Op-ed:
Negating American Culture
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots /
Right Side Patriots Radio
The Op-ed posted here is this authors opinion alone,and does not necessarily
represent the views of blogspot.com or Google.
The
words “Cultural identity” are usually dictionary
defined as being,
“the shared characteristics of a
group of people which encompasses their place of birth,
religion, language, social behaviors, literature, art, and music.”
In other words, it's the commonality of that which unites together
those who share not only an ancestral origin but who adhere to a
given ideology...political or otherwise...coupled with a specific set
of values, beliefs, societal norms, and narratives.
And at times in our nation's past assorted what became known as
“cultural identities” were kept somewhat in both
perspective and in-check when weighing the commonalities which helped
to unite our multitudes together against that which separated and
divided folks of different backgrounds into what has now morphed into
compartmentalized sub-categories. And it's those sub-categories that
have not only become prevalent in today's America... what with the
words “cultural identity”
taking over the public discourse...leaving what really defines
one as being an “American” to be used instead to help not
only divide the very “fabric” that encompasses the
entirety of what is the collective sum of “We the People,”
but to shame, mock, and accuse our country of being a “racist
nation” if we don't buy into the liberal rhetoric known as
DEI...“diversity, equity,” and
“inclusion.”
Our beloved America has also...in the name of liberal generated
“political correctness”...been stripped of what unites
“We
the People” together simply
because the
“natural order of things” has been willfully
corrupted and compromised solely for one party's political gain. And
this, in turn, leaves those of us who still proudly call ourselves
“Americans”...as in we who refuse to buy into the
sub-group category known as
“identity politics”...those
of us who will not use hyphens, skin color, sexuality, or
religious affiliation to define who we are as
“Americans”...are being
forced to embrace and accept into our
American
“cultural identity” any and everything the left
chooses to label as being part of America's new
“cultural norm.”
And this is no matter where or
why said label came to be...whether it be courtesy of dictated
political discourse or simply via mainstream media rhetoric being
repeated so many times that mass indoctrination itself took hold of
the public discourse
.
Sadly, in our country today...again thanks to the far
left... what is called
“identity politics” has not only
changed the fundamentals of
“American culture,” but it has now so overwhelmed the public discourse that we find even basic level
“Americanism” being shunned only to be replaced by an
entity of subgroups known as
“Black culture, White culture,
Hispanic culture, Oriental culture, Indigenous People's culture, Christian
culture, Jewish culture, Muslim culture, Gay
culture, Transgender culture, Woke culture,” the list goes on
ad-nauseum. In other words, what was true
“American culture”
has broken down to such a degree that any and all that deem
themselves to be a culture unto itself is now being forcibly shoved
down our throats as must be accepted components of the fabric of our
nation
Simply, what the leftists forget is that, at times, the sum of the
whole of “American culture” is not always derived by its
individual nor unique components, for such components do tend to be
be added or removed when the political parties in control of power
switch hands. However, what does make we “Americans” and
our “culture” unique is not about the
names we call ourselves nor is about TV shows watched, games played,
books read, foods eaten, individual religious beliefs held or not
held, or which poliical party one belongs to, but it is about that
which collectively binds us together as “We
the People” while encompassing our
individual similarities yet understanding our multitude of individual
differences.
“
American culture”
is also not about where one was born nor must it ever be about the color of ones skin for once we are able to look past “skin
color” other more important issues might naturally start falling into
place. But what “
American culture” is about is the joining together of our individual
differences and melding them together into an amalgam
that represents the sum total of one united people...a people who
believe in and cherish the rule of law and the freedoms our
Constitution affords us while at the same time striving for that
which is the hallmark of “American
exceptionalism.” Remember,
“America culture”...true
“American culture”...has
in it no place for hate, bigotry, or divisiveness for the culture that
comprises our nation's reality must remain one of “unity” because without “unity”
we as a nation will ultimately fail only to be replaced by something
unrecognizable to us...something which we might never be able to
return from.
But, and sad as it might be, maybe America's
failing is and has always been the ultimate goal of some...some who
have no pride in nor love for this country coupled with their having
no respect for her Constitutional rule of law. Instead, these are
folks who relish in using an arsenal comprised of divisiveness, hate, violence, and fearmongering as the weapons by which to use against that what is
our great “republic.”
The “enemies within”
now come to life...enemies usually funded in their quest by “enemies
from without”...enemies who have much to
gain by first culturally weaponizing certain groups of people against
what is the sum of “American culture,”
and then moving on from there to negating America herself.
And here I start with whom I consider to be the
antithesis of what is not only tried and true “American
culture” but “American
exceptionalism” as
well.
Simply,
“ground zero” from
which began the corruption of said “American
culture,” as well as the man who
initiated and then implemented the far left turn into the cultural
and moral ludicrousness that has overtaken our nation. And he did so,
first by his directly stirring the pot of racial discontentment while
adding into it what were decidedly adversarial social and moral
narratives, and then by his hoping to at least get close to finishing
the job he started courtesy of the shell of a man that is Joe Biden.
But now this same man has tasked his newest puppet Kamala Harris with
finishing the job Biden failed to do...while keeping his fingers
crossed.
And so now as the annals of “American
cultural history” continues to be
written...history that must be based upon fact not upon how one man
wants or doesn't want it to be written...misrepresentations still
abound as to what really is meant by “American
culture.”
So here I present the words of John F. Kennedy (JFK), America's 35th president...a Democrat who if alive
today would be a Republican not so unlike in nature of that of our
45th and hopefully 47th President Donald J. Trump... for not only are
both men's policies quite similar in nature, but so too is their
wanting what's best for America and for the American people.
Kennedy's famous words, “Ask not what your
country can do for you...ask what you can do for your country,”
puts our
country not individual partisan politics first as do Trump's important words,
“I want to be be president of all of America not just half of
America.”
Simply, our
identity as to who we should be as a nation...as a country...as in
putting “country first”
in the hopes of uniting “We the
People” together
as one in
“liberty and freedom” should
be paramount above all else, while
at the same time striving to restore “common
sense”
and “civility”
to the political discourse. Together these are what truly defines
“American culture”
or at least they should be. Case closed.
Copyright © 2024 / Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.
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...And at times in our nation's past assorted what became known as
“cultural identities” were kept somewhat in both
perspective and in-check when weighing the commonalities which helped
to unite our multitudes together against that which separated and
divided folks of different backgrounds into what has now morphed into
compartmentalized sub-categories. And it's those sub-categories that
have not only become prevalent in today's America... what with the
words “cultural identity”
taking over the public discourse...leaving what really defines
one as being an “American” to be used instead to help not
only divide the very “fabric” that encompasses the
entirety of what is the collective sum of “We the People,”
but to shame, mock, and accuse our country of being a “racist
nation” if we don't buy into the liberal rhetoric known as
DEI...“diversity, equity,” and
“inclusion.” 
