Our generation will get a nickname
It’s hard for us to define our time. I can only imagine that this generation will be given nicknames by our grandchildren and their heirs and those names will benefit from the perception afforded by years of reflection and truth telling.
I dislike the habit of naming generations like The Roaring Twenties, or Millennials. “The Space Age!” I couldn’t tell you what a Gen X is supposed to be, something about flannel I think. It’s all just marketing which is mind control. Regardless of what generation one is a part of, he is being taught to conform to ideals that are supposedly shared by everyone his age, none of which include anything that could be described as “Americanism” regardless of what generation he was assigned to.
Our generation will get a nickname though, take it to the bank, but I won’t be playing Name Our Generation with you here, just to put you at ease.
Harold was focusing
The picture above reflects, I think, some deep truths about these days as expressed by our young friend Harold H. He had been suspended for, well, let’s start at the top. Note: REFOCUS FORM. Harold was focusing more on developing his gifts and entertaining his friends than the Powers That Be could permit, and so the stage is set. Confrontation was inevitable.
Harold got caught making copies of Dog Man Comix, his creation, on the copier in the admin office of his elementary school, basically right under the principal’s nose. This he admits in the space provided. I engaged in unacceptable behavior by: “Making copies of Dog Man Comix in the office.” No attempt to evade or minimize, no blame shifting. This is what he was doing at some risk to himself and he owns it.
He was using the facilities of The Man to defy The Man. Rather than encouraging him to find an outlet for his gift more acceptable to all concerned, the adults in his school would rather stifle him. Was there no art teacher to take Harold under his wing?
Next he was offered the opportunity to degrade himself by parroting his offense in terms provided by his school, to wit, My behavior caused other students and teachers to feel: “Freak out.” As you can see he crossed out “other students” and “feel.” The other students were clearly on his side, so he resists the teacher’s attempt to force him to assign certain feelings to his fellows. The teacher, “Mr. Conet rude” per Harold, is conscripting “other students” to his side by asserting that their feelings were hurt as much as the poor teachers’. Au contraire.
Next, he must choose his fate
Note that Harold was asked what his teachers and classmates were feeling, not thinking. His classmates were thinking, “Go Harold!” so he exempts their feelings from the discussion as irrelevant. After all, feelings can be murky and fickle, whereas the backslapping support he apparently received from students was unambiguous. The teachers’ reaction was a “freak out” in Harold’s estimation, not a term we associate with reasoned discourse.
The desired outcome of Harold’s involvement in the disciplinary process was not achieved by the faculty and administration. To the question, How will my behavior change in the future? he replies, “Be more quieter when making copies of Dog Man Comix in [the] office.” He spurns penance given the cost: to stop being Harold H. He wasn’t shooting spitballs at the teacher, or fighting, or pulling fire alarms. Harold, a powerless boy, couldn’t get support for his gift from those who were charged with his best interests so he made his own way.
Next he must choose his fate, which he did. I am ready to re-join the classroom. Yes__ No X. Rather than stop being Dog Man Comix’s creator and distributer, he sided with Dog Man. Not every school kid his age would make the same decision
“NO DRAWING!”
In case you doubt the teacher’s intent to end Dog Man Comix, he scribbles over Harold’s Dog Man drawing at the bottom of the page demanding, “NO DRAWING!” We don’t know about the content of Dog Man Comix, but we can assume that anyone, including teachers, who deserved to be lampooned by Dog Man was lampooned by Dog Man.
“Mr. Conet rude” did not want Dog Man in his world, and would enforce his preference upon Harold, so he was going to stop drawing or else. “HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS???” Indeed. Then there’s a big “X” on the page with the command, “REDO.” There’s no evidence of compassion for Harold, who wants merely to express himself. There is evidence however that “Mr. Conet rude” wished to crush Harold’s will and spirit.
Somehow I don’t think that this was the last run-in between Harold and “Mr. Conet rude.” Somehow I think that “Mr. Conet rude” drove home that day wearing a surgical mask alone in his Prius.
We will not stop drawing
I am Harold. Some reading this are Harolds. We will not shut up and accept our fate by bullying governments run amok. We will rein them in no matter the cost or time involved.
We will defend our liberty and not succumb to medical tyranny, fascistic state/corporate government, politicians serving for thirty or forty years, “fifteen minute cities,” cancel culture, gun grabs, open borders, rampant election fraud, “Uniparty” politics, government-enforced censorship on social media, constant universal surveillance, mental case “drag queens” in schools in costume, children being sexually mutilated by sadistic “doctors,” parental rights tread upon, “pedophile rights” promoted, unpunished government corruption, manufactured crises, fake elections, fake news, fake wars, false flags, politicians loyal to other countries, unconstitutional power grabs, Epstein’s client list, hamstringing our energy industries, Jan. 6 political theater, fake indictments of Donald Trump, looming economic collapse, and more, while remaining silent. We will not stop drawing.
In fact, we are actively seeking to make the grievances in the partial list above things of the past. Their root cause is runaway government, too big, too powerful, too costly, and predatory at all levels. This article, and everything on conventionofstates.com, represent to Big Government what Dog Man Comix was to “Mr. Conet rude:” a will and spirit that cannot be bullied into compliance.
Harold has more than one gift. Yes, he can draw and write well enough to entertain his friends and freak out his teachers, but he also has the God-given gift of liberty. He will be his own man, with his own priorities, to defend that gift, a gift of God as much as his artistic ability is. Unfortunately, not everyone who enjoys liberty has a puncher’s chance to keep it. Keep punching Harold.
Here’s hoping, and praying, that our generation’s eventual nickname will reflect the determination that God granted to us to gain the victory over our native tyrants. You are here for a reason.
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