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Delighted to be with you today and thrilled to have this opportunity to start the week together. Yesterday was Father's Day and belated Father's Day to everyone out there. I flew back from Germany early yesterday morning, got into the States early afternoon, but a blessed Father's Day to all. A whole lot. A whole lot.
To the end of the day. From Alex Jones' interview on Leagan Kelly to recent terrorist attacks to we've got a lot of my heart to share with you. Let me let and John, if you've got the clips. Oh, here we go. Let's grab clip number two.
This is Ben Sass, Senator from Republican Senator from Nebraska with a great Father's Day message. I just want to take a couple of minutes and play some of these excerpts for you. Clip number two. When we think about being a dad, we think of a ballpark like this. We think of a glorious Tuesday evening, 72 degrees, everything is perfect.
You touch your kid to play perfect, he hits the home run, and you've always been there and you've never screwed up.
Well, that's not why I'm here, because that isn't the real world. I'm here because I've missed a lot of little league games. Not just because I have a job that requires me to travel a lot. I've missed little league games because I misprioritize, because I screw up. I'm often lousy at this calling.
And you know what? All of you dads out there are. What being a dad is about is about 3 a.m. when your kid's puking. It's about diaper changes.
It's about showing up for your kid and telling them you love them unconditionally when they screwed up. Not just in the little stuff that frustrates you, but also in the big stuff. The stuff where they screw up and it feels like the end of the world and you need to be there to love them and forgive them and be present. Yeah, so it's not about being a perfect father, he's saying, but. Doing your best in the midst of ups and downs.
Now, there have been abusive fathers, and they need to repent and get their lives right. Hey, dads, let's keep doing our best to be there for our kids and then grandkids as that phase comes around too with a whole different relationship. One more clip from the Senator, clip number three. Again, Senator Ben Sasse, a great Father's Day message. Being a dad is about being man enough to admit that you screw up.
And you need to tell your kids that you were wrong, and you need to ask them for forgiveness.
So, on this Father's Day, this is about a day to thank our dads for what they did right, even though they did a lot wrong. And if you're a dad, this is a day about trying again and going and telling your kids you do love them unconditionally. I was talking to a dad the other day who'd spent a lot of time in prison, and he's not going to get those years back, and he's hurting about it. It doesn't change the fact that he needs to be a dad for his kids tomorrow and next year because they need him. I was talking to a dad recently who stupidly had an affair and destroyed his marriage and his kids got into a lot of trouble the next couple years when he was gone.
His kids still need him today.
So dads, on this Father's Day, if you think you've just had the best year in the history of fatherhood, that's awesome. Count your blessings. But if you're like most of us, if you've screwed up a lot this year, your kids still need you. They need to know that you love them and you need to show up again. All right, so just a word of advice for absentee dads.
You think, I've blown it so desperately, there's no way my kids will let me back. Reach out. with humility, say, hey, I've blessed I've blown your trust to allow me to prove myself worthy of being a dad again. It may take me six months. It may take you six years.
But It's absolutely worth it. Invest yourself in kids. If your dad's been alienated, he reaches out to you again. Maybe you can reach out to him. Try to rebuild the relationship.
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Okay. Last night Megan Kelly. ran her interview with the controversial radio host Alex Jones, who is the head of InfoWars. And he is quite influential. Apparently, millions of people following him, according to Megan Kelly, over 1 billion views of his videos on YouTube.
And President Trump has expressed his appreciation for Alex Jones and what he puts out. Let me just address this plainly and clearly. I've only followed Alex Jones a drop. I've looked at some other folks who post on Infowars.com and sometimes they've made valid points, although I haven't always agreed with the way in which they were made. I've looked at other things from Alex Jones and people on InfoWars and thought, this is crazy.
This is just out there crazy. And here's the problem. separating the one from the other. separating an accurate critique of, say, left-wing extremism. Separating an accurate critique of Islam from some fanatical conspiratorial theory.
So, I just want to say this plainly as clearly. I know. that generating more controversy can generate more listeners and I know that being more inflammatory can get your mobile. I know that espousing all kinds of conspiratorial theories will draw all kinds of new followers after you. I understand.
all of that. And maybe Alex Jones is 100% sincere in everything he does. Maybe it has nothing to do with making a buck. Maybe it has nothing to do with making a name. Maybe it has everything to do with he sincerely believes everything he's saying.
That's between him and God and those who follow him. I just want to say this for me. I am not going to engage in all kinds of inflammatory rhetoric so as to get more listeners and viewers and readers and subscribers. I am not going to espouse crazy theories.
so as to increase my base. That is idiotic, that is suicidal, and subscribe contrary to everything that is dear to me and everything that I value.
So go ahead. Let the conspiratorialists have their theories. Go ahead, let the inflammatory rhetoricians have their day. Oh, I'll address controversial issues day and night if I can do so in a way that glorifies God and advances truth and brings people to think through the issues in an intelligent, meaningful way and to respond to truth and not so much to emotions. Yes, I'll do that day and night.
And by God's grace, we have a great following in many ways. But I would gladly lose every follower and stand for the truth. I would gladly lose every follower and walk in love. I would gladly lose every follower and honor God that engage in inflammatory or conspiratorial rhetoric. Pm Okay, that's one point down.
Let's switch over to the shooting of. Congressman Scott. It's upgraded from critical condition to serious, along with the shooting of four others by a militant left-wing white man. I want you to hear what. Uh this host, Joy Reed, on MSNBC.
has to say about the shooting. Listen. It's a delicate thing because, you know, obviously everybody is wishing the congressman well and hoping that he recovers. But Steve Scalise has a history that we've all been forced to sort of ignore on race. He did come to leadership after some controversy over attending a white nationalist event, which he says he didn't know what it was.
He also co-sponsored a bill to amend the Constitution to define marriages between a man and a woman. He voted for the House health care bill, which, as you said, would gut health care for millions of people, including 3 million children. And he co-sponsored a bill to repeal the ban on semi-automatic weapons. Because he is in jeopardy and everyone is pulling for him, are we required in a moral sense to put that aside at the moment? That's outrageous.
That is utterly outrageous. Because he has policies that she differs with, she's not going to say it's delicate. It's nothing delicate. You wish for the man's recovery, period You say we're praying for his recovery, period. You mean to tell me if, say, Congressman Maxine Waters was shot.
that it would be okay for me to get on the air and say, you know, it's kind of delicate. Because of course we wanted to recover, but she's got these radical policies. That would be outrageous. That would be sick. That would that would be ugly.
