CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 22, 2019
THERE WAS A TIME NOT LONG AGO WHEN REPUBLICANS, CONSERVATIVES AND EVANGELICALS EXPRESSED OUTRAGE AT WHAT DEMOCRATS, THE LEFT AND SECULAR PROGRESSIVES SAID ABOUT THEM. WE WERE MOCKED BECAUSE OF OUR FAITH, OR BECAUSE SOME OF US LIVE IN THE SOUTH AND DIDN’T GO TO THE “RIGHT” SCHOOLS.” THE IMAGES WERE OF PICKUP TRUCK DRIVERS, GUM-CHEWERS, WHO WORE OUT OF STYLE CLOTHING.
NOW THE TARGETS OF OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE AND STEREOTYPING ARE GIVING IT BACK TO THOSE WHO GAVE IT TO THEM. THEY SAY PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THE FIRST REPUBLICAN TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THEIR OPPRESSORS AND THEY LOVE HIM FOR IT. “SEND THEM BACK” FOLLOWS “LOCK HER UP” AS THEIR PREFERRED CHANT.
SOME OF THESE ARE PROFESSED CHRISTIANS. NOW I UNDERSTAND POLITICS AND THE DESIRE TO “RUB THEIR FACES IN IT,” BUT DOES THAT ACHIEVE ANYTHING? IF WE HAVE A DISAGREEMENT AND YOU HIT ME, IT THEN CHANGES THE SUBJECT FROM WHAT WE WERE ARGUING ABOUT TO WHICH ONE OF US IS THE BETTER FIGHTER.
DOES THEIR BEHAVIOR JUSTIFY OURS, ESPECIALLY WHEN JESUS HAD MUCH TO SAY ABOUT TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK, GIVING ONE’S CLOAK ALONG WITH YOUR SHIRT AND LOVING YOUR ENEMIES? ARE WE REALLY ENEMIES? AND WHO’S KINGDOM SHOULD WE BE FIGHTING FOR? THINK ABOUT IT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
