Where are all our American patriots right now?
So many are sitting in silence — and I get it.
I’ve worked in a corporate environment tied to the defense industry, where speaking out against certain ideologies or actions meant real consequences. I’ve felt that pressure firsthand. But silence can’t be the answer anymore.
I remember not too long ago — during this president’s first term — when generals, civil servants, and lifelong Republicans stood up for what was right (not all but enough to make difference), not what was politically convenient. They risked their careers, reputations, and safety because they believed in something bigger than one person or party.
Where are they now?
Where are our former presidents, elder statesmen, and moral voices (we do have Roland..lol)?
Are we really just going to sit back and watch as decades — and longer— of hard-won progress are unraveled?
I’m talking about progress made by Americans of every shade and background — people who believed in building a better country. No, we’ve never been perfect. But we have been a work in progress — slow, painful, imperfect… but moving forward.
Now it feels like we’re on the edge of losing it all.
The attacks on truth, on diversity, on decency — they’re not just bad policies. They’re threats to the very idea of America.
And here’s the heart of it: how can we speak out without fear?
That’s what most people worry about — and rightly so.
Jobs, social circles, communities — they’ve all become places where dissent can carry real costs. But if we let fear and division rule us into silence, we risk erasing everything we’ve built together.
TThis isn’t just politics anymore.
It’s about the soul of our country — and whether we still have the courage to defend it, out loud.
But here’s the question we have to grapple with:
How do we speak up without risking our livelihoods?
How do we raise our voices without putting our families and futures in danger?
Because that fear — of retaliation, of being targeted, of losing everything — is real.
And it’s exactly what keeps so many good people quiet.
But if we let that fear win, if we stay silent while truth is twisted and progress is undone… then what future are we leaving behind?
Roland it would be good to address how we can get past this fear and various avenue and ideas on how we can all speak up with the fear of retaliation.