Playing Fair Wins the Day

Imagine attempting to play a sport on an unequal field or court.  Or, playing where all the rules seem to be tilted against you and for the opposing team or player.  Perhaps you even discover that upon your arrival you will not even be allowed to play for some ridiculous reason like you are wearing an unacceptable color or the wrong brand of shoes.  These types of rules are becoming the norm across our nation in many ways.

Consider the movie, “What Is A Woman?”  When the Daily Wire went to post this as an event on Twitter they suddenly found the movie was being defined as “hateful conduct” and “misgendering” and would, therefore, not be allowed to be posted.  In the process, the critics were not even reviewing the film.  Clearly, the LGBTQ+ community has a powerful grip on many things these days.  The rules have been changed and they are not fair to both sides of the argument.  In Public Libraries across our country, thousands of LGBTQ+ volumes have been showing up on the shelves.  Often, they have circumvented the normal paths for acceptance – even being sneaked in and simply placed of the shelf.  Similarly, transgenders in sports are having a free-for-all in girls’ and women’s sports as they walk in, mostly unannounced, to compete.  Not only are the female athletes shocked on the field and pool, but even more so when the males are using the female-designated showers and locker rooms.

The point here is that many of these incidents are taking place and gaining approvals behind the scenes, not in a court of law or in open public debate.  Why is this?  Simply because they know they cannot win there.  As Matt Walsh, who produced “What Is A Woman?” puts it, “…the Left cannot win in a fair fight.  They cannot meet us out on the field, in a pitched battle, and hope to prevail.  They suppress, censor and deplatform because they know their position is insane and can’t be intellectually or morally defended.  Their arguments are laughable and flimsy.  Their claims fall apart under the slightest scrutiny.  If open discussion on this topic was allowed, their side would be crushed into oblivion in less than a day.  It is as simple as that.”

We must be vigilant at all times, watching in every direction for deceptive moves.  “Half of my men did the work, while the other half were equipped with spears, shields, bows and armor…Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weapon in the other, and each of the other builders wore his sword at his side as he worked” (Nehemiah 4:16-18). 

Be ready always to call for truth and a level playing field on which to display that truth. Again, Matt Walsh explains, “He (Matt Walsh’s therapist Jordan Peterson) said that when you speak the truth, whatever happens is the best possible thing that could have happened.  In other words, there is no use lamenting the consequences of speaking the truth.  Because if you do not speak it, if you remain silent, then the results will always be worse, ultimately.”

 

Rev. Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.

Chaplain (Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army

Pastor, Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel