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My thread on the topic of this article follows: “Whatever Happened to ‘Honor Thy Mother and Father’?” 1/ https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/whatever-happened-to-honor-thy-mother-and-father/">https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/...
2/ I can& #39;t get this off my mind, having seen similar sentiments elsewhere. Besides what I’ve already written about CS Lewis& #39;s observation that pursuits of "good,” when done in the wrong way, often become "wickedness”… https://www.redstate.com/diary/simpsonreport/2020/04/16/819456/">https://www.redstate.com/diary/sim...
3/ … I strongly disagree with the notion that the one-size-fits-all shutdown is "honoring" of our parents at all. My difference of opinion here centers on the meaning of “honor.” Does it honor our elderly to keep their grandchildren out of schools,…
4/…put their sons on unemployment and fly drones around the countryside to make sure they “socially distance”? I don’t believe our seniors want this. The Left certainly does, and it seems to me those on the Right who also do either have a tremendous fear…
5/… of the virus or have allowed themselves to feel the shame and guilt the media insists upon if they dare utter any kind of resistance. Actually, I think calling the draconian shutdowns “honoring” is essentially a kind of scapegoating—even though unintended…
6/…placing guilt of the collateral damage on the very people they’re supposed to be protecting. Does anybody believe our veterans are okay with this? They were willing to sacrifice their lives for their fellow man and their country….
7/ …Our seniors contributed to building this great nation with their blood, sweat, and tears. Yet now they’re told we’re “honoring” them to “keep them safe” by destroying what they fought to protect and worked to build…
8/…and they’re supposed to stay locked inside and watch it all fall apart on TV? Surely we can protect and honor our elders in better ways than this. It’s our turn to repay what they have done for us by continuing their legacy….
9/ And we must never place, even if indirectly and unintended, the burden of the collateral damage of the shutdown on their shoulders that have born so much already. That’s not fair. It’s not “who we are.” And it’s certainly not “honor.”
cc: @JZmirak
