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A U.S. Marine And An American Hero<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Breck Henderson via RealClearDefense<\/a>,<\/em><\/p>\n

When I woke up on the morning of November 6, I felt that America had changed.<\/strong>\u00a0 A new spirit was suddenly alive.\u00a0 The day before I had been afraid my country would be forced to endure more years of living out the lies of \u201cwokeism,\u201d the ideology of the radical Left and the current government.\u00a0 What\u2019s bad about that?\u00a0 The best and most concise description of wokeness I\u2019ve found comes from professor of philosophy Edward Fesser who wrote:<\/p>\n

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Wokeness is] a paranoid delusional hyper-egalitarian mindset that seems to see oppression and injustice where they do not exist or greatly exaggerate them where they do exist.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In general, wokeness . . . is essentially about the radical subversion of normal human life in the name of a paranoid metaphysical delusion. It is fueled by a seething envy and resentment directed against the natural order of things.<\/p>\n

The repercussions of trying to live out a \u201cparanoid delusion\u201d are widespread<\/strong>.\u00a0 For those who resist the delusions, it can mean alienation from family and friends or the destruction of one\u2019s professional life.\u00a0 Basically, becoming a victim of cancel culture.\u00a0 A woke oligarchy in charge of American institutions brings a multitude of threats \u2014 from having gender dysphoric children taken away from parents to the destruction of our military\u2019s morale and readiness.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

But maintaining a paranoid delusion is strenuous.\u00a0 It requires a great deal of mental energy, and as a nation I sense that we are exhausted from the effort.\u00a0 Among the delusions <\/strong>have been that human gender is fluid and multifaceted, that we must adopt BLM\u2019s racist ideology, that America is incurably racist, that Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is the solution to American racism, that masculinity is somehow toxic, and much more.\u00a0 When something simply can\u2019t go on any longer, it ends, and I\u2019m beginning to sense that wokeism can\u2019t go on.<\/p>\n

The decisiveness of Trump\u2019s victory signaled a huge shift in American politics, a mass retreat from wokeism, and I believe a big factor in that shift was plain old exhaustion with the lies and delusions foisted upon us by the radical, woke Left.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When such a seismic shift occurs, it reverberates throughout America and then throughout the world.\u00a0 It means it\u2019s safe to acknowledge the truth again, and that goes right down to the local level.<\/p>\n

There is not a clearer example of this than Daniel Penny\u2019s recent acquittal on manslaughter charges by a New York jury.<\/strong>\u00a0 After living through a period during which courage has been defined as going public with one\u2019s homosexuality or gender dysphoria, real courage has been vindicated in a very public way.<\/p>\n

The nature of the event that landed Penny in court was absolutely clear.\u00a0 <\/strong>A courageous young man, a former U.S. Marine, protected people in a New York subway car from a dangerous, threatening psychotic.\u00a0 Penny had no intention of killing that man \u2014 Jordan Neely \u2014 he only wanted to prevent him from carrying out the threats he was making.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Penny should never have been indicted.\u00a0 <\/strong>Had this happened in Texas, or most other places outside of New York, no Grand Jury would have returned an indictment.\u00a0 Had Neely been white, no indictment would have been brought.\u00a0 Only in the supercharged racial atmosphere evoked by the paranoid delusions of BLM politics could such a charge have gained traction.\u00a0 If you haven\u2019t done so, I urge you to watch the interview with Penny streaming now on Fox Nation\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Penny recounts that Neely barged into the subway car and immediately began demanding things, then threatening to kill people, saying he was going to jail for life. Penny said that, in the subway car, there was a mother with a child in her arms, young school children, and others, and they were all scared.\u00a0 He was scared as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Penny said he removed his ear buds and handed them along with his cell phone to someone sitting next to him and then grabbed Neely, pulling the man down to the floor on top of himself.\u00a0 They struggled there for several minutes.\u00a0 Penny said Neely was extremely strong and had amazing endurance.<\/p>\n

Penny suspected Neely had been using a drug called K2<\/strong>.\u00a0 According to information from\u00a0American Addiction Centers<\/a>, K2 is a synthetic cannabinoid, 660 times more potent than marijuana.\u00a0 It is strongly associated with psychosis, agitation and irritability, and can lead to seizures, convulsions, stroke, elevated blood pressure, heart rhythm abnormalities, kidney failure, heart attack, and sometimes death.\u00a0 The autopsy showed that Penny was correct, K2 was in his system and likely caused his death.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Daniel Penny is a talented, thoughtful, courageous, and highly moral young man.\u00a0 He became a U.S. Marine because he wanted to serve his country, and he credits this decision for bringing out the best in himself.\u00a0 He said: \u201cI became who I am in the Marine Corps.\u00a0 I met amazing people who brought out who I truly am.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s this image of a Marine as a stone-faced jarhead, but you have to have compassion to be a competent Marine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

I asked retired Marine Corps Major General Bob Hollingsworth if he would expect every Marine to act the way Daniel Penny did: \u201cMarines are taught to analyze a situation and if there is danger to take action.\u00a0 I pray that every Marine would do that.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Penny\u2019s platoon sergeant testified at his trial, saying that all Marines are taught to uphold the Marine Corps values of \u201chonor, courage and commitment.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cIf you don\u2019t uphold those values, you don\u2019t get promoted,\u201d he said.\u00a0 Penny was promoted to Sergeant (pay grade E-5) during his four-year service.<\/p>\n