If a Muslim congressman is shot in cold blood and we're praying for his recovery, is it okay to say, you know, he's talking to a Muslim? Let's remember his muscles are kind of delicate. No, it's nothing delicate here. It's nothing delicate. This is black and white.
A man's been shot in cold blood. You might differ with his policies, but he is not there standing with a gun to shoot you. He is not inciting hatred and terror towards you and taken down in the midst of trying to take other lies. Here is a duly elected senator. Here is someone or a congressman serving in his position and acting on policies that he feels are best and that are not racist, extremist policies to destroy.
You may have strong differences with that. I may feel many of President Obama's policies were terribly destructive. You may feel that many of President Bush's policies are now President Trump's policies are terribly destructive. But if someone is shot in cold blood, there's nothing delicate. You simply say, we are praying for his recovery, we hope for his recovery, and we condemn this attack, period.
And the subject, to say anything more than that is utterly disgraceful. Let's go into this a little bit further. This is a pastor. Johnny, grab clip number 10. This is a pastor.
Came on with Joy Reed and He almost saying that uh That Yeah. Doesn't be shot, or he's not saying that. He's trying to expose some type of hypocrisy in a very, very poor way.
So. I want to interact with this clip. from a pastor on Joy Reed Show on MSNBC. regarding the shooting of Congressman Scalise. You know, all of those that were injured needed health care.
So now, will they go back to work and say every American deserves health care, deserves what we receive, and we will preserve the Affordable Care Act, move to universal health care, and make sure pre-existing conditions are protected? Since they could have died, will they repent of efforts to take money from Medicaid that will help poor people and disabled and sick people, many who will die without that? A black man from my alma mater saved their lives. Will they go back to work and restore the Voting Rights Act and stop systemic racism against black people that's happening through voter suppression and racialized redistricting? A lesbian black woman saved them.
Will they go back to work and no longer promote laws that attack the human rights of the LGBT community? They were shot by guns, allowed to be carried openly. Will they go back and challenge laws that allow people to get guns easier than they can vote? They were shot by a white middle-aged man. for political reasons?
Will they change the practice of profiling terrorism as a fear of Muslims and violence as mainly rooted in the urban black areas? They were saved by good police. Will they therefore challenge bad police?
So outrageous across the board, so utterly, excuse me, so utterly illogical. across the board. It's a clip that's a little over a minute long, but for me to interact with it, it's logical, a bit longer to break this down.
So I'm going to do this on the eclipse side of the break. But look, look. Yeah. This is a time now. for people to watch their rhetoric.
If there's anything that we can learn from the shooting, of Congressman Scalise. is that violent rhetoric can lead to violent deeds and inflammatory rhetoric can lead to violent deeds and provocatory rhetoric can lead to violent deeds. Yes, maybe it takes someone unstable to start to provoke them. But we need to be careful as public communicators and ask what would be provoking.
Now, am I saying that this pastor's comments will somehow produce violence? No, no, no, no, no, no. And to come at a time like this, they are irresponsible. Again, Let's just say it was a Black Lives Matter leader. who was shot, okay?
And there were white policemen. that helped save his life. For me then to get on the air. And to say, well, look, this guy had a certain record, so what are we going to do regarding that, as Joy Reed basically does? And then to say, well, Let's look, white cops saved him, so how can blacks be protesting against white cops?
No, you don't do it at that time. You don't do it. What you say is, this is a perfect opportunity. to tone down our rhetoric. And to say, hey, when it comes to saving lives, black and white, we work together.
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Michael Brown. Thanks for joining. line of higher this is michael brown here's number call 866 34 truth, 866-348-7884. four. I want to respond to a pastor.
I want to respond to a pastor that appeared on Joy Reid's show on MSNBC. Basically, commenting on the shooting of Congressman Steve Scalise. and using this now to argue for political points. Yeah. I think this to be inappropriate.
I find this to be illogical. I find this to be a to be inaccurate.
So let me explain. He says the ones that were shot needed health care. Does that mean now that we're going to take this moment and stand for universal affordable health care and pre-existing conditions, etc.? Uh time out, time out. Is he telling me that if so-called Obamacare did not exist now, if that did not exist, that those shot would not have received health care?
Of course they would have received health care. They're shot. No hospital's going to turn them away.
Well, are they covered under the President's Affordable Health Care Act? No, of course not. That's number one. Number two. Many Americans, millions of Americans were hurt.
By President Obama's Affordable Health Care Act, which is why the Republican-led Congress is trying to come up with something better. Of course, we want to care for everybody. Of course, we don't want to exclude anybody. But many, many people, and I've spoken to many doctors who said it has hurt their practice and hurt their ability to care for people.
So we want to look at this holistically and say what's best for everybody. But the time to raise this is not when a congressman is fighting for his life in serious condition in the hospital and others are shot. This is not the time to polemicize and politicize. You say, aren't you doing it? I'm saying don't do it.
I'm refuting the arguments and trying to do it. To say now is the time to repent from trying to steal money from Medicaid. No one is trying to steal money. No one's trying to take money. What people are trying to do is say, if we don't make changes to the system today, there will be no Medicaid, no Medicare, no Social Security tomorrow.
But again, you don't do it while a congressman is fighting for his life. There was a black cop helped save this man's life. And What's the point? They're white cops that save black lives every single day. and black cops that save white lives every single day.
and Hispanic cops that save Asian lives and Asian cops that save Hispanic lives. Which proves what? Are you trying to do their job? And you got some bad apples out there, but thank God for the many courageous cops that are out there. I wonder how many times this pastor stood up or 20 cops who saved black lives and used that all the time to tell Black Lives Matter you're doing the wrong thing, you're protesting against the wrong people.
I wonder how many times he We're we're told it was a black lesbian that saved that helped save his life, a black lesbian cop. And therefore we should change our views on homosexuality. Why? Who said that a lesbian can't be a good cop? Who said that a lesbian can't be a decent person?
Who said that a legislature is entitled to equal protection under the law? Nobody that I know of with a head screwed on, right? What we've said is, don't redefine marriage.
So we're supposed to redefine. Think of this. We're supposed to now say we embrace the redefining of marriage. because there is a good lesbian cop out there. What?
So, we'll now say a kid doesn't need a mom and a dad. It's fine to have two moms and two dads because there's a good lesbian cup. How about this? There are more good straight cops out there than good gay cops, just because straights outnumber gays.
