From Reader Kevin..

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By James Arlandson

It's time for the Self-Righteous Indignation Brigade to calm down and get out of their swoon and fetal position.

Yes, Trump called Omarosa Manigault a dog.

When you give a crazed, crying lowlife a break, and give her a job at the White House, I guess it just didn't work out. Good work by General Kelly for quickly firing that dog!

Can you guess who in Scripture used harsher language than that?

Jesus used this language not toward the little people, but toward the ones who dominated Judaism in Jerusalem and whose power was the highest in the land.

Get ready. Here are the verses:

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. (Matt. 12:34)

You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? (Matt. 23:33)

He replied, "Go tell that fox, 'I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.' (Luke 13:32)

The latter verse was about Herod, who wanted to kill Jesus. "Fox" was not a compliment.

Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” (John 6:70) So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables (John 2:15).

Paul: O senseless Galatians, who hath bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, … As for those circumcisers , I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves! (Galatians 3, 5)

Finally, here is Paul speaking about legalists who wanted to impose circumcision as the path to salvation:

Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. (Philippians 3:2)

Objection: Ha! You can't be seriously putting Trump on the same level as the Messiah! What a laugh!

Reply: No, I'm putting him on a much lower level. The point is this: if Jesus (and Paul) can use such language, then surely we can allow an ordinary sinner like Trump (and you and me) a little latitude. Omarosa occupied a similar position of power. No one can convince a reasonable person that Trump would have used that language to a housewife.

Objection: But, but, but Omarosa is black!!!

Reply: So what? Does being 'black' remove you from criticism? HELL NO! She occupied a position of privilege and power in the White House. Anyone who is already not prejudiced against Trump can see he called her that name not because she's black, but because she was a jerk and now is a money-seeker. The context of the tweet makes it clear.

To wrap this up, I hope someone in the legal bureaucracy or the Trump campaign digs into the claim that she used a recording device in a restricted area. If so, then prosecute her.