“There are some evil soreheads who see red wherever they go (the extreme case being the Dallas shooter), and then others who see yellow lights in certain places.”
That’s a good way of putting it. If I may add to that, some even see green lights. As I said, the considerations and attitudes aren’t completely monolithic. All depends on who you talk to.
Certainly though, there’s a significant percentage of blacks who are so culturally disconnected from mainstream America, that they easily buy in to the hate and race baiting poison that’s pitched to them day and night.
It’s those people Rev Peterson and others are trying to reach.
Yeah, I was just looking at the other case, the Louisiana case.
The kindest most sympathetic way I think we can put it, is that here was a chap bent on torture-testing the police system, and then when it finally, in some technical sense, failed, leaving a cause behind to claim that the police system tortured him.
Um. Maybe we should treat this as a lesson in attitudes to try to avoid, that rage will envelop itself in futility. I wish Rev. Peterson well.
And personally, I can sympathize with the feelings of some rage-a-holics (addicts to rage) even while disagreeing with the wisdom of it. They seem to have an impossible load on their shoulders. The only real answer (again this is theology, bear with me please) is to put that load on God. I would wager his life was replete with recriminations, however the circumstances in which they were incurred. The dirty little secret we carry is that we are all sinners in need of forgiveness, and if we are in a truly unforgiving situation, that sin will fester. There’s a reason that the Band-Aid has an absorbent pad, not just a piece of glossy tape. The suppuration of a wound has to go somewhere.
By Rev. Peterson, are you referring to Rev. Jesse Peterson?