Quotes: We don't return evil with evil/There are different types of socialism
We don't return evil with evil
Thank you to Mr. Vern Haskell for sending me this link. I think Mr. Burgess Owens is an intellectual, with many reasonable and good insights. I agree with Mr. Owens (paraphrased) that the murder of George Floyd was morally wrong.
Quoting Mr. Owens in regards to the murder of George Floyd:
'There is no doubt about it, it was brutality, it was evil, but what we don't do, is we don't return evil with evil. We have rule of law in this country.'
I can grant as Mr. Owens states that there exists in western colleges and universities, a very significant Marxist-Socialist ideology taught via professors. Radical Marxists and Socialists are seeking to overthrow western democracy, I reason. (Radical rightists as well, but with less of a voice in western institutions, it seems to me).
However, I am a moderate conservative, theologically and politically. I am not a liberal or a socialist. My 'bread and butter' of support for my online websites is those that are moderate conservatives and moderate liberals. Intellectual, thinking types that are not radicals. I certainly understand that not all that identify as liberal or even identify as socialist are radical Marxist-Socialists that would support a revolution and overhaul of western democracy. Quite simply, I need to be fair and objective in Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 4:25-32 King James Version (KJV)
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
There are different types of socialism
When I was a child and my parents were in the Amway business, one of the American, Diamond Direct Distributors and a considerable intellectual and conservative (that was a Christian missionary, last time we had contact), named Hank Gilewicz told me (paraphrased):'There are different types of socialism'. In other words, there are various, radical and moderate forms of socialism.
I am a Provincial Conservative Party voter, but for example, our socialist NDP (New Democratic Party) Premier in British Columbia is a continual example of a moderate, rational, reasonable, leader, even when I disagree with his views. Again, I vote Conservative, but as a Christian scholar, I need to objectively evaluate political views and approaches accurately.
Many politicians, including social-democrats, and also some conservatives, attach themselves to politically correct positions for the sake of popularity and votes. I would reason that often, there are more of these liberal politicians, as opposed to the minority, with radical left-leaning political ideologies. (Our Prime Minister comes to mind as a liberal (Liberal Party) that embraces the politically correct)
I appreciate Mr. Owens' comments on the issues of 'Defund the Police' and White privilege'. In my mind, 'white privilege' is too presumptive of a term. There is significant diversity of privilege, prosperity and related between 'white people' in the west.
