David French:
A strange thing happened yesterday on social media. Prayer became a microaggression.
As the San Bernardino, Calif., attack unfolded in real time, most Americans knew that dozens of their fellow citizens were suffering, with hundreds more terrified. They knew police were tracking down at least two depraved killers who were armed and dangerous. They also knew there was absolutely nothing they could physically do to stop the killers or heal the victims, so they did what people of faith have been doing since the dawn of human awareness — they prayed. They prayed for protection and courage for the police, for healing and comfort for victims, and for the stamina and precision of the surgeons. They prayed because they know God is sovereign and because that was the single most effective thing they could do — in that moment — for their fellow Americans in grave need.
Suddenly, however, a cascade of leftist politicians and elite journalists pounced. Shut up about “thoughts and prayers,” they said, and “slink away.”
Dear "thoughts and prayers" people: Please shut up and slink away. You are the problem, and everyone knows it.
— Gene Weingarten (@geneweingarten) December 2, 2015
The Nation’s George Zornick contrasted Republican “thoughts and prayers” with Democrat policy posturing:
https://twitter.com/gzornick/status/672161954635624448
Connecticut Democratic senator Chris Murphy tried to tell Americans what to think and how to pray:
Your "thoughts" should be about steps to take to stop this carnage. Your "prayers" should be for forgiveness if you do nothing – again.
— Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) December 2, 2015
The Huffington Post was of course all over the anti-prayer trend, with Sam Stein and Arthur Delaney writing a piece that began:
Public officials are the people society trusts to solve society’s ills. Like, say, gun violence. But every time multiple people have been gunned down in a mass shooting, all these officials can seemingly do is rush to offer their useless thoughts and prayers.
Not to be outdone, Kim Bellware tried to claim that conservative politicians’ prayers were all about the money, painstakingly documenting how various GOP leaders who tweeted their “thoughts and prayers” had received donations from the NRA, purportedly exposing — what? — a “pay to pray” scandal?
But then the New York Daily News topped them all:
Ballsiest newspaper front page of the day. pic.twitter.com/K58FFtoVmg
— Michael Moran (@TheMichaelMoran) December 3, 2015
The attack on “thoughts and prayers” represents a convergence of two of the Left’s nastiest traits — its hysterical anti-Christian bigotry and its impulse to shame and silence its ideological opponents. There is no American demographic the Left despises more than Christian conservatives. Even as it cherishes Muslim religious liberty and rails against “Islamophobia,” it systematically mocks Christians and attacks Christian religious expression. “Clock Boy” gets White House invites while the owners of Hobby Lobby and Chick-fil-A are threats to the Republic. Muslim college students deserve a “safe space,” while Christian student groups are systematically marginalized and often kicked off campus.
Combine this bigotry with the Left’s increasing insistence that dissenting speech isn’t just wrong but dangerous and violent, and we have a very real problem. Earlier this week, pro-life Americans were treated to an avalanche of vitriol, with claims that even the most conventional pro-life arguments were inherently provocative and “irresponsible.” As the San Bernardino shooting unfolded, the Left went even further, mocking and attempting to shame any speech that wasn’t in line with their preferred posturing. You’re either part of their “solution” or you should just shut up.
Over at The Federalist, Mollie Hemingway wrote an interesting piece arguing that the Left is offering its own prayers — to the god of government.
If these assh*les spun off the earth no one would miss them.
One of the things which forced me to examine my own beliefs and allies was my observation of the people who took various positions.
When I realized that most of the nasty, hateful, intolerant and self-righteous people that I encountered were liberals, I also realized that I did not want to be associated with that type of person.
As time went on, the gap between me and them became wider, as I discovered that I wanted solutions, not theatre… that I valued individual liberty, the USA, and the Constitution and the ideals expressed therein.
Did I become a conservative? Not exactly. I became a Libertarian.
I wish to leave you alone, to pursue your own dreams and desires.
