Riots in Minneapolis

the problem is an heart problem.

no amount of training and no kind of law is going to make the officer take his knee off the unresponsive man's neck when it becomes undeniably obvious to him that he does not need to restrain the man anymore and that he is doing him undue harm by doing so. no law and no schooling will stop the people who beat or killed innocent men and women when they were trying to defend themselves or their property, or simply passing by.

no law and no education will cause someone to make the right decision in a situation. laws and education can cause people to know what the right decision or action is, but they cannot cause a person to do what is right.

the Torah says love your neighbor. that never caused anyone to love their neighbor. it can cause people to act like they have love, because of fear of punishment or because of a sense of obligation & duty -- but it does not cause love.
the law only makes sin evident; it doesn't change a person's heart. a law can influence behavior, but it cannot change an heart. laws and education highlight evil and attempt to contain it; they don't address it. they are not root-cause solutions.

and law can only influence behavior up to a point: some people are not deterred by the threat of punishment. some people are actually provoked to do what brings punishment because of the threat of punishment; some people simply don't care about the threat of punishment; to some people some other motivation is greater than the motivation of avoiding punishment; some people believe they can escape punishment and others are ignorant of the threat of punishment, or forget it in their passion.

law and knowledge cannot change a person's heart, and they can only partially modify behavior - not completely.

will is free, and people's hearts are evil. this is ultimately the problem.

the only solution is the only thing that can change a person's inner being: the problem in its distillation is sin, and the only solution is Christ.

Why all this what-about-ism and pointing out other subjects?

Be as it may, but he is the President and is the one supposed to be unifying our country when we’re falling on hard times. Pointing at others isn’t good enough.

Be as it may, but he is the President and is the one supposed to be unifying our country when we’re falling on hard times. Pointing at others isn’t good enough.

remember when we had presidents who were presidential?

that was cool. it's true, as the song goes, that sometimes you don't know what you've got until it's gone.

You mean when they lied to us with fair words and good speeches?

It seems people prefer smooth talking liars instead of blunt and plain truth tellers.

There is indeed nothing new under the sun.

You mean when they lied to us with fair words and good speeches?

It seems people prefer smooth talking liars instead of blunt and plain truth tellers.

There is indeed nothing new under the sun.

I've heard the last President was going to do that. Trump inherited what others left behind. Why do you keep pointing at Trump? Seems there is alot of 'do as I say and not as I do' making the rounds these days

I get you hate Trump.

Well, I guess times have changed. Let's be honest though. I'm not condoning anyone losing their lives, and I'm not going to condone any of this nonsense going on right now either. If you are condoning violent crowds burning down buildings and the likes then you really need to check yourself!

And just so you know police brutality and misconduct is not just a white and black thing...I live in an area that is 99% white, but guess what there is still a lot of police brutality going on, but you won't hear about it though because it is against white folks. Police need to be held accountable for their actions. Protests are fine, but violent crowds destroying property and endangering lives is also a crime and needs to be dealt with as so. Anyone committing crimes should be held accountable.

I’ll keep pointing at him because he’s the responsible person at this point of time.

Trump appears to be tearing this nation apart because he is the tribune of roughly half the country as the President before him was and the President after him will be. There are many ways to describe the cleavage within this country- An old constitution based on negative liberty to sustain a republic vs. a new constitution based on positive liberty to create a perfectly equitable mass democracy. A shrinking middle class vs. a growing upper and lower class. A broadly Christian Humanist country vs. the hydra-headed Woketopia. The Vast Interior vs. equally populated Coastal Enclaves.

A public servant who supposedly serves the entire nation now has two masters. He will love one and hate the other. If you are looking for somebody who will unite and lead America like FDR through the Depression and the Second World War, that ship has sailed. All either side can hope for is to appear stronger and persuade/compel a larger majority with evangelistic zeal. Pray for this country if you are not already.

The most passionate and emotional people tend to highjack these sorts of conversations. If you even casually question anything they say they're likely to accuse you of condoning violence or gaslighting you into thinking you did something wrong.

These kind of conversations aren't really productive in my honest opinion because by the time we get to the bottom line, people have already been arguing: we should condemn all racism and violence, not just for one particular person, or group, or whoever the media says we should go after, but also offer a solution. The solution is Jesus Christ, Son of God, our dear Lord and Savior.

Being dissatisfied with someone’s political performance isn’t hate.

I know that many people find it convenient to label someone who holds opinions different from themselves for haters. If a person disagrees with Trump, his supporters will be labeling that person a Trump hater instantly.I don’t hate Trump, at all, I just don’t agree with his politics. If that qualify for hatred I think you should take a closer look at the meaning of the term “hate”.

Lowest unemployment for women, for blacks, and other minorities. Economy was on fire,in a good way,people were building again. Standing against abortion, for religious freedom and firm on the side of Israel. Not backing down from China, bringing captive Americans home from around the world. Holding back socialist/communist leftists and now battling anarchists. Yeah I see a lot to be dissatisfied with there.





Name five things he's done for the country that you agree with and five things he's done right since being in office.

LOL! Certainly not according to the mayors and govs of blue states. Did you catch the latest foolish thing the mayor of DC has done?

Well, if you actually want to back up your own words with action, you should probably stop pointing at the President and for more than one reason but the main one being the fact that no one did more to divide this country than the half and half President before him.


It also turns out that all Trump stated about being illegally listened to and observed by the leaving administration was absolutely true.

Time to stop idealizing the fake and take a hold of the reality even if it isn't pretty. Trump has no help from the left. In fact, they do their best to undermine anything he does. The hatred is demonic.