I sometimes wonder what it must be like to be a Shannyn Moore, a Dan Fagan, a Celtic Diva or a member of their crews. I can't visualize it in my mind, because I don't harbor such vile hatred in my heart. In my "come to Jesus" moment years ago, I learned that any amount of hate in the heart only serves to poison the soul. So I work real hard on easing the burden by getting rid of as much of it as I can manage. The Lord taught us to do this, and I believe it is the most difficult task He has charged us with.
As a blogger, I have asked myself how can anyone spend every minute of every day going all negative on someone - even a politician - with whom that blogger disagrees? All that negativity weighs heavily upon the soul. I know this, because I once tried to do it, but I failed. Yes, I tried my hand at doing an Obama oppo site, not because I hated the man, but because the prospect of a socialist at the helm of this nation scared the dickens out of me. Even though he supports the grisly practice of abortion which destroys human life, I don't hate him. I pray for him. I ask the good Lord above to shine a light for him and show him the error of his ways. Anyway, I had to abandon the project because working on it was making me miserable.
The amount of I time I have to spend railing against the Energizer bunnies of negativism who are in attack-Sarah-Palin mode 24/7 could be better spent blogging about what I am for rather than what I'm against. But defending the governor and her family requires a great deal of it. As it is, I find it tiring, but it must be done, because the dark side forces are tireless. If I had to spend 100% of my time doing it, I would find it exhausting, not to mention troubling at best.
It would be a terrible thing to have to live with, being a hateful, negative person who spends ever minute online, every stroke on the keyboard, trying to destroy another person or persons. I can't conceive of what a load it would be bear false witness against that person and lash out at her children. "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"
- JP
I have to agree. I disagree with obama, might laugh at times when he goofs up like bowing to the king of saudi arabia, but i neither hate or dislike him personally.
ReplyDeleteIt takes a truly evil heart to have this constant level of hatred directed at someone and i'm sure there is a fringe element of people like that.
I'm comforted by the fact that many people are just common sense people who just want whats best for themselves and their family and not interested in the daily polictics which consume some parts of the media and the beltway.
Beautiful post. I completely agree. I don't like trying to debunk every negative Palin article or story in the MSM. It's so tiring because like you said, they're constantly attacking 24/7. It's like their life's mission. I don't know how they do it. They must be miserable.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on praying for Obama. I don't hate him either. Although I vehemently disagree with nearly all of his policies, I would never be able to do an anti-Obama blog because harboring all that negativity greatly affects me. I would rather praise Palin for what she's doing right and promote her as the alternative.
Like baboonking said above, I think most people just want what's best for the country and their families, and I'm the same way.
Great post.
I read so many really vile comments left on any Palin story, and recognize a lot of the same people on every story. Like you, I've always wondered what it must be like to be so eaten up with raw, seething hatred every day. I suspect that many of them lead empty, bitter lives, having never achieved anything, and are very unhappy.
ReplyDeleteHoly cow JP,
ReplyDeleteWhat a great post. I have been thinking about the same thing for a while now. In fact I just blogged about it yesterday myself. Basically I think we are living in an age when people's hearts are failing. To quote Yoda (George Lucas I know) fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering. You can check out my post if you want called Heart Condition. No pressure though.
http://www.conservativeindependentrant.blogspot.com/
God bless