So, should I use that argument to say that all the lives that are saved by straight, when a straight cop saves the life of a homosexual, that therefore gays should give up their activism? What kind of illogical thinking is this? Then we're told, hey, guns are involved there. We're going to have a stricter gun law.
Well, hang on, hang on. Most of the gun violence takes place in places where there are strict gun control laws, like Chicago. And and like Washington, DC, and like most of the places where there were mass murders.
So should I now say after the Sandy Hook massacre or the San Bernardino massacre, the mother O or the weekly, daily shootings in Chicago, as victims are lying in the hospital dying? Should I then immediately use that as a platform to say, hey, these people need to be able to And then lastly, We should use this moment to not profile Muslims. Uh hey hang on hang on. And then to say it's normally done in poor black areas or black areas. Listen, listen.
All right. Here you have one left-wing extremist. engaging in one terrorist act or one murderous Good. and thousands of radical Muslim terrorist acts supported by multiplied millions of radical Muslims in America and around the world.
So you better believe we will profile radical Muslims and if they happen to be black or if they happen to be white. The most written lyric that we took out when he moved from the state to Yemen was black. We took him out by drone attack in Yemen, and he was a radical inciter of terror, and therefore with blood on his hands. And Osama bin Laden is not black, and the leader of Ox is not black, and the leader of the Taliban is not black.
So if it so happens that there are a disproportionate number of Muslims, there are radical Muslims that are black, they're not being profiled because they're black, if it happens to be the case in America, they're being profiled because they're radical Muslims.
So Pastor Perhaps you mean well, but number one, the timing is way off, totally off, completely off. And number two, your arguments are utterly illogical. And by all means, sir. I would be very glad to have you on my radio broadcast and have a civil, friendly debate about these things. 348-7884.
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Think of this. Think of this. Hamas and ISIS are competing with each other. Hamas and Isis are competing with each other, saying, we did it. No, we didn't.
We shot these Israelis. We stabbed to death this 23-year-old policeman. No, no, no, we did it. No, no, we did it. I mean this.
This is sick. When you see the responses, you will. B. Shocked. If you haven't read my latest article where I articulate three sick responses to the murder of an Israeli policeman.
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Okay, let's see. Do I want to go there? First, no, uh, tell you what, let me. We just go.
somewhere else first. This Wednesday Both hours of the show, God willing, we will have a special two-hour broadcast with my friend and colleague, Dr. James White. We're going to talk about true Islam. We're going to talk about is radical Islam the truest expression of Islam?
Is peaceful Islam the truest expression of Islam? Are both valid expressions? Who are true Muslims in the world today? We're going to talk about that. We'll welcome all of your Islamic-related questions, but I have to say candidly, that my friend Dr.
White has come under some really wild attack recently. real insulting, really ugly. and absolutely false and absolutely unmerited. And we're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about why the attack has come.
We're going to talk about some of the Islamic outreach he's done and why it's been criticized.
So that's going to be Wednesday's broadcast.
So if you have questions about Islam, that's going to be a great day. To call, okay, this Wednesday. And if you've read some of the criticism attacking Dr. White, to me, as I've encouraged him, it's only going to increase his platform to get the truth out and expose the error of those attacking him because it's so baseless, the nature of the attack. But if you've heard anything, read anything, and say, yeah, I saw this, and someone said that he doesn't understand Islam or whatever, well, please give us a call.
And I invited to join me on the air the principal Voice right now that I've seen attacking him in writing and on audio. and invited him to join me on the air and promised him equal time with Doctor White.
So hopefully Hopefully, he'll take up my invitation. All we try to do is get the truth out as best as possible. possible. Uh Alright. The shooting in Israel.
and the the stabbing in Israel. This was right before the Sabbath on Friday. And there were two different attacks basically. We understand it coordinated.
So the terrorists, three young men, and this is so tragic: 17, 18, and 19. They were the ones engaged in the attack. It's so tragic that they could be so ready to lose their lives at such a young age and so radicalized and so full of hatred for Israel. that they could carry out this heinous attack. started shooting in one place.
Israeli police responding to the attack. And one of the young men stabs to death a 23-year-old Israeli policewoman. And yeah, every life is precious. You see the picture, you know, it's just in Israel. last week on Tuesday night and Wednesday and Thursday, and then it was in Germany Friday, Saturday, and flew home Sunday.
And uh You see a picture 20 years old. And having just been in Israel, I see all these young Israeli soldiers. And that was somebody like that age, or even a little bit older. Here she is serving as a border policewoman, Stabbed to death. And By the time Uh she's Rescued and the assailant is shot to death.
She succumbs. to her wounds.
So how does the BBC announce this on a headline? How does Hamas respond? How does the Palestinian Authority respond? We'll get to that on the other side of the break. Change the world.
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Thanks, friends, so much for being part of the Line of Fire broadcast today, 866-348-7884. If you have a question you'd like to ask, let me just say one thing, though. You might say, hey, you were... Can I just go through your schedule recently?
So far in June, you flew to Italy, ministered there for several days, then Germany for a couple of meetings, then home for five days. Back to Israel. For two and a half days, then Germany for two days, then home. You got home yesterday, you're broadcasting today, you sound full of energy and vitality. Yep, I am.
I'm doing great. I'm thriving. I'm blessed. I'm full of energy. My mind is sharp.
I did a lot of writing later last night after hanging out with Nancy and catching up on life. And then went to sleep, got a great night's sleep, up and going today. To what do I attribute that? Number one, God's grace. God's grace, God definitely helps me in my schedule.
Number two, yeah, I've traveled and ministered for many years, so I am somewhat acclimated to doing it. But No question whatsoever to be in this good condition. ties in largely with my healthy diet. It's worth it, friends. I know you miss your favorite foods.
I know going around the world and all these opportunities to eat all these things, I pass on them and have my giant salads and fruits. By the way, in Israel, you can get it. Fruits, I'll tell you. But Hayats is paying massive dividends. Literally, as I get older in years, I'm getting younger in other ways that are even more important.
So if you haven't read our book, Breaking the Stronghold of Food, I encourage you to do it. We've also got a special resource offer that ties in with a special video presentation I did on this. Just go to my website, askdrbrown.org, right on the homepage to find out more.
Okay, so. Shooting several Israelis wounded, stabbing, attacked, ultimately one fatality, 23-year-old policewoman. And uh Then the all the terrorists were shot dead.
So how does BBC respond?
