Are You They?
December 1, 2023 at 1:00 a.m.
Editor, Times-Union:
They believe teachers are grooming children. They do not trust doctors and health officials. They accuse people who stand up for others’ rights of being “woke” (without even knowing what that means) and they boycott stores and products supported and owned by people different from them. They say the FBI and DOJ cannot be trusted, and the courts, judges, and prosecutors who attempt to hold them accountable are all corrupt. They say Democrats are pedophiles, elections are not fair, and Joe Biden is a fraud whose whole family is a crime family. They say most news media are fake and the enemy of the people — except for their select chosen sources. They claim that the violent J6 insurrection — which we witnessed with our own eyes— was a peaceful protest of patriotic tourists.
They say and believe all of this because one man says it is true, he loves them, and he is shielding them from being attacked and replaced by “others” by sacrificing himself. He says he will be their “retribution” and, if re-elected, will cleanse and purge their country of all who threaten them by promising to round them up and throw them out!
Alas! They are convinced. Their long-contained hatred and bigotry has been unleashed. They raise their voices and thanks to God for sending them a savior — while acting anything but Godly. They now have permission to judge, to hate, to seek revenge, to use violence as a tool, to rid the country of anyone who dares to be caring, accepting, truthful — or just plain different. The only real truth for them comes from the lips of their victimized and “persecuted” leader who keeps feeding their anger, hatred, and desire for vengeance daily.
What they fail to realize is that if their divinely-anointed leader should ascend to his throne again and change all the rules to his own liking, they will eventually lose their place as the chosen ones; they will become the “others” - especially when they tire of worshiping, agreeing with, and obeying him. His straight, white, rich benefactors and his hand-picked circle of near and far advisors and autocratic buddies will become the chosen ones.
Now just who are “they?” Are they your neighbors? Your co-workers? Your family members? Are you okay with and safe from whomever they might be?
Or are you one of “they?”
Lord help us all.
Jeanne Schutz
Winona Lake
Editor, Times-Union:
They believe teachers are grooming children. They do not trust doctors and health officials. They accuse people who stand up for others’ rights of being “woke” (without even knowing what that means) and they boycott stores and products supported and owned by people different from them. They say the FBI and DOJ cannot be trusted, and the courts, judges, and prosecutors who attempt to hold them accountable are all corrupt. They say Democrats are pedophiles, elections are not fair, and Joe Biden is a fraud whose whole family is a crime family. They say most news media are fake and the enemy of the people — except for their select chosen sources. They claim that the violent J6 insurrection — which we witnessed with our own eyes— was a peaceful protest of patriotic tourists.
They say and believe all of this because one man says it is true, he loves them, and he is shielding them from being attacked and replaced by “others” by sacrificing himself. He says he will be their “retribution” and, if re-elected, will cleanse and purge their country of all who threaten them by promising to round them up and throw them out!
Alas! They are convinced. Their long-contained hatred and bigotry has been unleashed. They raise their voices and thanks to God for sending them a savior — while acting anything but Godly. They now have permission to judge, to hate, to seek revenge, to use violence as a tool, to rid the country of anyone who dares to be caring, accepting, truthful — or just plain different. The only real truth for them comes from the lips of their victimized and “persecuted” leader who keeps feeding their anger, hatred, and desire for vengeance daily.
What they fail to realize is that if their divinely-anointed leader should ascend to his throne again and change all the rules to his own liking, they will eventually lose their place as the chosen ones; they will become the “others” - especially when they tire of worshiping, agreeing with, and obeying him. His straight, white, rich benefactors and his hand-picked circle of near and far advisors and autocratic buddies will become the chosen ones.
Now just who are “they?” Are they your neighbors? Your co-workers? Your family members? Are you okay with and safe from whomever they might be?
Or are you one of “they?”
Lord help us all.
Jeanne Schutz
Winona Lake