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“Veterans Day” Three of my uncles fought in WW2. My father-in-law and step-father both fought in Korea. Donna’s cousin was a pilot who was shot down in battle, and is listed on the Vietnam memorial in DC. Today, we honor the service of our veterans. As I travel the country working on election reform I meet many veterans. Their realistic, practical, military mindset has affected my worldview and my grassroots strategy. Because of my years in the science ivory tower, I’ve tended to think more idealistically and philosophically. Scientific exploration is a luxury, and it is only possible because of the sacrifices of those who fought for our liberty to engage it. I am grateful for their service. But in war, people sacrifice. People die. A soldier does not have the luxury of a philosophical debate when the bombs are falling and the bullets are flying. Either fight well together, or you and your compatriots may die. So it’s not surprising to me that veterans in our society lean heavily to the Right. They know the high price of our liberty, so they have a low tolerance for the silliness on the Left. In the US, our liberty is under siege. Philosophically, we would like to tolerate a wide variety of viewpoints. But practically, collectivism is our enemy, and communists are willing to kill those that are not willing to fall in line. We tend to have a short memory. Let me remind you that the Korean 38th parallel is the theoretical line between communism and the free world. After the Korean conflict, all the northern churches were closed and the Christians martyred. Today, it considered treason to be a Christian in the north, and you are executed. While tolerance is a virtue, we cannot allow our tolerance to make us vulnerable to the extent that we permit our communist and Islamic enemies to infiltrate and undermine the liberty that we’ve been given at such a high price. That is what is happening right now. Our affluence, apathy, and tolerance have enable our enemies to establish a foothold in America. It’s time that we adopt a more practical, military mindset. Kyrie eleison.