Thanksgiving and hate

 

 

Tonight, I have to shake my head.  It was the weekend before Thanksgiving, and before you think that Wisconsin has a monopoly on stupidity, check this out- the police reports within 5 miles of my place on Saturday and Sunday:

 

Other	11/20/21 09:34 PM	55XX OLD DOVER BLVD	Details
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B	Other	11/20/21 11:14 PM	28XX NORTHGATE BLVD	Details
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C	Theft	11/21/21 05:27 PM	25XX ABBEY DR	Details
D	Other	11/21/21 02:57 PM	25XX RIVER COVE TRL	Details
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E	Other	11/22/21 02:11 AM	51XX NORTHCREST DR	Details
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F	Other	11/21/21 06:23 PM	49XX MARSTON DR	Details
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G	Vandalism	11/20/21 10:05 PM	65XX ST JOE RD	Details
H	Other	11/21/21 01:53 PM	53XX COLDWATER RD	Details
	TRAFFIC ACCIDENT - HIT SKIP
I	Other	11/21/21 11:11 PM	1XX W WASHINGTON CENTER RD	Details
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J	Other	11/20/21 11:09 PM	47XX DRUID HILLS DR	Details
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K	Other	11/21/21 01:30 PM	23XX GLENWOOD AVE	Details
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L	Other	11/20/21 11:09 PM	25XX GLENWOOD AVE	Details
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M	Other	11/21/21 02:08 PM	ROLSTON ST & CHARLOTTE AVE	Details
	SUSPICIOUS PERSON PARKED VEH
N	Burglary	11/21/21 06:05 AM	61XX GRAYMOOR LN	Details
O	Other	11/21/21 01:18 PM	26XX E STATE BLVD	Details
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You'll note no less than SEVEN domestic disturbances, 3 with battery.  The fun apparently commenced around 9:30 Saturday night and concluded in the wee hours of Monday morning.

 

What the hell is wrong with you people?

 

"Hell" is right.

 

This is the world we live in, where rage apparently entitles you to beat your wife, run over your neighbor, or plow through a parade.  And you know what aids and abets it?  Let me give you a headline:

 "Illinois Dem who used Rittenhouse case to mock Waukesha tragedy has resigned: 'Self-defense'"

This was from the social media "director" of the Democratic Party of Du Page County, Illinois.  This representative of the 'caring, tolerant' of the American parties had this to tweet:

And before we get torches out for her, let me tell you something.  I was using Twitter to get the latest news, and every serious tweet had dozens of comments just. Like. This.

Because the side I stand on in politics is far more important than respecting human life, or having sympathy for human tragedy.

I've been struggling with getting to the "holiday spirit" this year, and today I think I know why.  Instead of thinking of the things we should be thankful for, all we do is list the things and people we hate.  Not with actual lists, but unthinking insults, un-funny sarcasm, and unsubstantiated innuendo.

I really believe that word- "innuendo"- was poorly put together.  For the damage it does, and the worth it is to mankind, they should have made it "Outyouendo".

When Rittenhouse was exonerated, Congressmen were actively inciting people to violently protest.  Were I dictator of the world, such idiots would have their bank accounts opened to pay for damages.  Of course, if I were dictator of the world, such idiots wouldn't have a bully pulpit from which to spew such garbage, but that's just me.

But the problem is only exacerbated by Washington, MSNBC, and Social Media.  The problem is in the heart.  The problem is people who look in the mirror every morning after contributing their share of hatred the night before, and ask, "What's wrong with the world", while looking themselves in the face.  It's so easy to join the crowd and say, "Trump this," and "Pelosi that", on your Facebook comment; and so hard to swallow your emotions and think, "And yet, God is good."  But you tell, me, "You have to stand up to this, you have to fight back!"

Wrong.

Here's what I HAVE to do:

Mat 5:44  But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Mat 5:45  so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.