Cheating. Loss of Affection. Irreconcilable Differences. it seems ever more impossible to live in the same divided house these days. But Zo makes a great case for why that is not only impractical — it’s also morally wrong. This is our country! All of it!
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31 replies on “A Divorce is not the Solution”
200 years ago, Democrats thought they were good guys. Slaves would starve, if left on their own. Democrats put a roof over their heads, clothes on their backs and food on their table. And they told them not to learn to read and write English because they would just start asking stupid questions – like, ‘Are the Democrats, right? Is slavery really the right thing to do?’
Today, Democrats tell the rest of the world, “If you can’t make it on your own, come to America. We’ll put a roof over your heads and clothes on your backs and food on your tables and first thing we’ll tell you when you cross our border is, ‘You don’t need to learn to read and write English because we don’t want you asking any stupid questions.'”
And obviously, people of color are too lazy/stupid/poor to get IDs,so they can vote, right? No drivers licence, no getting bank accounts, no getting alcohol or tobacco, no getting on planes, etc.
I agree that the side of decency isn’t as good as the sewer rats in messaging. However, the sewer rats have two inherent Trojan Horse advantages. 1. Cultural entropy in inescapable. Man started in the Garden and ends conducting war against God. Our trajectory is a dampened sine wave. 2. Our sin nature is easier to entice.
I thought this would be just kind of another topic you guys would discuss but this is a powerful message! I’m sharing with friends. Need to share this with folks!!
I can relate so much to this discussion. I lived in a small town in San Diego County for 20+ years. It happens to be the same small town Bill visits every January. I’ve met Bill. My wife and kids have met Bill. I was on the board of the New California State organization San Diego chapter. I devoted (donated) many hours helping produce events for both that organization and the venue that hosts Bill every January.
We moved to East Texas near the end of last summer.
Like Zo, we miss California, specifically our small town. We miss our friends, but then many had already left. We miss the community. But we grew tired of fighting. And more to the point, we grew tired of protecting our kids from California. If we didn’t have kids, we might still be there. As Bill said, they won’t come and take our guns (freedom) forcefully, they will take our kids. Rather than risk our kids, we left.
We are still vigilant, and we are under no illusion that our kids are safe here in TX. It’s only a matter of time. We have friends here that are fighting to remove trans/lbgt propaganda books from elementary school libraries here. Yes, elementary schools. Yes, in Texas. So time is what moving from CA to TX bought us most of all. That and more allies. Yes, the move has a lot of other benefits. We have more space here. We have more freedom here. Our money goes farther here. We have a lot of like minded friends here, and we are slowly finding a community in TX that it took 20+ years to build in CA.
This move has also provided something I did not expect: A deep seated determination born of resentment from having to abandon our home. I am determined to help make sure the “death by a thousand cuts” life we left does not spread to us here.
Yes, we have met the occasional “Don’t California my Texas” person here, and I patiently explain why we left, and how we consider ourselves political refugees. That resonates with native Texans, and they come to realize we are an asset rather than a liability to the way of life in Texas.
I so enjoy these Virtue Signal conversations, and I am grateful I can help support the efforts of Bill, Zo, and everyone else involved here.
Anyone else in East Texas? We are still building our community here.
As an East Texas native, and former California resident while in the Air Force, I wish you the best. You’ll find East Texans among the most friendly people you will encounter. BTW, I’m now exiled in Pennsylvania and would appreciate your prayers.
Just so you know, I’m in that exact spot, wanting to stay and defend California, yet despairing that it’s lost. I’m with you. I want to stay. I don’t want to give up territory. I know it probably won’t make a difference, but I’m here. People like me are here. Just wish I knew what else I could be doing.
Bill, your “brand” to me is Firewall and the two What We Saw series. That’s where you are at your best, and I hope Daily Wire promotes what they have from you because it is excellent stuff, and it makes a difference.
If you want some entertainment on the subject of such a national divorce, Kurt Schlicter’s “The Peoples’ Republic” series is a lot of fun. Guns and fighting leftists and adventure and “take it to it’s logical conclusion” philosophy. It’s a little James Bondy and a little Chuck Norrisy.
