The Cost of Amicability: Part Two
Contributed by Tyler Ray
Our amicability has allowed Marxist ideology to undermine the traditional American values that built our great nation.
Their intent is to drive us out as if we are the archaic dust cluttering the progressive utopia of tomorrow. They want to take your voice and convince you that the speech you so freely possess is hate, vitriol, and illegal. They get loud and forceful, screaming bloody murder when things don’t go their way or when people have an opinion contrary to their own.
Like I said, this isn’t new, but I’m saying it because when we give audible voice to reason and don’t just think these thoughts in our head, when we band together and show each other that this is lunacy and it’s not normal, we give each other the strength needed to stand up and say it’s wrong. We have a right to have a voice and to speak our convictions.
There’s something dark and deeply troubling about grown adults, educators, that feel it’s okay to teach kids about the LGBTQ world. Parading kindergartners around with pride flags. Indoctrinating kids with LGBTQ propaganda and then letting them choose their gender and deliberately hiding those conversations from parents. The public education system, once meant to nurture young minds in truth and freedom, now exposes them to ideologies that undermine those very values. It preys upon the vulnerable, silently indoctrinating them into their godless, nihilistic ideology.
It’s time we collectively take a stand.
Idle voices create gaps in the defense of our beloved freedom. Take courage and have the boldness to stand up for your convictions. We’ve bought the lie that there are areas where politics should not transgress. Family gatherings, work, and church are some of the most prominent. I’m a firm believer that any gathering of people should be open to spirited discourse on the condition of our country and where we are headed.
We’ve bought the lie that “It’s not the time or place,” and we’ve allowed that lie to end open dialog between differing views. These used to be areas where we could freely discuss ideas and positions and peacefully hear the convictions of someone else. Now we are entrenched on our opposing sides, lobbing insults at one another instead of challenging ideas.
I’ve been guilty of apathy due to a cultural divide that feels insurmountable, but I’ve come to recognize that restoration begins not in silence but in honest conversation.
Our forefathers didn’t agree on everything, and it took spirited discourse to come to an agreement on differences. Here’s my challenge to all of us, and this won’t be easy for anyone, but left, right, or other: come to the table disarmed of insults, lay down your need to win, have the courage to speak your convictions, but even still come with ears intentionally open to hear what people have to say.
In doing so, you aren’t surrendering to amicability; rather, you are recognizing and acknowledging that everyone, no matter their ideology, carries brilliance and brokenness, and being willing to open ourselves up to honest conversation, we allow ourselves to take off the blinders and see the beauty of the wholeness of who people are.
It reminds us that each one of us is created in the image of the Most High God, we are all deeply loved by Him, and when we lead with that mindset, we will create a better path forward.
May God richly bless you and may He bless our great republic.