The events transpiring in Ferguson, Missouri are
troubling. Police should not be
bullies Citizens should not rob
stores. Communities should trust their
police force. Governmental authorities should
be honorable and worthy of trust. Troublemakers
should not work to stir up public unrest.
As the days drag on, I look for more people interested in truth. All the events and all the evidence, seem like political ammunition. One can barely ask if Darren Wilson is an honorable
cop, or if Michael Brown was a law-abiding citizen. These are legitimate, reasonable questions,
helpful in determining the truth. But people
are afraid to ask such questions. Merely
asking them looks like taking sides.
Too many people seem to be for the cop or for the kid. Who is for the truth? Anyone who must spin the truth for the cop or
for the kid is not really interested in truth at all. That person wants to prove a point at any
cost. The point becomes more important
than truth.
And so it is with nearly all public discourse. Current events are nothing more than
ammunition. If it fits my agenda, I use it. If it doesn’t fit my agenda, I deny it,
explain it away, or discredit the source.
No one can hear the people who want to find the truth. They are drowned out by all the knuckleheads
who have an axe to grind.
While the knuckleheads try to prove their points,
communities are torn up by the strife.
