There is something odd in some minds that makes them say things like: “I believe that women have the right to choose. I am pro-choice. I am committed to improving the rights of all women, throughout the world.”
If someone replies: “In many nations, including this one, unborn babies are often aborted, simply because they are female. Shouldn’t the rights of unborn women be respected?”
The response to that usually begins with “Well, I . . . .” and fades off into irrationality. The oddness can be further seen by asking more questions: “Should the United States cut off foreign aid to any nation that does not pass and enforce laws against aborting babies simply because they are female?”
When that answer devolves into avoiding it, we may ask, “Should American taxpayers be forced to provide aid to foreign governments that allow female genital mutilation, in which the clitoris is painfully removed without anesthetic?”
It may seem like fun to try to “get” at such people, but it isn’t. When we hear the answers, evasions, and justifications for inconsistency, we see an oddness that is truly damnable more clearly manifesting itself before us. We see a soul at risk of eternal pain.
Another example: “I believe everyone has the right to the best possible education.”
When such a speaker, whose income is generally provided by government educational programs, is asked, “Since children in parochial schools show that they learn more by getting higher test scores, shouldn’t we make vouchers available so that all students have access to what’s proven to be a better education?”
We will see the basic premise avoided, while the existing structure is praised to the point of being idolized.
Another common example: “I believe in free speech. And, I believe in freedom of religion.”
Many who say they believe in free speech and freedom of religion, when reminded that many nations outlaw and oppress both, refuse to condemn or criticize oppressive regimes that go to murderous lengths to control free speech and religion, whether they’re in Cuba or Cairo.
When we find the queer oddity that strongly favors one thing while studiously ignoring life-destroying problems invariably associated with what they support, we have found is a mind that’s been corrupted by the virus.
The virus does two things to human programs by corrupting them. He keeps the minds he corrupts from thinking as well as they otherwise could. And, the virus keeps those he controls from knowing the joy that can only come from consistency.
