It’s only been about 24 hours—one single day—since a would-be assassin nearly took aim at a former president. When I first heard about it, I posted a brief satire about possible ways the media would respond. My goal was to highlight the parody the media has become.
Sure enough, American journalism didn’t let us down. One prominent reporter for NBC was one of many who blamed Trump’s “heated rhetoric” as the reason a gunman tried to kill him. Another posted on X that there was no need to worry: “Trump’s ear was safe.” Another brushed aside the events of yesterday as though presidential assassination in almost common occurrence. Time magazine announced in a post on X that the political motivations of the shooter were unclear. (Fortunately, that post got ratioed and community notes were added mentioning the photo of a “Biden-Harris” bumper sticker on his truck, the over 20 donations to the Democratic Party, and several posts declaring Trump must be stopped.)
And the list of insanity among America’s “elite” goes on and on.
Honestly, if the earth moved under my feet, and the press was broadcasting that we just had an earthquake, I would be skeptical to believe them. They’ve lost that much credibility.
I am irritated by the media’s lack of self-awareness. They will look at the American people right in the eye as they tell us how objective they are. This lack of self-awareness is due, I contend, from the fact that the left controls not only the media, but big tech, the entertainment industry, academia, and big corporations. They can say pretty much whatever they want knowing it is very likely they won’t be called out for such a stupid comment.
Just once I would like to hear someone from the left condemn this specific act, not just the vague condemnation of “all political violence” before immediately going into the “both sides do it” deflection to try to lessen the shock that someone tried to kill a former president.
Honestly, the 2024 election cycle in the United States has made me wonder if God has removed his lampstand from this nation.
There is no truth in us. One candidate’s entire strategy is avoidance and deception. The other gets shot at after years of vilification from the left who now insist it’s the victims fault. And most of the country can barely look up from their cell phones to understand what is going on.
Our country cannot go on like this. We need to be a people who pursue truth more than their cause.
However, I have said before that I don’t see that happening. We’re too far gone. I truly believe God has turned the United States over to our sin.
Christ-followers need to pursue truth more than our cause. We need to be lovers of the Truth and call out the father of lies—even if they are proclaimed within our own political philosophy.
We have to become human again and quit justifying specific acts of violence to better fit our narrative.
We need to be honest with ourselves. And, unlike the media, we must be self-aware.
Can we get there? Sadly, I am not so sure. I can already anticipate the responses of “Yeah but,” and “What about…”
And I don’t think we Americans have the intellectual capacity to go beyond that level of response.
Has God removed his lampstand from this country? Truly only God knows that answer. Personally, I am afraid he has.
To get it back we must cry out to a merciful God for forgiveness. And we must be pursuers of truth, not justifiers of lies. There is no cause worthy of a lie. None.
We must be honest with ourselves.
Brutally honest.
And God help us all.
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