I will stipulate right up front that I don’t get too worked up over displays such as, oh, Ten Commandments tablets being put on public property.
I find the Ten Commandments to be an ecumenical statement for how human beings should live. I don’t see these displays as “establishing a government religion.”
But when someone destroys such a display, as was the case in Little Rock, Ark., then you get my attention.
They put a Ten Commandments tablet at the Arkansas State Capitol. A day later, some guy decided to ram his motor vehicle into the stone display. He destroyed it.
Police arrested Michael Tate Reed and charged him with criminal mischief and criminal trespass.
I guess Reed really and truly dislikes any form of religious statement on government property. He reportedly rammed his car in 2014 into a Ten Commandments display at the Oklahoma capitol.
My gripe with this guy is that he resorts to vandalism to make a point. He destroys public property. His actions call attention to him as much — if not more — to whatever political statement he intends to make.
By my definition of the term, this guy is an exhibitionist … allegedly.