{"id":11903,"date":"2015-12-06T15:03:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T15:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=11903"},"modified":"2015-12-06T15:03:41","modified_gmt":"2015-12-06T15:03:41","slug":"more-guns-to-end-those-muslims-yeah-thats-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=11903","title":{"rendered":"More guns to ‘end those Muslims’ … yeah, that’s it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Jerry Falwell Jr. sounds a good bit like the late Jerry Falwell Sr.<\/p>\n

The elder Falwell founded Liberty University, a leading Christian-based institution of higher learning. His son now runs it.<\/p>\n

Falwell Sr. once produced a video that alleged Bill and Hillary Clinton were involved in the murder<\/em> of their close friend Vincent Foster. You remember “The Clinton Chronicles.”<\/p>\n

Falwell Jr. now says, and this takes my breath away, that more students on the Liberty U. campus in Lynchburg, Va., should be carrying firearms so they could “end those Muslims before they walked in.”<\/p>\n

All … right.<\/p>\n

Did he really mean that? Does he really mean that “more good people” should be carrying weapons to kill Muslims?<\/p>\n

Jerry Jr. says he didn’t mean that. He says he was referring to radical Islamic terrorists. OK, but he didn’t say<\/em> that. According to the Washington Post: \u201cI just wanted to take this opportunity to encourage all of you to get your permit. We offer a free course,\u201d he said. \u201cLet\u2019s teach them a lesson if they ever show up here.\u201d<\/p>\n

By “they,” does he mean Muslims, or just those who commit acts of terror?<\/p>\n

It’s not entirely<\/em> clear to me.<\/p>\n

Falwell’s language defies understanding.<\/a><\/p>\n

I get that he’s angry and frightened over what has just occurred in San Bernardino. But I have trouble grasping that a leader of a prominent Christian<\/em> university would actually use\u00a0such inflammatory language to whip up a crowd in the manner that he reportedly did in his speech at Liberty U.<\/p>\n

Virginia’s governor, Democrat Terry McAuliffe, said this in a statement: \u201cMy administration is committed to making Virginia an open and welcoming Commonwealth, while also ensuring the safety of all of our citizens. Mr. Falwell\u2019s rash and repugnant comments detract from both of those crucial goals.\u00a0Those of us in leadership positions, whether in government or education, must take care to remember the tremendous harm that can result from reckless words.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yes, I know that Falwell’s message will resonate with many other Americans.<\/p>\n

Such a message, however, simply saddens me at a time when\u00a0millions of Americans are\u00a0filled with\u00a0overwhelming sadness\u00a0over our nation’s latest mass-shooting tragedy.<\/p>\n\n

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