{"id":1658,"date":"2013-02-06T08:12:28","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T14:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=1658"},"modified":"2013-02-06T08:12:28","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T14:12:28","slug":"criticize-a-dictator-then-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=1658","title":{"rendered":"CRITICIZE A DICTATOR &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; THEN WHAT?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Politicians, talk show hosts, conservative leaders, writers&#8212;many criticize (with clear documentation) the encroaching tyranny of the dictator in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Then what?<\/p>\n<p>I see a universal unspoken assumption that if we sufficiently document our criticism and inform others, then somehow the threat will go away.<\/p>\n<p>Then what?<\/p>\n<p>Historical fact (not my opinion):\u00a0 If a rising dictator is not stopped by force (not just criticism), critics will be eliminated first, and then freedom for everyone will be eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sobering advice:\u00a0 Everyone (including myself) who voices criticism of the regime destroying America, must &#8220;pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor&#8221; to declare our independence again.<\/p>\n<p>It will cost a lot more than air time and writing time to win back our freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politicians, talk show hosts, conservative leaders, writers&#8212;many criticize (with clear documentation) the encroaching tyranny of the dictator in Washington. Then what? I see a universal unspoken assumption that if we sufficiently document our criticism and inform others, then somehow the threat will go away. Then what? Historical fact (not my opinion):\u00a0 If a rising dictator [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspire_lifter","category-political-cultural"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1659,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658\/revisions\/1659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}