Douglas Murray, author of “The Strange Death of Europe” which is out now, is an author, journalist, and political commentator. He is the founder of the Centre for Social Cohesion and is the associate director of the Henry Jackson Society and associate editor of The Spectator, a British magazine discussing culture and politics.
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I wonder if Joe would talk differently these days. That's it better that far leftists censor people than far right people, because far right people are racist (which may or may not be true in and of itself.) Considering the left ONLY sees things through the lens of race, how could you possibly not see that they are the racists?
The left has perfectly hidden their racism under black lives matter. The far left should be synonymous with extreme racism and bigotry not the right anymore. This is how the racist left made people abhorrent to anything on the right side of politics.
And so any one knows that story in the bible about the kids making fun of a bald man no children were killed it does not say that. Here is what actually happened.
Elisha’s mentor Elijah was just taken up to Heaven in chariots of fire. He now bears the heavy responsibilty of being God’s main prophet at a young age of 25 years or less. He is sad for the loss of his friend and teacher and brand new to his ministry. As he walks up a mountain to go to Bethel, a town that is not friendly towards his ministry, he is stopped by a large group of young men. They are blocking the mountain pass and yelling “Come on up baldy! Come on up!” In defeat he turns back down the mountain but turns around and curses the men who won't let him pass. At this point two small she bears come up and attack the young men. The young men try to subdue the she-bears and in the process of forty two of them are injured. While the hilarity ensues Elisha is able to sneak past the young men and continues on his way.
At this point objections to my version begin.
Objection 1: We thought Elisha was old!
Nope, he might be in his thirties but baldness does not alwas reveal age. We know he lived another 65 years after this event so he couldn't be too old.
Objection 2: We thought they were children!
Nope, the word used for children or boys is kind of a flexible word. Sort of like the English word for boys. When you hear the song “The boys are back in town” you know it's not about children.
Objection 3: We thought all 42 died!
These are not Grizzly Bears. These are Palestinian Brown Bears the smallest species of brown bears in the world. How did all 42 people get hurt? Did they line up for their maulings? Nope. Does anyone really think two bears could catch 42 young men? These guys were determined to subdue the bears. I also want to point out that the fate of the 42 is unclear. The text does not say anyone died; it says they were injured. Am I denying the possibility of a funeral? No. But I find 42 funerals highly unlikely. People survive Grizzly Bear attacks and the Palestinian Brown Bear is much, much smaller than the Grizzly.
For research I suggest a Strongs concordance, a book of Bible Geography, a Bible dictionary and reading the whole book of 2 Kings. Pay close attention to chapter 1 to understand what has already happened. I hope this helps!
Update
From the comments I see that many people are still convinced the word na’ar is not a loose word and can only refer to children. I would like to point out a passage that should make it obvious that na’ar can refer to young men.
Genesis 37:2 “ These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.”
That word “boy” is na’ar! If you don't believe me see it for yourself! Genesis 37:2 Interlinear: These are births of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, hath been enjoying himself with his brethren among the flock, (and he is a youth,) with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, and Joseph bringeth in an account of their evil unto their father.
This is a link to an interlinear Bible. It has the words in English right next to the Hebrew. It also transliterates the Hebrew for you. When you look at the word “boy” in English you will also see na’ar right above it! I hope this makes it clear to all the nay sayers.
So a white middle class purple haired ANTIFA protester shouting in the face of a black cop is better than someone on the right doing it. That type of thinking gives permission for the left to be racist and not called out for it.