I’d rather not have a national divorce in the end though. I’d rather have people wake the hell up, and they won’t if we can’t be articulate and persuasive with those of the “them” that we know. The ones in our own lives.
And that’s gonna take some guts, because you’re gonna lose friends and possibly family over it. That’s the risk. And it’s not trivial. But we’re going to have to do some weighing, some battle picking … and fighting. Verbally.
The split is more urban/rural than anything else. So it’s even worse.
Amen! I agree with everything you say here. In fact Zo, you are one of the reasons I returned to God, so please do not think no one hears you. However, I may be alone here, but I would like to see you describe things we can do to help.
You’re not alone.
Many in the GOP are in full support of sending resources for the war in Ukraine, but not the war (sadly, that is the right word) here at home.
The Dems always want to maneuver us into engaging in the wrong conflict.
Having been through two of them I can tell you a thing or several about divorces.
I didn’t want or agree to either of mine. The other side gets a vote too. While it might take two to tango, it only takes one to create a divorce.
I’m no more sanguine with the idea of the the two sides here in the USA getting ‘divorced’ from each other than you guys are. I’ve said it before, I’ve seen a real live revolution up close and personal and it’s not a bit pretty.
So while I would absolutely never advocate for a civil war, the word ‘divorce’ is merely a lame attempt to put lipstick on that hog, I’m not sure we’re going to get a lot of say in the matter.
All of that said, read Jack Durish’s post below mine. He’s right. It’s not a big strip of Blue down each coast, it’s geographically tiny pockets of Blue in a vast sea of Red. We hold all the land, territory is a real big deal when it comes to war.
I’ve “war gamed” this scenario with my friends, who are all military, retired military or intelligence people, for quite a while. The geographically tiny Blue cities will be up the proverbial creek without a paddle if it comes to something like that. Cut the power transmission lines, valve off their water, blockade the roads and sea lanes and let them see if maybe they couldn’t be just a bit more reasonable.
I know there are people champing at the bit to turn this whole thing into a shootin’ war. That’s dumb. But the enemy gets a vote too and if you’ve got any good sense while you ought not be starting anything keeping your powder dry is a very good idea.
DSP listener identified!!! The enemy always gets a vote.
Bill, there are clear lines of division. Look at the election map again. The vast majority of counties in every state are Red while the largest metropolitan areas are Blue. Why not allow statehood for cities. Most will be Blue and a few will be Red. Yes, that means there will be about 60 new U.S. Senators, the majority Blue. But, the majority of all U.S. Senators will be Red. Inasmuch as Representatives are apportioned by population, the distribution of Representatives in Congress will be virtually undisturbed. Then allow people to vote with their feet. All other issues are easily settled. For example, if SF, LA, and SD become city states, the accumulated wealth (okay, stop laughing… the accumulated debt) of the state can be apportioned by population.
Also, if any city state wishes to institute a social economy, let them. Study the history of the Amana Colony and you’ll see the possible future of those city states…
When you have people who’ve been on the plantation for so long, on the dole for so long, they lose their pride, their gumption, their get up and go, their self-dependency, their DIGNITY. That is EXACTY what the left wants – to control them ‘because they can’t take care of themselves.
Remember the old racist saw “The negro needs the white man to take care of him.”
After awhile they develop serious cases of Eleutherophobia – Fear of freedom.
Two ways to enslave a people: work without pay, pay without work.
Your right there is no good reason for a divorce or secession. There is also no good reason to “conserve” anything. I always called myself a Conservative because I wanted to Conserve the tenants of the Constitution.
No one in our current system of government, a Banana Republic follows any of the Constitution, so there is nothing to conserve. We no longer have a two opposing party system. Just controlled opposition.
I now call myself a Revolutionary because we are now at a point where we will have to go thru another revolution to get back to an ability to have another Constitutional Republic.
In this little rant, I heard no alternatives presented to either secession or “divorce” — call it what you will, I prefer the former. When one’s cohabitant refuses to respect one’s right to live free of oppression wjhile demanding resources, then a “divorce” is necessary for one’s survival. Repeatedly telling us that such a scorched earth approach will not work does not negate its necessity; rather, it commits us to remain within the oppressiveness of a living arrangement based upon irreconcilable differences. The opposition is not “buying” what we have to “sell.”
