Friends, I'm nothing if not flexible. When the Bidenist stormtroopers break down my door, I'll proudly profess my undying loyalty to Never-Slept-Once-in-his-Life Joe. I'm no idiot.
On the other hand, we conservatives, patriots, and Trumpers have to assess our options carefully, as this country descends incrementally down the rabbit hole of neo-Marxism. In fact, we even have to be prepared to ask: does America deserve our fidelity and respect, when it's rapidly becoming a place in which people like us aren't welcome? It's a question worth asking, no?
That's why my latest article tackles this epic conundrum in a humorous way. In essence, I expand on my recent suggestion to Ray that, perhaps, the USA and Central America ought to engage in a little population exchange. America wants all the Hispanic "refugees" it can find, but it also wants to rid itself of as many white, Christian conservatives as it can tactfully disgorge... I see the groundwork for a beautiful compromise, don't you?
Read all about it...
Hey, Central America! Have I Got a
Deal For You...
Recently,
the Biden administration rolled back key elements of President
Trump's strong border enforcement policy — an approach that saw
illegal
crossings fall.
Now, the drumbeat of changes is starting to imperil more than just
border security: our national security hangs in the balance.
Biden
has decided that “asylum seekers” will no longer wait
in Mexico,
and they will no longer have to prove that they are victims of
political persecution. Instead, merely fearing
criminal and/or domestic violence,
or claiming to fear it, will do. In addition, construction on the
Wall has been
halted;
deportations, even of criminals, have been sharply
curtailed;
Obama-era “catch and release” programs for recent arrivals have
been resumed;
immigration agents tasked with homeland enforcement have been
reassigned;
a path
to citizenship
has been proposed for every illegal immigrant currently in the
country; and the prospective Attorney General, when asked if illegal
immigration laws would be enforced at all, could only reply “I
don't know”.
For
those concerned about the security and integrity of our border, these
are all red flags. For aspiring illegal immigrants, however, they are
like manna from heaven. The number of people surging across the
southern border has already
picked up.
It threatens in the next few months to become a veritable tidal wave.
Most will come from Central America, but increasing numbers are also
from as far afield as Africa,
the Middle East, and South Asia.
Needless to say, the more the Earth's poor feel that they will be
welcomed in the United States, the more they will come.
Republicans,
who are much more likely than Democrats to be concerned about this
problem, are unfortunately powerless to do anything about it.
Democrats and progressives, who tend to regard illegal immigrants as
morally and culturally superior to benighted “Anglos”, control
the presidency, all federal agencies regulating migration, the House,
and the Senate. Thus, if they wish to open the door to illegal
migrants — even millions or tens of millions of them — “We the
People” can do nothing but sit back and take it. In 2022, assuming
our elections are at least vaguely fair, we might
reacquire a voice in these matters, but until then we have to accept
that a “refugee” tsunami is headed our way.
As it turns out,
this is just one of the reasons why Republicans and conservatives are
despondent. Frankly, our views have become an irrelevance not just in
immigration matters, but in all policy areas.
For instance, the
Biden administration is plowing ahead with plans for ruinous levels
of new federal spending. The $1.9 trillion COVID “Relief” Bill is
just a down payment. Massive outlays on “infrastructure”, green
energy, health care, free college education, and “social justice”
initiatives like slavery reparations are in the pipeline. Anyone with
sense can see that inflation and higher interest rates are
coming...but, as usual, there is nothing we can do about it. Combine
this looming disaster with the unprecedented threats to the unborn,
to Second Amendment rights, to free speech, to religious liberty, and
even to our basic ability to operate businesses and to make a living,
and it's easy to see why many patriots are questioning their futures
in this country.
As if all this
were not bad enough, there is also the growing stigmatization of
dissent to consider. Conservatives are increasingly being hounded
from the public sphere, banned from social media platforms, fired
from their jobs, and derided as “traitors”, “white
supremacists”, and “extremists”. The bar for such accusations,
needless to say, is low, and it sinks lower every day. Those of us
who voted for Trump find ourselves not just on the losing end of a
presidential election, but despised and persecuted in our own land.
