Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony: The real issue is not Haiti, it really is hating!

By Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony, Contributing Writer In 1869, author Isa Blagden wrote a book, The Crown Of A Life. She wrote, “…If a lie is only printed often enough, it becomes a quasi-truth, and if such a truth is repeated often enough, it becomes an article of belief, a dogma and men will die for it.” This is reflective in the philosophy of Joseph Goebbels, the World War II Third Reich Minister of Propaganda for Nazi Germany from 1933-1945. Goebbels said, “…If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” Today, people of Haiti are being systematically lied upon. They are being lied on by former President Donald J. Trump, and United States Senator J.D. Vance, currently representing the state in which the lie has sprung forth, Springfield, Ohio. Legal migrants from Haiti on a “temporary protective status” are not stealing dogs and cats to eat them for supper. According to Senator J.D. Vance, “If I have to create stories so that the American media can pay attention to the suffering of the American people, then that’s what I’m going to do.” Vance has admitted to the public that he’s...