The source of the manufacturers of unwritten cultural mandates is unseen; finalized into laws when the impact of good or bad moral mindsets fills the halls of government. Unfortunately, but necessarily, the nature of free market economies does not limit or force a spirit of righteousness or wickedness upon the people. Public opinion is the result of the impact of education and the accepted establishment media. Hopefully, and prayerfully, digital media will grow into a force to overcome the nefarious activities of the former. Post-WWII challenges by the twin pillars of despotism, collectivism, and atheism are winning over Godly, biblical wisdom and beating down the underpinnings of liberty.
“It’s often said that marketing is warfare.” A quote by Dr. Laura Schlessinger endorsing David Kupelian’s 2005 book: “The Marketing of Evil: How Radicals, Elitists, and Pseudo-Experts Sell Us Corruption.” David Kupelian reveals the stunning strategies and tactics of persuasion employed by those engaged in an all-out war against America’s Judeo-Christian culture. Selling homosexuality to America was initiated by brilliant marketing experts Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen; essentially a manifesto advocating gay activists refrain from former tactics such as vulgar activity disrupting church services. Straight America would soon be convinced that gays are the victims.
Merchants of evil make big money selling corruption in many ways by calling it freedom. Writers of the 1960’s porn magazines would heap praise on Canada’s progress toward Gomorrah recently published in the Daily Mail. A judge in Canada ruled that “a non-binary Canadian’s $70,000 gender affirming surgery – that will see her keep her penis and get a vagina constructed – will be fully funded by the taxpayer.” (My apologies to the ladies for the gross quote). At the beginning of this revolutionary mindset, fomenting in the darkness of the closet, the moral fiber of our culture wisely kept the door locked. Open your eyes. America is close behind.
Why did the often-used cliche, “these people don’t even know the difference between men and women,” become so uncool? Marketing is warfare, extremely well organized and financed; we, who stand for Judaeo-Christian morality, are not. In 1970, as a young father of four, I was working at Raytheon in a department of about a hundred. Well known for my John Birch activity in our Movement to Restore Decency Committee, I was approached by a father of a 17-year-old young lady. He was upset about an ENGENUE magazine article called: “After The First Kiss: What might Happen and Should Happen.” Naturally, the dad was unhappy about content advocating oral sex.
Known as a French equivalent to Seventeen magazine, ENGENUE was one of the magazines sold by our PEP Committee to make money for our summer picnics. I wrote a protest petition, signed by over half of our department, and then presented it to the committee chairman. Several weeks later, because of widespread backlash, we were informed that the publisher-author was fired and the magazine’s name was changed. Pornography, the breeding seed of LGBTQ+, was on its way, now contaminating our culture with perverted minds in government, favoring a minority who brag with pride about their perversion and threatening to become the new norm.
Get involved! What kind of future your children and grandchildren will live in will be determined by what you do today. Regardless of your religious persuasion, support your local faith-based community. Make sure the perversion of wokeism hasn’t crept in. Follow the wisdom of the old cliche: “Pray as if it’s all up to God and work as if it’s all up to you.”
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