A News and Opinion Journal ~ Published in Erie County, Pennsylvania
Are you a real American? William James Murray
What kind of American are you?
Does this question confuse you? It should. Americans are experiencing an identity crisis. They don’t understand who they are. Worse yet, they don’t understand who they are supposed to be.
You love our great country, are proud to be an American, and consider yourself patriotic, right? But could you give anyone a good definition of the words “patriotic” or “Americanism” if your life depended on it? And believe it or not, it does. And there’s only one accurate definition for each word.
Basically you feel patriotic by instinct, coming from your heart, not from your brain, because NOT to feel patriotic about your country is simply unthinkable, isn’t it?
You outwardly manifest your patriotism only when you stand up for the Star Spangled Banner at ballgames because everyone else does, or when you attend Fourth of July fireworks, or when you fly the flag occasionally, or when you vote occasionally, or when you join the military service. It’s doubtful whether you can of one more time. Granted, this doesn’t mean that you are a bad American, but it doesn’t mean you are a good American either.
Can you recite the only accurate definition, in a political sense, of the word “freedom,” which requires that you NOT use the word “free” or “freedom” in the definition?
As a so-called American, you take your freedom for granted because you inherited it. Who ever appreciates what they haven’t earned? Others earned freedom for you, starting at Lexington and Concord, paying for it in lead and blood. Those heroic revolutionaries are tossing in their hallowed graves because you are squandering away what cost them their lives. Ever wonder if you would have stood to fire the shots heard ‘round the world?
What kind of American are you?
There exists an identity crisis in these United States. This book intends to help so- called Americans resolve it by helping them to answer twp personal questions: what kind of American am I now, and what kind of American do I really want to be?
You will have only three choices: a Real-American, a Pseudo-American, or a Socialist- American. That’s all. There are no other choices. Never will be, ever.
Real-Americans are philosophical descendants of revolutionaries like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Molly Pitcher, and Tom Paine, who all loved freedom enough to fight for it..
Pseudo-Americans are philosophical descendants of the cowardly colonial neutrals, who refused to take a stand for either side during our entire revolution.
Socialist-Americans are philosophical descendants of English King George, the colonial Tories or Loyalists, and traitor Benedict Arnold, who all loved governmental power and who wished to use it to control other people’s lives.
Outside of the RA’s, PA’s, and SA’s mentioned above, every other description of our people hides their true identity. Words to identify so-called Americans such as liberal, conservative, Republican, Democrat, leftwinger, rightwinger, union, non-union, and others, are totally useless and should be ignored. Drop them from your vocabulary.
What kind of American are you? What is your true identity? You can’t hide any more. It’s time to take sides. The Second American Revolution is starting. You will be part of the problem or part of the solution.
