Penna Dexter

The spectacles created on football fields as players kneel, sit or raise fists during the national anthem are the latest evidence of the Left’s success in undermining institutions and traditions that Americans once held dear. These grown men are unwitting pawns of the progressive left in pursuit of its anti-American agenda. The Left employs many tactics to undermine the unity that’s so desirable in a nation. One is to encourage minorities to embrace victimhood, to divide the society into identity groups. The Left encourages allegiance to one’s identity — race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation — over and above allegiance to country or humanity. The Left also works tirelessly to overturn — or at least overcome —the results of elections it loses. No election can defeat an entrenched ideology. But holdovers from the previous administration, liberals who populate our “administrative state,” and an intelligence community that has been weaponized are currently blocking conservative accomplishments and stalling out the president’s agenda. The Left is ruthless in its pressure on corporations and non-profits to enact shameful policies in pursuit of its definition of equality. It’s got a lock on public education, especially higher education. It is busy undermining truth and the meaning of words, like male and female. It’s spreading the idea that religious or patriotic values are hateful and must be snuffed out. How do we push back? First, we must map the Left. We’ve got to understand the territory. The Israelites sent “men to spy out the land of Canaan.” They found the land to be “exceedingly good.” They also saw pitfalls. They reported, “the people are strong. And the cities are fortified and very large.” When we do this kind of mapping, we learn the Left has many small organizations. Many of these are tiny — really — well-funded shells. But the Left is visible and very organized. Joshua and Caleb assessed the obstacles and eventually led the people into the land. The Lord was with them. We also must enlist His help.