There’s only so far someone can get pushed around before they decide to fight back.
The silent majority is a term that refers to “the majority of people, regarded as holding moderate opinions but rarely expressing them.”
For me and many other conservatives, this term applied to us during the year 2020. When the pandemic hit, I felt as if I was forced into a corner and the beliefs and morals I held so dearly became something I needed to hide away from the world. For instance, I can recall one occasion when I was pulled into my former boss's office. She told me that the company was imposing a vaccine mandate for all the employees. She said I had three choices: to get the Covid vaccine, get a religious or medical exemption, or get let go. Since my primary doctor was encouraging the vaccine, I did not feel comfortable going to her. Luckily, a pastor had offered his services to write religious exemptions for those that needed it, no matter if they were a part of his congregation or not. It was at that moment I felt like I was an outcast, simply for standing up for my beliefs.
Things only got worse as the year went on. When the Black Lives Matter riots made its way to my hometown, it became all too clear that we were in the midst of a modern day civil war. I can very clearly remember hearing the gunshots and rioters from my neighborhood and feeling an utter sense of fear and dread, thinking that they would come to us.
When the Covid pandemic came, I will admit that I listened to the media like gospel and I became someone I wouldn’t recognize today. Since the school I worked at was closed for a few months, I stayed in my room and refused to leave my house. If I did go to the store, I wore a mask, sanitized my groceries, and would wash my clothes frequently so as not to gather germs.
It wasn’t until I started watching the conservative news outlet Fox News that I began to listen to the truth. It was like a veil had been lifted and the rose colored glasses were off. I began to learn about the corrupt government of Illinois and how the Democratic party was not the same as it was back in the Kennedy days.
Sean Hannity, Laura Ingram, Jesse Waters, Ben Shapiro, and Brett Cooper are the main people who I really looked up to and who I continue to follow among the misinformation that has run rampant here in this world. They use logic, reason, and easy to understand jargon and explanations that make it easy to comprehend otherwise hard and advanced discussions.
I hope one day to have a career in government. In my home state of Illinois, I know that this will realistically not happen anytime soon. My values do not align with the politics of this state. I will not back down on my beliefs simply to fit in with Illinois politics. I want to create my own path and hopefully make history.
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