I hope I'm wrong.
But tonight feels like some sort of invisible line has been crossed that we didn't even know was there. The last time I felt like this was 9/11 when it was clear, without knowing the how and the what, that the world was about to change forever.
Like the rules of the game had been permanently altered and there was simply no going to back to the innocent, peaceful past.
I didn't feel like this when an attempt was made on President Trump's life. If I had to rationalise why I didn't, I guess it's because several US Presidents have been shot at and even assassinated. Somehow it was within the realms of the possible, no matter how awful.
But to murder a young father simply for doing debates and mobilising young people to vote for a party that represents half of America? This is something else.
Charlie's death is a tragedy for his wife, his children and his family. I don't pray often. I am praying for them tonight.
But I fear his murder will be a tragedy for all of us in ways we will only understand as time unfolds.
I hope I'm wrong.
@Jaime_E_Owens So by elders, you are including pastors, right? I've been to many churches, trying to find a church home, since my mega-church fell apart. And I don't remember a one of them trying to shepherd or pastor me at all. I hate to be a cynic, but it's become just another job.
No Fauci did not do โthe best he couldโ and heโs the one that attempted to destroy the careers of respected scientists like @DrJBhattacharya and @MartinKulldorff
Fine if youโre wrong in the first few months.
But to persist in your wrongness AND attempt to take down anyone who challenged for years after - NO.
Fauci did not do the best he could. He harmed children and the poor and ruined careers. Heโs a terrible person. Immoral, narcissistic and mean. A liar and relentless self-promoter. Itโs not a witch hunt. Itโs being held accountable.
@DACDAC4DAC Many Americans think that everything has to be "treated." And, "does insurance pay for it?" becomes a constant refrain. I work in healthcare and the amount of hypochondriacs out there is staggering.
I've said this before but it's worth repeating: World history is defined by the following simple rule. There are two groups on either side of a river. Each covets various resources from the other group. The only thing that stops a perpetual conflict between the two groups is the realization by each group that the other will respond in equal measure (or worse) if attacked. Now imagine that the West has decided to throw away this defining dynamic that shapes this fundamental historical reality. Defending what is ours is rooted in our genes; it is a central feature of our human nature. But the West has said that we are so progressive, so empathetic, so enligteneed that we are not bound by pediastrian biology. Hence, we will not defend our culture; we will not defend our heritage; we will not defend our religion; we will not defend our women; we will not defend our children; we will not defend our values. According to our Western leaders, only barbarians worry about such defensive concerns. We are open, tolerant, kind, compassionate, welcoming. No amount of evidence can convince us that other groups might do us harm. And hence, we brainwash our children who become our politicians; we rejoice in the rape of our societies because this proves that we are kind. It is a mixture of what I discussed in The Parasitic Mind and what I'll be presenting to the world in my next book Suicidal Empathy. I frankly am running out of optimism; I'm bereft of hope. I fight every day at great personal and professional cost. But how can you change anything when your society is hellbent on committing orgiastic suicide?