...while also painful to see Scriptures misused this way.
I've been trying to make sense of the president's "on many sides" statement on Tuesday, where he equated an act of what the Attorney General called "domestic terrorism" with actions by anti-fascists that he said "were very, very violent."
On one side, you have a guy who plowed his car into a crowd of neo-Nazi counter protesters, killing one woman and injuring 19 others. On the other, you have a crowd of allegedly "non-permit carrying" people who were "swinging clubs" yet resulted in no reported injuries.
That's not the same thing -- you can't say in this situation, "well, I guess both sides are wrong."
How is it that it's OK for Trump to advocate violence against the people that disagree with him, and yet decry people carrying clubs? Would have it been better if they were protecting themselves with guns?
"Both sides were wrong" is appropriate when kids argue over who gets to play with a toy. But that's a judgment made by an adult when they're concerned with some kind of bigger picture, like "playing with a toy is not as important as getting along with your sister."
You don't apply that to Cain-and-Abel type stuff. Can you imagine Adam sitting Cain down and saying, "Well, son, it's not right to kill people and all, but I have to admit, Abel was at fault for embarrassing you."
Two other aspects about this story bother me. First, he talked about waiting for all the fact to come in, but that didn't stop him from making a statement about the foreign terrorist attack in Spain right away. [Source] Apparently, when a foreigner kills you, that's something the president will decry right away, but when a racist white American kills you, it's something that requires some research.
Second, he said the anti-fascists didn't have a permit, but in fact they did. So even when the president "waits for the facts," he's still wrong.
By the way, did you know President Trump has a winery in Charlottesville? Apparently, we won't let national tragedies keep us from advertising our conflicts of interest. How crass...
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Duty, dignity, and disgust
It's gratifying to see this officer's dignity and commitment to duty...
...while also painful to see Scriptures misused this way.
I've been trying to make sense of the president's "on many sides" statement on Tuesday, where he equated an act of what the Attorney General called "domestic terrorism" with actions by anti-fascists that he said "were very, very violent."
On one side, you have a guy who plowed his car into a crowd of neo-Nazi counter protesters, killing one woman and injuring 19 others. On the other, you have a crowd of allegedly "non-permit carrying" people who were "swinging clubs" yet resulted in no reported injuries.
That's not the same thing -- you can't say in this situation, "well, I guess both sides are wrong."
How is it that it's OK for Trump to advocate violence against the people that disagree with him, and yet decry people carrying clubs? Would have it been better if they were protecting themselves with guns?
"Both sides were wrong" is appropriate when kids argue over who gets to play with a toy. But that's a judgment made by an adult when they're concerned with some kind of bigger picture, like "playing with a toy is not as important as getting along with your sister."
You don't apply that to Cain-and-Abel type stuff. Can you imagine Adam sitting Cain down and saying, "Well, son, it's not right to kill people and all, but I have to admit, Abel was at fault for embarrassing you."
Two other aspects about this story bother me. First, he talked about waiting for all the fact to come in, but that didn't stop him from making a statement about the foreign terrorist attack in Spain right away. [Source] Apparently, when a foreigner kills you, that's something the president will decry right away, but when a racist white American kills you, it's something that requires some research.
Second, he said the anti-fascists didn't have a permit, but in fact they did. So even when the president "waits for the facts," he's still wrong.
By the way, did you know President Trump has a winery in Charlottesville? Apparently, we won't let national tragedies keep us from advertising our conflicts of interest. How crass...
...while also painful to see Scriptures misused this way.
I've been trying to make sense of the president's "on many sides" statement on Tuesday, where he equated an act of what the Attorney General called "domestic terrorism" with actions by anti-fascists that he said "were very, very violent."
On one side, you have a guy who plowed his car into a crowd of neo-Nazi counter protesters, killing one woman and injuring 19 others. On the other, you have a crowd of allegedly "non-permit carrying" people who were "swinging clubs" yet resulted in no reported injuries.
That's not the same thing -- you can't say in this situation, "well, I guess both sides are wrong."
How is it that it's OK for Trump to advocate violence against the people that disagree with him, and yet decry people carrying clubs? Would have it been better if they were protecting themselves with guns?
"Both sides were wrong" is appropriate when kids argue over who gets to play with a toy. But that's a judgment made by an adult when they're concerned with some kind of bigger picture, like "playing with a toy is not as important as getting along with your sister."
You don't apply that to Cain-and-Abel type stuff. Can you imagine Adam sitting Cain down and saying, "Well, son, it's not right to kill people and all, but I have to admit, Abel was at fault for embarrassing you."
Two other aspects about this story bother me. First, he talked about waiting for all the fact to come in, but that didn't stop him from making a statement about the foreign terrorist attack in Spain right away. [Source] Apparently, when a foreigner kills you, that's something the president will decry right away, but when a racist white American kills you, it's something that requires some research.
Second, he said the anti-fascists didn't have a permit, but in fact they did. So even when the president "waits for the facts," he's still wrong.
By the way, did you know President Trump has a winery in Charlottesville? Apparently, we won't let national tragedies keep us from advertising our conflicts of interest. How crass...
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