Posted by
grassroots_conservative on Saturday, February 09, 2008 1:14:35 AM
There are foolish and traitorous people
all around us. They tell us we can't have it our way all the time.
They tell us we should compromise. They tell us to stop rocking the
boat. To them I say, it was the refusal of compromise that won us our
independence, that freed the slaves, that kept the light of freedom
burning in this world and that toppled the greatest regime of
oppression we have ever known.
This popular and insidious myth sadly
affects many who labor as advocates of the truth. They think there is
virtue in compromise. They believe that by bringing the enemy into
their homes they can win him over, but in truth that is a moral decay
that will inescapably erode their sense of what's right and wrong.
I am not talking about the compromise
of trying to decide which restaurant to visit or what living room
furniture to buy. I am talking about core principles—especially the
ones outlined in our country's founding documents. I am talking about
the principles of freedom that make up our immortal souls, for we
were created with the ability and the purpose to discern good from
evil and to choose the good.
Light and darkness cannot occupy the
same space. When the light is ascended, the darkness flees: “the
light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not.”
Likewise evil lurks where truth or goodness is absent, and it cannot
abide when they come about. When the waters are muddied and the truth
obfuscated, evil is who triumphs; and when you leave the lies of your
enemy unanswered, you are abandoning your cause to be extinguished.
Three eternal principles governing the
act of compromise were taught by Ayn Rand in an article included in
her book Capitalism:
The Unknown Ideal. In a conflict between two groups with
similar principles, it is the more consistent one that wins. In a
collaboration between two groups holding different principles, the
more irrational one wins. When opposing principles are not clearly
defined, the more irrational one wins.
Here is how the scam of compromise
works:
The liar says to the fool: “If you
don't cooperate, everyone will think you're not a team player.”
Fool: “Oh, no! I'm a team player, I'm
a team player!”
Liar: “Okay, prove it.”
Fool: “Fine. I'll compromise. I'm on
the team now, right?”
Liar (under his breath): “Yeah—the
losing team!”
It's hard enough to be constantly on
the defensive and on the offensive. It's so much worse when we have
to also battle the fools amongst our own ranks. If our principles are
to win out, we must be consistent and persistent. If lies are to be
uncovered, it will only be through our tireless efforts to expose
them.
Now on the question for whom to vote:
you must choose based on the principles of what is right and which
issues have the top priority. The perfect candidate does not exist.
Do you vote for the liar just to teach the fool a lesson? That could
be a fatal mistake. Vote for the fool—at least you know you can
browbeat him into doing what's right.