I was told not to be a “muckraker” this week.
It seems some people are bothered when evil deeds are exposed in their community and they would like to keep it quiet, just move on. Don’t tell the taxpayers. Sounds a lot like “never mind, nothing to see here….”
I looked up the definition of muckraker. It’s not a bad thing, although the person who said it to me made it seem derogatory. Perhaps the man did not know the definition. At dictionary.com, it defines muckraker this way:
“a person who searches for and tries to expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or other wrongdoing, especially in politics:The original muckrakers were the journalists who exposed child labor, sweatshops, poor living and working conditions, and government inefficiency in the early 20th century.“
So I guess I really am a “muckraker” after all, because that’s what I do sometimes because I work in media. It does not give me pleasure when people do evil, and I am not against them as persons. I am however against their criminal actions when they use hard earned taxpayer money that doesn’t belong to them and lie to and cheat the taxpaying public. And there’s plenty of that to go around in our nation. I would much prefer that everyone serve the public honorably.
But if they repent when they get caught and exposed, I rejoice in that. That is a very good thing.
John 3:19 says “And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.”
