Phony Reverends and Real Crises

Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton

Predictably, after chaos erupted in the town of Ferguson, Missouri recently following the shooting death of a black teenager by police, the vultures swooped in from out of town.

Among the vultures were the Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. Al Sharpton, two legendary race hustlers who have amassed their fortunes by resurrecting the corpse of Jim Crow. 

Jackson and Sharpton live for the type of incidents that happened in Ferguson. Before Ferguson, there was Sanford, Florida (February, 2012) where another black teenager named Trayvon Martin died after he was shot during a struggle with a neighborhood watchman named George Zimmerman.

Jackson and Sharpton showed up in Sanford after that shooting, and they stirred the pot of racial unrest just as they usually do wherever and whenever an African-American dies at the hands of a white person, be that person a police officer or a neighborhood guardian. 

There's no sense in dredging up the Sanford incident again. Though many folks--including Jackson and Sharpton--accused Zimmerman of racial animus for shooting Martin, Zimmerman was ultimately exonerated by a court of law. 

However, the race hustlers such as Jackson and Sharpton so poisoned Zimmerman's character in the court of public opinion that he will be a marked man for the rest of his life. 

And it's irrelevant whether Zimmerman's a racist or just a man who has poor judgment. Under the American system of jurisprudence, a person is considered innocent until proven guilty. Under the justice system practiced by the race hustlers, Zimmerman was convicted of racism and murder before he had his day in court.

No doubt, life will never be the same for the Ferguson police officer who mortally wounded 18-year-old Michael Brown. Though the investigation has just begun, many people are calling for the cop's scalp. And even if he's ultimately exonerated like Zimmerman, his life will forever be changed. If his picture is ever released to the public, he'll become a marked man like Zimmerman.

I have nothing but contempt for charlatans such as Jackson and Sharpton. While thousands of blacks die across America at the hands of black shooters--many of the victims innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire--the race hustlers remain dead silent. But when an African-American is shot by a white person, they spring to life like vampires crawling out of their coffins.

And when they show up in places such as Sanford or Ferguson, they attract the usual vermin such as Marxists, anarchists and even the anti-Semites wearing Palestinian keffiyehs. There's nothing like the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager to bring out the zombies who call for Israel's destruction.

And so, if Rev. Jackson and Rev. Sharpton truly desire racial justice, then they can start by becoming genuine representatives of Jesus Christ instead of phony ones. They can start by preaching the biblical gospel that mandates the fear of God and respect for His laws and commandments that we're all accountable to.

Those laws include respect for authority, chastity before marriage, getting an education and staying out of trouble. As Solomon wrote: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline." (Proverbs 1:7)

Unfortunately for Jackson and Sharpton, there's no money and fame in the genuine gospel. That's why they promote the faux social gospel. It's all about them rather than about those they shamelessly exploit. 

In the end, they're going to reap what they've sown. In eternity.