I've noticed over the years that many, many people don't really understand "rule of law". There's this incredulity they experience if they proceed in a righteous huff only to find themselves face to face with a cop. They will protest loudly and feel very hard done by. They seem to think the law should be instantly adjusted for THEM. Or that the police can actually go against the law, due to the sincerely or pureness of their motives. Very narcissistic.
There is an illiberal wind blowing through our culture now so the question is, as Ken so well raises, is this civil disobedience done in order to preserve our civil liberties or just another fight in the ongoing culture wars.
Regardless I agree that one one makes a stand you need to be prepared to stand the consequences.
I was with you until you went down the January 6 path. Different country, different issue. Unless you want to include pipeline protests or BLM/ANTIFA violence, watch out what comparisons you make; it's a hornet's nest.
Of course I agree on the legal aspect, but again, be careful what you wish for... What if Grace Life wins a legal challenge?
It was quite apt to mention Jan. 6. That event and the Grace Life Church drama? Irrational law breaking based on lies (election wasn't stolen, Canada poses no ongoing thereat to religious liberty beyond a health crisis). BLM was legit civil insurrection, a boiling over due to the relentless and illegal killing/beating/harassing/profiling of black people by white police. Very, very, very different things. No one is required to piously intone "BLM" in the same breath as "Jan. 6." There is less than zero moral equivalence between the two.
Therein lies the hornet's nest. I agree BLM has valid cause to protest for, but that is undermined after the first building gets torched, further after the first dozen(s?) are killed, and further as the destruction accumulates into the millions (billions?).
If you give moral license to the riots of the last few months, you can expect to see protests you don't agree with. What you dismiss as "lies" can be seen differently in our post-truth world.
I've noticed over the years that many, many people don't really understand "rule of law". There's this incredulity they experience if they proceed in a righteous huff only to find themselves face to face with a cop. They will protest loudly and feel very hard done by. They seem to think the law should be instantly adjusted for THEM. Or that the police can actually go against the law, due to the sincerely or pureness of their motives. Very narcissistic.
There is an illiberal wind blowing through our culture now so the question is, as Ken so well raises, is this civil disobedience done in order to preserve our civil liberties or just another fight in the ongoing culture wars.
Regardless I agree that one one makes a stand you need to be prepared to stand the consequences.
I was with you until you went down the January 6 path. Different country, different issue. Unless you want to include pipeline protests or BLM/ANTIFA violence, watch out what comparisons you make; it's a hornet's nest.
Of course I agree on the legal aspect, but again, be careful what you wish for... What if Grace Life wins a legal challenge?
Food for thought. Good article.
It was quite apt to mention Jan. 6. That event and the Grace Life Church drama? Irrational law breaking based on lies (election wasn't stolen, Canada poses no ongoing thereat to religious liberty beyond a health crisis). BLM was legit civil insurrection, a boiling over due to the relentless and illegal killing/beating/harassing/profiling of black people by white police. Very, very, very different things. No one is required to piously intone "BLM" in the same breath as "Jan. 6." There is less than zero moral equivalence between the two.
Therein lies the hornet's nest. I agree BLM has valid cause to protest for, but that is undermined after the first building gets torched, further after the first dozen(s?) are killed, and further as the destruction accumulates into the millions (billions?).
If you give moral license to the riots of the last few months, you can expect to see protests you don't agree with. What you dismiss as "lies" can be seen differently in our post-truth world.
So what if Grace Life does win? Won't that also be victory for rule of law?
Correct, but I think a lot of people would freak out if that happened.
Amen.