Tag: Common Tongue

I suspect there will be no more men who can transcend the divides of this country in the way Graham could. To the extent Graham's death has elicited criticism and attack, much of it has to do with his common man approach. Elite opinion makers and leaders, often drawn to worldly comfort and not gospel suffering, have a hard time relating to Graham because they have a hard time relating to the common man. That lack of ability to relate to common people is also one reason we see elite opinion makers in America champion Planned Parenthood, which actually does kill thousands of children each year, while savaging the National Rifle Association, which has never killed a child and whose members have actually saved others' lives. Therefore, it must be protected at all cost. Into this modern American divide, it is hard to see how a new Billy Graham could take hold. Coastal elites in this country, the very ones who would have ridiculed the mass of people at a Billy Graham crusade, will also ridicule gun owners and gun rights. Except, the truth is guns remain one of the last shared bits of commonality in the United States. The left's zealous pursuit of gun control will only make it harder for these Democrats to get re-elected. One would never know it from the media or the loud voices on the left, but the bipartisan consensus in this country has been for gun rights, not gun control.