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Putting feelings into words is never easy when thoughts weigh heavy on your mind. Long ago there was and still is a need to organize and stand up to totalitarian infringements on our God given rights and freedoms. These days more than ever there seems to be an attack on our United States Constitution and Bill of Rights.

In the past, there has been some stand up people who rose to the occasion to come to the defense of these attacks. However, as always, there are freedom-loving people who just don’t want to deal with the hassles of getting involved in politics they just don’t understand. Great things were accomplished with just a handful of support, and those individuals and groups have a great pride in being a part of those accomplishments, and are just in being so.

On the same note, pride cannot be allowed to stand in the way of further accomplishments. No two people see things the same way 100% of the time. What we will always have is groups of like-minded people who share similar views.

When talking to these groups one on one, you will find a common view shared by all where individual freedom is concerned. Freedom, to me, is being able to conduct our day-to-day lives free from hassle and pursuing individual happiness without infringing on the rights of others.

These rights are what we as freedom-loving individuals fight for, and all it boils down to is respect for one another. Lots of individuals chose not to get involved in politics because of the hassle. They won’t get near an organization because of the politics. This seems to be because politics dictate the way we have to live. Politics mean more restrictions. You can do this, but you can’t do that. You can associate with this person, but you can’t associate with that person, and so on. Being told how to live in your own back yard ain’t freedom.

In the struggle to legally fight the politics that threaten our freedoms, we have learned to play by the rules. Some great accomplishments have been made this way. After all, who doesn’t enjoy beating someone at his or her own game? In doing so, has something been sacrificed by being consumed by the rules and guidelines it took to accomplish this? Has being too proud of these accomplishments formed an opinion that excludes peoples that chose not to get involved at the time when an appeal for help went out?

If this is indeed the case, then the purpose of joining together for the good of all was defeated even though the objective was won. Individual pride will not allow ones self to be shamed into doing the right thing. This is something that an individual has to work out within him or herself and go with their own hearts. We all were born with a sense of right and wrong and there are no in betweens. Again, it boils down to respect for one another.

In summary, pride has it’s place where we as individuals can review our accomplishments that helped make a difference for the good of all, and politics has it’s place as a tool, as a way to ensure that we can continue our day-to-day freedoms for generations to come. I say it is time to put politics in perspective, tone down pride, and magnify respect. If respect is lost, then all is lost, and the rest don’t really matter, does it?

U.S. Defenders and Coalition of Independent Riders (COIR) are learning to do just that. Realizing that we all need each other to the extent of keeping our lifestyle free from tyrannical discriminating laws, there can be no “I”, there has to be “We”. A rope hanging by one strand cannot hold the weight, but when all strands are intact and holding together, it can hold much weight.

Your State may be called upon to be such a strand soon. If you hear of a gathering of U.S Defenders and C.O.I.R near you, come check us out. You might be glad you did. For more information Contact Suds; Secretary of COIR/Texas at coir@coctexas.org.