tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250192711088241153.post7560511597230322268..comments2023-04-05T08:20:33.470-04:00Comments on The Pen of the Watchman: The Holy Bible & Self DefenseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250192711088241153.post-72845087847406914772015-06-18T20:37:40.998-04:002015-06-18T20:37:40.998-04:00This blog is my answer to the recent tragedies tha...This blog is my answer to the recent tragedies that have resulted in the murders of Black folks as a result of racist or bigoted attitudes towards them. Is it a coincidence Walter Scott was also killed in Charleston, SC and now these 9 innocent people at the hands of white racist males? The state capital of South Carolina still flies the old southern pro-slavery symbol of the Confederate flag. The state government has been subliminally letting us know for years what they think of Black folks, and why it can be seen as easier to accept that it is okay or necessary to kill us even where we're unarmed or praying. In so saying I am not uncaring to many of the other tragedies that have befallen good police officers or innocent citizens at the hands of angry people taking the law into their own hands unjustly in retaliation. All of it is wrong.<br /><br />I love the Lord with all my heart but let me say to my beloved Black church goers: GO TO CHURCH WITH THE LORD IN YOUR HEART, YOUR BIBLE IN HAND, AND YOUR GUN ON YOUR HIP if you must to be safe and protected. May God be with you and your gun don't jam if you have to use it to protect your loved ones or yourself. The law will not protect you or give you justice, and the news will only report it. "Dylan Roof" picked his targets based on where he thought he would be safe and cause the greatest loss of life when he chose to commit his crime. His father bought him a gun for his birthday that he used on innocent people for deranged evil racist reasons with a clear purpose, but the media has already begun making excuses for his mental state to lessen his crime as if somehow it isn't really his fault. <br /><br />I have nothing else to say on the defense of Black People beyond this. Not all white people are guilty of the actions of a few and should not be retaliated against, but until we can feel safe around the many I suggest we take the necessary steps to protect ourselves from "the few" and those among us who seek to do us harm. I'm incensed and sad right now and until this madness ceases I'm going to be mad and sad, but I will be praying too. You don't have to agree with me, and I don't care if you do or don't. My heart felt condolences go out to my family for the recent loss of my cousin "Rodney Brady" in his fight with cancer, and to the families of the victims at the recent church shootings in Charleston, South Carolina. May God's grace and peace protect us all. Shalom. ~ I.J. WestMr. Blaktastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03320769582807014279noreply@blogger.com