Stop spreading the lie

 

                                              Thoughts from The Middle Of Nowhere

 

   I'm a Republican, Christian, cisgender, heterosexual male. I’m still waiting to see these musings published so that I might hear your feed back.

   It's time to trashcan “stop the steal”. There are numerous reasons for this action.

   The number one reason is that it's a lie. There is no credible evidence that any type of election tampering  occurred. There were no voting machines switching votes. There were no mail in ballots cast by anyone but registered voters. There were no Trump ballots left uncounted.

   President Trump lost pure and simple. He's done inestimable damage, however,  by claiming all the above occurred and more. His refusal to admit to the truth has deeply divided the country. It’s being reported that 68% of reported Trump voters still believe there was something screwy about the election.

   The most militant of them are advocating armed resistance to the governance of President Biden. Their reasoning is that since his election is invalid it is their patriotic duty to prevent the enforcement of any and all laws, executive orders, etc. that he signs. Make no mistake this is sedition and is illegal. If you hear anyone, friends, family, anyone making these threats report them to your local law enforcement. They are attempting to destroy all that this country is founded on.

   Less serious, but equally troubling is the damage believing these lies does to your emotional and spiritual, and physical health. Emotionally having something you believe in ridiculed by family and friends causes anger and doubt.

  Physically the emotion of anger causes the fight or flight response. This raises heart rate, respiration rate,  and blood pressure.  The first and last can lead to heart attack and/or stroke.

  Spiritually believing and spreading lies is against the rules of all gods. All of the world religions hold to higher standards of truth by their followers. Violating those standards distances the believer from their god(s).

   On a happier note: the Chiefs showed they can win from the lead. It wasn’t always pretty, but it was a win. Hoping Patrick Mahomes injury isn't to severe. I do think we need to deep six the tomahawk chop and chant.

Peace and Love from

An old hippie in the Middle

John R Akins