Sometimes conservatives are their own worst enemies

 I'm not a fan:

I've seen this on several conservative pages over the last week or so.  But I don't like it, for a simple reason.  Because I don't think going up to a lion and punching it in the nose has ever been a good idea.

At the end of the day, conservatives have made it clear they not only have contempt for those who work within the government, and associated institutions like education, but they also proudly boast that the first thing they will do when they have a chance is take a scythe to those jobs and positions and entire industries. So would you believe it? Turns out the majority of people who work in the government, education, and other associated institutions overwhelmingly tack left, support Democrats, espouse leftwing activism and openly hinder where they can anything to do with conservatism.

Going way back to the 90s, when Rush Limbaugh was a big voice for the contempt dumped on our schools and educators, I just shook my head.  If I want to make enemies with a group of people, it's not going to be the ones who get to educate and train the next generations coming our way.  If I do, then I shouldn't be shocked that those generations will be taught to see me and what I hold dear as the enemy.  

Just because I like strategy games doesn't mean I'm fit to lead the 4th Armored Division.  With that said, you still can't help but pick up on a couple basic, common sense strategies. And one is don't make enemies of the ones who can do you the most harm.  

Yet for reasons I can't fathom, conservatives have never tried to assert themselves into these areas, assuring the workers they respect them, espousing the importance of education and respect for those who make our government run.  They never appear eager to go in and point out the excesses they see, while assuring those in the trenches that they are not the enemies and if they simply understand where conservatives are coming from, they'll see why what is happening is happening and may actually begin supporting the cause.  Or let government workers know there are philosophical reasons that a bloated government is no good, but anyone making an honest living and trying to do good by their families is a good guy in our book. Heck no.     

Oh I know, right now President Trump and his team are going about with their winnowing forks and clearing the threshing floor.  But it won't last forever.  And when the inevitable shift occurs, assuming the entire political Left hasn't gone off into the sunset, then it will be a bit like the proverbial spirit having been banished into the outer wilderness for a season, but then returning sevenfold to work even worse harm to the cause than before.  And conservatives will have themselves to thank for making enemies of everyone who works the trenches of the institutions that pave the future of a country and its up and coming generations. 

After all, making enemies of anything government has been a major selling point of conservatives for decades now.  And consider where we have gone as a society.  Think of those photos of the New York skyline displaying three crosses at Easter in the late 1950s, and think of our nation now.  Think of where almost everything in our society has gone that conservatives have been resisting with this basic approach.  I mean, there comes a time when you look at results and just have to question the strategies and tactics involved.  Another thing I've picked up from watching sports or playing strategy games.  If the thing you keep doing causes you to keep losing, even if you have an occasional win here and there, it might be time to try a different approach.