This SBC resolution from 1998 comes to mind on a regular basis.
WHEREAS, Tolerance of serious wrong by leaders sears the conscience of the culture, spawns unrestrained immorality and lawlessness in the society, and surely results in God’s judgment (1 Kings 16:30; Isaiah 5:18-25
It's not just the evidence of assault.
It's not just the Nazi tattoo
It's not just lying about the Nazi tattoo
It's not just the Kik account
It's not just the adulterous sexting
It's not just the deranged posting
It's all of it (and the more that may emerge).
This is the guy you want to burn your moral credibility for to beat ... Susan Collins?
There is not a single friend that I have (or even acquaintance I can think of) who has behaved the way Platner's alleged to have behaved. Not one.
"he twisted her arm behind her back, shoved her into a bedroom and held the door closed from the other side so she couldn’t get out."
That's an allegation of criminal behavior. The question is whether it's true, not whether it's severe.
Oh this is rich
Seriously? Talk about the pot calling the kettle…
We have been strongly rebuking abusers & cover ups for decades & you all chastise us and any who have tried to help us in the SBC
Castigated all of the work
Tell this to God
Tell this to each and every child abused in a church or church school, camp, youth group, etc affiliated with SBC
Tell this to every parent of those abused children
Tell this to Jesus who promises that He goes after the 1
“Manufactured as a weapon”
Grievous
I want to say something about @60Minutes since so many conservatives are trashing it.
When my Dad was first diagnosed with Glioblastoma and we were trying to decide who he and my mother should sit down with and talk about the end days of his life - we ultimately landed on Leslie Stahl and @60Minutes. Leslie came to our ranch in Sedona and sat down and profiled both my parents together for an exclusive sit down. We ultimately chose Leslie because of her prestige as a journalist and respected history of the show.
Leslie and her crew were simultaneously professional and respectful of the delicate emotional state my entire family was in. She was in our secluded home as we all grappled with the concept that my dad was dying and fast from a rare cancer in front of the entire world. She and her producers did a wonderful job. Feel free to watch it, it’s beautifully done. This is not a situation just any person without experience can airdrop and handle the dynamics of. This is not something a rookie commentator or podcaster could have maneuvered with the respect needed. Experience does matter.
Not all legacy media is garbage nor are all reporters. This “throw all the bastards out” mentality is obnoxious and just going to breed more insanity and distrust on both sides.
I don’t want woke journalism. I don’t want anitwoke journalism. I just want great journalism.
Be careful what you wish for conservatives, - there could come a day when Rachel Maddow is put in charge instead of Bari Weiss and then tell me how you feel. The pendulum swings both ways.
“Lacking responsible institutions that care about character & qualifications isn’t an excuse to abandon such concerns. It means that responsibility falls on voters (& journalists).“ @JonahDispatch@TheDispatch https://t.co/i2akaAviYv
Apparently, in @nytimes' world, Hezbollah firing rockets into northern Israel isn't an escalation.
But Israel responding to those rockets? That's the escalation.
What an amazing standard.
It's almost as if the NYTimes starts with the conclusion and works backwards from there.
“Be quiet!” That’s the President of the United States speaking to a female reporter just doing her job, and no one even blinks. He is normalizing aggressive misogyny from the highest office in the nation and facing no pushback. That is extremely dangerous for women everywhere.