We all hear the expression "perception is reality". Often times it is, or taken to be.

The fact that perception sometimes masks reality needs to be addressed. How often have you seen circumstantial evidence completely blown out of the water by more substantial study and exposure?

After all, the world is flat, isn't it?

Since the thirties a little-publicized industry working under the auspices of the Marxist Frankfort Institute has been developing perceptions that little by little---- incrementally---- have been introduced and accepted as reality. Some call it political correctness. The reality is that it's much more destructive than most believe.

One of their main targets has been breaking down the precepts and common beliefs about a Republic conceived by The Founders of America by gradually degrading and discrediting those who founded our nation and little by little encouraging Commutarian replacements for Constitutional authority and especially The Bill of Rights. You might know them as the first ten amendments which are gradually being ignored or illegally being replaced without proper procedure.

They rely on a great passion for simplicity in America by a people who have less and less regard for real history. People who willingly accept a simple perception of a complex real issue are their trophies.

The main weapon in their arsenal is the ability to convince people to judge and evaluate events in history in the context of today's worldview. A good example might be that today Americans believe slavery is a unacceptable idea. Yet without a time capsule to take us to the past, slavery was very much an accepted practice in all sections of the U. S., from the beginning. It was legal and without question the institution that propelled Northern states to great prosperity, while similarly providing labor for the more agrarian South.

The perception is that only the South should be guilty of what in reality was legally practiced throughout the country.

The effort to promote the perception that the War Between the States was fought over slavery is another example of taking the lazy pursuit of history without the benefit of myriad reality readily available.

This invalid perception has developed an industry of racial profiteers who rob the populace of reality the same as a thief in the night. They do more damage in dividing the people and creating racial tensions that wouldn't exist but for professional agitation for selfish material gain.

These purveyors of division and hate are aided and abetted by selfish politicans who pander to their whims. We see it at all levels of politics. On the local level where places like Suffolk, Virginia, the local politicians were falsely misled into refusing to issue a proclamation for Confederate History and Heritage. Everyone who voted against the proclamation was overwhelmingly defeated in the recent elections. It was a case of reality overtaking bigoted perceptions.

The same is true of higher level politics. Recent polls show Republican candidates in trouble all over the country in what could be one of the biggest political turn-arounds in modern history (Nov. 2006). One of the reasons is the arrogance and ignorance of the Republican National Chairman, Ken Mehlman, who has a perception that he can win by pandering for minority votes by criticizing the base of his own party as being racially inclined as in The Southern Strategy which has continually guaranteed Republican victories since the sixties.

As one involved in the original Southern Strategy for the GOP, I know Mehlman is nothing more than a tragedy brought about by a ill-conceived perception which is totally out of touch with reality. Conservatives, not just southerners, are abandoning the good work of many good patriotic Americans who worked so hard to bring harmony and equality in our everyday lives. Mehlman has dismissed the South and the efforts of Southern conservatives (all colors) based on his false perceptions and the unrealistic expectation that Republicans can ignore their base and still win.

So you see, perception is not always reality. Watch for the politicians in your own area who will sell out the opportunities for all the people by pandering to special interests of the few. Expose them for promoting division and perceptions that are alien to the American way. Above all, insist on equal protection under the law. That is reality.

True Southern Constitutionalists demonstrate their convictions and beliefs by standing up for them and ACTING on them. Take the lip-service "conservatives" with a large grain of salt and observe what they DO. Vote them out accordingly. It's encouraging to see the Georgians rejected the lip-service of Ralph Reed, focusing instead on what he actually DOES.

The pendulum swings.

Jeff Davis is a retired radio-TV journalist living in Gainesville, GA. Active in civic and political affairs, he is past president of the Georgia Jaycees, former vice president of the US and the world Jaycees, former campaign chairman of the Georgia Republican party. He voluntarily serves as chairman of the Georgia Heritage Council. He is a collateral descendant of President Jefferson Davis.

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