The Smiley Face Mask Has Come Off

At the American Thinker today is a short post by attorney Michael C. Hurley entitled Stop Mincing Words which I encourage gentle readers to take to heart. The article quite explicitly states that the Democrats are fighting for their faith, as warped and twisted faith is, while conservatives and Republicans are debating policy positions.

No one, at this late hour, should be unaware of what the stakes are. We are in a spiritual war between good and evil, between the forces of order and the agents of chaos. Full stop. So let’s say so, clearly, without apology or embarrassment. Tell people they’re in a war, and a great many of them will show up to vote. Tell them they’re in a debate over monetary policy and energy development initiatives, and most of them will hit the snooze button and sleep in.

The forces of evil do not fail to understand our program. They are not casting about for a better balance of trade. They know they’re in a war for power, and they intend to win it, which is why they fight so passionately. Abortion isn’t an issue for them. It’s a sacrament. Climate change isn’t a scientific debate. It is a religious world-view that gives their lives meaning and purpose. Politics for the left isn’t an intellectual sport to be conducted within the polite parameters of free speech. It’s an unholy crusade to be won by any means necessary, including censorship, lawfare, defamation, perjury, conspiracy, insurrection and assassination.

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Unless one believes that the New Testament is a work of fiction or that Jesus was just joshing us in the 24th chapter of Matthew about the days to come, it strains credulity to be incredulous about what is going on around us. When the Pharisees seemingly failed to understand him, Jesus knew the reason why and wasn’t afraid to say so out loud: “Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires.” (John 8:43–44)

There might have been a day when the spiritual battle lines in the West were difficult to discern, but no more. Allow me to focus your attention. We live in an age when every leading state and national candidate of the Democrat party, including every former Democrat president, openly supports the genital mutilation of healthy children and the obvious lie that a child can change genders. That, my friends, is the tell. Leave everything else aside if you must, because when a murderer is coming for your children, you do not pause to inquire whether he might also lower your electric bill. You sound the alarm and oppose him with every fiber of your being. When we hear this, we should think of the millstone and shudder.

People talk about the "old days" when supposedly the Democrats and Republicans had the same goals in mind but differed in the method of accomplishing those goals. In thinking back, I don't really think that is the case.  That is just fond remembrance of former times. The Democrats have been the party of the Left for as long as I can remember, and I remember Ike. As far as history goes, the Democrats have been soft on Communism and Fascism since at least Franklin Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. We overlooked their misbegotten ideas and dysfunctional policies to our regret. But now the smiley face mask has come off and what is underneath is a devilish monster. We are running out of time to save the Republic. We recognize our fate if we don't turn things around.