The Democratic Party’s Efforts to Win Hit a NEW LOW!
“Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.”
(Psalm 34:13, KJV)
NOT GOD’S CHOSEN WORDS…
A friend sent me a photograph of a yard sign she reported seeing near Desert Ridge Shopping Mall. In large black letters, it read: “BIGGS SUPPORTS CHILD RAPE,” followed by “.ORG.”
I looked at those words and thought: What are we doing to one another?…
The photographed side offered no explanation for that accusation. No sponsor’s name was visible. There was a website address, but the message confronting a passerby was an accusation that Governor Candidate Andy Biggs supports one of the most horrific crimes imaginable!
I do not know who paid for that sign or who placed it. I will not assign responsibility without evidence. But I can speak about the words in front of me —and the standard I believe we should expect from anyone seeking to influence our votes.
There is No reason for that nastiness from Any Side…
Would I feel differently if another candidate’s name appeared above those words? My answer must be NO. A principle worth defending must hold, even when it protects someone whose politics I oppose.
Public officials should face hard questions. Their votes, decisions, and conduct deserve scrutiny. When there is evidence of wrongdoing, we should bring it forward, explain it accurately, and let the Voters examine the record. But an accusation this serious demands evidence proportionate to its gravity. A reader deserves enough information to judge whether the words fairly describe what actually happened.
And the people who have suffered sexual abuse deserve a public discussion that treats their experiences with care. Their pain should never become a casual instrument of political combat.
The words of Psalm 34 reach across the centuries: “Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.” Guile means deceit. That instruction asks something of every one of us — including me.
Before I repeat an accusation, have I checked it? Before I share a photograph, have I explained what it proves and what it does not? When I discover that something I believed was wrong, will I correct it with the same conviction I brought to spreading it?
These are uncomfortable questions. But they are also necessary ones. We have choices every time we speak, write, post, or pass a message along. We can ask for evidence. We can challenge an unfair characterization. We can hold firmly to our convictions while remembering that the person across from us is still a human being.
That is where this photograph leads me: To the Freedom We Cherish, and the Responsibility We Each Carry When We Use Our Voice.
WHAT WILL WE DO WITH OUR FREEDOM?
The First Amendment protects freedom of speech and of the press, alongside religious liberty, peaceful assembly, and the right to petition government. These protections give us room to question authority, challenge prevailing opinion, and speak when those in power would rather, we remain silent.
I treasure those freedoms. My work depends on them…
But constitutional protection and moral judgment answer different questions. Speech can be hurtful and still be legally protected. Defending someone’s freedom to speak does not require me to endorse what that person says. And objecting to cruel words does not require me to ask the government to silence the speaker.
IT ASKS ME TO DECIDE HOW I WILL USE MY OWN VOICE.
Will I answer an accusation with another accusation? Will I excuse behavior from my own side that I condemn in someone else? Will I allow anger to choose words that my conscience would reject? I cannot control every sign beside a road. I can only take responsibility for what I put beneath my own name.
The Constitution can protect my right to speech…
It cannot give me the courage to speak, but it can protect my right to choose.
It cannot make my choices wise, but it can protect my right to pursue a life.
It cannot promise that I will build one worth living, but…
That is where liberty becomes responsibility.
There is courage in speaking an unpopular truth. There is also courage in refusing to repeat a popular falsehood — even when the people repeating it are our friends. Sometimes courage sounds like, “Where is the evidence?”
Sometimes it sounds like, “I disagree with that person, but this accusation is unfair.”
Sometimes the hardest words of all are simply, “I was wrong.”
Those choices are within our reach. We do not need an election victory, a powerful office, or permission from a political party to make them.
THE EXAMPLE WE LEAVE
Think about the young person riding past that sign. Think about what our children hear when adults discuss an election around the dinner table. They are learning how we treat people when the stakes are high and patience runs low.
What do we want them to carry into their own disagreements? I want them to question what they hear, including what they hear from me. I want them to expect evidence, recognize unfairness, and speak with conviction. I also want them to know that kindness does not require surrendering a principle.
We can teach those lessons through the example we set today…
A correction made honestly. A difficult conversation handled with restraint. A refusal to forward something we have not checked. A willingness to acknowledge that a political opponent made a valid point.
These choices may seem small besides the noise of an election. Yet each is an opportunity to practice the responsibility we ask of others.
FREEDOM IS ALSO A BEGINNING
We often picture freedom as an open road, a soaring bird, or a flag moving against a clear sky. Those images invite us to imagine possibility — to look beyond where we are and consider where we might go.
But an Open Road still leaves us with a direction to choose…
Freedom Is Not Merely the Absence of Chains. It Is the Responsibility That Begins When the Chains Are Removed.
What will we build with the opportunities before us? What will we teach? Whom will we encourage? When someone trusts us enough to listen, what will we give them to carry away?
Those questions matter to me as a writer. Every article is a chance to place something into another person’s day. I want that something to be useful: information they can examine, a question worth considering, or encouragement to take part in the decisions affecting their lives.
I will not always find the perfect words. None of us will. But we can keep learning, listen when someone challenges us, and care enough about the truth to correct our course.
That, too, is Freedom in Practice; the ability to grow beyond what we thought yesterday.
LET HOPE HAVE THE LAST WORD
I BEGAN with a photograph that disturbed me. I WANT TO END with a possibility that encourages me.
Imagine a young person watching an adult say, “I checked, and that claim was wrong.”
Imagine a conversation in which two neighbors discover that their disagreement has not erased their respect for each other. Imagine leaving someone better informed without leaving them humiliated. We Can Make Those Moments Happen…
We Can Be Passionate about an election and thoughtful about our words.
We Can Demand Accountability and offer a fair hearing.
We Can Speak Firmly, Stand Our Ground, and leave room for another person to do the same.
The Psalm’s instruction belongs beside us when we are angry, when we are certain, and especially when we are tempted to believe that a worthy cause excuses any means of advancing it.
“Keep Thy Tongue from Evil, And Thy Lips from Speaking Guile.”
I cannot choose the words on every roadside sign. But I can choose the words I place before you. So, today:
I Choose to ask for truth,
I Choose to encourage courage, and
I Choose to believe that each of us can contribute something better to the next conversation.
We have the Freedom to Speak. So, let us give one another Words Worth Hearing.
By Linda S. Brickman
©2026 Linda S. Brickman. All Rights Reserved.
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