Our Father,
Who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name;
Thy kingdom come;
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
Yesterday’s show was a wake up call. The video of the young man so casually discussing a plot to brutally murder another conservative commentator during a debate, was troubling to watch. I’m having a really hard time processing how we got here.
Yes, we live in a peerless country, full of kind-hearted and giving people. But there’s a festering infection growing, and it must be stopped. Arendt’s “banality of evil” is on my mind often lately. People I once respected have let the evil in, and it’s spreading as they give it a microphone and a megaphone. I wonder where I went wrong as well. How could I have so misjudged them?
This is not an academic issue. We’ve seen where this goes. Death and destruction are the final chapters of this book in every version, and in every place it surfaces. I fear we are running out of time. I hope I’m wrong.