I missed Barack Obama’s speech last night. I ended up watching the Raptors embarass the nation of Canada in the first quarter and then redeem themselves later on and win. Of course a decent high school team could beat the Minnesota Timberwolves this season.
I opened up Twitterific and was reading the responses to Obama’s speech and was shocked at how hateful and mean spirited many of the tweets were from those who were Republican. I don’t mind partisan politics but making comments about Obama having an affair with some of the women shown on camera and making crude gay jokes throughout was a little over the top. The worst part of it was that the people who I was reading were all pastors.
I don’t like unfollowing people I know well but I did. I felt it was well below the level of discourse that is ever considered acceptable and even less acceptable that it was coming from clergy.
I have some serious concerns about whether or not a stimulus plan will work. Andrew Coyne in Macleans says it won’t (more here) work (in Canada anyways) while Paul Krugman in the New York Times says it isn’t big enough to make a difference. Republican opinions matter as much as the opinions and tweets coming from the Democrats but the comments were disgusting and I ashamed to read them.
There are some good points of debate but by moving away from those and moving into the realm of oral sex comments and gay jokes, not only is legitimate debate lost but your comments have also cast some doubts on your ability to lead a church.
Lord, have mercy! I didn’t read the tweets, but I, too, am appalled by your description of them. No one writing the things that you described is qualified to lead a church or be called “pastor.” These folks should be “unfollowed” not only on Twitter, but more importantly, by their entire congregations. This is a disgrace! (And perhaps further evidence of the mockery which paid clergy has become in so-called “evangelical” churches.)
amen.