From ee968aa75854086b39ce2b301a2a803712413459 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Wall Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2021 12:03:27 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] How Dare You rant. --- content/how-dare-you.md | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/how-dare-you.md diff --git a/content/how-dare-you.md b/content/how-dare-you.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f263502 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/how-dare-you.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ ++++ +title = "How Dare You" +date = 2021-01-09 +taxonomy = [ + "evangelicals", + "politics", + "rant", +] ++++ + +Be aware the following is a rant. It is not carefully researched, nor is it a methodical analysis or logical argument. It is instead an attempt to capture my feelings after the events of Jan 07, 2021. + +# I'm really angry + +I'm angry. Not just a little angry, I'm furious. Angry enough that I want +to punch something. For context I am a Christian. There are times in my life +that I would have been considered a conservative politically, at least in some +dimensions anyway. But I do not recognize evangelical conservatism today. + +The recent events at the capitol are the perfect culmination of 4+ years of +Trump politics. But that isn't really the source of my anger. The source of my +anger is illustrated by the flags with Jesus on them at Capitol. I'm angry +with every prominent evangelical who aligned with and supported Trump. To +borrow some phrasing from Christ. "Depart from me I do not know you." In the +name of some policy wins you supported a fool. You made excuses for him. You +encouraged him. You praised him. You told the people that it was Okay to follow +Trump, _and they did_. They followed him as he bullied others. They followed +him as he ridiculed and belittled women. The followed him as he treated +veterans shamefully. They followed him as he called foreigners names. They +followed him as he lied. They followed him as he tried over and over to do more +than the powers of the President allows him to. They followed him as he +demonstrated incompetence over and over and over again. They followed him as he +downplayed the pandemic. They followed him as he falsely claimed success over +it. They followed him as he contributed to deaths of 300,000+ Americans. + +As they followed him they got more and more angry. They believed more and more +lies. They were sucked into conspiracy theories. Families were ripped apart. +Friends, brothers, sisters, wives, and husbands watched in growing horror as +their loved ones were entangled into a web of lies and lost their grip on +reality. And as it continued you kept giving his followers permission to align +with Trump. You dragged God's name through the mud for Israel and some court +seats. + +I don't want to be you when God asks you to justify yourselves. You are +responsible as shepherds for your flock. And you are a part of the reason +there were flags with Jesus name being waved on national television as those +people you led stormed the Capitol building. + +**Shame** on you! And may God have mercy on you when you face him. \ No newline at end of file