TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS
Written by on December 27, 2023
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 28, 2023
THE LATE MUSICIAN GLEN CAMPBELL ONCE RECORDED A SONG THAT SHOULD BE A THEME FOR THE 2024 ELECTION CYCLE. IT WAS CALLED “TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS.” AS OF NOW IT APPEARS KINDNESS TOWARDS ONE’S POLITICAL OPPONENTS IS GONE WTH THE WIND.
CONSIDER WHAT WALL STREET JOURNAL COLUMNIST HOLMAN JENKINS WROTE: “WHAT THE COUNTRY REALLY NEEDS IS A RACE BETWEEN A DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN WHO, WHATEVER THEIR DIFFERENCES, REALIZE THE URGENCY OF MOVING THEIR POLICIES AWAY FROM THE DELIBERATELY FALSE, THE HYSTERICAL, THE CONSPIRACY MONGERING IN FAVOR OF A BORING DISCUSSION OF INTERESTS AND POLICIES.”
THERE ARE INTERESTS THAT BENEFIT AND PROFIT FROM KEEPING US DIVIDED AND HATING EACH OTHER. FUNDRAISERS ARE ONE SUCH GROUP. CABLE TELEVISION PROMOTES EXTREMISM. FEW SEEM TO BE TALKING ABOUT WORKABLE SOLUTIONS TO THE NATIONAL DEBT, THE OPEN BORDER, AND THE LOSS OF A SHARED MORAL CODE.
THE NAME-CALLING, THE DEMEANING OF OTHERS SOLVES NOTHING. CONSIDER THIS LINE FROM GLEN CAMBELL’S SONG: “JUST SHINE YOUR LIGHT FOR EVERYONE TO SEE; AND IF YOU TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS, THEN YOU’LL OVERLOOK THE BLINDNESS, OF NARROW-MINDED PEOPLE ON THE NARROW-MINDED STREETS.”
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