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Opinion: USA on path to destroy itself from within, says Brasher Falls man

Posted 5/24/18

To the Editor: I took a course titled American Government 101 from South West Texas State Teacher’s College back in the fall of 1964. The course was an introductory study of the U.S. Constitution …

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Opinion: USA on path to destroy itself from within, says Brasher Falls man

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To the Editor:

I took a course titled American Government 101 from South West Texas State Teacher’s College back in the fall of 1964. The course was an introductory study of the U.S. Constitution with emphasis on the first ten amendments, the Bill of Rights.

It was a very interesting and informative study of where our rights, and therefore liberty, come from. In short, rights are granted by the creator, not the government. Everyone has a creator. If not, how did you get here?

JFK in his inaugural address said: “And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe—the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.”

The last class was of special interest because the professor lectured on how we would know liberty was coming to an end. I thought that end might happen in 500 years. Wrong. I swear that the prof had a time machine in his garage and he merely hopped in, came to these times, copied a few headlines and TV stories, and came back to 1964 and his lecture.

He said you will know that liberty is in danger when you see attacks on the rule of law, attacks on the Bill of Rights, attacks on Christianity, the weakening of family structure, the weakening of our borders, the weakening of our military and attacks on our history and culture to name a few items to look for. All of these attacks will be deliberate by the citizens of the USA.

We will destroy ourselves from within. People will willingly vote themselves into tyranny and cheer their own demise.

So what is going on today? The rule of law is being attacked on every front. The Bill of Rights is being trashed. Christians are being vilified. Family structure is being crippled. Culture and history are being discarded. There are even attempts to confuse young children as to what gender they are! Can you believe it? Even bugs can tell the difference between male and female.

Ask yourself who is promoting this wrecking of liberty and who is trying to conserve it.

Which side are you on?

William C. Lewis

Brasher Falls