“Well, that’s Tony.”

I saw a headline that Tony Romo is “under fire” for comments about Aaron Rodgers.

I don’t know what he said and I don’t care. I despise this sorting and filtering and examination of everything everybody says. If he said something weird, … so what? There’s no reason to care. He provides good commentary on football games. If he happens to say goofy stuff, laugh and get over it.

Can’t we give people a little grace?

People take offense far too often and far too seriously.

Where is the basic sense of honesty?

The prosecutor in the Rittenhouse case allegedly said that you lose the right to self defense when you carry a gun, which is a transparently stupid thing to say. If you’re not sure about that, please find a local cop or armed security guard and tell him that. Or go to any of the states that permit concealed and/or open carry.

I don’t know for sure if the prosecutor actually said that. It’s very possible his words are being twisted to make them look ridiculous.

In either event, somebody is misrepresenting the situation to get the reaction they want. It might be the prosecutor, it might be the news, or it might be both.

This has become acceptable. We take it for granted that people — lawyers, politicians, pundits, reporters — will lie and distort to promote their position.

I believe this comes down to what people used to call the fear of God. Or at least the fear of sin, and its corrupting influence.

“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?”

We don’t believe in souls, or at least we don’t believe they can be forfeited. We believe in easy forgiveness. We don’t fear the idea that by intentionally sinning we might set ourselves on a path that leads to destruction. The end justifies any means.

This is not the mark of a healthy culture.