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"I am not the prophet."
I saw some of the hater-nasties spouting their outrageous exaggerations on the Headline News network again. It was a veritable "cult"-bashing fest. In the absence of any counterbalancing voice, they were able to spout unchecked - - - water-boarding, dead-babies, incest, child abuse, abandoned boys, forced marriages - the list goes on. With the shocking revelations emerging from the Jeffs trial, the hater-harpies appear now to have more fodder to call for the eradication of an entire culture. If the allegations against Jeffs are true, he should do prison time. If he had accomplices, then they should be prosecuted, too. One anchor said that with the "cult's" leader now gone, perhaps this whole FLDS "cult" can be shut down - whatever that means. I mean, what does she want to do with 10,000 people who have just discovered the human failings of their once-revered leader? Should we nuke the whole town, kids and all (Waco-style)?
I am reminded of those "War of the Worlds"-type movies from the sixties - the ones where the army fires on the aliens before the aliens can even voice the words, "Take me to your leader". If it looks like a Martian, kill it, then ask questions later. - - - Or the Frankenstein ones with the frantic mob of Transylvanian townsfolk with torches and pitchforks, itching for a bloodbath.
Hopefully now, the long-overdue epiphany can occur in FLDS-ville - where the faithful congregants can see past the deceit of "divine infallibility" of their corruptible human leaders. Meanwhile, the State, with all its fangs, can call off the dogs and realize that, just because one maniac went kooky and destroyed precious lives, the innocent people around him don't have to be guilty by association. Perhaps the hater-hags can think seriously about providing sincere support instead of spreading lies and exaggerations all over the television - more fodder or not. Sadly, the truth is still not as sexy as wild fabrications. What motivates you - money, fame, notoriety, political ascendancy, revenge, lust, power? Are you not as corrupt as the one at whom you are throwing stones?
