“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.”—Thomas Jefferson

This clearly states a scriptural principle (one found in the Bible, that is.) Peter told the Sanhedrin, “we must obey God rather than men.”

Tyranny, even its milder forms such as authoritarianism, are evil, sinful, and an affront not just to human liberty and freedom and people, but to the God who has given us liberty and freedom.

But tyranny is not just evil, it is corrupting, it is disgusting, to any lover of liberty, to anyone who values human life and dignity, to anyone who believes that humans have rights. (Regardless of where those rights come from.)

John Whitehead, in a recent commentary, notes that “The tragedy of our age is not merely that presidents claim godlike power or that the citizenry themselves go along with it – it is that people of faith who should know better consent to it.”

Shame on us – we encourage and tolerate and refuse to reject the wretchedness Massa and his minions cause.

We might argue that the reason they make other people’s lives wretched (and shorter) is because they themselves are so wretched. Indeed, we probably should pity them. But that does not mean that we should tolerate them. Let alone support them. And let alone give anyone the idea that we consent to what they do and say.

While DC under The Donald is certainly preferable to DC under Uncle Joe or Commie Cammie, it is a very relative preference. We are not yet a full year into the Trump 2.0 regime, but the disappointments for lovers of liberty are already piling up.

The only comfort we might take regarding how wretched these politicians, bureaucrats, and various and sundry petty tyrants are? That their misery – moral, spiritual, emotional – might help them to wake u and realize who is the cause of their wretchedness. The gal or guy in the mirror.