I
don't know everything about the platform of the republican party. I
see memes pointing to it. Let me offer a common sense conservative
platform in a few words and see if it resonates:
Culture - there is a common culture in America. Yes we are a melting pot, but when you come here to become part of that, you can still remember your roots, but you must melt in. The idea that a person comes here and rejects cultural norms is unacceptable. This has to do with law, not sharia. No independent legal system. We are a nation of laws and without reliance on those laws we have anarchy. We are close to that now.
Language - I love learning languages. I speak 2.5 now and learning another (Italian). YET when I do business, when I write, when I speak in the USA I speak the language of our nation, ENGLISH. Speaking it well is essential. Writing it with competence is critical. Reading it will protect you. So when we have dozens of alternative languages for normal communications we are polluting our nation. When I lived and worked in Germany, I did business in German, testified in German in courts, bought and sold in German, read German literature and watched German TV with understanding. There was no need to have anything else.
Life - There is more to this than Abortion. It's all life. Courtesy, care for the poor without enablement, not killing our elderly, keeping a vigorous competitive independent non governmental health care system, allowing innovation that creates a better life for all. To in fact offer all Americans the right to the PURSUIT (not the promise) Of Life, Liberty and Happiness. There are many who come against that idea. They must be defeated.
Freedom - This seems to be understood as do what you want to do by many. This is not that, this is the responsibility to not encroach on others by your need to be free. In other words allowing other people freedom over your need for it. This has to do with little things like parking in a lot properly so others are free to use the lot, by putting back in the proper place in a store something you have chosen not to buy so they have the freedom to buy what you took off the shelf, putting the shopping cart back where it is supposed to be so others are free to navigate the store parking lot without danger of hitting your cart and mostly by being fully able to live life looking in the mirror with a guilt free mind. I remember the British Press after open immigration saying that the Death of the CUE was the end of Great Britain. It was. You don't have the right to jump line...ever. The hardened heart is a dangerous infection in many.
Law and Property Rights - This is the core linchpin in our national fabric. When people openly violate laws, riot, kill, destroy and think they get away with it we have a breakdown. Our national goal must be the rule of law and respect for property.
Secure Borders - It is the duty of government to secure our borders against all invaders foreign and those who are here without permission domestically. We must require that those coming in and those who are here are here with permission. It's our house. Yes I live in it by birth, but we can't expect to pollute our nation's population with people who come for reasons not in line with those ideals above. It is a privilege to be an American. It should be treated as such. I want people from around the world to come here, it's a great place, just don't come and try to impose the image of where you came from. That happens best when we have serious border policy. No more chain migration. No more anchor babies. No more catch and release policy when someone asks for Asylum. it's out of hand. No more invasions because we don't have secure borders. We can do this. Many countries do. When I lived in Europe before the wall came down, there were borders between east and west Germany. The guard towers that lined that border were occupied with shoot to kill guards. If you decided to cross you would be shot. I don't want to go there, but we can't expect to allow invasion unchecked. It's were we are now.
IF these seem foreign to you, you need to thing what our constitutional republic really means.
Culture - there is a common culture in America. Yes we are a melting pot, but when you come here to become part of that, you can still remember your roots, but you must melt in. The idea that a person comes here and rejects cultural norms is unacceptable. This has to do with law, not sharia. No independent legal system. We are a nation of laws and without reliance on those laws we have anarchy. We are close to that now.
Language - I love learning languages. I speak 2.5 now and learning another (Italian). YET when I do business, when I write, when I speak in the USA I speak the language of our nation, ENGLISH. Speaking it well is essential. Writing it with competence is critical. Reading it will protect you. So when we have dozens of alternative languages for normal communications we are polluting our nation. When I lived and worked in Germany, I did business in German, testified in German in courts, bought and sold in German, read German literature and watched German TV with understanding. There was no need to have anything else.
Life - There is more to this than Abortion. It's all life. Courtesy, care for the poor without enablement, not killing our elderly, keeping a vigorous competitive independent non governmental health care system, allowing innovation that creates a better life for all. To in fact offer all Americans the right to the PURSUIT (not the promise) Of Life, Liberty and Happiness. There are many who come against that idea. They must be defeated.
Freedom - This seems to be understood as do what you want to do by many. This is not that, this is the responsibility to not encroach on others by your need to be free. In other words allowing other people freedom over your need for it. This has to do with little things like parking in a lot properly so others are free to use the lot, by putting back in the proper place in a store something you have chosen not to buy so they have the freedom to buy what you took off the shelf, putting the shopping cart back where it is supposed to be so others are free to navigate the store parking lot without danger of hitting your cart and mostly by being fully able to live life looking in the mirror with a guilt free mind. I remember the British Press after open immigration saying that the Death of the CUE was the end of Great Britain. It was. You don't have the right to jump line...ever. The hardened heart is a dangerous infection in many.
Law and Property Rights - This is the core linchpin in our national fabric. When people openly violate laws, riot, kill, destroy and think they get away with it we have a breakdown. Our national goal must be the rule of law and respect for property.
Secure Borders - It is the duty of government to secure our borders against all invaders foreign and those who are here without permission domestically. We must require that those coming in and those who are here are here with permission. It's our house. Yes I live in it by birth, but we can't expect to pollute our nation's population with people who come for reasons not in line with those ideals above. It is a privilege to be an American. It should be treated as such. I want people from around the world to come here, it's a great place, just don't come and try to impose the image of where you came from. That happens best when we have serious border policy. No more chain migration. No more anchor babies. No more catch and release policy when someone asks for Asylum. it's out of hand. No more invasions because we don't have secure borders. We can do this. Many countries do. When I lived in Europe before the wall came down, there were borders between east and west Germany. The guard towers that lined that border were occupied with shoot to kill guards. If you decided to cross you would be shot. I don't want to go there, but we can't expect to allow invasion unchecked. It's were we are now.
IF these seem foreign to you, you need to thing what our constitutional republic really means.
