tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post2508939427023951668..comments2023-09-11T08:58:24.710-06:00Comments on Reach Upward: Masses of TyrantsScott Hinrichshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-77927783364226747542008-11-03T08:13:00.000-07:002008-11-03T08:13:00.000-07:00Actually, I think this series will address both ty...Actually, I think this series will address both types of tyranny. Almost anything that is wrong for the masses to force on the few is also wrong for the few to force on the masses.Scott Hinrichshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-37220650863471477522008-11-03T07:49:00.000-07:002008-11-03T07:49:00.000-07:00Okay, my friend.I trust that you know what you are...Okay, my friend.<BR/><BR/>I trust that you know what you are doing. But, I tend to disagree with the premise of your final statement: "The purpose of this series of posts is . . . to bring to light a concept that I believe is quite pervasive but much less recognized."<BR/><BR/>I think most of us have studied Jefferson in school, and I believe that the great Supreme Court decisions reversing the will of the people have been largely celebrated within the educational establishment of this country. People today, especially the rising generation, have been fully indoctrinated into the cult of toleration.<BR/><BR/>What I think is less appreciated is the quality of life that all of us enjoy when the majority is allowed to govern. Studies have shown, using the standard distribution curve, that the voice of the people (when taken as a whole) usually chooses what is right.<BR/><BR/>The greatest threat to our country in my life time has not been the tyranny of the majority, but the abuse of judicial power in serving the counter-culture agenda.<BR/><BR/>Obviously, a balance must be struck, and we are currently out of balance.<BR/><BR/>In your favor, however, I fear that the day will soon come when the majority of our neighbors -- due to growing wickedness -- will once again seek our blood. And, when that days comes, I will probably be complaining: "Why didn't Scott do more to protect us from the tyranny of the majority?"<BR/><BR/>Ha ha!<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>A.W.Alienated Wannabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071891929227199278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-83339715342763906322008-11-03T07:26:00.000-07:002008-11-03T07:26:00.000-07:00I think the tyranny of the minority has actually ...I think the tyranny of the minority has actually been a fact of most societies throughout history. It was based on tyranny of the minority that the American Revolution developed.<BR/><BR/>I wholly agree that the minority can be tyrants, even wrapping a robe of virtue around their arguments. The purpose of this series of posts is not to discredit this concept, but to bring to light a concept that I believe is quite pervasive but much less recognized.Scott Hinrichshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-3376861408387716192008-11-01T19:34:00.000-06:002008-11-01T19:34:00.000-06:00Dear Scott,I agree that the tyranny of the majorit...Dear Scott,<BR/><BR/>I agree that the tyranny of the majority is a concern. However, I am convinced the tyranny of the minority is a much greater worry, and in modern life, a much more common occurrence.<BR/><BR/>I think this way, because I subscribe to the Book of Mormon doctrine that it is rare for the voice of the people (the majority) to choose that which is wrong, but when it does that civilization is ripe for destruction.<BR/><BR/>The companion piece to this idea is that it is common for a certain minority of the people to choose that which is wrong, and that citizens have a responsibility to do all within their power to prevent such individuals from coming to rule over them.<BR/><BR/>So, how does this apply to us? Well, in my lifetime the Court System of this country has repeatedly been used to reverse the will of the people in order to support abortion rights and gay marriage. And, in my view, such official government legitimization of these practices has had the effect of increasing the wickedness of the people to the point that we are now ripe for destruction ourselves.<BR/><BR/>Abortionists have rights. Gays have rights. Pornographers have rights.<BR/><BR/>But, unborn children do not have rights. (They do not matter.) Advocates of traditional sexual morality do not have rights. (It's hate speech.) Parents who wish to raise their children free from the undermining efforts of official societal brainwashing do not have rights. (Schools must teach tolerance.)<BR/><BR/>Do you see where I am coming from?<BR/><BR/>A.W.Alienated Wannabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071891929227199278noreply@blogger.com