Subject: THE QUIET CONSERVATIVE
There are many conservatives, polls say, who have become QUIET.
They fear, these conservatives do, sharing their political and religious beliefs. They fear
speaking out and speaking up for fear of cancelled culture retribution. The
conservative culture of old has been cancelled and the progressive woke culture rules
the day. These new culture majoritarians do not welcome dialogue, much less
opposing points of view, and conservatives who entertain such points of view are
silenced, threatened, and intimidated to the point, say the polls, where they simply
become:
QUIET.
On college campuses, three out of five employees fear losing their jobs if they mention
conservative religious or political points of view at work. Fifty-four percent of those
workers and conservative college students say that posting religious or political views
on social media could lead to negative consequences in the workplace, including
immediate termination.
Corporations entertain charitable giving programs, and they seek the opinions and
recommendations of employees. But not-so-conservative or Christian employees simply
are not accommodated. One such reliable survey was conducted by ALLIANCE
DEFENDING FREEDOM (ADF) and Jay Hobbs of ADF said:
“It puts (woke and progressive priorities) religious and political conservatives in
the cross-hairs of cancellation.”
As a result of this militant cancel culture philosophy of the liberal, progressive left,
conservatives have a legitimate reason to fear being shut out of advancement
opportunities, mistreated by coworkers and bosses, and even fired for voicing their
beliefs. Consequently, many conservatives go quiet, refusing to exercise their first
amendment rights of free speech and the conservative point of view becomes
increasingly culture-cancelled moreso each day.
This censorship is everywhere and affects everything said one free market
spokesperson. Workers and professionals are just simply not allowed to speak out.
Have you ever experienced that in your life, where you live and work, and even you
yourself, have you? That seems to be the ever-growing effect of WOKE WORKPLACE
POLICIES.
Robust opinion-sharing and aggressive dialog, protected and encouraged by the first
amendment, is anathema in the woke workplace. Conservatives, but not progressives,
are admonished to be careful how they express their religious or political points of view
so as:
NOT TO OFFEND ANOTHER PERSON.
That in itself is intimidation, implied threat, a silent demand to KEEP QUIET. It
matters not if woke, cancel-culture, progressive ideologies, and workplace, political
dialogue offend the conservative, but only that the conservative does not offend the
liberal.
The survey goes on:
“Right now, companies enforce official and unofficial speech and thought codes
for their employees which is toxic.”
It is critically important to note that not only is speech involved in censorship, but now
comes THOUGHT processes as well. A radical woker is determined not only to control
and even eliminate free speech but now THOUGHT as well. We sound the alarm, my
fellow Americans and Christians though sadly, that warning is far too often ignored or
unheeded. But those freedoms once lost are lost forever. The ADF poll went on to find
that this new, aggressive, cancel-culture entered the workplace and so much of the
rest of life from recent college graduates, motivated and guided by the speech codes
which were officially and unofficially enforced on college campuses. They seem, said
ADF, on a mission to cancel and silence anything and anyone who may in any way
disagree with the new woke, progressive, cancel-culture.
And yet another poll, conducted by the FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND
EXPRESSION (FIRE) found that 88% of four-year colleges and universities now restrict
the free expression of their students on campus, to the detriment or even elimination
of free speech and first amendment rights. It is just simply amazing how so many of
our inalienable rights granted by our constitution, and especially the rights of the first
amendment including free speech and press and religion, are simply ignored and in
reality, done away with. Have you ever experienced this kind of threat, intimidation,
and demand to be silent? If you entertain any kind of conservative or religious points
of view, have you?
And yet another free speech spokesperson stated the following:
“Religion and politics are vital to the soul, our way of living, and our common
well-being. People should feel free to discuss these existential matters, with due
respect, with family and friends and at work.”
And that is so even if the feelings of someone, the sensitivities are agitated and made
uncomfortable. That process of robust dialogue and disagreement is absolutely
necessary and critical to the growth of the mind, the understanding of the total nature
of the issues, and of course the preservation of objectivity, fact, and truth.
There is no freedom, no liberty my fellow Americans without free speech, free press,
emboldened dialogue, peaceful, non-violent, nonthreatening, but thorough, honest,
and open, and always accompanied by the willingness to LISTEN without ignoring,
shutting down, or intimidating a confrontational or disagreeing response. America
changes daily, right before our eyes, often aggressively, and WE THE PEOPLE slumber,
seem unaware, or indifferent and non-caring (A-political), and the America we love and
now take for granted slips into uncertainty and change, radical change not for the
good.
Such a warning seems to come from a voice crying in the wilderness, but the day
will come, soon I fear when such a warning will be the new reality. CANCEL-CULTURE
WILL HAVE WON THE DAY, and America will be changed forever.
Don’t let it happen, my fellow citizens, please don’t let that happen. Step up, stand up,
speak out, and do everything necessary as our founding fathers did to protect and
defend the GOD-GIVEN INALIENABLE FREEDOMS OF OUR BELOVED
CONSTITUTION AND ITS IRREPLACEABLE FIRST AMENDMENT.
THOSE FREEDOMS ONCE LOST ARE LOST FOREVER