Now you have to understand that the British broadcasting Competition. That's a history. Um against Israel. history, long history. I read a report going back to 2001, for example, where headlines would mislead the reader.
in terms of guilt and responsibility.
So for example, a Palestinian is The soldiers in the headline reads Israeli attack kills baby girl. When Palestinian terrorists, and by the way, that was accidental, in other words, the Israeli soldiers accidentally in their fighting a war. killed a baby girl. How is it reported? Israeli attack kills baby girl.
when Palestinian terrorists intentionally attack Israelis, children, women, men. How does the headline read, Israeli baby killed by gunfire? Oh, who who killed the baby? It's gunfire. Where did the gunfire the j gunfire just happened?
The gunfire j it just happened. Yeah, just those those terrible guns. Or here's another one where Palestinian terrorists attack Israelis. Bomb stokes Mideast tension. Who set off the bomb?
Did an Israeli terrorist set it off in a Muslim market? Who set off the bomb? Or did the bomb just go off by itself? I mean, this is the kind of misleading headline they're famous for. 2013 a leader in the Labour Party.
Uh Lord Ahmed. for claiming that Jews were responsible for his imprisonment after driving offenses.
So he was suspended because of driving offenses. He blamed it on Jews.
So how did the BBC report this? Labour peer Lord Ahmed suspended after Jewish claims. What what are Jewish claims? Why not say, after making anti-Semitic comments? BBC, well, anti-Semitism was too long a word to use.
Is that serious? I'm serious. That's what they said in response.
So, how did they report this latest attack? Are you ready? Uh That's the BBC headline. They subsequently pulled it with apologies. Three Palestinians killed after deadly stabbing in Jerusalem.
What?
This is outrageous! This is outrageous. This is the report. Three Palestinian terrorists attack Israelis in cold blood. and murder, stab to death a 23-year-old Israeli policewoman.
Multiple stab wounds as she's trying to get her weapon to respond before others. 63 years old. In the line of duty, just serving to protect your people and protect Palestinians as well. to get stabbed to death. And how does the BBC report it?
Shame. on the BBC.
Okay. Here we have it again. Three Palestinians killed. after deadly stabbing. Yeah.
Jerusalem. I mean, I'm a radio host. I'm a talker. I'm a preacher. I'm a teacher, but a writer, sometimes words fail.
This is one of those moments, it's so grievous, it's so exasperating, and it's so much in tune with, in line with. Their history, BBC's history, this is sadly true to form.
So The report, three Palestinians killed after deadly stabbing in Jerusalem. Maybe? There was a deadly stabbing of a Palestinian, and then three other Palestinians got it doesn't even tell, it doesn't say. Israeli policewoman? Murdered by Palestinian terrorists?
Doesn't say that. Even if you want to say Palestinian terrorists killed after murdering. Policewoman No Palestinians killed there for deadly stabbing in Jews. What kind of rubbish is that? How much Jewish blood does it take before BBC is going to report?
correctly.
Okay. What about what about Oh, and here is their apology. Whilst there was no intention to dislead our audience, we regret any offense caused. When you do the same thing over and over and over and over over a period of years, An intelligent person has to say, we think you are not acting rightly and acting ethically in your headlines when it comes to Israel. Uh So Hamas, remember they said, hey, it's new, we've changed our policies, and Prime Minister Netanyahu got some flat because he took their new statement, their new chart or whatever, and threw it in the trash.
It will Hamas is the same as ever.
So for example, In April. There was a ve vehicular ramming attack that killed one Israeli and wounded another. What did Hamas say in April? This is after supposedly they're you know the new moderate Hamas, so they're in the process of becoming moderate during the same time frame. We bless this heroic ramming attack at the Ofra interst.
Mala. which is a response to the continued crimes of the Zionist occupation at the expense of our people. That's what Hamas spokesman Abdul Latif Kanu said. Yeah. Okay.
No surprise. Then ISIS takes responsibility for the last murder. And Kamas says, no, no, no, it wasn't ISIS, it was us. Can you imagine the depravity of this? Two terrorist organizations.
battling to say no we murdered her. No, we murdered her. As the families are grieving, we're the ones who did it. No, no, we're the ones who did it. Tell about sick and depraved.
So, how did they respond? They called the three killers. Hero Morty's three. Hero Martyrs. Yeah.
Uh-huh.
So moderate Hamas, now recognizing Israel's right to exist, changing its tune, moderating its tone, should be looked at now as a peace partner by Israel. How do they respond to this? They claim responsibility for it. and they refer to the murderers as three hero martyrs. But it gets worse.
You say, how could it be worse? Keep listening. I'm going to tell you how it gets worse. Passion authority, well known. infamous for naming children's schools.
And city squares after mass murdering terrorists. I mean, well known for it. I've just got. Oh, let's see here where this is I'm getting there, okay, here. June 19th sounds like about today.
Pal watch. Palwatch.org. Palestinian Meteor Watch. Palestinian Authority names Square after mastermind of massacre of 22 children and four adults. Yep.
Mm-hmm. may fifteenth, nineteen seventy four. the mastermind behind the horrific attack that led to the murder of 22 children. children. and four adults in the Malot massacre.
the mastermind of that Khaled Nazal, has now had a square Named after him. The Madr Khalid Nazal Square was inaugurated at a rally with Palestinian Authority officials under the auspices of the Jenine District and the Jenine Municipality. Uh Okay, so this is just reported by... Palestinian Media Watch today. How Did the Palestinian Authority respond to?
The murder of the Israeli policewoman. Are you ready? They called Israel's killing the terrorists a war crime. I'm not making this up. You can't make up this kind of sick stuff.
Here's the official statement from spokesperson Osama al-Khawasm. Fatach, which is the political faction of the Palestinian Authority, condemns the war crime carried out by Israeli occupation forces in Jerusalem against three Palestinian teens. And he added that the international community silence emboldened Israel to further spill the blood of the Palestinians. This is sick. This is demonically sick.
This is murderously sick. Three young men try to kill Israelis in cold blood. They are shot dead in the midst of their attempts after wounding some and murdering one. And Qata condemns Israel for the war crime of shedding Palestinian blood? This is perverse.
Perverse. Hey friends, welcome back to the line of fire. This is Michael Brown. Delighted to be Yeah. Um I I wanna A minute, I'm just.
Burdened some of the junk going on, some of the news reporting, some of the terrorist stuff, it grieves me so deeply. I uh I I'm speaking with passion. Standing behind every word, speaking with passion. But I'm going to change gears now for a moment. All right.
