Polarization

by Thomas McCullock

"Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." - Thomas Jefferson
 

Many today remark at just how polarized we have become in this country, and shake their heads as if that were a bad thing. But Saul Alinsky said long ago that change can't come until there is complete polarization. Today we are dividing into two groups, those who are PRO American, and the CON-servatives (NeoCONs, RepubliCONs, etc). Eventually, many of the CONs who are now in power will be tried and CONvicted of treason and crimes against humanity. They have only themselves to blame. As someone in a discussion group I read recently remarked, it's not that the greedy corporate fascists haven't always been there, its that only recently have they become so drunk with power that they've torn off their masks and tried to grab everything in sight. Had they remained in the background and moderated their greed, their positions would be secure. But, by taking their putsch to the limit, they've polarized our society, and insured their eventual downfall. We can't know how long it will take, but they will certainly end up as reviled as their predecessors the Nazis in postwar Germany. Let's just hope it doesn't take the 12 years it took for Hitler's evil regime to fail.

To paraphrase another organizer long ago, our goal is not to bring peace, but a sword. We come not as "uniters", but to bring division. For only that will usher in change. On the eventual ''day of judgement,'' the sheep will be separated from the goats. Your job now is to decide which side of the fence you will be on. Choose wisely.

Thomas McCulloch tm@thomasmc.com is an activist with the Springs Action Alliance in Colorado Springs http://csaction.org, and editor of ThomasMc.com This article is copyright Thomas McCullock   and  originally published by opednews.com but permission is granted for reprint in print, email, blog, or web media so long as this credit is attached.