By Raynard Jackson
Columnist
There is no example in the history of the world of a
civilization, culture, or country that has survived without an intact family
unit.
Historically, this has meant father, mother, sister, brother,
grandparents, and sometimes other extended family members. With the onslaught of the Industrial
Revolution came what we now know as the nuclear family-father, mother, brother
and sister.
During the 19th and 20th centuries,
immigrants flooded into America in an effort to flee oppressive governments back
home or to pursue greener pastures here.
It was implicitly understood that English was the de facto
official language, being a good citizen was expected, and contributing to the
betterment of America was one’s civic and moral obligation.
Children were taught to go to school, get a job, get married,
and to raise a family. These principles
served us pretty well as a nation until recently.
Now, I no longer know what it means to be an
American.
People come to this country, legally and illegally, and
refuse to speak English. Judges and
politicians are redefining the family unit; gender is no longer determined at
birth; the government is invading every aspect of both our public and private
lives.
How is it possible for mankind to be so arrogant as to say
their gender is no longer determined at birth, based on the anatomical features
present when they are born?
Now that Mother Nature is getting up in age, she is beginning
to make all sorts of mistakes. Boys born
with penises are claiming to be girls; girls born with vaginas are now claiming
to be boys.
Some are even going so far as to say there is no longer a
thing called gender; there is no male or female; but rather one can
“self-identify” from moment to moment as to what their gender is. Even President Obama has demonstrated his
belief in this foolishness. A few months
ago, he made bathrooms in the White House “gender neutral.” Bathrooms are no longer labeled as male or
female. You can now choose which one to
use based on how you “self-identify” at that moment.
I can’t help but be reminded of the Greek philosopher,
Protagoras. I studied him while
attending Oral Roberts University. He is
considered the father of relativism, which basically said there are no
absolutes.
Protagoras is best known for his statement, “Man is the
measure of all things: of the things that are, that they are, that they are, of
the things that are not, that they are not.”
So this insidious notion of “self-identifying,” is an extension of
Protagoras’ philosophy.
According to this view, there is no God or any higher
power. Each individual is the all and be
all of their existence. There is no
common moral framework by which man should live by; every man lives by his on
individual moral code.
By believing thus, a society loses the very glue that keeps a
people united. Typically, language,
moral values, and patriotism are some of those common threads that make a
society cohesive.
I currently stand at five foot eight inches tall; but I
currently self-identify as six foot eight inches tall, therefore, I should
legally be recognized by that which I believe, regardless of whether it’s based
on facts.
As crazy as the above sounds, is this not what Rachel Dolezal did. She is
the White woman who is the head of the Spokane, Washington chapter of the
NAACP. Last week she admitted that she
was born White, but now she self-identifies as Black; thus, making her
Black. Even on legal documents she has
been listing her race as Black, though her own birth certificate states that she
is White.
She should be prosecuted to every extent of the law and the
NAACP should have fired her immediately.
But, as usual, the NAACP’s leadership showed why no one takes
them seriously as an organization. Here
is what their national office had to say about Dolezal, “One’s racial identity is not a qualifying criteria
or disqualifying standard for NAACP leadership.” So, I guess lying is now a permitted quality
for a leadership position with the NAACP.
Since there are no longer any absolutes, we now have a
country where sex is no longer determined at birth and race is no longer
determined by genetics or ancestry. I
can claim to be seven feet tall, though I am only five foot eight; but yet have
the legal standing of being a seven footer simply because I say it’s
so.
Would you go to a medical professional who only
“self-identifies” as a physician; having never attended medical school?
A society without rules is a society in chaos. You have little kids thinking they are
homosexual; you have people in the country illegally who think they have a
constitutional right to be here; entertainers like Kanye West and Omar Epps
think it is OK for them to wear dresses.
Values are the DNA of a society and America has lost its
values in the name of individual freedom.
Freedom only works within the context of shared rules or beliefs.
The game of basketball is a good example. Everyone that plays the game agrees to a
common set of rules by which the game is played. Within these rules are opportunities for
individual players to express their uniqueness.
But without a common acceptance of the rules of the game,
basketball cannot exist.
So it is with America; without common acceptance of rules
dealing with sexuality, morals law & order, we will no longer exist as a
society.
Raynard
Jackson & Associates, LLC is an internationally recognized political
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He has coined the phrase “straticist.”
As a straticist, he has merged strategic planning with public
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