Teach Your Children Well

This allegory has a somewhat apocryphal ring to... and it's a little harsh to imagine even as fiction... but then the larger reality it describes isn't a whole lot more pleasant. H/T: Foxfier

"OK, now I want you to pretend that our house and our yard is the United States of America, and you are President Bush."

Our son giggled and said, "OK."
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"[The bad man] walks across the street to the old lady’s house, breaks down her door and drags her out. He steals all her stuff and sets her house on fire, and then...he kills her. He turns around and sees you standing in the window and laughs at you. WHAT DO YOU DO?"

"Daddy..."

"WHAT. DO. YOU. DO?"

Our son is crying and he looks down and he whispers, "I close the blinds, Daddy... so I can't see what he's doing........and I'm going to pretend that it is not happening."

What. Do. You. Do? Nicely put. Most on the left simply don't get that last part ('you' and 'do'). We are on the spot. Someone has to make a decision. Inaction is a really bad option. There is plenty of moral clarity--if we're willing to face it. (Does anyone remember September 12th?)

They think we can just watch the movie or ride the amusement park ride and close our eyes for the scary parts. It's an understandable impulse, denial. Unfortunately some don't have that luxury. There's much more. Read it.