Remember The Titans

OR: The Democrat Party has lost sight of our Common Purpose

When the United States of America was formed as a country, it was done for a common purpose. What was that common purpose? It was and is a country Of The People, For The People and By The People. Was it perfect at the beginning? That would have to be a no. Is it perfect now? Again, that would have to be a no. But, it is a whole lot better than the country in Second Place.

Tonight, July 21, 2020, I watched the movie ‘Remember The Titans’. The Common Purpose of the Titans was football. All the characters had flaws, biases, prejudices, likes, and dislikes. It was a community divided, divided by Racism and Hatred. The primary characters battled their own demons by facing them head on, by confronting each other and opening a dialog. Yes, I said ‘dialog’. How can we get past our differences unless we air out all of our dirty laundry and face it head on by creating dialog?

I was in high school during the middle 1960s. That was a tumultuous time in the history of America. There were just a handful of fools who took it to the point of violence. Our parents at the time did not want to hear differences of opinion. Yet, the youth forced a dialog, a peaceful dialog. It opened up a wealth of fresh air. It began with the 1964 Civil Rights Act championed by the Republican Party. The only reason President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed it into law was that it passed both house of Congress with a veto proof majority. He couldn’t deny history.

Now we face another era of chaos and tumultuous times. However, this one is way different from that which was born in the 1960s. This time around, paid agitators are turning peaceful protests into nights of riots and looting. The side scream to be heard has no interest in the other side being heard. Even the Democrat Leaders in Congress are trying to shout down the opposition and demonizing those who bring the message.

I question the motives of the leaders of the Democrat Party. Where has your sense of Common Purpose gone?

No country in the face of the planet Earth is perfect. There are no perfect people. There is no perfect solution to every problem. There is, however, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the Republic known as the United States of America, which comes as close as anything to a Union that forms a Common Purpose for all of its peoples.

The problem we face today is that one side of the argument no longer want the same Common Purpose that has been in place since 1791. That side is most identified with the Democrat Party. The have been deluded by visions of power and elitism that has blinded their path to perfect the freest country on Earth.

Sure We The People and the Country of the United States have made mistakes in the past. The beauty of this country is that it learns from its mistakes and works to change those errors. But it takes both sides of the argument to keep the Common Purpose in sight. When push came to shove it required members of the Titans to make some real tough decisions. Our struggles today require us to Remember The Titans.