Progressivism highly depends on one item – a lack of education in history. Without a firm foundation of what and WHY something has happened in the past, well, you can say anything you want, even lies, in misleading people. Why? They have no idea on how to respond to that lie. For this guy, Manual Martinez, his history was up close and personal. He’s already been through this “it is for your protection” before – and he lost his country to Communism (also known as Progressivism, for the end goal is the same).
“A man who fled Cuba’s communist regime in the 1960s blasted Oregon lawmakers Thursday during a public hearing on proposed gun control legislation. Manuel Martinez, who narrowly escaped Cuba in 1962 after being imprisoned for opposing Fidel Castro, passionately defended the Second Amendment in front of Oregon’s Senate Judiciary Committee, comparing the state’s attempts to pass gun control to moves made by his former government.
“Don’t sell me this. A very powerful man tried to sell me this 50-something years ago, I didn’t buy it,” Martinez said. “This is Marxism, plain and clear.”
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On the other hands, active Conservatives know their history better and their political philosophy better than most – and thus you see us right along Marinez. We refuse to accept “Oh, that can never happen here – this is America!”. For we’ve been watching this for a while as they don’t call Progressivism “incremental Socialism” for nuthin….