There is no arresting anyone for illegal behavior when the law enforcers refuse to enforce the Law. That leaves the defenders only one solution: vigilantism.
Will such a separation be difficult? Yes. Will such a separation be bloody? Likely, yes. Will such a separation be worthwhile? Long term … yes.
It’s time to rip the Bandaid off the countless lacerations and find another solution to the death spiral in which we find ourselves. Otherwise, the patient is doomed.
I think the antichrist will have us/we pronouns and be an AI hologram created by humanist/globalist/corporate elites. OK, we’ll fight either politically or militarily because we oppose evil, but this isn’t our fight. Come, Lord Jesus!
But, while your cohabitant refuses to respect your rights, the house is your inheritance. Yes, it’s theirs, too (imagine two siblings left the family homestead, with one being disrespectful/irresponsible/hostile to the other), but they don’t get to just refuse to do any cleaning, to invite junkies to sleep on the couch, and to keep starting fires in the kitchen. The answer is not to sell off the family homestead and go live in a subdivision. It’s not to leave the homestead to your sibling while you try to make a new life elsewhere. It’s not to divide the homestead and cede half of it to them.
No, the answer is, to quote their beloved Barry Obama: We win. You lose.
The answer is that Marxism and all its thought and all its methodology must be expunged from American life and consciousness. We must use all peaceful means to defeat these revolutionary-wannabes who have sworn themselves our mortal enemies. And, once the peaceful means are exhausted, the non-peaceful ones are then justified (see Amendment #2).
There is no divorce because this is our country…ALL of it. There’s no part we will conscience severing in order to make some devil’s bargain for illusory peace. Not New England. Not the California Coast. Not the island of Manhattan.
It didn’t work with the Missouri Compromise, and it won’t work now.
All the parts are part of this republic that was founded on the proposition that the sole legitimate role of government is to protect individual liberties while upholding natural law. Any party or government that does not do those things may be forceful, but it is illegitimate, and it needs to be replaced with one that will fulfill the original (and sole) mandate government on this continent was given. Not a new republic, mind you, but the original and only republic, as enshrined in our founding.
There is a very famous quote, attributed to a number of famous people over the years — the defense of liberty rests on four boxes: soap, ballot, jury, and cartridge (and in that order). We are definitely somewhere between “ballot” and “jury” on that list right now. Have we been doing a very good job? No, but that doesn’t mean we throw in the towel and give the enemies of liberty half the country.
The alternative is:
1 – we start doing with the soapbox what we should have been doing for the past 50 years but haven’t been. Entertainment, information media, and communication that upholds our values and introduces them to the next generation in an attractive way.
2 – we continue to use the ballot box, and we take moves to strengthen that process so the enemies of liberty can’t so easily game the system. To the degree that the GOP runs crap candidates, we demand better and we take a more active part in the primary process to ensure the crap gets swept aside long before the general.
3 – we continue to use the jury box to fight the gains previously consolidated by the enemies of liberty while we were sleeping for the past 75 years. We do this at both the state and federal level, and we continue to rack up wins as we have been doing the past couple years. The revolutionaries have been using the courts to incrementally gain what they want since the 60s. Don’t expect that we’ll be able to turn that around with a handful of cases over the course of a few years. This is the price for our (and our parents’ and grandparents’) naivete and lack of vigilance.
As for the cartridge box. Well, keep stacking them, as they may be needed later if the revolutionaries find a way to completely neuter the other three (which, as bad as it seems at times, is not at all the case…yet).
Thank you for taking the time to make such a thorough, well-reasoned reply.
A razed inheritance is no inheritance at all. That is the outcome we face as a Nation.
To add insult to injury, the Courts have repeatedly demonstrated themselves to be as corruptible as the political Left, which is in cahoots with its electorate and is bent upon our destruction.
Likewise, the ballot box has proven to be toothless in a large number of jurisdictions, and the number is increasing in the jurisdictions of most political influence, which are predominantly-controlled by the Left. That is the ONLY reason the current POTATO-in-chief occupies the White House, and his occupation has only emboldened our opposition.
