Pentagon Approves Deployment of 700 National Guard Troops to D.C. ahead of Expected ‘Freedom Convoy’
“Meanwhile, Pennsylvania truck driver Bob Bolus says he is leading a U.S. ‘Freedom Convoy’ of trucks from Pennsylvania to Washington, D.C., as soon as today with the goal of gridlocking the Capitol Beltway to protest vaccine mandates and Covid-19-related restrictions” - National Review
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We’ve already seen Rand Paul publicly applaud the Canadian protest and say it would be great if it happened in the U.S. He’s not alone.
Lawlessness is lawlessness. You can’t be against it when it’s BLM and be for it when it’s against “the left.”
Well, you can. But we have a word for that.
Then again, hypocrisy has become the middle name of the new right. Tactically, everything that’s improper for “Them” is OK for “Us.”
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[Aaron Blumer]Then again, hypocrisy has become the middle name of the new right. Tactically, everything that’s improper for “Them” is OK for “Us.”
Agreed. The same could also be said of the contemporary Left. This is the consequence of trying to do politics with a postmodern worldview. When you take away any objective measurement for truth, beauty, or goodness all that’s left over is tribal dominance. So whatever advances the Tribe or handicaps the Other Tribe becomes acceptable. One day supporting unlawful protests is good, the next day its evil. One day questioning elections results is okay, the next its blasphemy.
It’s vitual for Christians to rise above this. We must not only fight for the Christian cause, but fight for the Christian cause in a Christian way.
Josh Stilwell, associate pastor, Alathea Baptist Church, Des Moines, Iowa.
[Aaron Blumer]We’ve already seen Rand Paul publicly applaud the Canadian protest and say it would be great if it happened in the U.S. He’s not alone.
Lawlessness is lawlessness. You can’t be against it when it’s BLM and be for it when it’s against “the left.”
Well, you can. But we have a word for that.
Well, I suppose, but the Canadian protest was “mostly peaceful” to use a phrase. Other than blockading borders, and in Ottawa, blockading streets, there was very little illegal activity. Let’s not pretend it was anywhere even close to what the left did with the George Floyd riots.
For what it’s worth, my position on the Truckers was that I was sympathetic to their concerns, but against any breaking of the law. Again, for the most part, there was very little lawbreaking going on.
Maranatha!
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3
I do not see anything unlawful about driving to Washington, DC whether in a car or a semi. I have said from the start that if they do that, they need to simply drive through town and make their point without breaking any traffic laws. If they block roads, that is another thing and they need to get off the road. I will defend their right to drive there, but I do not think it will actually help the cause they are pushing. Unlike Canada, the US convoy does not seem to have a clear goal other than than to protest the president as he gives the State of the Union address. The president is already cratering in his support from the general public and I think the best thing for these truckers who oppose him to do is to get out of the way and let him crater more. If the attention gets shifted to them and people start to feel sorry for the president because of their behavior, then they could end up having the opposite effect that they intended. If they were protesting high gas prices and were asking for specific changes in energy policy and were driving to make a point and kept driving, I think they could gain some support since this is an issue that affects nearly every citizen in some way. But without a clear concise goal in their protest, I do not think it will be that effective, and if they block traffic long term, I think they will just energize those opposed to their message.
“with the goal of gridlocking the Capitol Beltway”
People live there, work there, have businesses that depend on movement of traffic to keep customers coming in…
But it’s OK because it’s not BLM. … and “other than…” there’s nothing illegal.
Becuase “other than…” doesn’t matter. Only some laws matter. As long as nobody who’s a friend or familiy member of mine or a conservative or a Christian loses their business or can’t pay their rent because they can’t get to work, it’s OK.
Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.
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