For
a little over a year now, I haven’t read the “opposition” blogs, but with the
UCO elections heating up, I decided I’d break my fast for a while.
I
thought maybe the malcontents (even they use the term now of themselves; it
doesn’t have to be a pejorative) might have softened their language somewhat,
if for no other reason than to appear reasonable and sane to the electorate.
Not so at all! I couldn’t believe what I read: They were still likening Dave
Israel, who served in the NSA for 30 years, to Hitler; still using the grossest
terms to describe him; and now attacking the “silent ones” in UCO, including
the ever-helpful Dom Guarnagia!
Apparently
they think the “silent ones” fail to speak up for them and their causes. They
don’t seem to consider the fact the “silent ones” might be biting their tongues that would otherwise express
criticism of the malcontents. Dom had the courtesy to respond to their charge,
his response including (surprise, surprise) some of the latter—criticism of them.
Being
silent isn’t necessarily being cowardly. There is a time for everything: “A
time to be silent and a time to speak,” Ecclesiastes tells us. There is very
little of which we know all the details of personalities and events sufficient
to justify relentless harsh criticism and scorn.
I
was amazed to read one person’s New Year’s resolution on forgiveness. I thought
he was going to ask forgiveness for something he had done. Instead, he cited a
litany of things HE will forgive (who else?) Dave Israel for! (Really, it sounded
rather like the Almighty himself doing all this
forgiving!) When one cites a list of grievances that long that one is
forgiving, guess what gets emphasized? You guessed it: not the forgiveness, but
the grievances.
I’m
not sure if I made the right decision to open this can of worms…..
