Shouldn't we be Willing to Criticize?

(Even if they say the right thing sometimes?)

Recently I saw a post about Alex Jones and his $2000.00 cat.  I guess the DOJ was inquiring about the cat in regards to his massive bankruptcy filing.  Before I say much more, I’ll say this:  I think what’s being done to Alex Jones (and free speech) is insane.  I don’t agree with the level of fines and injustice he’s endured for daring to question the validity of a so-called “mass shooting”.  That being said, I dared to comment on this post and say something to the effect of, “In all fairness, Alex Jones didn’t need to buy a $2000.00 cat when there are plenty of rescue kitties he could have adopted.” 

I started a fire storm.  People who obviously worship the ground that this mere mortal stands on told me to “Ef Off” etc.  WOW.  Really? 

So this started me down a path of thought about just how far we have fallen as a society, when people in the public eye are not allowed to be criticized or reprimanded by certain “sides” in the fake left/right paradigm in this country.  If you are on the fake “right” you cannot say anything bad about the public figure that says anything you agree with.  If you are on the fake “left,” the same policy is in place.  Depending on what “side” the public figure is on, you must accept every single thing your idol says and does without question.  

I began thinking about how much different the conversation would have gone if former President Obama was in bankruptcy and had purchased a $2000.00 pet for his daughters.  The fake “right” would have been foaming at the mouth and screaming about how irresponsible it was for him to have bought this pet.  It would have been nothing but hatred for him and cheers for the DOJ. The fake right would have been demanding that the DOJ seize the Obama Family pet without question.    

Here’s where I stand on this important issue:  We should always question those who are in the public eye.  Period.  They are all human beings and each and every one of them has motives under the surface that we don’t quite see or understand.  When someone is in the public eye and they are saying things and doing things that makes sense (regardless of which fake “side” they are on) we should cheer them.  When they do things that create bad optics, are in bad taste, immoral, or go against liberty, we should criticize them and hold them to account.  Especially those who are making money from the generosity of their donors and/or from our tax dollars.  Period. 

Here are some of the public figures that come to mind that are perfectly okay for us to question.  Always.  Sometimes they’ve all said some really great things.  Sometimes they’ve said and done some really horrible and despicable things.  Shouldn’t we have the courage to call them out on it when they do and/or say the “wrong” thing?  I say, “hell yes we should!”

Stew Peters.  He talks a good game and says a lot of the right things a lot of the time  but he is constantly calling upon the name of Jesus while running a for-profit business.  I often think back to the days of Jimmy Swaggert and others of his ilk.  Anytime we are gaining the public’s trust by invoking the name of Jesus we have to be very careful, especially if we are profiting from it.  Stew, either stop invoking the name of the Lord, or stop selling products in His name and go to a totally donation-based system.  The choice is simple.  Money changers and sellers of trinkets and doves were driven out of the temple with a whip for doing pretty much the same thing.

Donald J Trump.  The “father of the vaccine” and proud to have increased the funding for planned parenthood more than Barrack Obama.  But we dare not criticize Trump right?  Did he do some good?  Oh of course he did.  But the bad needs to be discussed as well and he should be held to account by us for the bad.  We are allowed to be critical of his bad decisions, even if we support him.

Bill Clinton.   “I did not have sex with that woman, Monica Lewinsky.”  None of us cared that he had an affair.  Hell, married to that witch Hillary, who could blame him?  But he did not need to lie about it.  If he lied about that, what other things did he lie about?  We may never know.

George Bush.  “Read my lips… no new taxes!”   I wish this was the only lie told by this guy.  George Bush was a monster.  But we dare not say anything bad about him, right?

George W Bush.  “You are either with us, or with the terrorists.”   Don’t even get me started on this guy.  I, at one time, was deluded into believing he was amazing, until I realized the pure evil done by him.  He put our names on stuff that is only now really starting to come to the surface.  The “war on terror” (which is now a war on us), the TSA, DHS, torture programs, murdering untold thousands of men, women and children for fake “weapons of mass destruction”…. The list goes on and on.  But if someone is on the fake “right” they are not allowed to call him out on any of the evil.  Just accept it.  Lock, stock, and barrel.  After all, he’s “your guy”.

Barrack Obama.   (I’m paraphrasing here) “We need a national security force as big as the military.”  There’s a lot of controversy surrounding that statement and much of it has been scrubbed from the internet.  When he said this in around 2008, to the cheering of his supporters, my mouth hit the floor.  The glazed over eyes cheering their own demise was utterly shocking to me.  This is just *one* of the tyrannical things that Obama said and/or did during his “reign” as supreme leader.  Shouldn’t we all be able to criticize him?  I would say… “yes!”

Elon Musk.  (Again, paraphrasing) “World government is dangerous.”   Yes Elon!  I agree.  I think you hit the nail on the head.  But what about all the evil military contracts you have?  What about the brain chips you openly talk about sticking in everyone?  How about the blanketing of the world with 5G that you are involved in?  I could go on and on with a list of technocratic hell that you have openly talked about.  Making one good statement does not absolve you from what you really say you want for all of us.

Bill Gates.   “We shoot that GMO right into their bloodstream.”  There’s still a lot of tech junkies that just love them some Bill Gates.  Bill Gates is a monster who openly wants to remake the world and every plant, animal and human into his own devilish image.  I doubt I need to go much further with this guy.  He is a monster who deserves to be criticized.

I think you get my point.   No public figure, no matter how good they may seem, no matter how many good things they say, and no matter how altruistic they may seem-to-be, is beyond reproach.  None of them deserves a free pass when they make mistakes.  These people have chosen the limelight.  They need to also take responsibility for their actions as well.  They need to be willing to come out and say, “maybe I was wrong” (at a minimum) when they mess up. 

We, as a society, should never, never, ever be unwilling to call them out when they are wrong.  And we should respect those who have the courage to do so.  Telling someone to “Ef Off” because they criticized “your guy/gal”, is the problem and will never get us to a place where public figures are held to account for their actions.