Stupid Dumb Violence
It's been illuminating seeing the Insta stories in the aftermath of the Kirk killing and Denver shootings. For my many conservative friends, there's much sadness about the murder of Kirk and many posts about his commitment to Biblical truth. For my many liberal friends, the stories are about the Denver shooting, objecting to violence but not mourning the passing of Kirk specifically, and that one quote from Kirk about the 2A. I think the common thread in all of this is the mourning over the brokenness. One side mourns the murder of a young man with a family, presumably killed for beliefs that they also hold. The other side mourns what feels like an unequal application of standards, of the increasing rates of violence and the perceived inaction and hypocrisy on things that don't line up with party lines. I cannot judge either side. I am saddened by murder, the violent taking of a life of someone who was created imago dei. I am saddened as well by those who wield their words ...