I'm going to change gears. Second hour, I want to talk about the recent attack in England. the attack on Muslims last night.
So Let me change gears though, all right, and respond to. An email. Yeah, totally going to change years and change subjects.
So make the jump with me. And if you've got a question for me, 866-34TRUTH. I can't use the name. for personal discretion purposes. I'm writing because I just need to tell someone that my son is gay.
This is a woman writing, a mother. I'm devastated. I've known for a while that I really thought that he would have a life-changing experience with the Lord and realize that he cannot live this lifestyle. He was always a great kid, led worship in his Christian school and church youth group. Never gave us one problem, then he went to Texas Christian University where he was taught that it was fine to be homosexual.
He even has scripture to qualify his lifestyle. Please give me some hope. I choose daily to believe and not allow this to steal my joy, but some days the pain is so great I can barely breathe. Thanks for any info you can give me. All right.
First, you've shared it not just with me, but with many others that don't know who you are. There are so many that could fit in that exact same situation. We go into that same school, I'm sure.
So this is completely anonymous. but you now have friends that are going to be praying for you. and carrying this burden to the Lord. That's number one. Number two, I want to encourage you to put your trust in the Lord and to worship God just the same because God remains good.
And when you have that agonizing burden, When you have that great feeling of pain turn into intercession. There are few things in the world as powerful. as the intercession of a praying mother. I can't tell you how many testimonies I heard during the days of the Browns revival. Friday Night Baptisms.
hardened criminals. Um formerly hardened criminals. people guilty of every sin in the book, so to say. Getting up. and breaking down with tears.
Some of them, I mean, heavily tattooed, rough, tough guys, some of them big guys I'd be afraid if I ran into in an alley. And here they are crying like babies, saying, I was running from God, I was in jail, I was violent, going on and on. And then they say, but mama kept praying. I can't tell you how many times we hear those words. And we have heard from kids who had Gotten into homosexual practice saying, Hey, it's fine or it's okay.
I've had these desires all my life and it's fine for me to act on them. And then we hear from the mother later or from the child later and said, Hey, I'm with the Lord now. My life has changed. My mom and I have a great relationship, and she wouldn't let go of me praying.
So when you feel that pain, turn into intercession and otherwise rejoice in the Lord. Another saying. Hopefully, all the good qualities in your son are still there. Hopefully, there are a lot of special things about him. Keep the relationship strong.
Keep loving on him. He has obviously wrestled with these things for a while. In the society in which we live, this is the easy thing to do. It's the natural thing to do. Hey, this is who I am.
And maybe he even believes this is how God made me. And maybe he even believes that God and His Word is not against this at all. Whatever He's been taught, whatever He's heard, it's just helped him to do what He feels is, hey, just being true to myself. And He probably feels better in many ways than He has before because He's not fighting this internal battle. Of course, ultimately it's destructive, and ultimately it's the worst choice that he could make.
But Got to realize in the world in which we live, this is just such a natural thing for him to do.
So, your weapon again is prayer. that the Holy Spirit would convict him. That the Holy Spirit would give him a real hunger and thirst to get closer to the Lord. As he gets closer to the Lord, he will get father from homosexuality. Let me say it again.
As he gets closer to the Lord, he will get farther from homosexuality.
So you want to pray that he'll really draw close to the Lord and pray that the Holy Spirit will deeply Now if you do, just be there. Keep loving on him, loving on him. You don't have to bring this up all the time. If he brings it up to you, fine. If he says, hey, mom, I got a boyfriend.
I want you to meet him. Say, hey, I... I'm not into that. You understand that. But I love you just the same.
I mean, if he's trying to celebrate something with you, just say, hey. I love you, you're my son, you're always going to be my son, but don't expect me to be excited that you have a boyfriend. I'm not preaching to you day and night, right?
So let's just have our relationship and have to leave this part out for right now, okay? And that's, you know, because obviously, you know, if he's going to come over with a boyfriend, you're going to be in a place where the pain and your grief is too intense. And the idea that you're going to be able to administer both, lead them both to repentance right then and there is not the most likely immediate scenario.
So that's what I counsel you to do. Put your hope in God, number one. And there have been many, many, many who have gone the same route you have and have seen God answer their prayers. That's number one. Number two, pray that the Holy Spirit will convict him and that the Holy Spirit will draw him to Jesus.
All right? And don't let up in those prayers, but pray as your burden. When you feel that pain, pray. Otherwise, rejoice in the Lord and say, hey, he's faithful. He's good.
God is always good, and I'm going to put my trust in him regardless. Keep the relationship strong with your son as best as you can. And visit restoredhope network.org. Restoredhope network. Network.org.
That'll lead you to other testimonies, other stories, other resources. Restored Hope Network.org. But don't try to push that on your son. If at any point, He's willing to read something, say, hey, I know the author of a book that would like to send you a free copy. And you just write to us.
You say, Dr. Brown, you offered my son a free copy of your book, Can You Be Gay and Christian? And friend, if you've got a kid out there. a young person or family member, that claims to be a Christian. and is embracing homosexual practice.
Someone who says, I'm a gay Christian. You say, Hey, Dr. Brown, they'll read your book. I can't afford it. You write to us, and I'll gladly autograph it.
to that family member. And you can give it to them to read. Again, I'm speaking specifically for someone who identifies as a gay Christian. I want to send them that book if you can't afford to get it in their hands, and that's a family member.
So, just write to us through askdrbrown.org and let us know. All right, so. Again, just another reminder, we've got some special resource offers for you on our website, askdrbrown.org. And if you haven't yet downloaded the app, if you have not yet downloaded the Line of Fire app, by all means, do that. It's for your iPhone, iPad.
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Uh From thoughts on Father's Day to terrorist attacks in Israel and England and so much more you don't want to miss a minute today. It's time for The Line of Fire with your host, activist, author, international speaker, and theologian, Dr. Michael Brown, your voice of moral, cultural, and spiritual revolution. Michael Brown is the director of the Coalition of Conscience and President of Fire School of Ministry. Get into the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH.
That's 866-34-TRUTH. Here again is Dr. Michael Brown. Hey friends, welcome to the line of fire. This is Michael Brown, freshly back from being in Germany and before that, Israel.
I was home for five days. Before that, I had been in, where was I? I was in Italy and Germany.
