Shall we expel Roman Catholics? If we go by Donald Trump’s logic, if someone from a particular group commits a crime, terrorism or otherwise, then all members of that group are guilty of the same crime.
Timothy McVeigh was one of the bombers of the Oklahoma City Federal Building; an attack that killed over 160 people. He grew up as a Catholic. Does that mean all Catholics could commit similar crimes?
Maybe we should expel all Southern Baptists. After all, most of the Ku Klux Klan were upstanding members of their community and church by day, but when night came, they donned white sheets and hoods and terrorized black people for crimes real and imagined.
But how many Southern Baptists didn’t like the Ku Klux Klan and thought they were unchristian and dangerous? Why didn’t they speak out? Because they were afraid of retribution by the Klan?
Critics of Islam say that all Muslims should speak out against terrorism committed in the name of Islam. I think many of these critics aren’t really listening to those who speak out.
How many of us speak out against all the injustices we know that exist around us? Very few of us. We have jobs and any number of activities that we would rather do than speak out.
“Don’t complain about the speck in your brother’s eye when you can’t see the beam in your own."
