BY DAN VALENTI

PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY

(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY AUG. 24, 2020) — With the Republican National Convention opening, and with this being Massachusetts, the Berkshires, with little chance of you finding media that share alternate views, THE PLANET presents this column, first published by July 24, 2020 on Town Hall website.

It discusses a political reality few talk about, some know, and most suspect: That the polarizing political climate has imposed a weird self-censorship on Trump-Pence supporters. They won’t show their support publicly for fear of reprisal.

Yes, we are at that point in America.

As the column suggests, it’s this large number of people — the Masses of the Muzzled — who could make the difference on Nov. 2 and give Trump-Pence four more years.

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BY LARRY O’CONNOR

A stunning new poll from the Cato Institute shows 62% of Americans are afraid to openly share their political beliefs with a whopping 77% of Republicans fearing backlash for being “outed” as a Trump-supporting conservative.

No one who has been paying attention to our society should be shocked by this.

From Fox News‘ Tucker Carlson nearly getting doxxed by The New York Times to New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees being ostracized by the same sports league he helped enrich to a teacher in Michigan getting fired for saying Donald Trump is our president (which, last time I checked was an undeniable fact), publicly expressing any opinion that goes against the … radical left endangers one’s privacy, career, and even physical well-being.

The culture has been fostered and empowered by intersectional academic elites protected by tenure at well-endowed (and government-funded) universities as well as the arbiters of acceptable behavior who sit behind plexiglass desks in cable news studios high above the streets of Manhattan. Their lessons have been carefully and painfully taught to all Americans. If you’re not in-line with the woke minority with the loudest voices, better stay quiet if you know what’s good for you.

One question from the Cato poll is most relevant to the lesson we’ve all had to learn:  “Would you support or oppose firing a business executive from their job if it became known that they privately donated money to Republican Donald Trump’s re-election campaign for president?”

Forty-two percent of Democrats and 50% of liberals answered “Yes.”

With a liberal in America, you’ve got a 50/50 shot of being fired if it’s discovered you donated to the re-election of the president of the United States. A coin-flip. Who wants to take those chances?

They’ll destroy anyone in their way. And they’ll even lie to do it.

They attacked a 16-year-old boy whose only sin was to wear a MAGA hat while attending a march to protect unborn babies. But, that was enough for the inquisition to condemn him. If they could lie to destroy his life, you think they’ll hesitate to use your comment on a Facebook post to destroy yours?

Of course, they will. It’s what they do. And they think it’s how they will win.

But they’re wrong.

At least, for now, they’re wrong.

You see, we don’t have to win arguments on Twitter. We don’t need to dominate someone’s Facebook page. We don’t need to prove our point in the lunchroom at work. We don’t have to one-up our liberal brother-in-law at the dinner table.

We just need to vote.

We just need to keep our heads down, smile as they scream and rant, and try to burn down their own failed Democrat-run cities, and vote.

We don’t need to constantly argue for funding our cops; we just need to elect representatives who are paid to make that argument for us.

We don’t need to rail against Nancy Pelosi’s lies and corruption; we just need to elect enough Republicans to Congress to de-fang her once and for all.

We don’t need to convince anyone about the dangers of a Biden administration populated by Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Ilhan Omar; we just need to re-elect Donald Trump, who is not afraid to make these arguments for us.

He is unafraid. He’s been there. They call him “Hitler” on a regular basis and he keeps fighting. Let him. Let him fight on your behalf as long as you are there for him in November.

You are not the problem.

They are.

They should be embarrassed to voice their destructive ideologies in a country that only allows it due to the sacrifice of brave men and women like you who fought for these lunatics’ right to scream in the streets in the first place.

But this is the world we live in today. Be proud that you are in the silent 77% of this country who believe in the founding principles and values of this great nation but are too intimidated to speak that truth out loud. Own it. And show up in November.

The mob is not winning by keeping you silent and resolved.

The mob only wins if they actually win.

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THE PLANET hopes you found the article stimulating and a spur for thoughtful comment.

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“If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they don’t want to hear” — George Orwell.

“OPEN THE WINDOW, AUNT MILLIE.”

LOVE TO ALL.

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