Essay:Can Democracies Exist Without Freedom?
Can Democracies Exist Without Freedom?
Nancy Thorner
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” ~Dietrich Bonheoffer
Canadians stood up for freedom and are continuing to stand up against Trudeau's brutal dictatorship, for freedom is necessary for a democracy to exist and flourish.
Never in the history of mankind has there ever been a more peaceful, respectful, clean, moral, and ethical political protest, in stark contrast to all BLM and ANTIFA protests.
The trucker’s protest in Ottawa was a shining example of how decent moral people should assemble in public square for redress of their grievances.
As cited in an article by senior editor William F. Jasper of The New American magazine, Truckers, Davos Elites, and Collapsing Covid Lies:
Little Justin Trudeau has thrown in his lot with Bill Gates, Klaus Schwab, George Soros, and their Davos cabal at the World Economic Forum, which is the driving force behind the plandemic tyranny. But the "little people" of the world are refusing to submit to these would-be global tyrants. Remember: You are not alone, and resistance is not futile."
How long might it take until the decline of a formerly democratic nation has an impact on our nation? You be the judge.
In a call between Trudeau and Biden there was agreement that the Canadian trucker protest must stop. Trudeau discussed American influence in the blockade, like the flooding of emergency lines, American participants among the convoy and donations from those in the U.S.
Horse trampling in Ottawa, Friday, February 18
The Washington Examiner has a good story here of how the mounted police appear to trample protesters in Ottawa.
Were they trampled or just knocked down? It's difficult to tell. One person knocked down was in a mobility scooter. How courageous!
The same story was also reported at the Winnipeg Sun.
Furthermore, police arrested Corporal Bulford of the RCMP, who was personally on the Mountie detail personally protecting Trudeau and visiting dignitaries. He quit and spoke out due to his commitment to freedom and honoring his Mountie oath. Read here.
Too bad the protesters weren’t violent Antifa/BLM types!
A contrasting situation
Compare and contrast the horse trampling to the young girl, Phan Thi Kim Phuc.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer Nick Ut took her photo at Trảng Bàng Vietnam, June 8, 1972. Phan was later used for years by the communist for propagandists.
Phan Thi Kim Phuclater fled and is now a strong Christian after growing up in the Cao Dai (monistic) religion.
Napalm, of courses, isn't used today, they just confiscate all your money and eliminate your ability to have a job. It's more of a Soviet non-person than a napalm approach.
Canadian dictatorship
In an article dated Tuesday, February 21, 2022, Dictatorship in Canada: Some of the Emergencies Act Provisions to be PERMANENT, Trudeau’s Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, also a director of Klaus Schwab’s World Economic Forum, related how she planned to make her emergency powers permanent. In so doing the Canadian government would have power permanently to seize the bank accounts of anyone who dissents or whom they want to silence. But isn't this what a dictatorship does?
However, after mounting pressure Trudeau revoked the use of Emergency Power on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, claiming that the country no longer needed the special powers he invoked to handle Covid-19 protests.
Even so, Prime Minister Trudeau had already made perfectly clear that he was not acting to protect the country, but instead to protect his Leftist agenda
A Poem of Cowardice
What follows is part of a post-war confession made by German Lutheran pastor Martin Neimöller.
The poem speaks on the cowardice of certain segments of the German population as the Nazis decimated their own country. Those who don’t know it may soon learn it.
Ottawa right now is ground zero of the war for freedom. Just recall, however, that tomorrow the same might arrive at our footsteps.
Poem: “First They Came….”
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a trade union.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.'
USA trucker convoys
The USA Freedom Convoy is driving from CA to Washington, D.C.
Check here to read about another the Midwest Freedom Convoy to DC, with two stops in IL on March 5, posted at IL Review by Thorner on Monday, February 21, 2022. Note its giving link: American Truckers Freedom
Closing reflections
Will this nation’s citizens be willing to stand with and support the trucker convoys as they make their way to Washington, D.C. to preserve what are our God-given freedoms?
Only time will tell. Freedom can easily be lost. Once lost, seldom can it be reinstated,
The latest Trafalger poll question is concerning: Do you support or oppose Justin Trudeau’s authoritarian crackdown on the freedom convoy truckers in Canada?
While most Canadians, as well as Americans support the truckers and are in favor of limited government, the Democrats are once again extremely out of touch.
An astonishing 65% of Democrats support Trudeau.