General Hollingsworth mentioned that he was also proud back in 2015 of U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Spencer Stone, Oregon National Guard Specialist Alek Skarlatos and college senior Anthony Sadler, all friends from childhood, who subdued a radical Islamic terrorist on a train in France.\u00a0 Read about it\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The three were on leave and taking a high-speed train from Amsterdam to Paris when they saw a man get on the train with an AK-47 and a handgun.<\/strong>\u00a0 They immediately rushed to tackle him, disarmed him and prevented what could easily have been a massacre had they not acted.\u00a0 Airman Stone was seriously injured by the terrorist who wielded a box cutter during the struggle.\u00a0 In this case, the three plus a British man who assisted them, were hailed as heroes and congratulated by President Obama and European leaders. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Neither New York nor the mainstream media were so discerning or kind to Daniel Penny.\u00a0 Since leaving the Marine Corps he has been studying to become an architect.\u00a0 He has always lived in or near New York City and he said the buildings and skyline have inspired him to study architecture as a career.\u00a0 What a tragedy it would have been had this young man been convicted and his life destroyed by a lie.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Penny said when asked why he chose to physically subdue Neely:\u00a0<\/p>\n

If I didn\u2019t do something the guilt I would have felt if someone did get hurt, if he did what he was threatening to do \u2014 I would never be able to live with myself \u2014 and I\u2019ll take a million court appearances, people calling me names, people hating me, just to keep one of those people from getting hurt or killed.<\/em><\/p>\n

General Hollingsworth praised that sentiment. \u201cDaniel Penny has my respect,\u201d <\/strong>he said.<\/p>\n

The facts surrounding Penny\u2019s actions were obvious to any clear thinking American citizen from the start, but BLM delusions have been so vigorously enforced since the summer of 2020\u2019s George Floyd riots, that the Manhattan jury apparently had a tough time reaching its verdict.\u00a0 I don\u2019t believe those jurors could have felt empowered to act on the truth had President Trump not won a decisive victory on November 5.<\/p>\n

In the end, Daniel Penny is an American hero <\/strong>\u2014 a man who could not sit by and let a psychotic man hurt others when it was within his power to prevent it.\u00a0 The prosecutors denigrated his military training and experience.\u00a0 In a rational society people should admire and encourage willingness to train and become a \u201ccompassionate warrior\u201d \u2014 the world would be a far better place if every young man aspired to and trained for that ethic.<\/p>\n

Is Penny bitter because his good deed resulted in his life being disrupted for more than a year, and weeks in court with the threat of being sent to prison?\u00a0 Not at all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

People who were in the [subway] car remained on the platform and were thanking me.\u00a0 Throughout the whole trial, I only cared about what those witnesses said.\u00a0 I love America and that people have a right to protest, but they [protestors] didn\u2019t have any of the facts.\u00a0 They weren\u2019t there.\u00a0 The witnesses were there and they thanked me.\u00a0 It\u2019s disheartening that the prosecutor tried to discredit my military service and my awards.\u00a0 I gave up four years of my life for no other reason than to serve my country.\u00a0 It\u2019s frustrating that there are people like this in our government, who do this [indict him for a good deed] who are supposed to be protecting people and our rights.<\/p>\n

Penny said he doesn\u2019t want praise or fame<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u201cFriends and everyone I\u2019ve met have been supportive of me.\u00a0 It\u2019s been very humbling and I\u2019m grateful for that.\u00a0 Throughout the whole process I had faith in the system and my team and in God.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m reminded of the famous poem \u201cIf\u201d by Rudyard Kipling.\u00a0 The first verse:<\/p>\n

If you can keep your head when all about you
\nAre losing theirs and blaming it on you,
\nIf you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
\nBut make allowance for their doubting too;
\nIf you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
\nOr being lied about, don\u2019t deal in lies,
\nOr being hated, don\u2019t give way to hating,
\nAnd yet don\u2019t look too good, nor talk too wise;<\/em><\/p>\n

Daniel Penny kept his head during a tense situation.\u00a0 He trusted in himself and in God when it seemed everyone was against him.\u00a0 He was patient, he told the truth, and he did not return the hate of those who hated him.\u00a0 And he refuses to consider himself a hero.\u00a0 As Kipling says in the final lines of the poem:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yours is the Earth and everything that\u2019s in it,<\/p>\n

And \u2014 which is more \u2014 you\u2019ll be a man, my son!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Daniel Penny is a man in the best sense \u2014 we should all be proud of him.<\/p>\n

Breck\u00a0Henderson<\/strong>\u00a0is a retired Navy Reserve Officer, retired nuclear engineer for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and retired journalist for\u00a0Aviation Week & Space Technology\u00a0magazine.\u00a0 He writes regularly on Substack, and crafts fiction in the form of short stories, plays and screenplays when he’s not enjoying being a grandfather to eight grandchildren.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nWed, 01\/01\/2025 – 22:40<\/span><\/p>\n

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