I wish you to leave me alone, to pursue mine.
I don’t care about your choices, and do not want you to force your choices on me.
I wish I knew who to credit for this:
Your religion.
Your sexual choices.
Your ethnicity.
Your beliefs.
Are like a penis.
It’s okay if you have one.
It’s okay to be proud of it.
It’s not okay to whip it out and wave it around in public.
And it’s not okay to shove it down my throat.
@Petercat: I LIKE IT
The Far Right and Far Left can both preach and pound sand—I’m tired of both.
Prayer isn’t what Senator Chris Murray is criticizing, Mr. French. He’s criticizing people such as yourself. And while thoughts and heartfelt prayers are well and good, Twitter posts about them are empty displays. Most likely, God does not follow anyone’s posts on Twitter.
The radical lefts attack was inappropriate, while they rail on how we need to take in refugees that cannot be properly screened, tell us not to judge an entire religion for the acts of a few and turn around and blame all christians rightwingers for the acts of Dear.
We have had enough.
Its time to throw it back in thier bigoted faces.
If the neighbor who saw suspicious behavior would have reported it to authorities maybe this wouldn’t have happened. But afraid of being called a bigot kept them quiet so the IED factory kept on rolling.
@Greg: So what actions would you have them take. Deport every single muslim? Repeal the 2nd amendment? Why is pointing out that the extremist leftists have no real solutions and should hold their bigoted opinions to themselves so terrible.
How do YOU know what God is doing or most likely doing?
Double standards…double standards everywhere…
Seems to me that the attitude of the left, to make us a completely secular nation (i.e. Godless) is the problem.
When I was very young, I learned a term that should be applicable to all of us; greater than self. That mindset has been battered and destroyed by our political correct (cultural Marxist) society. People have been taught that they are the most important thing in the universe, call it the “trophy for everybody” syndrome. You have a right to not be insulted, no matter how outrageous your actions. You have a right to be told how wonderful you are even though you are a slacker. You have a right to the fruits of the labor of others.
I feel sorry for those that think there is no force greater than they are. They assume they are masters of their destiny, and can control the actions of others, basically through intimidation, until they get blown away during a hurricane or some other national disaster, or run over by a bus because they were not paying attention to their own surroundings.
We are a society that was founded on our ancestors belief that there is a God and who were not afraid to voice their belief in Him. Now, if you voice your belief in God, you are chastised, ridiculed, mocked. That practice has worked out well for Communist nations, hasn’t it?
We need to return to our religious roots. And understand that no society has ever lasted that became totally secular.
Yet, those very individuals who think they have all these rights that they really don’t possess, are the last to admit there is something greater than self.
@retire05: They are clueless it means their stuff gets taken too, for their own good of course. Everyone must be equally miserable.
And so it begins:
The family of San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook have claimed that he had been teased by colleagues about his long Islamic beard hours after it emerged that he had also clashed with a Jewish co-worker over religion weeks before he and his wife killed 14 at a holiday party.
While the exact motive for the massacre remains unclear, lawyers for the Farook family said the gunman had been subject to a series of disparaging comments about his traditional Muslim appearance.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3344350/Devout-Muslim-citizen-Saudi-wife-living-American-Dream-identified-heavily-armed-duo-burst-office-holiday-party-slaughtered-14-leaving-baby-mother.html#ixzz3tNI4uehK
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Got that? The shooter was teased, by a Jew, no less. So now his family has lawyered up and they are making excuses for the fact that the shooter was nothing more than a radical Islamist jihadist who got his widdle feelings hurt, by a Jew, no less.
@kitt: How do you know what “kept the neighbors quiet? Have you read a statement from them?
Who is blaming all Christian right wingers for the acts of Dear? What is the truth about Dear and his actions in Colorado Springs?
You say extremist leftists have no real solutions—What solutions are extremist right wingers proposing?–prayer?
