6-25-19 Racial Tension Ready to Snap

Nearing Midnight: Racial Tension Ready to Snap - Todd Strandberg - https://www.raptureready.com/category/nearing-midnight/

 

We live in a time of profound racial sensitivity. Anyone who is a public figure has to carefully choose every word that comes out of his or her mouth. My old congressman Steve King from Iowa learned of this danger when he openly questioned the meaning of the wrong phrases. "White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization - how did that language become offensive?" he said.

 

Within a few short days, King was labeled the "unapologetically racist" congressman, and he was stripped of all his House committee assignments by the Republican Party. He also received a formal rebuke from the full House in a vote that was 424-1, with only Democratic Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush voting no. Rush said he wanted to censure King instead - a stronger, but still largely symbolic, step.

 

A couple of other examples of politicians getting into trouble came during the 2018 election. Senator Ron DeSantis said Florida voters shouldn't "monkey this up," and Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith said, "If he (a supporter) invited me to a public hanging, I'd be on the front row." The problem in both cases was that their opponents were black. I thought it was beyond stupidity for the press to suggest that DeSantis somehow called his political foe a monkey, and Hyde-Smith was wanting to introduce racial hanging into the election.

 

Democrats have no need to walk on eggshells when it comes to using the wrong dog-whistle words. Former Vice President Joe Biden has a long history of major racial gaffes. He once praised President Obama for his cleanliness.

 

"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," Biden said.

 

Biden has made other questionable comments. In a June 2006 appearance in New Hampshire, the senator commented on the growth of the Indian-American population in Delaware by saying, "You cannot go into a 7-11 or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. Oh, I'm not joking."

 

Since Biden is the current frontrunner for the 2020 Democratic Primary, I'm looking forward for Joe to add to his record.

 

The reality of living in one of the most racially charged times in American history is that we have vast numbers of people absolutely fixated on finding even the slightest manifestation of discrimination. The news coverage of the stare-down between a Covington High School student and a Native American is a perfect example of this insanity. The incident took place after a pro-life march on the National Mall. The Catholic students were waiting for their bus, and they were being provoked by slurs from Black Hebrew Israelites, whose role in the confrontation wasn't apparent in the viral footage.

 

The snapshot of Nicholas Sandmann with a smirk on his face and a "Make America Great Again" cap on his head was the product of selective editing. A longer view of the event shows that the Covington High School students had not acted in any harassing manner.

 

Several twitter personalities took the bait and attacked the students over their "racism." University of Pennsylvania's Ebony Elizabeth Thomas said "the smiling face of Whiteness" is one that "always hides a knife behind its back." A writer for Saturday Night Live promised oral sex to anyone who punched Sandmann in the face.

 

According to the Washington, D.C., statute against disorderly conduct, these Black Hebrew Israelites were breaking the law by verbally attacking the boys in a public place. Because they are members of a protected class, they have nothing to fear from the police.

 

Some networks tried to back away from the label of Fake News by showing the full footage. Many networks decided the best defense is to simply press ahead with their false narrative. NBC's Savannah Guthrie asked Nick Sandmann for his guilt, "Do you feel from this experience that you owe anybody an apology? Do you see your own fault in any way?" Sandmann should have turned the question around and asked Guthrie if she should be the one offering an apology.

 

The constant labeling of President Trump as a racist is a troubling indication of the madness that is overtaking our nation. House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries referred to him as "the grand wizard of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" because he uses "racially insensitive remarks." When you have people endlessly meditating on fantasy racial injustice, the end result will be total moral depravity. People like Jeffries will become so convinced of their own purity, they will be willing to kill to prove their earthly virtue.

 

"To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed" (Titus 1:15-16