Saturday, July 14, 2018

The #WalkAway Movement Gave Me Courage!


By Linda L Barton

After reading post after post on the Facebook #WalkAway group, I decided I needed to be honest with myself and my Facebook friends. As an Award-Winning, International Bestselling Author, I have split my posts on Facebook between Patriot posts and those for everyone else. I had done this so as not to offend any potential readers and my more liberal-leaning writer friends and those in the entertainment business. However, I have come to realize that I can no longer deny my TRUE feelings out of fear because it's a lie.



Here is the Facebook post I made yesterday when I had my own #WalkAway moment. No, I didn't walk away from a political party. I walked away from the lie I was living by not being honest with myself and everyone else on Facebook.

The #WalkAway movement has opened my eyes to my own cowardness.
Since President Trump was elected I have separated my political posts from my regular ones so as not to "offend" my more liberal author and reader friends. However, I feel I can no longer hide my TRUE feelings.
If the fact that I'm a conservative Trump supporter offends you then go ahead and unfriend me. Neither of us needs the drama of battling each other over politics. I just feel it's time I stop hiding for fear of losing readers for my books. If you cannot separate my books from my political views then so be it.
We have allowed politicians to use us for far too long in their quest for power. I will NO LONGER be used.
I am NOT a racist. The color of our skin is not who we are. That is our heart and soul.
I am NOT a homophobe. It is not my place to say who you love.
I am NOT a Fascist. The true fascists are the Democrats and their Antifa henchmen.
I am NOT an Islamaphobe. I don't hate the followers of Islam. I don't trust the ones wanting to kill me because I'm an infidel in their eyes.
I don't really hate anyone. I give everyone a blank slate and allow them to fill it in. How I perceive them is entirely up to them.
I'm NOT a Russian bot either.
I proudly support the military and law enforcement.
I believe in the rule of law. 
I do NOT believe that people who cross our border ILLEGALLY have any right to be here or are entitled to receiving ANY taxpayer-funded benefits. They are NOT undocumented, they broke our law.
I do NOT believe we should be allowing so-called refugees to come here who do not want to assimilate into OUR culture. If you like Sharia Law so much STAY where it's the law of the land. We have a Constitution here.
I believe there should be term limits for our elected politicians.
I do NOT believe judges should use personal opinion when making a ruling. NO judge should ever be considered liberal or conservative. Justice is supposed to be BLIND!
If you feel the need to attack me for my beliefs, you're wasting your time. Facebook has made it easy to erase me from your newsfeed by unfriending and unfollowing me. I will understand and there will be no hard feelings from me. I'm a firm believer in freedom of speech, even if I don't agree with it.
This is my personal message to the Democrat and Republican Party Elites... You can keep your Donkey and Elephant... I have a LION! 
#Trump2020
https://www.facebook.com/groups/OFFICIALWalkAwayCampaign/
I cannot begin to tell you how freeing it was to come clean with my TRUE beliefs. I'm sure I will no longer get too many liberal people to be on my Deadly Reads podcast, and I'm sure this will hurt my book sales. But to be honest with you... I DON'T CARE!

After reading the stories of those on #WalkAway, I realized I was just being a coward. I can no longer put my writing career above the welfare of this great country. I want to personally thank Brandon Straka for beginning this wonderful movement. We have allowed corrupt politicians to keep up apart for far too long.

If you haven't joined the #WalkAwat page yet, I HIGHLY recommend it. The stories from everyday Americans from all walks of life will not only inspire you but will give you hope for the future.

The Elites in both parties have controlled us long enough. We are awake and sharing our stories. We will NO LONGER be used! I would rather have fewer people friending me on Facebook than continuing with the lie and hiding that I'm a proud Trump supporter, Deplorable, and Conservative Patriot.

I'm sure my time on Facebook from now on will be quite interesting. #Trump2020



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