So glad to be back home, thrilled to be back home. Hey, let me talk to you for a moment about Father's Day in this day of constant redefining of family, constant redefining of what a father would be. Is a home with two moms as good as a home with a mom and a dad. It's a home with two dads as good as a home with a mom and a dad. There is A special message.
Coming from those whose fathers were anonymous sperm donors. And and those saying, hey, a sperm donor is not a dad. Even if you can identify the person biologically, if that's the only connection, a biological connection. How is that person functioning as a dad?
So, Johnny, grape clip number. And this is a documentary from a few years back. Called Anonymous Father's Day. Let's listen to clip number five. Two-thirds of young people who were conceived through sperm donation believe they have the right to know who their fathers are.
Until I was 20 years old, the only thing I knew about my biological father was that he was blonde. With blue eyes, and he had a college degree. My sister and I set out on a quest to see if we could find anything more about the man who made us and the 500 or 5,000 half-siblings that I have. There's definitely an element of baby buying, baby selling. I have seen the effects on young people who realize that they are the result of a commodification.
His donor number is 81. And that's basically all I know about him. Nobody. has the right to withhold. significant personal information.
about a person from that person. There really is a growing community of people who are making their voices heard. and they're angry about what's been done to them and they want to stop it for future generations. Stop it. Please, please.
Here These voices. Men and women. Growing up. not knowing who their father is. And yeah, that's that's bad enough.
When, say, some man has a one-night stand with some lady or drunk in a bar and takes off and she doesn't even know who he is, that's bad enough. That's rough enough. But but when it is an intentionally done thing in a system, And that's how a child is brought into the world. That's that's ugly in its own way. That's horrendous in its own way.
And these kids, you know, they've talked about it when they're dating somebody and the person has kind of a Uh a a similar appearance, they wonder, is is is Is this person related? Could it be that it's a relative of mine? Yeah, they they wonder about that. They wonder, you know, they see somebody walking down the street, an older man, that just boy, that could look like my father, is that him? Think of living like that.
And that's because of choices. Here's an article New York Post two days ago, Dory Lewack. This guy is the busiest Father's Day ever. This Father's Day he's still the most in demand Dad in town. A year after the Post revealed that CUNY, City University of New York math professor Arne Agel, had fathered 23 kids.
Some involve the old-fashioned way, others involving sperm handoffs at public spots such as the Atlantic Center Target in downtown Brooklyn. He's back! NAGO41 has donated supersperm to even more women resulting in four kids born since last Father's Day and eight of the ladies from Florida to Maryland to the Bronx are currently pregnant because of him? How ugly. How utterly unfair to the kids.
Oh yeah, and he's gonna be a dad to all of them. Right. Boy. God help us. Our society needs help desperately.
It's the line of fire with your host, Dr. Michael Brown, your voice of moral, cultural, and spiritual revolution. Here again is Dr. Michael Brown. Alright, if if you're listening and you are Gay activist or ally, consider yourself an ally of LGBT folks.
Maybe you're. liberal leaning listener to the broadcast. Uh please. Tell me w What problem, if any, you have with this? announcement I'm about to share with you.
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Okay. Do you have a problem with this? This is in Colombia. Uh I do, I do, I do Columbia's first three man marriage between a polyamorous family is legally recognized. Victor Prada, John Rodriguez, and Manuel Bermudez wed in Median.
Columbia. Mendeline, yeah, well known place. Colombia. Mispronounced it. The ceremony establishes the three men as a family unit with inheritance rights.
Prada said the trio wanted to validate their household and their Right.
So Why not? What's wrong with this? Can anybody tell me if you are a gay activist? Or you are a sympathizer to gay activism, you believe in Same-sex court marriage? If love is love, people have the right to love each other, people have the right to constitute a family as they desire, they're not hurting anybody.
So how are these m three men hurting anybody? Three gay men say they have gained legal recognition as the first polyamorous family in Colombia. where same-sex marriages were legalized last year. He said, Well, I I guess there's nothing wrong with it. I guess, you know, if they love each other, why not?
Why can't three men marry each other?
Well, it's logically consistent if your basis for saying we should redefine marriage is that love is love. It's logically consistent. Why not?
Now Of course we have told you this was coming. That's my whole point. Don't tell me there's no slippery slope. And then when the slippery slope comes, say, well, that's not so bad. Don't don't don't do that.
Well, there's no slippery slope.
Now here's the slippery slope.
Well, there's nothing wrong with the slippery slope. Aha. you're you're already sliding down that slope so quickly You're already sliding down that slope so rapidly that you've lost your logic. Along with your moral bearings. Thus calling for consistency here.
Redefining marriage is wrong? whether it's two men or two women, or three men, Or three women? or 18 men and 4 women, it's wrong to redefine marriage. And once you redefine it, you render it meaningless as we are watching in front of our well, it's Colombia. Oh, so if the slippery slope happens in Colombia, but not America, then it doesn't apply, huh?
Hmm. And the fact that you see now much greater increase In acceptance of polygamy in America and polyamory in America, and even consensual adult incest. That doesn't prove anything? 866-348-7884. I'm going to go to the phones in Roswell, New Mexico.
Marcus, welcome to the line of fire. Thank you, Doctor Brown. Thank you for taking my call. I have a question for you. If you had been one of the fathers of the faith in the the first century.
What do you believe you would have suggested that Gentile believers should look like? I know we have Acts fifteen and twenty one, but Um You know, what were they to celeb celebrate? If they weren't to celebrate Yeshua or Jesus in the feast, you know, what would their light to look like? And Uh Second question. Do you believe that as the Reformation was rejected by the mainline in its day and also Pentecost in the early nineteen hundreds was rejected by the mainline.
do you see the Hebraic movement being sort of the same in this century? And my third question is, I have I followed y I follow you and I listen to you as often as I can and catch your uh messages on YouTube. I also follow a good Uh Good teacher, I think a great teacher, Lars Anderson. And I know the two of you uh I guess we're together at the Brownsville Revival. And I just wondered if you have ever debated him.
I know he is. Probably. That more toward the Hebraic side than than than you are. But I just wondered if the two of you have ever debated or if you would consider that. Yeah, thanks for your questions.
Let me answer them in reverse order. Lars and I actually saw each other for the first time in years just a few days ago in Israel. And spend some quality time and fellowship together. And I can assure you that the last thing he would ever want to do in the world is have a public debate with me. That's not who he is.
And he honors and respects me and respect him. But I can guarantee you that. I can also guarantee you that he is quite fine with Gentile Christians being in churches. and worshiping the Lord as they do. and is not trying to tell you that you're in some kind of Babylonian system or pagan system.
