"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light
and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter."
(Isaiah 5:20)
Image courtesy/The Calvin Coolidge Project
A confirmed and virulent hater of President Donald Trump, N.C. Democratic
candidate Shelly Headen once wrote on Facebook: "I think our only hope is an
attack on U.S. soil...preferably Alabama, Louisiana, where stupid people live."
Meanwhile, on X she wrote: "Ready for the MAGAs to die off."
"A picture is worth a thousand words." Never was this old adage more true
than when I saw the photograph of a smiling Shelly Headen taken before the
ovens used to burn the bodies of Jewish and other prisoners being
held at Dachau concentration camp in Germany during WWII.
This casual image of a candidate running for public office is far more
disturbing to me than any of her hateful and ignorant posts, which are
merely a reflection of the dark and disturbing times we are living in today.
According to her profile on Ballotpedia, Headen believes every child in North Carolina
should have the right to a high quality education. But, what about the children in
Alabama and Louisiana, where she claims, "stupid people live" and who she
thinks should die in an attack on U.S. soil?
Terrorist bombs and bullets do not discriminate when it comes to murdering innocent
people-including children. Neither, might I add, did the Nazis in charge of concentration
camps like Dachau. The caption on her post above reminds me of the recent videos
uploaded to social media showing women throwing baby dolls into dishwashers
and dryers and laughing about it.
Although the Guilford County Democratic Party and the North Carolina House
Democratic Caucus have since withdrawn their support for Headen,
the damage has already been done.
Furthermore, if she thinks President Trump is the most disgusting man to
walk the face of the earth and is on par with the likes of Adolf Hitler, that
is her prerogative as an American citizen with the right to freedom of
speech and expression.
My only suggestion is that next time she should look in the mirror first.
