One is President of the U.S.;
the Other is a "Wannabee"
Yesterday, I watched, and carefully listened to President Obama, in Turkey, and Ben Carson, in Iowa. What struck me was the sharp contrast between the two on the subject of Syrian Refugees. Obama's views were consistent with his "better Angels" nature, and, his characteristic treatment of matters that are deeply troubling to the American People. Carson, by contrast, fell squarely in "lock-step" with the most heinous tendencies of those of us who put "Self" first! These are the people who avoided the Draft in the days of "Vietnam"; and military service, ever since. These are the kind of people who rush to deny the rights and "humanity" of those not "like them". Driven by FEAR for their own survival, they quickly abandon those principles they practice is calmer times; and that they want applied to themselves, when they're in need. Some, even go so far as to murder and imprison those people they fear. More than twenty Republican Governors, have, in "lock-step" acted to keep Syrian Refugees out of their States. This morning, Paul Ryan, Boehner's replacement as third in Line of Succession to the Presidency, joined in the FEAR stance, against Syrian Refugees. No doubt, this reflects a "whip-saw" of sentiments within these same people, from a few weeks back, when the body of a little Refugee Boy washed up on a Beach of the Mediterranean.
I finally got around to watching the movie of Ben Carson's Life Story. It didn't help much to explain the real Ben Carson who appears before us on T.V., daily, in his Campaign. EXCEPT, for an insight that only a black male who has lived the past 76 years in the United States, might have. The youthful RAGE, so famously cited, that Carson has been derided for by his white competitors, seems to have disappeared "without a trace" in the man. The Christian GOD he credits for "taking" his Rage, seems to be a GOD that Carson "shares" with NO ONE! White Christian Zealots find him useful, nonetheless!
Vengeance is central to the animus that drives these spreading attitudes toward the Syrian Refugees.
"Vengeance" for what happened in Paris; and, is feared to happen in the U.S. When President Obama sang "Amazing Grace", "forgiving" white Christians for the heinous crime committed there; 'shocked' Whites applauded him for doing that! Carson aligns with the Vengeance crowd; alongside Whites, in our Deep South and other parts of the country where "doors are being slammed" against Syrian Refugees!! President Obama does not do that! Do Republicans feel they can seize on this difference; and, mixing it with their racial hatred for Obama, "leverage" their chances to "win" against Hillary in 2016?
Stay Vigilant! "Compassion"; "Turn the other Cheek"; are quickly abandoned in times of Mass Hysteria! Our MEDIA is busy raising that Hysteria. President Obama, correctly, reminds us that this Nation was formed to set it apart from this sort of thing. Republicans seem determined to destroy all of our Core Values!!
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