That he gladly works with other churches and honors and respects that.
So, in that respect, he's tremendously burdened for many things in terms of Of Jewish roots of the faith. and restoring the church to its roots and praying for the people of Israel, especially in Jerusalem, to turn to the Messiah. But to present it as if he's advocating for something that we would debate, I would say, is not what he would want to present. For sure.
Okay?
So that's the first thing. In answer to your second question, the Reformation was rejected by Catholicism. The modern Pentecostal movement was rejected by many mainline evangelicals. Could it be that the Hebrew roots movement is being rejected in the same way? No, the Hebrew roots movement was rejected in the first century by the apostles.
By Hebrew roots, I'm not talking about Messianic Jewish Restoration. Messianic Jewish Restoration, Messianic congregations are more and more recognized for their legitimacy by the church around the world. Messianic leaders are fully incorporated in the larger church world, working together with the body as a whole. More and more of the church celebrates. Uh Its roots and recognizes the Jewish roots of the faith, but the Hebrew roots movement.
which is heretical in many ways. and often denies fundamentals about who Jesus Yeshua is, sometimes denies that certain books belong in the New Testament. Basically, tells Gentiles that they have to live like Jews in order to be fully pleasing to God. And that heresy was rejected emphatically by Paul in the book of Galatians and is rejected in other ways throughout the entire New Testament.
So, no, that's a heresy rightly to be rejected, and it's dangerous. Even Jim Staley, who was known as a Hebrew roots teacher, When I met him some years ago, before some unfortunate things happened and he's in jail right now, he disassociated himself from the Hebrew roots movement. found it dangerous and ugly and said that he would no longer You know, when you're talking about the Heb yeah, when you're talking about Hebrew roots. I believe that there are I mean, there are as many different variations of Hebrew roots as there are Pentecostals or Charismatics. And so you can go from one extreme to the other.
And I'm talking about a very biblical. just just celebrating Yeshua in the feast, seeing who he is, but but not saying Gentiles have to wear keep his in zitzit and and that sort of thing.
Well, do Gentiles have to does a Gentile believer here here here, Marcus, Marcus, does a Gentile believer have to in order to be fully pleasing to God. In your view, Does God require a Gentile Christian to observe the seventh day Sabbath, To observe the dietary laws, and to follow Israel's calendar. And if they don't do that, they are in disobedience. to God. Is that your personal view?
I see it more of a discipleship issue. I believe salvation is by grace through faith and the blood of Jesus and nothing else. But I see the others as discipleship. I think the church has gotten so far away from the truth of the word It's a mile wide and an inch deep. And I believe that coming into an understanding of what the Bible is all about, especially in its Hebraic, viewpoint that I think that enlightens us as far as what what we should really be doing, especially as far as discipleship goes.
I think it's a discipleship issue. I don't think it's a salvific issue. All right, so so Again, The question is then Someone is not in disobedience to God, in your view. If they are saved on a Sunday morning church service setting and that's where they worship the Lord and come to know him. And Christmas has a very special meaning for them when they celebrate the birth of Jesus.
And Easter has a very special meaning when they celebrate his death and resurrection. and they do it without any of the other cultural trappings.
So, in your mind, they're not in disobedience, but they would be closer to the Lord and better understand Him. if they celebrated the biblical calendar, etc. That's not really Hebrew roots then, and you don't want to use that term. Better say Jewish roots. And it's not semantic nickpicking.
It's that restoring the Jewish roots of the faith. Is very different than the Hebraic roots movement.
So, as you're not confused with those that have an extremist view that is heretical and destructive. and and divisive and harmful. Let's talk about a positive Jewish Roots Restoration.
Alright, just again so you can be better understood. and I can respond better. And then now on the other side of the break, I'll answer your first question. What would my recommendations have? bin.
We'll do that on the other side of the break. Thank you, Marcus. Very much appreciate the dialogue. Change the world. God of light, hear our cry.
Send a fire. It's the line of fire with your host, Dr. Michael Brown. Your voice of moral, cultural, and spiritual revolution. Here again is Dr.
Michael Brown. Thanks friends for joining us on the line of fire. Because I was unable to take live calls on Thursday and Friday in Israel. I did broadcast from Israel Thursday and then from Germany Friday, but was unable to take live calls because of that we I've opened the phone lines extra this week. And if a call comes in that I can squeeze in in the midst of other things I'm talking about, even if it takes us off topic, I have been doing that.
Well, finally did it after an hour plus.
Okay. Uh so Marcus and Roswell What would I have recommended? If I had been one of the fathers of the faith in the first century, well, obviously, who are any of us to consider ourselves worthy of Being there, in other words, I did not sit at the feet of Yeshua all these years that these men did or have the divine encounter on the level that Paul did. But just if you just put me from here, drop me back in the first century, and I'm someone having to give counsel as an elder. What I'd say is very simple to a Gentile.
If they're saved completely out of paganism... and have no connection whatsoever to Israel. I would encourage them in the house fellowship where we'd be meeting, number one, put all their focus on getting to know the Lord more deeply. keeping your shoes central. Developing a deeper relationship with the Lord, spending quality time with him in fellowship and prayer, and then starting to read regularly the Hebrew scriptures.
All right. I would start there, of course. And if they said, do I have to keep all these laws? I would tell them, no, you're not under the Sinai covenant, but you can learn from all of this. Learn about God's standards.
Learn about the things that God values. Learn about principles of separation. And if they say, you know, uh Is it okay to celebrate the feasts? And should I be doing, you know, I work on Saturday. I'm, you know, in someone's employee.
I have no choice. We don't have a six-day work week.
Well, you're perfectly free to work on Saturday. What you need to do is realize that the substance, the focus of the Sabbath is the Messiah. As Colossians 2 warns, don't let anyone put you under pressure regarding Sabbath observance or anything like that. Rather, the Sabbath is the shadow, the substance is the Messiah.
So I'd be pointing to substance, substance, substance, the Messiah. And the same thing in the feast. I'd say, listen, look at what the feasts are pointing to, what they symbolize, what they mean. And if there were God-fearing Gentiles that had been part of the synagogue, a new biblical calendar, and there were Jewish believers, and they participated together in the Feast of Holidays, well, everyone's welcome to participate. I would say everyone's welcome to join in.
And I would not look for a new day to be a Sabbath. I would not tell them that. God never changed the Sabbath and said the Sabbath is now Sunday and all the world is now obligated to keep an eighth day or first day of the week Sabbath. It's nowhere taught in the New Testament, so I wouldn't teach that either.
