A perverse man spreads strife, And a slanderer separates intimate friends.
Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down ...
What is Glenn Beck doing with this brownshirt claim? Slander. As deadly as a thousand swords. He breeds strife, destroys friendships.
Solomon also said to respond to fools with gibberish. Great advice!
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools ...
To answer before listening— that is folly and shame.
Proverbs 18:13
... it is folly and shame unto him; his answer must be a foolish one, and bring shame and confusion upon him; men should be ‘swift to hear’, and ‘slow to speak’, James 1:9.
[Good to remind myself of this too.]
People piled on with Glenn Beck: ‘Brownshirts! Brownshirts!’
A charge that serious requires deliberation. First off, “Are they brownshirts?” Bad, but not quarrelsome. Not nearly as provocative. But no ... it’s a claim. It’s a ‘fact’.
It’s ...
... right before Super Tuesday.