Nearing Midnight: Why Won’t Most Americans Defend Themselves Against the Left’s Agenda? – Todd Strandberg – https://www.raptureready.com/category/nearing-midnight/

As the ‘Social Justice’ Warriors and Cancel culture activists run roughshod over our nation, the average American does nothing to defend their personal liberty. Every time a book, movie, or TV show is added to the banned list, there is no blowback from the public.

The reason why most people sit idly by while things we treasure are taken to the slaughter is because helplessness has been ingrained into society. Once it became perceived that nothing could be done to combat the left’s agenda, people quit trying to resist.

When the Black Lives Matter movement became dominant in the culture, some people tried to counteract it by saying “all lives matter.” Many of these people lost their jobs for making what was a perfectly reasonable remark. Black Lives Matter is not about race; it’s about being relevant to a leftist ideology.

You have to be very guarded about allowing people to have authority over you. Once they gain power, they are unwilling to surrender it. The COVID-19 mask mandate is a good example. Dr. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has recently said that people fully vaccinated should continue to wear a mask in public. In fact, he said that people should wear two masks.

Senator Rand Paul rightly called him out for not having any scientific evidence to back up his recommendations:

“There’s virtually 0% chance you’re going to get it, and you’re telling people that have had the vaccine who have immunity — you’re defying everything we know about immunity by telling people to wear masks who have been vaccinated,” said Paul.

Fauci justifies the need to continue wearing a mask based solely on the possibility of contracting a variant of the COVID-19 virus. There is no indication that any variant can infect a person who has been fully vaccinated. Fauci Keeps moving goalposts because he wants to maintain his position of authority.

Many people on the right wasted a lot of valuable time by mocking the action of the left. Ridicule is a useful tool in combating your enemy, but it should be accompanied by stronger action. Many people have mocked the banning of Pepe Le Pew with T-shirts that proclaimed Pepe’s innocence. I have not found anyone who went after Warner Brothers for making this dumb decision. If Pepe had been given the ax in the 90s, people would threaten to boycott Warner Brothers’ movies.

What makes it so difficult to turn the tide is the reality that the left has almost completely taken over this nation. The LGBTQ is one good example. Many years ago, one of the first companies to have a positive policy toward homosexuality was AT&T. Today, the vast majority of companies fly the rainbow flag of this aggregation of sexual perversions.

A key reason why the left has been able to take over our nation is the failure to realize Satan’s win by being persistent. We won many battles against various vices, but in the end, we lost the war. Pro gambling groups tried for decades to allow for Casinos to be legal here in Arkansas. About three years ago, voters finally gave in and passed a measure that let five cities build their own gambling dens.

Now that the left controls nearly every school, business, and government, no amount of resistance will be tolerated. One of the last uncensored corners of the internet is a site called Substack. The liberal media is trying to get the platform shut down. The press has invented the idea that Substack promotes violence and harassment by simply disagreeing with the general view of the leftist media. They think they have a monopoly on the dissemination of news, and anyone who tries to compete with them is violating their patent.

The people who fight back are often doing so because they have no other option. The left is taking away their business or their freedom. By allowing the left to get so powerful before acting, there is little chance of defeating them.

Because of my belief that we are in the last days, I see it as very unlikely that America could ever return to Godly values. Revival is not possible because most Christians think it means getting a blessing from the good Lord. What they fail to understand is that humble repentance must come first.

“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14).