Bigoted opinions—the curse of extremists right and left.
In my mind there is a force greater than any of us–How one worships or doesn’t worship is his/her own business.
BTW The world is changed by your example not your opinion.
@Rich Wheeler:
Bigoted opinions—the curse of extremists right and left.
In my mind there is a force greater than any of us–How one worships or doesn’t worship is his/her own business.
true
BTW
The Prez also said exactly the same as the candidates dont see his pic on that front page.
@kitt: “The Prez. also said exactly the same as the candidates.” Pls clarify your statement. Thanks
No need. I understand what you are saying.
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he doesnt stop there, he uses the situation to try to further his agenda, too sad.
@Rich Wheeler:
Because a spokesman for the “neighbor” said that she did not call the authorities because she did not want to be accused of “profiling.” Now 14 are dead when that one phone call might have helped to save 14 lives.
Have you not been reading the leftist rags and websites? I thought you were politically astute.
Are you mocking the power of praryer, Rich? Didn’t you just claim to have attended a Christian church recently? Are we not instructed by Christ to pray? Do you not believe in the power of prayer?
I assume you are referring to the recent comments of Harry Reid.
@retire05: I do believe we all have a right to pray in our own way and that I personally find solace in doing so.
One of my “favorite” sarc. bigots is your own Rep. Louie Gohmert—real piece of work that guy..
@kitt, #6:
So tell me what the right’s solutions are, in more detail that “We will FIGHT them, and WE WILL WIN!” because I haven’t heard much more than that. In reality, problems require specific, detailed solutions. Attitude is not a solution. Political posturing is not leadership.
Do you honestly believe the solution to ISIS is obvious, but the Obama administration just doesn’t see it, or just isn’t willing to pursue it?
That would be a load of horse manure.
ISIS has been issuing invitation after invitation for the United States to join them in a full-scale ground war in the Middle East. Their every word and act are calculated provocations. Why do you suppose they’re doing that? What nation do you imagine would ultimately suffer the most damage as a result? That should be an easy one, since these homicidal idiots don’t even have a nation. Think what Iraq has cost us. Why would anyone believe this would somehow turn out any differently?
Obama has been trying to fight ISIS on our terms, using our advantages, without falling into the obvious trap of a regional ground war. Any president who isn’t a complete idiot will rely on some variation of that approach.
We’re not going to be able to conduct a decisive ground war, take and hold some territory in the Middle East, and thereby eliminate the threat of Islamic terrorism in the United States and Europe. To think that we can do so is to see the problems of the 21st Century through 19th and 20th Century eyes. Today the dangers are different, and the solutions have to be different as well.
@Greg:
What did the god of the Democrats do during WWII? Are you such an idiot that you think FDR released his battle plans to the public, just to make sure the isolationists agree with them? For someone who claims to have served in the U.S. military, you seem totally void of war rationale.
We bomb them. We bomb their money making facilities (the oil production) and their headquarters, not leaving it up to the squishy French to do it. It has already been reported that Obama didn’t want to bomb the oil trucks because of………..yeah, you guessed it………..damage to the environment. We don’t target civilians, but we stop worrying about “collateral” damage.
How so? Evil is still evil. And I noticed you have no solutions, just criticism of Republicans.
You’re still an idiot.
@Rich Wheeler:
If you were half as smart as Louie Gohmert you might be worth something. But you’re not. So you rail on someone you don’t even know. Louie is a devout Christian. I’m sure that doesn’t elevate your opinion of him since you seem to be a CINO.
@retire05, #17:
Right. I keep forgetting that republicans always have Super Secret Solutions to all of the problems they rant about that cannot be safely revealed until After They Are Elected.
This is actually fortunate, since it allows them to devote their full time and energy to obstruction, endless investigations, negativity, and character assassination between elections.