We were driven out of most educational and cultural institutions long
ago. Now the business and political worlds are conspiring to make our
isolation complete. No, we're not like the Jews in Nazi Germany, but
we often don't feel welcome in our own communities anymore either,
and that's a sad thing to admit.
And so, a ready
(if “outside the box”) solution presents itself! If soon the
cities and villages of Central America are to be emptied of their
“huddled masses” — that is, of every intrepid/beleaguered soul
who imagines that life in America may offer a ray of hope — then it
is inevitable that vacancies will arise in these tropical locales.
Might I suggest,
therefore, that, instead of suffering from depopulation and
destabilization, the governments of these Central American nations
should seize the opportunity that 74 million forlorn Trumpers
represent. Most of us, after all, are industrious, conscientious,
law-abiding, family-oriented, God-fearing, honest, and decent. We're
exactly the sort of migrants that any country — except America,
apparently — would want. Why not make an even trade, therefore?
Biden's USA wants all the impoverished Guatemalan subsistence farmers
it can get its hands on, and American conservatives want a fresh
start, a fair shake, and a land of opportunity and relative freedom
in which they can pursue their dreams and live according to their
values. Who's to say, then, that Make America Great Again (MAGA)
couldn't just as easily become Make Guatemala Great Again (MGGA)? 74
million Trumpers would go a long way to breathing new life into a
region that has long fallen short of its promise. What say you?
Heck, we could
probably sweeten the deal still further: Biden and the Dems would
presumably be happy to throw a few trillion dollars (what's it to
them?) at us would-be exiles, and the countries that agreed to take
us in, to grease the wheels of this ideological cleansing. It's a
small price to pay to rid yourself of millions of “deplorables”,
right?
All this, of
course, is mostly tongue-in-cheek...for now. We conservatives are not
yet ready to abandon the country we love, but we are ready to begin
asking the question: will it someday abandon us?
Donald J. Trump
is not the only patriot, therefore, who may eventually find that the
prospects of a life in exile are arguably superior to the constant
derision, harassment, and persecution he faces here at home. It's a
big, wide world, after all, and sunnier climes abound. The United
States of America has been the “shining city on a hill” for over
200 years, yes, but, as the saying goes, all good things must come to
an end...
Food for thought.
Dr.
Nicholas L. Waddy is an Associate Professor of History at SUNY Alfred
and blogs at: www.waddyisright.com.
He appears on the Newsmaker Show on WLEA 1480/106.9.
And here it is at Townhall:
https://townhall.com/columnists/nicholaswaddy/2021/02/24/hey-central-america-have-i-got-a-deal-for-you-n2585220
In other news, Emperor Cuomo's sins appear to be catching up with him, although his approval rating is still above 50%! What a state, huh? You can kill old people and hide their corpses, in effect, and the voters still like you, as long as you have a "D" after your name... Oy!
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/23/gov-cuomo-approval-drops-6-points-nursing-home-fallout-continues/
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/02/andrew-cuomo-is-everything-the-press-accused-ron-desantis-of-being/
Keep a close eye on the Dems' efforts to pressure cable providers to drop conservative news networks. Congress probably won't be front and center in this effort. I expect the agitation of leftist grassroots activists will be more significant. Boycotts, tweet storms, picketing -- this sort of thing gets the attention of big corporations, and the lefties are masters of it. Their chief goal, as always, is to destroy the opposition.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/23/fox-news-oann-newsmax-crosshairs-democrats-push-co/
Finally, conservatives of every stripe are uniting to protect election integrity, and for good reason. If we can't trust that our elections are fair, or at least minimally fair, we'll never win another important state or national election again. This one is non-negotiable, people!
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/02/23/trump_alum_social_conservatives_launch_effort_to_kill_hr_1_145290.html
