Psalm 109 And The Good Will of Conservatives
There has been some attention the last few days to items such as the following t-shirt, being sold around the right wing world. This is a perfect example of something known as a "dog-whistle" statement- that is, something whose real meaning can only be understood by the (usually right wing Christian) insiders, while it seems totally innocuous to everyone else.
What does Verse 8 of Psalm 109 say?
" Let his days be few;
Thus, hidden behind a seemingly positive message of reconciliation with Obama, is actually a call for his death. These are truly religious people, huh, following in the footsteps of their savior by hiding their true intent from the world. Just like him, huh?
I don't think I need to add my voice to the people pointing out how contemptible this is, but I would like to use this phenomenon to point out how truly ignorant of, and unconcerned with, their supposed sacred text these disgusting people really are. Here is the start of this psalm, which I assume these people ignored:
"1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2 for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me:
they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred;
and fought against me without a cause."
Sort of amusing, huh?
What does Verse 8 of Psalm 109 say?
" Let his days be few;
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Thus, hidden behind a seemingly positive message of reconciliation with Obama, is actually a call for his death. These are truly religious people, huh, following in the footsteps of their savior by hiding their true intent from the world. Just like him, huh?
I don't think I need to add my voice to the people pointing out how contemptible this is, but I would like to use this phenomenon to point out how truly ignorant of, and unconcerned with, their supposed sacred text these disgusting people really are. Here is the start of this psalm, which I assume these people ignored:
"1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2 for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me:
they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred;
and fought against me without a cause."
Sort of amusing, huh?
Comments
Cast out that that log from your eyes there, Bible-bozos.
It's a big call to say it means something more violent than that.
But then... that's the intended disclaimer, no doubt, should some idiot get "inspired".
Someone should point out to these T-shirt dweebs that if something happened to Obama, Biden would be president, and the outpouring of grief for Obama would cast the Republicans into the wilderness for a generation.
As later verses in the psalm refer to his children being fatherless, I think the meaning is pretty clear.
It just amuses me that these people are willing to scrounge up any old line in this very long book to justify their claims, without a shred of concern about what it really means. The enemies in this psalm are guilty of exactly the kind of behavior which makes up the core of conservative political action; the actual word of God means nothing to them when they can quote it out of context to justify their own behavior.