First of all, let me state for the record that Christians and Jews should remain forever at the hip; and that God will bless both Christians and Jews for their devoted love for one another.

Bias and indoctrination are becoming more and more rampant, aren’t they? We seem to have this open, tolerant society, but there are increasingly sinister undertones, and you get the sense that things could get very ugly very quickly.

Anyone who hasn’t read Martin Niemoller’s poem should do so now:

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn’t a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.

It always begins with bias and indoctrination. Then it becomes oppression. Then it gets really ugly. And when you indoctrinate children, you create the monsters of the future.

Maggie
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