The thought for the day, 'No escape for the wicked,' comes from the book of Jeremiah. The wicked will face punishment. To whom is this article referring? I am wrestling with what to do to reach the deplorable who attacked our nation via an insurrection.
First, and unfortunately, the people who need to read the story won't because they don't read. They might listen to right-wing messages formerly posted on Facebook and Twitter. They might listen to right-wing controlled media that fed them propaganda and reinforced non-factual conspiracy theories. There is a chance they might listen to family members and neighbors who disagree with them. In light of the experience shared by many, families are split because the non-thinkers will not engage in civil and rational discussion. That is the conundrum facing America.
It is very much like the Taliban in Afghanistan. The Taliban is a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement and military organization in Afghanistan currently waging war (an insurgency, or jihad) within that country.
The Trump-Republicans (aka Trumpians) are an extremist collection of bigots, bullies, and fanaticism garbed in different disguises hiding loosely in various pockets throughout the nation.
Their location parallels the political footprint left in elections. Locate the Republicans who supported the baseless and fraudulent claims against President Biden's electoral win, and you will find the political boundaries and districts in which they likely reside.
Next, analyze the demographics and psychographics associated with the corresponding populations and communities. Certain demographic elements are most relevant:
education
employment
occupation
wages
age
population size
marital status
family size
criminal record
political affiliation
organization affiliation
The challenge to understand and to size the problem from potential dangers from domestic terrorism lay in the analysis by political and social scientists.
Education is a front-line part of the solution. However, I contemplate, at what age are adult minds frozen and resistant to change and to learn?
"Brain Maturity Extends Well Beyond Teen Years : NPR. Brain Maturity Extends Well Beyond Teen Years Under most laws, young people are recognized as adults at age 18. But emerging science about brain development suggests that most people don't reach full maturity until the age 25."
Brain Maturity Extends Well Beyond Teen Years : NPR. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=141164708
NO ESCAPE FOR THE WICKED
"JEREMIAH 50:1-16
KEY VERSE: "For lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken; their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain." (Jeremiah, 50:9).
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Be warned: the wicked shall not go unpunished."
Jeremiah 50:9 For behold, I stir up and bring against .... https://biblehub.com/jeremiah/50-9.htm.
Political illiteracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_literacy
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