It is obvious to me that you see a much different state of the Union than I do. The time for optimism is over. The time for either conflict or resignation is upon us — there is no middle ground or compromise. Don’t think so? Look at the latest debacle of the DJT kangaroo courts in NY and at least three other jurisdictions. Don’t think so? Look at the ever-increasing number of jurisdictions enforcing state-funded abortion mills, the ever-increasing number of violations of Constitutionally-protected rights and liberties, and the list goes on — all of which are protected by the Left and its toadies who hold seats of power.
Don’t get me wrong, I will fight evils and destroyers however I can, for as long as breathe; however, we must accept reality that this is a fight to the death, and the legal, peaceful means are rapidly decreasing rather than increasing.
“They don’t want what we’re selling.” Perfect. When the plane is on fire and the wing has come off, you need a parachute.
Bad analogy. When the carjacker is forcing you out of your vehicle – which also contains your loved ones – you respond with everything you have. Hopefully you are appropriately equipped and trained – which used to called “well-regulated”, back in the late 1700s. Meaning (back then) “properly equipped and trained”.
NOT regulated out of your rights by the BATFE, FDA, CDC, EPA, or DOJ. When there is no longer any possibility of equal justice – or justice of any kind – then you either bow your head and take a knee, or you do what must be done.
Just last week I watched a video with Michele Bachmann warning about how Biden is about to hand over our sovereignty to the WHO. Decades ago there were worries about treaties that would relinquish our national sovereignty to the UN. There was much hand wringing, wailing, and gnashing of teeth, because, “Treaties take precedence over the Constitution!” It is and was Republicans and conservatives spewing this garbage.
“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land.”
Treaties are for governing international relations. Nothing in Article VI suggests, if there is a conflict, that treaties supersede the Constitution. Of course there should never be conflicts between the Constitution and treaties, but should conflicts arise, the authority of the Constitution is stated first, and therefore supersedes any unlawful treaty, regardless of how many politicians vote to ratify, or presidents sign. They are not given the authority to do so.
Neither Joe Biden, nor any president has any Constitutional authority to sign over any of our sovereignty to any international governing body. Period! Stop it people! Just stop it!
There is something truly Satanic going on, not only in our country, but world wide. Zo, I really appreciate your focus the spirituality of the fight.
” For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Eph. 6:12
We need revival. The church needs revival.
Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition!
Agreed.. Some of these people are literally frothing at the mouth with hate. Don’t call this mental illness or the product of oppression; this is demonic.
Thank you, Maryanne. I had succumbed to the notion that a treaty could overrule our sovereignty, which did not make any sense – and with which I certainly would not have complied – but to which I was ignorant enough to be unable to articulate a counter. Your explanation cleared the fog from my brain – likely due to being lied to in high school and college, reinforced by the lies of government and the media.
The logic of your argument enables me to more clearly understand my inability to accept that I must cede my freedom, my sovereignty, to a corrupt government and the demands of globalists dedicated to our enslavement. That was a precious gift, m’lady.
Bill,
I think the difference between the folks in California and the homesteader in the example you gave is that the homesteader is planning to fight and to do so in an effective way.
Right now, in California, it’s more like the situation we have out here in NJ where people keep rebuilding homes on barrier islands that get washed away in every major storm. We don’t look at those people with admiration for rebuilding the sixth time in the same spot.
It comes down to this: is this a force you can resist and fight and over which you can prevail? Then there is admiration for making a stand. Are you fighting a force of nature? Then there’s derision for throwing resources down a bottomless pit.
Right now, California is more like the bottomless bit model, but it doesn’t have to be. You 40% of California conservatives are not fighting effectively.
In California, you have a system whereby most important races come down to a contest between two Democrats. It’s a stupid system, designed to prop up one-party rule.
In California, you also have a ballot initiative/referendum system whereby with sufficient signatures, you can get an issue put on the ballot for a referendum vote.
Why aren’t California conservatives using the signature-to-referendum system to rewrite the system so your elections are run like other states, and you don’t have one-party elections anymore!?
Honestly, I don’t see any other way to “fight for” California. You’ve got an unfair system that stacks the deck against you, so until you remedy that any talk of “saving” California is a hopeless cause, and you’re fighting something more like a hurricane than a hostile tribe.
Especially when ballot harvesting is legal. I tried to do the local school board thing. We couldn’t compete with the handpicked, backed candidates of the teacher’s unions.