Heroism in a time of an ascendant dictatorship

It was Heroes Day yesterday and I just feel sad that  our brave heroes of the past can not now defend us, our freedom and our imperiled way of life.

For this is a time for heroes but there seems to be a sorry lack of them.

We need to be united and we need someone to lead us in defending our freedom and even our very lives. But most of us seem content with airing our gripes in social media when the frontline is in the streets and in public places where people struggle to make a living and live real lives.

And we pretend that our country has not been taken over and we insist on believing that our constitution is still functioning when it has been totally gutted and our major democratic institutions coopted. We can not properly honor our heroes if we cowardly close our eyes to the truth and pretend that things are still normal, and that our democratic and constitutional processes are still functioning reliably.

Despite our current situation, I believe it is just right to have a day remembering and honoring our past heroes whose example may give us ideas on how we can be heroes of our time.