{"id":63403,"date":"2015-12-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=63403"},"modified":"2015-12-19T19:48:12","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T00:48:12","slug":"a-note-on-the-feel-good-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=63403","title":{"rendered":"A note on the Feel Good Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve had a couple of complaints this week about how flippant I am in regards to our daily feel good stories. One complaint was about a story we did on Friday<\/a> about Alvin Lee Jenks who was shot dead when he tried to kick down a homeowner’s door. A fellow claiming to be Alvin’s twin brother called to tell me that I need to be more compassionate. I spend a few hours every day going through hundreds of news stories about people who rape 98-year-old women, kill 6-year-olds, kill cats and dogs, murder cops, shoot dog-walkers, and murder store clerks. My compassion is gone by the time I schedule these stories. <\/p>\n

Innocent people murdered and maimed by criminals. When the criminals lose, I rejoice and it makes me feel good. Maybe this twin brother of Alvin Lee should have shown some compassion to his brother before he got to the point where he felt he could enter someone’s home uninvited. <\/p>\n

Another fellow complained about a story we wrote last weekend<\/a> about 21-year-old Tyler Nelson who was also gunned down when he tried to force his way into someone’s home. Now, we find that the deceased may have been drunk – but that doesn’t excuse his behavior, and I wonder if the complainant showed any compassion and tried to keep young Nelson sober before he got so drunk that he could use it as an excuse to violate someone’s property rights, and their right to be secure in their home.<\/p>\n

I’m completely on the victims’ sides in these stories. The dead made all of the choices up until their intended victims changed the story line and put them down. Most of the intended victims were just innocent people living their lives the best way they knew how until the criminals entered their lives and they didn’t want to kill anyone, but they didn’t back down from their social contract to protect their families and themselves. These are true American heroes who don’t back down from a challenge that they didn’t invite. These folks are the bulwark against the decaying culture in this country. They are the price of a life of crime. If you hate victims and you hate justice, maybe you shouldn’t read these stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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