A person exercising absolute power, especially a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control.
A person who authoritatively prescribes conduct, usage, etc.:
A Dictator of fashion.
The world has a Dictator. The Dictator tells you how to think. The Dictator does not allow an alternative opinion other than his. He tells you that you have to think like him to be a reasonable human being. The new Dictator of western culture tells you that you cannot have a traditional opinion on ethics or moral behaviour or sexuality. The “Iron Curtain” that used to keep people and their beliefs boxed in was torn down around 1989 and freedom of choice came to millions for the first time in their lifetime. People could openly practice their faith and make their own choices about their lives without fear of being arrested or fired from their jobs.
In the year 2019 the new Dictator has hung a newly fashioned iron curtain on the hooks of liberalism and is now blocking out the sunlight of free choice and conviction. No longer is it permitted to say that you believe that God’s plan for human flourishing is found in the pages of the Bible. The Dictator’s bible is the media and his creeds set forth on Netflix, YouTube and the evening news. Actors are his henchmen and musicians sing the hymns of post-modern man.
Whatever famous people say is now the standard for truth. There is no longer a certain set of principles to live by except that “every person does what is right in his own eyes.”
And now the dictator of moral relativism has decreed that if I dare disagree with what you I have to go for “sensitivity training” so that I not descend any further into the savage ways of a Judeo-Christian ethic. Is this not an attempt to brainwash me?
The new Dictator has said that the ancient wisdom is passé and that to propose that there is a real and objective truth is flat out wrong.
Humans were never made to be robots. We are not automatons, programmed to only be allowed to think one way. What happened to the freedom we to have of having discussions with various opinions. The new Dictator has said that there are now only some opinions that are allowed to be offered. Are you and I on board with a system that limits human freedom of expression and opinion? Can you have a civil conversation with someone who has a different opinion than you and do just as much listening as talking? Can you simply say, “Good talk—thanks for the conversation and the coffee”? Or do you have to be part of the rage that is blazing through our culture? You don’t have to be angry all the time towards people who are different than you.
We westerners live in a culture where Orwell’s “thought police” are now a reality. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the Thought Police are the secret police who discover and punish anyone who has personal or political thoughts unapproved by the Party. Well, the Dictator of the Liberal media has his thought police out in force.
I always tell people that a “cult” is any group of people who try to control your behaviour and tell you how to think. So, by that Definition, people that try to control your behaviour by limiting what you are allowed to say or by stopping you from offering an opinion that is different than theirs are, in essence, being a cult.
Remember your rights. Remember that the Canadian Charter of Rights states that everyone has the following fundamental freedoms:
(a) freedom of conscience and religion;
(b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press v.
and other media of communication;
(c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and
(d) freedom of association.
I want to respect the freedom that hundreds of thousands of our soldiers died for. We want to be able to have our opinions and convictions but we need to be mindful of the fact that in this current climate it is important to remember the rights of others in the charter.
I am 51 years old. And in my half century of life I have met thousands of people with varied opinions. I have seen many fads come and go. I have seen public opinion swing from east to west and north to south. I don’t get too excited when I see someone who has a different opinion than me getting the spotlight. That is because I believe in God and that He is sovereign and that anything that is out of line will be set right one day. I love that old and awesome old Christmas hymn that states, “the wrong shall fail, the right prevail—peace on earth, good will to man.” We can be proponents of peace on earth and good will to all men and women. I have Christian, Athiest, Liberal, Conservative, Gay and Straight people who are my friends and family. We all get along because we are all able to sit down and have a cup of coffee and accept each other, love each other, listen to each other and talk. We refuse to let the Dictator build a wall between us. We refuse to let his thought police tell us what to think.
Calm down. Love the people around you. Listen to them. Don’t rebuke them for having a different opinion than you. Don’t talk about divisive things online. Discuss these things face to face. It isn’t worth it to argue on social media. It doesn’t do any good. One speaker I was listening to said, “Don’t cut someone’s nose off and then offer them a rose to smell”. That means don’t be rude and then hope the person can grasp the “beauty” of your opinion.
Love God—Love people. All people. Love your enemies. Love those who disagree with you. Be quick to listen and slow to speak and slow to get angry. All those things are in then Someone much wiser than I said all those things. I agree with Him.
‘Nuff said.
