“The wicked walks on every side when the vilest of men are exalted.” Psalm 12.
Vile — “Morally base or impure; sinful; depraved by sin; wicked; hateful in the sight of God and of good men.
Has there ever been a time in America where vile men had seized the reins of power more than they have today? There have always been vile men in America but they were considered outlaws, crooks, and criminals.
Evil men are nothing new, the history books are filled with the names of wicked men who pillaged their way through society. But never, until recently, have these wicked, vile men and women been exalted.
Like many of you in the Baby Boom generation, we were raised in an era when evil was easily identified. The good guys wore white and the bad guys wore black. The movie makers dressed them that way so that it would be obvious for the observers to understand who they should be rooting for. At least until the bad guys took over Hellywood.
The Lone Ranger sat on a white horse named Silver…just in case the young eyes watching weren’t sure whom to emulate. Roy Rogers, John Wayne, Clark Kent, and Matt Dillon were the role models sold to us under the banner of “Truth, Justice, and the American Way.”
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