Dear Editor,
I am addressing Krayton Kerns. What makes you think that the Texas students who chartered a plane are in any way a normal reflection of today’s college students?
Please get off your high horse about how superior you were when compared with the kids of today. Are you blind to the amazing people coming up in the younger generations? Do you just consider yourself and your family better in general? What gives you the narrow-minded right to judge people you don’t even take the time to know? Your pretense that you had it harder, or worked harder and that somehow entitles you to a place of judgment that you would probably also argue belongs only to the almighty is pure self-righteous, grade B baloney.
Wasn’t it just weeks ago that you were so sure that the Corona Virus was just another ploy by the Democratic Party and media to undermine President Trump? Now you’re touting that the wave of newly unemployed can be marginalized as sitting on their sofas, watching Netflix. It’s difficult to believe that you really are so out of touch with the reality of other people’s lives. You live in Montana and we have an unusually high unemployment rate per capita right now so, how many of these newly unemployed people do you know? What are those people actually doing–the ones you, yourself know. Isn’t it likely that most are caring for their children, helping them through their online schooling and trying to figure out how to budget through this while praying they can get back to work as soon as possible?
Ask yourself this question; would Jesus being slamming the unemployed right now with cheap, demeaning jabs? Doesn’t being Christian mean being Christ like and following his example? Most unemployed workers right now are lower income populations. They are the poor, the sick, the needy, you know–the people you feel so entitled to judge and condemn. Good job Krayton, you’re really showing your true colors now. That’s the thing about hard times. They shine a bright light, revealing the truth in people’s hearts.
You may be wondering if I am one of the unfortunate unemployed. I am not and I am doing all I can to help those in my community who are. Like anyone, they need to know that they are seen, understood and deserve a helping hand from their human family–God’s family.
You came to this place of self righteousness somehow. I understand that but, soften up if you can. This perspective isn’t just harmful to others, it hurts you too. The disgust you feel poisons your heart and disrupts your connection to other people. Gaps like that lead to more discord, anger and even fear. You deserve better than that Krayton, everyone does.
Jen J. Larson,
Billings, MT
