CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 28, 2025
THE WORD “SCANDAL” IS TOSSED AROUND IN CONTEMPORATY SOCIETY AS IF IT HAS MEANING. IT IS APPLIED TO POLITICS AND POLITICIANS. IT GETS ADDED – SOMETIMES—TO ADULTEROUS RELATIONSHIPS.
THE WORD IMPLIES A STANDARD WHICH, IF VIOLATED, IS SUPPOSED TO BRING SHAME ON SOMEONE. IN OUR POST-MODERN, POST-CHRISTIAN CULTURE, SCANDAL NO LONGER HAS THE POWER TO DETER PEOPLE FROM BAD BEHAVIOR, OR IF THEY ENGAGE IN IT, LITTLE POWER TO PENALIZE OR SHAME THEM.
IF THERE IS NO GOD WHO SETS THE BOUNDARIES FOR BEHAVIOR, THEN ANYTHING GOES. YOU CAN’T DENY GOD AND THOSE BOUNDARIES AND THEN CLAIM THEY EXIST. YOU CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS, THOUGH PEOPLE TRY.
MUST I LIST ALL OF THE EXAMPLES OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF ENGAGING IN SCANDALOUS BEHAVIOR? I WOULDN’T HAVE THE TIME, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.
TRY THIS: WHEN SOMEONE SUGGESTS THAT SOMETHING IS SCANDALOUS, ASK THEM ON WHAT BASIS? THEY MIGHT SAY THE CONSTITUTION, BUT THAT IS ALWAYS OPEN TO MISINTERPRETATION BY FEDERAL JUDGES. OR THEY MIGHT TURN IT AROUND AND ASK WHY YOU DON’T BELIEVE SOMETHING A SCANDAL. YOU COULD SAY I DO BELIEVE IT BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN GOD’S STANDARDS. NOT TO DO SO IS SCANDALOUS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
