Some Letters’ Best Use is in The Garden
To the editor:I believe that Editor Jeff Wick is doing his best to help local gardeners. He is helping gardeners use recycled editions of the Fayette County Record as mulch. To be sure, the July 29th edition of “Letters to the Editor”was full of manure.Saul Alinsky, an American communist organizer, wrote “How to Create a Socialist State -Twelve Rules for Radicals.” The rules were simplistic tactics designed to be used by people with low intelligence. The tactics did not require any knowledge of facts or the ability to process thought. Instead, they relied upon crude intimidationand bullying.For example, Alinsky’s Rule #5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” All one has to do, is write a letter to the local newspaper and label all “Trump Republicans”as white nationalist, racists, and gun toting freedom haters. One does not need facts. It is not necessary to have met with, and to have a discussion with the “Trump Republicans.” It is enough to just ridicule them all as ignorant and deplorable people. National media pundits are very adept at this propaganda. After all, there is no place for honest debate in a communistsociety.And then there is the letter that supports the communist style kangaroo court in Congress. The Jan. 6 “bi-partisan” committee investigation is anything but bi-partisan. The minority party members selected to participate in the committee were rejected by House Speaker Pelosi. Instead, Pelosi appointed two biased minority party members to assist the majority party in a one sided persecution, nota prosecution. There is no representation for the defense, and there is no cross examination of witnesses. Unsubstantiated hearsay testimony is allowed, anonymous testimony is allowed, and evidence is edited and censored. Who authorized the suspension of the Bill of Rights? For those that are accused of violating the law on that day in question, let them be charged by probable cause and tried by their peers with due process. Unbelievably, some have been arrested, denied bail, and jailed under cruel conditions in violation of the eighth amendment. Watch the movie “Capitol Punishment” produced by Nick Searcy.
Finally, there was the hilarious letter attempting to support an “assault weapon” ban. I have conducted extensive research and cannot find where the Constitution describes the type offirearms that citizens may bear. Where is the “literal detailed interpretation” stating that only rifles, shotguns and pistols with limited capacity magazines were allowed? That would be kind of difficult, because the first widespread magazine fed firearm, the Spencer repeating rifle, was not invented until 1860. The only “magazines” commonly in use at that time of the Constitution were the buildings used to store gunpowder. Also at that time, cannons were owned by anyone that could afford them. It was not common because they were expensive, but it was not prohibited. Accordingly, any weapon of the time “shall not be infringed.”
“Defending individual liberty” against the restrictions of government was exactly the reason the 2nd amendment was added to the Bill of Rights. The2nd amendment was second because it guaranteed the 1st amendment. The founding fathers never intended for there to be a strong centralized government. They understood that a strong central government would subjugate the power of the states, and ultimately the freedom of the people. Just look at the corruption we have in Washington D.C. today, evident in the alleged Biden and Pelosi crime families. The corruption is not exclusive to any branch of the government or any political party. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
It is an individual’s responsibility in society to search for the truth, and strive for a better community. However, evil is inherent in human beings. People do bad things. I spent four years in my long career as a homicide detective, and 26 years as a hostage negotiator. I have seen andsmelled the evil that people do. One should dedicate their life to spiritual improvement, and at the same time be ready to defend themselves with all means available, including semi-automatic firearms with high capacity magazines.
As I often say, I am proud to live in Fayette County where 80% of voters vote Republican. I encourage them to resist and fight back with their voice and their votes. Stay aware, and be on the lookout for two other Alinsky Rules that socialists and communists will use to destroy a free society: Alinsky’s Rule #8: “Keep the pressure on. Never let up.”
Alinsky’s Rule #12: “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”
Steven Cain Fayetteville