On January 29th, 2002, President George W. Bush introduced the phrase “axis of evil.” The first State of the Union speech following the events of September 11th, 2001, was used to pinpoint the common enemies of the United States. In an attempt to rally Americans to support the War on Terror, the president elaborated on his theory. The imminent threat of this axis focused on Iran, Iraq and North Korea. Bush’s secondary concern involved the countries of Cuba, Libya and Syria.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world, 1 John 4:1.
Over the weekend, another axis of evil emerged on social media. In a rush to judge a group of male Catholic high school students wearing Make America Great Again caps, a series of posts on Twitter went viral, According to eyewitnesses, several people taking videos on their phones said, “we got what we need.” Instead of doing their do diligence, cable news anchors, journalists and social media members piled on by accusing these teenagers of hatred, racism and violence.
But test everything; hold fast what is good, 1 Thessalonians 5:21.
In the days that have followed, full videos have come out showing the context of what actually happened. Students were waiting for their bus after attending the Right for Life March, a pro-life event. When a group of protesters saw some students wearing MAGA hats, these men began to bully. criticize and verbally assault these teenagers. At this point Nathan Phillips, a Native American got between the black Hebrews Israelites and Covington Catholic members. As this native American beat his drum, the students got permission from a chaperone to chant one of their school songs to drown out the insults. When the press interviewed Phillips afterwards, he gave false and misleading statements blaming this confrontation on these white boys that the media ran with this side of the story, igniting a tsunami of hatred.
Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so, Acts 17:11.
When students returned to Kentucky, school had to be cancelled on Tuesday due to death threats. Parents of these students might lose their jobs due to outrage and protests from leftist groups. Why is that media mistakes only happen to conservatives and Christians? I guess the initial story fit the narrative what the media believes about Trump supporters. Instead of taking incorrect and misleading posts down, few apologies and retractions have been made by members of the mainstream media. Meanwhile, terrorist threats have been made at this Catholic institution including fears of a potential school shooting. What happened to the concept of innocent until proven guilty? Why are members of Hollywood doxing students for supporting president Trump? If people don’t study the facts before posting news stories, then “fake news” will become another axis of evil.
by Jay Mankus
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