Democratic leaders like Maxine Waters, Eric Holder, and Hillary Clinton were calling for war-like resistance, social media was ablaze with hatred. It was the 2018 midterm and electoral resistance was not enough. One BGSU undergraduate student, spurred on by their words, took decisive action leading to one of the most powerful stories in Bellwether Blues.
The evidence of this war-like approach reaching into our local communities supports the idea that America has entered into a Cold Civil War. As Charles Kesler explains, the Cold Civil War is not one of physical warfare but one of ideology, not of missiles and arms, but of words and ideas. The danger of the present situation is that this Cold Civil War has led to an erosion of civility. Like the raging debates of the 1850s, the debates of today are testing our commitment to peace and goodwill in America.
Will this Cold Civil War turn Hot? The answer to this question will be determined by the elephant and the donkey and the road that they each choose.
Kesler, Charles. “America’s Cold Civil War.” Imprimis. October 2018. Volume 47, Number 10. https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/americas-cold-civil-war/. Accessed December 12, 2018.
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Meet our seventh millennial friend who #LeftTheLeft: Arron Lawrence
Growing up in inner-city Cleveland, Arron understood the challenges facing inner-city racial minorities. Only a handful of friends had fathers in the home and many were deeply impacted by poverty, drugs, and negative influences at a young age. Not so for Arron, whose father and mother, were resolved to see their children succeed in life. In ’08 and ‘12, everyone from the black community, Arron included, believed that hope and change were coming from President Barack Obama. Arron grew to become deeply disillusioned by a lack of progress and a rejection of Christian values. Disillusionment grew into the conviction that big government is not the solution. Rather, strong independent families form the bedrock of society, which informed his vote in ’16 and will inform his vote ’20.