{"id":1971,"date":"2021-11-22T13:02:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T19:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2021-11-22T13:03:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T19:03:19","slug":"thugs-and-bullies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/thugs-and-bullies\/","title":{"rendered":"Thugs and Bullies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1972\" src=\"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/exodus-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"Exodus\" width=\"362\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/exodus-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/exodus-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/exodus-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ebcsv.com\/pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/exodus.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/>Thugs and Bullies<\/h3>\n<p>The only thing that triumphed on Friday in Kenosha, Wisconsin was justice.<br \/>\nIt is tragic that two men lost their lives.<br \/>\nIt is tragic that that a third was wounded.<br \/>\nIt is tragic that Kyle Rittenhouse will bear the scars and wounds of memories from that fateful night for the rest of his life.<br \/>\nIt is tragic that numerous property owners were violated and lost livelihoods\u2019 and hard earned property. Sadly, all of it was preventable.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If evil men had stayed home and not burned and pillaged property, they would still be in the land of the living.<br \/>\nIf evil media pundits had not stoked class envy and identity politics perhaps that night would have been peaceful instead of full of blood.<br \/>\nIf evil political leaders had not tweeted lies and deception\u2026 but I guess it\u2019s only an \u201cif\u201d. Sadly, evil thugs and bullies created a narrative in our nation that has brought us to the sad state of things we now see- division, hostility and distrust.<br \/>\nWhere will it all end?<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, our constitution guarantees the right to assemble, to protest, to seek a redress for grievances and to freely speak our mind.<br \/>\nThat right doesn\u2019t extend to lawless pilfering and pillaging. To go with a mob to do evil is cowardice at its worst. Sadly, we have somehow equated protest with anarchy.<br \/>\nMartin Luther King would weep if he could see how a movement he once piloted on a platform of peaceful protest has become a cloak for the worst kinds of evil a society can stomach.<\/p>\n<p><em>You must not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked to be a malicious witness. You must not follow a crowd in wrongdoing. Do not testify in a lawsuit and go along with a crowd to pervert \u230ajustice\u230b. Do not show favoritism to a poor person in his lawsuit.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Exodus 23:1-3<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kyle has much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. So do we.<br \/>\nJustice triumphed. 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It is tragic that two men lost their lives. It is tragic that that a third was wounded. 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