Why I Can't Be Silent
My journey into the craziness
My entire adult life I have stayed away from politics. I wouldn’t watch the news because it all felt too depressing and I didn’t pay attention to what any of my local or national politicians were doing. I always fulfilled my civic duty and voted in elections but in all honesty I never researched the candidates. The inner workings of congress, the Senate and the House were not important to me. All of that changed two years ago.
In the Spring of 2020, in the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, I was listening to a podcast about a Utah man who had been unlawfully arrested and detained in Venezuela for months. In one of the podcast episodes the host was describing what Venezuela used to be: a rich, vibrant, thriving country and an enviable tourist locale. The host described Venezuela’s fall from grace and it all started with politicians promising everything for free. This struck me because I realized I had heard this before right here in the United States. The Democrats always offer everything for free: free healthcare, free schooling, free welfare checks, etc. This is when I started paying more attention.
As the summer of 2020 progressed I watched in horror as my country was being destroyed and burned to the ground. In the fall of 2020 I watched election laws be unconstitutionally changed in order to oust a sitting President. In January 2021 I watched people be led by security into the US Capitol building only to then be arrested and held in jail for months. I watched my children be forced to wear masks for 6-8 hours per day in the name of “science” no matter the consequences to their emotional and mental health. I also watched my children’s school curriculum focus on ‘social and emotional learning’ which included teaching my 8th grader about what to do the first time he has sex and how his mom and dad don’t always know best. I’ve watched women’s sports be destroyed and even the word “woman” be treated like it’s some strange, unique term that cannot be defined. Unless of course you’re talking about abortion and then of course, it’s all about women’s rights. I’ve watched the price of everything go up. I’ve watched people be kicked off social media because they said something that wasn’t in line with the narrative. And I’ve watched the media continue to villainize any strong, conservative voice all while staying silent to the fact that our current President doesn’t even know what day of the week it is.
I can no longer stay silent. I can’t ignore what is going on in my country and I will no longer ignore what politicians, the media and the rest of the corrupt swamp are doing to our lives. Now is the time to get loud.