I adopted a symbol after many years of change. That's why I identify with Bruce Wayne/Batman. A lot like Bruce Wayne, when Phatscotty began, he too was a lot like Bruce choosing to be locked up in prison, to study the mind of the criminal in order to understand them more clearly and fight them more effectively, and that has been my mission here exactly, to study the mind of people who are complete opposite of my values and the values that historically have been what made America great for centuries. And just like Bruce Wayne, I joined the CC league of shadows, started my training, playing along with the one way political correctness in Monkey Business. Sure it was a little more fun, but I was selling myself short. I played along all the way until I was asked to be the executioner of another's rights, Freedoms, and Liberties. And that is where I drew the line. I would not be taking things from others, I refused to infringe on others, I refused to be the destroyer of everything America used to be. Once I discovered the true nature and name of their game, that they don't believe in Liberty or many of the other values that have for so long come to be uniquely American, that they wish to trade in their Freedom for security around every corner, even knowingly tricking others into giving up Independence for dependency in more and more forms, they were sinking deeper and deeper determined to take everybody with them while pillaging and razing more brazenly and greedily than ever before. I refused to go along, and I put my life on the line to stand up for myself and not be peer pressured out of doing what is right in my heart according to my principles.
That's when I realized I needed to be a symbol and stand against them; that's when I realized they view compassion as a weakness, something to be taken advantage of and that they mock society's laws and systems and thrive off it if you don't get real; I saw the city's true face. I had already gotten the message loud and clear that regular go along Phatscotty was a man lost in the scramble for his own narrow self gratification. He can be repeatedly locked up and banned permanently, But if I made myself more than just a man, if I devoted myself to my own true principles and values and to the country that I love so much and put my heart into it and they couldn't stop me, I could become something much more; Legend. I learned to master my own fear just as Batman mastered his fear of bats and used that fear to his advantage. Fears of being called a racist or a baby killer everytime I so much as questioned the status quo. Even bringing up certain subjects could get me called a sexist or a bigot. Taking a stand on the truth and Constitutional rights can get you labeled homophobic, taking a stand for my country can get me labeled Islamaphobic, no matter how many of my people get killed or how many skyscrapers fell to the ground; I was told their feelings are more important, and that the American lives lost were not really that big of a deal, since an equal number have been killed in the past 15 years due to my country's military accidents and illegal intentional off the record killings, and that we deserved to have our civilians attacked since our country had become so soft and corrupt and hell bent on compassion at all costs and only worrying about not offending others that every level of our infrastructure was been compromised by the enemy. But I refuse to believe that, I believe there are still good people in America, so that is why I fight for her, and I do not believe we are beyond saving.
I came to understand that people needed a dramatic example to shake them out of their apathy, and that I couldn't do that as shut up and go along Phats. As a man of flesh and blood, I can be foed and and ignored. But as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting. A symbol that stands on fundamental and historical truths, something so familiar and ingrained in my people for so many generations but is terrifying to today's generation; Freedom, Liberty, and Independence.
When I came back and they threatened to hurt the people and things that I love by trying to manipulate my fears and making me feel guilty enough to the point of throwing something as precious as Freedom into the garbage can, I was ready for them. I began to show that not everybody was afraid, and now this place is welcome to not only Conservatives, but to all people of all backgrounds and all ideas and all different opinions.
Since then I have faced new and more challenging opponents; but I always walked away from them without breaking the rules and holding my head up high and not violating my own principles or deceive myself or others, such as sticking to the mission at hand to myself and my country while trying my best not to call anybody mean names, not hurting anyone or advocating taking away others rights or Freedom in the process while respecting their own experience and perspectives and opinions; I leave that to them to reflect on when our individual and collective moments of truth arrive. And every time win or lose, it has added value to my character and I walk away stronger than before.
One thing is for sure, many years later, no matter what happens, every single person I have ever met or talked is going to remember me and my hand at their heart coming from my own heart honestly and objectively with no agenda, and from then on people are going to stop complaining about problems, stop pointing the fingers, stop making people guilty for things they have no control over, stop worrying about everyone else and what they have, and start creating solutions to deal with our challenges better, smarter, and in line with what we believe in as a country. Because we were all born with the tools and had them on our belts the entire time, it's just a matter of using them efficiently and knowing what we believe in as a country and most importantly of all.....why we stand united where we do when it comes to our fundamental values and principles of Freedom, Liberty, and Independence.
E. Pluribus Unum
