He just couldn't resist. Instead of allowing the country to simply mourn the loss of innocent lives in Virginia, he had to turn the occasion into a political lecture.
During Barack Obama's speech yesterday in Milwaukee he decided to expand upon the Va. Tech incident and compare it's violence to other types of violence in our culture. Certainly we are a culture of violence. Just turn on the TV or watch a movie and you'll see that we do have a fascination with blood and gore and guns. But that wasn't what he was referring to. No instead he compared the violence to the verbal harm done by Don Imus as if those two acts are morally equivalent. He went on to also compare the massacre to the violence that people face when their jobs are shipped overseas or when they lose their pensions. I am not making this up.
Now whether or not you agree with what happened to Imus or oppose outsourcing is irrelevant. There is a time and a place to have those debates. This week was not the time. But what is most disturbing is that here is a leading candidate for President who can't tell difference between killing 32 people and saying something stupid on the radio. Any 6 year old can see the difference as in "sticks and stones can break my bones but words will never hurt me". Maybe they didn't teach that at his elementary school.
One final point, I find it ironic that on the same day he mentioned all these other acts of supposed "violence" he was rebuking the court for putting an end to the very real violence of partial birth abortion. The more I hear Obama, the more I disagree with him. Hopefully others are beginning to come to the same conclusion.
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A couple points to think about:
1. I thought Obama might be creative enough to come up with some sort of statement about the Supreme Court other than the normal liberal drivel. i know it's only one issue among many, but I can't step away from the fact that it's an important one.
2. I don't know what Obama was actually saying when he compared the different kinds of violence...and I think it would have been wise to simply offer words of leadership in a time immediately following such an incredible act of evil. However...I do think there is something worth connecting. In our hearts, we are all capable of the sort of evil that was carrie dout at VT. And the same sort of corrupt soul that we saw kill 32 people in cold blood is the same evil that verbalizes racism and sexism in any setting. Did people die by Imus? No. but his heart (and our hearts) are built of the same stuff that did kill people. Thus...only Christ changes that condition.
So before we elevate the evil of the VT slaughter and single out that kind of violence...let us each consider that we are all capable of such vile behavior in a variety of ways. Is it a terrible thing? Without a doubt. Isn't overt and covert racism and sexism also a terrible things? I think it is.
Seeing what muslims do to those that don't agree with I'm sure he wasn't taught the difference.
When did we, as Christ-followers, start letting others determine for us what violence means? There are many ways that we can justify our own sin...pointing out others' wrongs is a great way to feel better about ourselves.
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