@Greg:
So when we were fighting the evil Nazis, FDR made public all the battle plans? And I forgot how Harry Truman advised the American public of his intention to drop the big ones on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
But please, continue to prove what a useful idiot you are. I understand you are not smart enough to be embarrassed by your constant parroting of the left’s talking point. And being the coward you are, with nothing substantial to contribute, you haven’t provided your solution. You just continue to blather.
@retire05: Gohmert Being a “devout Christian” certainly doesn’t exempt him from being a bigot–which he is. Intelligent– -you got a low bar.
No I don’t know him—do you know Reid?
@Rich Wheeler:
I’ll keep Gohmert. You can keep Barbara Boxer who says the California gun laws worked and Maxine Waters, surely to go down in history as one of the most crooked Congress criters ever elected. And let’s not forget Hank Johnson who worried that Guam would tip over if we put too many troops on the island, or Sheila Jackson Lee, a real empty skull.
Seems your tribe wrote the book on electing morons.
Gohmert is no bigot. But being a leftie, that doesn’t stop you from name calling, which is the forte of the left.
Do I know Harry Reid? Not well, only met him a couple of times. Was not impressed then and that hasn’t changed. He’s simply another Democrat crook. He’s not called Harry Real Estate Reid for no reason.
One thing’s for sure; if California required an I.Q. test before you could run for office there, you would quickly run out of politicians.
@Greg: My solutions would not be politically correct. I certainly would not tell the enemy in advance of my plans. Find out what they fear is the start of it.
@retire05: Morons you say-2 for today
Gohmert Muslims are being trained to act like Hispanics..
Todd Akin Mizzou If it’s a legitimate rape the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.
Is it still your belief that Dear holed up in Planned Parenthood building simply by coincidence after killing 3 people and wounding many.in the immediate surroundings. He was holed up in PP for over 3 hours before surrendering.
@Rich Wheeler:
A few years ago 6 (I believe) Afghanis tried to enter the U.S., posing as Mexicans, by presenting their Mexican passports. It was later learned that those passports had been bought by the Afghanis from two Mexican consulates, one in Belize and one in Columbia.
We also know that Hezbollah has infiltrated Mexico, and there are Middle Easterners living in Mexico trying to learn how to pass themselves off as Mexican, even adopting Hispanic names.
Golly, Rich, I thought you were well informed. Guess not.
Akin is an idiot. But he didn’t get elected, did he? On the other hand, you Loonafornians continue to elect mental midgets like Pelosi, Boxer and Waters. No one can elect idiots like Californians.
Yep. It was a convenience. If he was after PP, he would have harmed those workers and patients inside. He didn’t. But I guess the common sense behind knowing that escapes you.
Yep. Just like any other criminal who is trying to delay the inevitable, capture or death.
Not that you ever answer questions, but here’s one for you: if Dear wanted to attack PP, why didn’t he?
@retire05: Dear will be back in court on the 9th–more will be revealed.
.We may soon see Muslims wearing 10 gallon hats, shit kicker boots, feasting on barbeque and downing massive quantities of Jack while blaring Willie—in an attempt to pass as Texans.
@Rich Wheeler:
Just let them try. Nothing says “phony” more than someone trying to wear a Stetson who doesn’t have a clue as to the way it should be worn. Want an example? Just look for the photos of Obama in a cowboy hat.
As to the shit kicker boots; they’re used for kicking the shit out of California cowboy wannabes, bar-b-que, nah, not your thing being the vegan you are (shows your lack of intellect) and I guess, in your ever open mind, that all Texans do is drink massive quantities of Jack. Shows how little you know. Majority of all drunk drivers in Austin are Mexican. They probably prefer Dos XXX or Tecate.
As to Willie; most Texans don’t like him. He’s a flaming liberal like you.
You may live in a pretty state, but it’s riddled with idiots who vote other idiots into federal offices. Not a fact you can get away from.
Noticed how you veered away from the Middle Easterners posing as Mexican subject. But….that’s what you do. You run away from your own big mouth.