The truth of politicians and bigots
Last night, I had the unfortunate experience of watching some political ads by two Maryland Democrats running against one another in a primary for US Congress. Each was trying to be the bigger progressive. They were touting gun control, marriage rights, immigrant rights, reproductive rights, income equality rights, and probably a few more rights of which I’m not aware. In each of their commercials, they ended with a reference to Republican Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz being bigots. It’s like, “we are proudly progressive (communists) and everyone who disagrees with our position is a bigot, especially those Republicans who are running for President.” This is the theme for the 2016 election.
Throughout 20-plus years in politics, I learned that politicians project. They jump out to accuse others of what they, themselves, do. I had a policy in our campaigns that we would not attack an opponent unless the opponent attacked first, and that if we responded in kind, it would be only with facts. In my experience, if an opponent makes an accusation with absolutely no proof or basis, that opponent is usually the one who has done the deed of the accusation. As in Romans 2:1, “…for wherein you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you that judge does the same things.” Herein, with the example of the Maryland Democratic candidates for Congress–they are ending their commercials by calling others bigots.
The bullies in the LGBTQ community; the bullies in the climate change community; the bullies in the abortion industry; the bullies in the illegal immigration community; the bullies in the Islamic community; the bullies in the gun control community; the bullies in the income equality community all call those who disagree with them bigots, racists, hate-mongers, and radicals. When, in reality, they are such. They are the ones who cannot allow to live in peace anyone who disagrees with their oft-immoral or anarchist beliefs. It’s just like this entire debate on same sex public restrooms. How ludicrous is it that if you disagree with allowing an adult male in a restroom with your minor daughter, you are a sexist bigot? Really?
Yet this is the progression of progressiveness: If you disagree, you will be labeled. They cant debate you on the facts, because the facts are not in their favor. So they resort to name calling and bullying–the very things they accuse you of doing. And this will be the theme of this year’s Presidential elections–if you don’t vote for a woman, you are a sexist. If you vote for someone who wants to secure the borders, you are a racist bigot. We need to stand firm on the TRUTH. A Psalm of David, Psalm 35:19-20, says, “Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without cause. For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.” Do not be deceived or discouraged by these bullies who judge you by the content of their own hearts.
