Dear Friends,
It seems to me, the controversy about the Trayvon Martin/Zimmerman case, has little to do with race but a great deal to do with liberty. The crass race baiters in our country have made millions upon millions of dollars ginning up racial animosity, and this case is no different in that respect, but when we examine the underlying assumptions, incentives and political repercussions, an even more insidious picture comes to light. There is so much wrong, not only with the case itself but with the detestable reaction from the unbiased media and our own government, it is not possible to list them all, there is an aspect to it however that illustrates how the political, cultural and social elite use divisiveness to forward their pernicious agenda.
The tragic loss of a teenager in an altercation with a neighborhood watch captain has been exhaustively reported on. The unbiased media maliciously edited recordings and reported them as truth, to bring in a race component where there was none in the actual confrontation. If there was any bigoted component it was an adult who has a negative perception of hoodlums and a teenager who had a negative stereotype of adults. The crassness of the race baiters and the unbiased media is so despicable, in a sane world they would be facing criminal charges, for creating racially motivated violence against innocent individuals. Every person who has been attacked by an angry mob that cheers this is justice for Trayvon, in my view, has a legitimate law suit against most of the unbiased media as well as our own government, for using tax dollars to infuriate people into rioting.
The reality of what is being debated however is not what is talked about. What is really being attacked is the Right of self defense. The media is silent about the unconscionable loss of children in Chicago, because their murders cannot be exploited to undermine a basic human right, those killings show the profound iniquity of those in power there. People who seek a society, where the average person has no right to defend his or her life, loved ones, liberty or property, are the same egoists who have armed guards protecting them, their families and their property, paid for by people who they have denied that same Right. They have every benefit of government, due to their political favor, and so have far less need of protection than you and I. They exploit tragedy to undermine our Rights because the Right of self defense is a cornerstone in the concept of natural rights… that we have a natural Right to life, property, and liberty. These ideas must be entirely destroyed for the socialist state to work. Once this is done, only those at the top will have any rights at all, the rest of us will be little more than slaves, with no property, no right to life or even self determination.
This entire affair shows the negative outcome of the socialist mindset where everyone vies for victim hood. Under socialism the distribution of goods in society is done by political favor. Those with the most political favor get the most stuff. This is the basis of socialism and I have written about it extensively in earlier blogs. The incentive this form of distributive justice has on society, is to gather up individuals into groups, and to assign those groups various levels of political favor by their perceived victim status. Instead of striving for excellence, as in the capitalist system, socialism makes people claim persecution, so they can get the benefit of the political favor that comes with it.
In this case we have several politically favored groups vying for top victim hood. You have African Americans, Latinos, and now as it turns out, the gay community. In the socialist utopia there are not individuals but groups. You are no more or less than the group you are assigned membership to. If you have an altercation with someone of a group with more political favor, (higher perception of victim hood), you are the villain, regardless of the circumstances, and if you are a member of the group with more favor, you are in the right, again regardless of the circumstances. The political, cultural and media elite will ensure that outcome, exactly like the Jim Crow days… only the favor of the groups has changed.
As is usually the case, when the media divide people by political favor, innocent people get hurt. The elite are insensitive to the suffering of people when that suffering cannot be exploited to political advantage. Has the President said a word about the victims of mob attacks? These are people who had nothing whatsoever to do with the Trayvon Martin case, but the President has no room in his heart for them… only when he can exploit the victim for crass political gain does he care.
Our society has proven itself to be tough. The complex system that is the social structure of nations and countries is resilient but not immortal. Chipping away at social conventions like, kindness, reciprocity, trust and even basic manners, by exploiting racial tensions, creates a society where an open state of war exists between individuals and groups. Denying us the Right of self protection, in an open state of war, creates the conditions where we must rely on the State for everything. Empowering the elite to do as they wish and enslaving the people to perpetual victim hood. That is why the elite are exploiting this tragic episode. May God bless Trayvon’s soul and may he rest in peace. His memory deserves better than to be exploited for selfish political gain.
Sincerely,
John Pepin
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