Common Sense and Politics: Oil and Water

I don’t know when it became a crime to think for yourself, but here we are.

If you don’t march in lockstep with the left, you’re a villain. A heretic. A backward, uneducated, heartless monster. And I’ve had it.

The media demonizes us. Hollywood ridicules us. Social media silences us. And the loudest voices on the left? They don’t just disagree—they want us shamed, fired, ostracized, and erased. They claim to stand for tolerance, but only if you nod along and repeat their slogans like a trained parrot.

God forbid you ask a question. God forbid you use common sense—because common sense and politics are like oil and water. They don’t mix. They can’t.

We’re expected to accept the absurd without hesitation. We’re told crime isn’t a problem while cities burn. We’re told men can get pregnant. We’re told the economy is fine while our grocery bills double. We’re told to trust “the science”—until the science doesn’t fit their narrative, and suddenly we’re deniers.

It’s all so blatantly hypocritical that I sometimes feel crazy. Like I’m the only one seeing it. But I know I’m not. The left lives by a double standard so glaring it should be blinding, yet they walk around with smug self-righteousness, utterly oblivious to their own contradictions. They scream “democracy!” while silencing dissent. They preach “equity” while crushing the middle class. They demand “accountability” but refuse to acknowledge their own failures.

And somehow, we’re the problem?

I’m tired. Tired of being told what to think. Tired of having my values mocked. Tired of being gaslit by people who wouldn’t last five minutes in a world without the very systems and structures they claim to despise.

You don’t have to agree with me. But you sure as hell don’t get to silence me.