So I'd first make them understand their relationship with God is by grace through faith. I'd help them to understand the purpose of the Torah was to lead Israel to the Messiah. It's kind of a scaffolding until the building is completed. The Messiah represents the fullness of that. And I would help them to understand what the Hebrew scriptures were pointing to and what it meant.
what the significance of these things, the Messiah being the goal of the Torah, and helping to understand as Gentile believes they were not obligated to keep the commandments of Israel, but there is something to learn in every single page of what God has written in the scriptures. And lastly, If there was a community with Jewish believers and the Jewish believers were celebrating the feasts and the holy days to the extent Gentiles wanted to join in, that would be wonderful and awesome. It would help them stay connected to their roots. Hey, Marcus, thank you, sir. for your threefold question, much.
Appreciate it. 866-348-7884. Let me let me answer. An email question here. From Lisa.
Hi, Dr. Brown. I download your show every day to my MP3 player. I've learned a lot from you and I'm inspired by your love for others who differ with you. My question is, what is considered drunk?
I have many Christian friends who drink enough to act silly, repeat themselves a lot and slur their words, but don't consider this as being drunk, just buzzed. They believe when scripture speaks of drunkards, it means falling down, passing out, drunk. I don't care if they drink, but don't want their soul to be in danger. This is an every weekend thing for most of them. I don't believe scripture commands total abstinence.
Thank you, Dr. Brown, and God bless you for all you do. Thanks for the kind words, Lisa. And yes, like you, I don't believe that the scripture commands abstinence. I practice it personally.
Students in our school, while they're here with us, we ask them to embrace this as a lifestyle. But no, I don't believe that scripture commands total abstinence and that it's a sin for someone to have a drink of wine. For some, it may be. Got to be able to do it in faith, and it's not a trap for them. But here's what I know.
Here's what I do know. Your friends are playing with fire. And I can virtually guarantee that it'll get worse, not better. It'll be more drinking. to more extremes.
And is there one magical line? How about this? the Bible commands us to be sober. Are they being sober? Here, we're to be sober and vigilant because the enemy is always trying to attack us.
Can they be as sober and vigilant? after getting tipsy, No. Can they be as careful with their words? All the scripture about being careful with their words. Can they be as careful with their words?
No. Can they be as careful with their thoughts? No. All the verses in Scripture about being sober, about being clear-headed. All the verses in Scripture being careful with our words and careful with our thoughts.
Can they do those things as well, getting tipsy and silly? No. They are playing with fire. You know what this is exactly like? It's like a guy.
Christian Guy, the Flirting with a Christian gal. They're both married to others, okay? And they joke with each other a certain way. They have a familiarity that only a husband and wife should have. They have their ways of expressing themselves.
They have their little jokes and little looks and things like that. And they say, Oh, no, we haven't slept together. You're committing adultery in your heart. And you're opening the door to the physical act if you keep this up.
So here's the simple question for your friends. In which direction Are you heading? And they're heading in the direction of drunkenness. And yes, they have already violated the scriptural guidelines, which say that we must be sober and vigilant. And rather than being drunk with wine, to be filled with the Spirit.
Are they being as filled with the Spirit as they could be and should be when they're getting tipsy and worse on drinking? Absolutely not. And again, watch the pattern. Ask them which direction they're going. Yes, they're endangering themselves, not necessarily to, quote, lose their salvation or forfeit their salvation, but certainly hurt themselves at the very least and hurt others.
Watch the direction they go. Drinking more often? than they used to, drinking more heavily than they used to, going further. And the more you do this, the less self-control you have. The more you do this, the more self-deceived you get.
May God drill into their hearts and minds, Proverbs chapter 21, wine is a mocker. Strong drink is raging. Whoever is deceived by them is not wise. I have friends of mine who all their lives have had a glass of wine with a meal. They grew up in that culture.
They've never been drunk or anywhere near it. And that's there's nothing in Scripture. It says that that in itself is wrong. It's wrong for some people because they can't handle it, or they're former alcoholics, or there are other issues. But for those that have never been anywhere near what your friends are experiencing, No, the Bible doesn't teach against that.
But for sure, what they're doing is playing with fire. And yes, I would say they are sinning in God's sight as they're doing it. and they are violating principles and commandments.
So I pray for them. And pray hard because some of them are going to mess up sooner rather than later. It's the line of fire with your host, activist, author, international speaker, and theologian Dr. Michael Brown. Your voice of moral, cultural, and spiritual revolution.
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All right. I want to discuss the attack that took place in England. Last night. An individual, a man, a non-Muslim, crashed his vehicle into a crowd of Muslims coming out. of a mosque.
After after prayer. Crashed his van in there, allegedly said, I want to kill all Muslims. He was subdued. One man killed, one Muslim killed. Others injured.
He was subdued by the Muslim crowd. The Imam Told them, don't kill the guy, let the police take him. I condemn that tack categorically and clearly. just as I condemn the attacks of Muslims on other Muslims and Muslims on non-Muslims.
So it is heinous, it is ugly. It is Deplorable in every way. What strikes me as interesting is the responses to it. And this is what I want to raise as an issue. J.K.
Rowling, for example, has already said that right-wing commentators, right-wing media is going to have to be more careful because of what they're saying that is inflammatory towards other Muslims and immigrants. If in fact, I'm not there in England, but if in fact there are commentators who are doing this, who are inflaming things in such a way that someone could be inspired to commit a horrific act like this, then you better believe they need to tone things down. and they need to watch their words carefully. Absolutely. In the aftermath of the shooting of Congressman Scalise here in America, Media on both sides and political leaders on both sides saying we need to be careful with our rhetoric because it's getting out of hand.
Absolutely, and I've sought to be responsible with my speech from day one of writing and being on radio and being a public figure in that regard.
So if right-wing commentators are in fact doing that, then let them be called to account. May I raise another possibility, though? Could this be in response to one murderous attack after another murderous attack of radical Muslims against children, women, and men, innocent civilians, innocent people in England? Could this man be responding to that? Oh, what he did is wrong.
and inexcusable. And I commend the the Muslims that were there for not stomping him to death, which would have been a logical thing to do. You know, you're inflamed and angry and fearful in the midst of it. And I commend the Imam for saying, don't kill him, let the police take him. absolutely right and good.
But could it be that the culprit here, the problem here, Mm-hmm.
