To say this has been a wild, unruly political season would be an understatement.
With all the badmouthing, Americans are prone to retreat behind their citadel of idealism making truth the first casualty in war.
Truth is at risk when voters want to hear pleasant things and prefer chocolate eclairs instead of hearing unpleasant things that contain vinegar and spice.
Truth is at risk when voters don’t want to hear the nasty truth about their candidates.
Truth is at risk when voters think that candidates ought not to bring up the other candidates moral indiscretions, crimes, and corruption.
Truth is at risk when voters don’t discern the difference between slander and a true report.
Voters need to distinguish between truth and slander.
It seems the media is trying to cover up the truth about Hillary and Bill, and fostering as many uglies about Donald as possible. Donald is no cherub, but He’s not the devil.
It is true that Bill Clinton is a womanizer, rapist, and murderer, but it is not true that Donald Trump wants to push the button and bomb Iran.
To accuse Hillary of criminal actions in Emailgate is not political trash talk, it is the truth. But, to say she wants to destroy the country is going to far.
To accuse Donald of being rough and gruff is true, but to accuse Him of hating women is slander for political gain.
When Donald says that Hillary needs to be in jail is not political slander, it is an uncomfortable truth that needs to be known.
For example Wikileaks exposed Hillary strategy to post fake “Sexist Trump Job Ads” on Craigslist (thegatewaypundit), and it is this kind of slander that dizzies voters.
Despite this season’s negativity, I fear that truth is not important to many voters; that butterfly millennials prefer a “safe space” from the nasty rhetoric taking place n this year’s political contest.
Voters need to flee to the truth, and reject the lying blither blather.
Here is the Biblical principle Americans must follow: “Thou shall not bear false witness.”
It is a false report to speak good about an evil person just as it is a false report to speak evil about a good person.
It is a false report to make up lies to make an opponent look bad, and it is a false report to excuse criminal acts because they sound bad.
I’d rather hear the nasty, uncomfortable truth about a candidate than to gloss it over with political sweet talk, but I’m disgusted with the poison darts of slander that destroy the integrity of the American political system.
Storm Brooks
10-14-2016
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