This past weekend was an eight year anniversary of 9-11. After all the memorials, there was a demonstration in Washington D.C.. Those who came answered the call to regain the unity the country felt on the days after that tragic event in 2001. There have been many comments about this 9-12 gathering. Many criticized those participating for a divisive voice rather than a uniting voice. I, however, believe the organizers succeed in taping the feeling that unified the majority of Americans in 2001.
After 9-11, you may remember President Bush going to ground-zero. There he made a promise to the American people. It was in the form of a warning to the (yet unnamed) source of the violence.
Bush said: "The people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon." What we heard was our leader saying that we would hunt down the responsible parties, and get them. The feeling that he taped was a hatred that lasted through the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
This weekend, that same emotion was tapped by organizers of the 9-12 event. From those who arrived in Washington D.C. came fourth a hatred of the Congress, a black President, and any who disagree with them and support social programs to feed the hungry, to offer health care to the sick, to provide affordable housing etc.. The signs they carried, like: "We come unarmed (this time)", and a black-faced image of the President with a swastika reading "Change we don't need"
conveyed the hate that united them. I can only imagine that some consider themselves Christian. Yet, the Jesus I find in the Bible would not display such degrading and threatening images. The Jesus of the New Testament would unite us in love and compassion. Hate is not a Christian value!
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