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Look at the Hand
We tear people apart so easily with little thought to what we say or do. We make caricatures out of people and, thus, diminish their lifetime of achievements for temporary pleasure or victory.
Let me give you an example, not because I agree with him but because he is one of many obvious ones.
Almost 20 years ago, Mayor Rudy Giuliani walked the streets of lower Manhattan shortly after planes flew into the World Trade Center destroying them. He rebuffed money from a Saudi prince that he judged his blood money and was described as “America’s Mayor.”
Today, many mock him, most recently because of a press conference he held where what appears to be hair dye is dripping down the side of his head. The close-ups or frequent on social media.
Did anyone pay attention to what he said?
Was it even reported?
No, it wasn’t.
It wasn’t reported anymore than the fact he was proven right years later in his support of Pres. Trump about whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russians.
It wasn’t reported anymore than his being right that the federal government and specifically the FBI were involved with a plot to infiltrate the Trump campaign.
You may argue as is your prerogative but after years of investigation, the Muller…