Regarding recent comments made by Doug Jones.
To compare the events surrounding George Wallace—who governed more than 50 years ago—to a Christian leader whose life mission was to prevent violence through open dialogue and civil conversation, and who was just murdered by a hate-filled left-wing extremist, is not only deeply troubling, but shows a profound lack of wisdom.
It completely misreads the moment we are living in and distracts from the real crisis facing our country today.
Charlie Kirk embodied the very best of humanity — Charlie was a truth teller, not a people pleaser. He challenged opposing views with respect, reason, and conviction like few others in history. His murder was not random; it was an act of evil fueled by left-wing extremism.
The refusal to acknowledge this reality — the refusal to look inward at your own political party and recognize that this wave of violence and hatred is overwhelmingly coming from the left — is moral hypocrisy of the highest order.
Your call to “dial back the rhetoric” ignores the deeper problem and is another attempt to blur the lines between truth & lies.
Evil and extremism have always existed, and they always will. We are in a spiritual battle between good and evil and our society has been in decline for more than half a century — on your generation’s watch. It was during this time that prayer was removed from schools.
And the church chose political correctness over Biblical truth, avoiding hard conversations in the name of comfort and acceptance, accepting the lie.
This posture is not just complacent; it is contrary to God’s will. When the church and political leaders ignore Truth, they allow evil to become normalized. Calling for a “lower temperature” in public discourse risks doing exactly that—accepting lies in the name of peace.
The role of speaking Truth. Truth is not optional. Truth is an act of love.
Telling a boy who believes he is a girl that this is wrong is an act of love—not cruelty. And accepting a lie as truth is not love at all.
Yes, speaking truth may divide in the moment. But when truth is abandoned, we lose entire generations by normalizing lies.
The Democratic Party today has become a party that tolerates, and in many cases excuses, political violence.
This democratic violence is the fruit of decades spent blurring the line between truth and lies. Young democratic activists have been fed lies for most of their lives, and few have been there to speak the truth—until Charlie Kirk.
Charlie understood that our youth were being drawn into a godless culture, pressured to conform to society’s lies. His faith in God gave him the courage to speak truth, and because of that, the trajectory of America’s future is beginning to change.
A wave of truth has begun to rise in America, a truth not heard in a very long time. May God raise up a future generation of Truth Tellers like Charlie Kirk.
Tim James, Jr. is a 37-year-old husband, father of two, and lifelong Alabamian. He is active in Real Estate and Infrastructure development across Alabama and the Southeast.
