCain?

-          Should I respect the opinions of members of a cult that mocks a disabled person on national TV?

-          Should I respect the opinions of members of a cult that calls my brother and sister veterans who died for this country “suckers and losers?”

-          Should I respect the opinions of members of a cult that attacked the United States Capitol, maimed police officers, and defecated on the floors of that national symbol of America?

-          Should I respect the opinions of members of a cult that is now destroying so many aspects of what made America great with a promise, to the deluded, that it will make America great?

No, there is a tipping point at which decent America must say:

-          Please, have you no sense of decency?

-          We will move toward the enemy until all are free.

-          Those children will go to decent schools.

-          A woman will have the same freedom with her body as a man.

-          Nice won’t get it. Nazi Germany fell not from having people be nice to it but by brave men assaulting the beaches with armaments made by their brave wives, sisters, and daughters.

-          The last vestiges of slavery ended not from respect for opinions but from the bravery of young children who marched into schools amidst curses and jeers.

One of the most popular books published in America on changing opinions was How To Win Friends and Influence People written by former salesman Dale Carnegie. In it he listed some 21 ideas to avoid conflict, from “Don’t criticize condemn or complain” to “Try honestly to see things from the other person’s point of view.” His readers have a attested to their efficacy for nearly 100 years.

It was long whispered, however, among the campfires of the faithful, that even Dale Carnegie sometimes joked that he might have included a final chapter that read: “When all else fails.”

The time has come to rebuke the acts of the unrighteous. To hell with being nice.