Living In A Salt Land

We have to acknowledge that the world we used to live in is no more. The society we grew up in had a certain moral equilibrium built into it, so even when people disagreed about how our society should be organised, stability and sanity prevailed. The social environment we live in now is very different. It is no longer possible for anyone from the working class to have any trust or confidence in any agents of the state, and if anyone questions the role of the state or expresses a dissenting view about what should (or should not) be seen as important in our society, then no matter how well argued their views may be, their views are ignored and the individual is personally attacked.

    Freedom of thought and expression is important because it allows individual citizens to question the policies of any powerful entities that are operating within our society. This can be seen as a form of societal risk assessment, because it allows us to consider both the likelihood and the impact (or consequences) of something happening that could harm members of our society. If a policy or practice is found to be high risk, then control measures can be implemented to reduce the risk, or it can be abandoned altogether, thereby ensuring our society's long-term stability and survival.

    The “journalists” employed by the legacy media who launch ad hominem attacks at anyone who challenges their worldview by labelling them as “racist” or “far-right” are not only sabotaging one of the most effective ways we have of carrying out such a risk assessment. They are actually increasing the likelihood of someone being physically attacked by a perpetrator who does not understand that the legacy media’s ad hominem assertions are false. Whenever an employee of the legacy media lies about someone, knowing all the while that they are increasing the risk of that person being hurt or worse (after July 13th 2024, this cannot be denied) then we would do well to remember the following passage from the book of Proverbs:

Do not enter the path of wicked men 

And do not step into the way of evil men. 

Avoid it, do not pass by it; 

Stray from it and pass on. 

For they do not sleep unless they do evil; 

And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble. 

For they eat the bread of wickedness 

And drink the wine of violence. (Proverbs 4:14-17 LSB)

    A description of the inveterate liars in the legacy media who abuse their position in our society and want to “cancel” anyone who exposes their lies can be found in the thirty-sixth psalm: 

An oracle within my heart 

concerning the transgression of the wicked person: 

Dread of God has no effect on him. 

For with his flattering opinion of himself, 

he does not discover and hate his iniquity. 

The words from his mouth are malicious and deceptive; 

he has stopped acting wisely and doing good. 

Even on his bed he makes malicious plans. 

He sets himself on a path that is not good, 

and he does not reject evil. (Psalm 36:1-4 CSB)

Sittason, Andrew. Living In A Salt Land (p. 119). Andrew Sittason. Kindle Edition.