LET CHARLESTON BE THE NATION'S EPIPHANY

You would think, in light of the relatively minor provocations of Ferguson, New York City and Baltimore, that the nine murders in Charleston would have fueled violent riots at the very least.  Granted, the shootings were not cops vs. Blacks, but all nine of them were clearly, admittedly and blatantly... racially motivated. 

Instead, the residents of the city of Charleston came together, united in grief and steadfast in their purpose of routing out evil from their community.  

When Roof walked into that church, the picture clearly shows him opening the door with his right hand and keeping his left hand on his pistol, evidently tucked into his pants on his back side.  He was a scum with purpose, set on doing his evil deeds.   And he sat among his intended victims, listening to the scriptures with them as they opened up their hearts and welcomed `a stranger... a white stranger... into their midst. 

He broke their trust: he killed them.  And, he's made no apology about doing it.  

There is a difference between Baltimore and Charleston.  God and good live and thrive in Charleston; they've been chased out of Baltimore.  Charleston is obviously a city of love; Baltimore is a city filled with hatred.  

Isn't it time that Baltimore and the rest of this country got back to God and good?  Isn't it time that we chased evil and hatred back to the hell from which they originate?  Don't we need to neutralize those who foment anger and division... the Sharptons and Obamas of the world?  We have allowed them to turn us against each other, to divide us and to marginalize God in our daily lives. 

Let us stand united once again, united with God as we were when we built this great nation.  Let us be divided no more, for divided we shall indeed crumble into disgusting, decadent dust. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.