By Raynard Jackson
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Historically, this has meant father, mother, sister, brother, grandparents, and sometimes other extended family members. With the onslaught of the Industrial Revolution came what we now know as the nuclear family-father, mother, brother and sister.
During the 19th and 20th centuries, immigrants flooded into America in an effort to flee oppressive governments back home or to pursue greener pastures here.
It was implicitly understood that English was the de facto official language, being a good citizen was expected, and contributing to the betterment of America was one’s civic and moral obligation.
Children were taught to go to school, get a job, get married, and to raise a family. These principles served us pretty well as a nation until recently.
Now, I no longer know what it means to be an American.
People come to this country, legally and illegally, and refuse to speak English. Judges and politicians are redefining the family unit; gender is no longer determined at birth; the government is invading every aspect of both our public and private lives.
How is it possible for mankind to be so arrogant as to say their gender is no longer determined at birth, based on the anatomical features present when they are born?
Now that Mother Nature is getting up in age, she is beginning to make all sorts of mistakes. Boys born with penises are claiming to be girls; girls born with vaginas are now claiming to be boys.
Some are even going so far as to say there is no longer a thing called gender; there is no male or female; but rather one can “self-identify” from moment to moment as to what their gender is. Even President Obama has demonstrated his belief in this foolishness. A few months ago, he made bathrooms in the White House “gender neutral.” Bathrooms are no longer labeled as male or female. You can now choose which one to use based on how you “self-identify” at that moment.
I can’t help but be reminded of the Greek philosopher, Protagoras. I studied him while attending Oral Roberts University. He is considered the father of relativism, which basically said there are no absolutes.
Protagoras is best known for his statement, “Man is the measure of all things: of the things that are, that they are, that they are, of the things that are not, that they are not.” So this insidious notion of “self-identifying,” is an extension of Protagoras’ philosophy.
According to this view, there is no God or any higher power. Each individual is the all and be all of their existence. There is no common moral framework by which man should live by; every man lives by his on individual moral code.
By believing thus, a society loses the very glue that keeps a people united. Typically, language, moral values, and patriotism are some of those common threads that make a society cohesive.
I currently stand at five foot eight inches tall; but I currently self-identify as six foot eight inches tall, therefore, I should legally be recognized by that which I believe, regardless of whether it’s based on facts.
As crazy as the above sounds, is this not what Rachel Dolezal did. She is the White woman who is the head of the Spokane, Washington chapter of the NAACP. Last week she admitted that she was born White, but now she self-identifies as Black; thus, making her Black. Even on legal documents she has been listing her race as Black, though her own birth certificate states that she is White.
She should be prosecuted to every extent of the law and the NAACP should have fired her immediately.
But, as usual, the NAACP’s leadership showed why no one takes them seriously as an organization. Here is what their national office had to say about Dolezal, “One’s racial identity is not a qualifying criteria or disqualifying standard for NAACP leadership.” So, I guess lying is now a permitted quality for a leadership position with the NAACP.
Since there are no longer any absolutes, we now have a country where sex is no longer determined at birth and race is no longer determined by genetics or ancestry. I can claim to be seven feet tall, though I am only five foot eight; but yet have the legal standing of being a seven footer simply because I say it’s so.
Would you go to a medical professional who only “self-identifies” as a physician; having never attended medical school?
A society without rules is a society in chaos. You have little kids thinking they are homosexual; you have people in the country illegally who think they have a constitutional right to be here; entertainers like Kanye West and Omar Epps think it is OK for them to wear dresses.
Values are the DNA of a society and America has lost its values in the name of individual freedom. Freedom only works within the context of shared rules or beliefs.
The game of basketball is a good example. Everyone that plays the game agrees to a common set of rules by which the game is played. Within these rules are opportunities for individual players to express their uniqueness.
But without a common acceptance of the rules of the game, basketball cannot exist.
So it is with America; without common acceptance of rules dealing with sexuality, morals law & order, we will no longer exist as a society.
Raynard Jackson & Associates, LLC is an internationally recognized political consulting, government affairs, and PR firm based in Washington, DC. Jackson is an internationally recognized radio talk show host and TV commentator. He has coined the phrase “straticist.” As a straticist, he has merged strategic planning with public relations.
