Darrell Castle talks about the possibility that the forces that divide America have reached the point of irreconcilable differences and we are slipping into moral darkness.

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SLIPPING INTO MORAL DARKNESS

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. Today is Friday, May 25, 2018, and on today’s Report I will be talking about a gang, or army if you prefer, of about 50,000 members now thought to be operating out of 42 U.S. states. ,The army is known as MS-13 and its chief and most profitable “commodity” is teenage girls. ,Trafficking teenage girls is apparently overhead free except for the drugs and alcohol, which are also trafficked but used primarily to keep the girls under control.

The motto of MS-13 is “Kill. Rape. Control.”  They specialize in bloody machete attacks and hacking their victims into pieces.  They also engage in kidnappings and home invasions but murder by ripping apart bodies is their stock and trade.  With such a motto as "Kill, Rape, Control", why would they be given any consideration or respect, or even membership in the human race?  Unfortunately there are those here in the US who do speak well of them, or at least refuse criticism.  That seems to be not because this gang is worthy but because the President of the U.S. is very critical of them.

This army has finally been recognized by U.S. media and brought to the front pages, not because media types are outraged because MS-13 has been running amok in the U.S. kidnapping and chopping up kids, but because President Trump, in a meeting with California immigration people, referred to them as “animals.”  We wouldn’t want to hurt the feelings of any members of the most vicious gangs on earth would we?

“However repugnant their actions, MS-13 gang members are human beings,” said the tweet of John Harwood of the New York Times.   What President Trump actually said was “You wouldn’t believe how bad these people are.  These aren’t people, these are animals, and we’re taking them out of the country at a level and at a rate that’s never happened before.”  It’s hard to see how any sane, rational person could have a problem with taking them out of the country so the “animals” remark must be the controversial part.

House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), called his comments a new low claiming that he was referring to immigrants in general.  President Trump basically made fun of her in a later speech saying that she “came out in favor of MS-13 after the media claimed his description of the gang as animals was racist".  So that’s the point of our discussion today;  when is it okay to call a group of violent, murderous thugs animals?  Is it more important to protect the sensibilities of MS-13 members than it is to warn the nation of their growing numbers and willingness to commit vicious murders to protect their business of kidnapping and enslaving young girls?

This is a fascinating controversy because it is so vitally important, and because it calls into question whether or not the two sides of America can ever be reconciled.  The chasm that separates us is indeed deep and growing.  Perhaps we have reached the point of irreconcilable differences as the divorce lawyers call it.  Let’s look at a few more comments from the two sides: from President Trump, “She wants them to be treated with respect, as do other Democrats.  That’s not going to be happening. We’re not going to release violent criminals into our country.”

Nancy Pelosi: “These aren’t people, these are animals,” she said, quoting the president, and then continuing, “You have to wonder, does he not believe in the spark of divinity-the dignity and worth of every person?  These are not people; these are animals, the president of the United States.”  She continues, “Every day that you think that you’ve seen it all, along comes another manifestation of why their policies are so inhumane and why we have to continue the debate,” finally adding,