How we treat immigrants' children vs. how we treat veterans
Homosexuality vs. morality
the thing I hate vs. the thing I like
This is what is so wrong with our culture, we have no idea how to have a reasonable debate.
And when we try we create false dichotomies (like what I posted above) or use examples we have no right to use because we are not educated to understand them.
In the first example above it is hard to understand how the two are related? Our veterans should be treated with respect and immediate care regardless of our immigration policy. And children, regardless of how they came into the world or into our country, do not deserve to be punished because of who or what their parents have done.
Homosexuality is not the poster issue for the lack of morality in our culture. Scapegoats are way to easy to use to explain anything, and that is exactly what this is about.
Current favorite scapegoats (and why they are the goats):
Homosexuals (lack of morality in our country)
The Black Man (bankrupting the country through abuse of social safety nets)
Immigrants (fill in the blank)
Benghazi (lack of any other issue to pursue)
Abortion Doctors (promiscuity)
What is amazing about scapegoats is that they really have nothing to do with the issue at hand. Concerned about the lack of morality? Look at yourself and not anyone else. Abuse of the social safety net? Look at yourself and not anyone else. Do not like the President of the United States? So what, he is your President, look at yourself. Concerned with a promiscuous culture? Look at yourself.
We do not want to deal with our own issues and prejudices. So, we make up things and point fingers as if that will distract people from noticing. But, we do notice.
The commandment I seam to break the most is the eighth: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
It is one that seems to be a problem for all of us.
Luther teaches: We are to fear and love God, so that we do not tell lies about our neighbors, betray or slander them, or destroy their reputations. Instead we are to come to their defense, speak well of them, and interpret everything they do in the best possible light.
