Coronavirus (CV-19) is essentially over. We’ve not heard a peep from Drs. Fauci or Birx in several weeks. Prior to the start of riots, lootings, and burnings, we were told that wearing masks would save lives. We were told to shelter in place to save lives. It was all about saving lives.
Then, George Floyd was brutally killed by a police officer who happened to be white. The cries went out that the officer was “racist” because he deliberately seemed to kill George Floyd, a black man. Because of this reprehensible incident, “protests” began throughout America, which have expanded to other parts of the world. The protests quickly turned very violent as AntiFa and BLM (Black Lives Matter) groups quickly took over to create anarchy.
Since then, major cities in over 30 states in America have been affected by rioting, lootings and burnings, not to mention that many have been hurt or killed in the aftermath. A number of those killed have been black police officers or security guards who were attempting to do their jobs. Though these people who have been gunned down were black, the MSM can’t be bothered to do anything to honor their memories. All they do is hold up George Floyd as having received his death at the hands of a “racist” cop.
The trouble is there has been no evidence that the police officer who brought about Mr. Floyd’s death is a racist. We know that he had somewhere in the neighborhood of 17 complaints against him and at least one other death associated with his police work. What we need to do is find out who filed all the complaints against the police officer. Are they all from black or brown people? If so, then there is a good case to be argued that he is indeed, a racist cop. If not, then we cannot arrive to that conclusion. But even if he is, this does not bring guilt on an entire police force or every cop throughout the USA. There have always been rogue cops and probably always will be. They’re hard to find and root out.
But now, one company after another is supporting BLM or other anarchist groups. I just received an email this morning from the CEO at Thrive Market. They are a membership grocery store where to buy anything from them, you must pay a membership fee, similar to Costco. In this email, the CEO used all the same verbiage and pablum being stated by Leftists in general and concludes that they are so appalled at the “systemic racism” in America, they are donating $50,000 to BLM! This is absurd. That’s like the farmer turning over the chicken coop to the foxes.
I canceled my membership this morning. It’s one thing if a company decides quietly to do what Thrive Market is doing. It’s when they announce their intentions to the public that I believe Christians need to act. It’s similar in my mind to what Paul talks about in 1 Corinthians 8 regarding food sacrificed to idols. If Christians then were visiting someone and they served you food that was sacrificed to idols without mentioning this fact, you are free to eat it. If they announced that it was part of the sacrifice to a false god, you should not eat of it. If the Christian ate food sacrificed to idols after the host mentioned it, eating it can mean to them that you condone their actions and worship. It’s for their benefit that you shouldn’t eat, not that the Christian would be harmed by eating, spiritually. This does not come into play if they simply placed food on the table and said nothing of its origins.
Thrive Market is virtue signalling. They want BLM and the Left in general...