This weekend watching the tragic events occurring in Atlanta I listened to the MSM interview family members of Brian Nichols. It was as if they were reading from the same script. The stories were setup with comments similar to: Brian’s mom works for the IRS and they live in a nice upscale community. Then, neighbors and extended family members are shown saying kind words about Brian and his immediate family. The appearance was they were trying to figure out what went wrong with this young man.
Since Mr. Nichols was not from a poor neighborhood and did not come from a family of welfare recipients, the MSM could not understand it. Their worldview is that poverty is the cause of crime. If poverty could be eliminated, crime would be significantly reduced. Sadly, they don’t get it, or worse, refuse to acknowledge human nature.
Their simplemindedness is their downfall. Here was an individual who allegedly committed terrible crimes and did not grow up in poverty.
Man, the general definition, does not need to learn to be bad; it is natural. We have to learn to do good. We teach our children how to be polite, proper manners and to sit up straight. Our legislators are constantly writing bills to protect us from one another (another subject for another day). If we are basically good, then why are new laws passed that make certain behaviors illegal. We should know what is good and do good. Instead, we look to the government to protect us from bad citizens.
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