In February of 2020, Joe Biden called Madison Moore a "lying, dog-faced, pony soldier". She was a 21 year old economics student at Mercer University. Sadly, no one had the guts to stick up for her as she was put on the spot in front of her school, the cameras and media and the entire country. He also called Peter Doocy a "one horse pony" on December 22, 2020. What was Joe Biden trying to accomplish with these insults to young people who were probably his grandchildren's age?
People often use animal references to devalue another person's sense of worth. Calling a young woman "dog-faced" is not saying that she is beautiful. It is the exact opposite. Many politicians feel that they are superior. They view themselves as being part of an elite class. They view regular people as inferior and less valueable. When Biden was calling them names, he was trying to remind everyone that he is an elite person and they are nobodies. The inferior nobodies have no authority to question anyone from the elite class! So what is the worth of Peter Doocy and Madison Moore? What is the value of the lowly, non-elite nobodies in this world?
The "lower class" was addressed in 1 Corinthians 1:26-29. "Brothers, consider your calling: Not many are wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth. Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong. God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world - what is viewed as nothing - to bring to nothing what is viewed as something, so that no one can boast in His presence. But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became God-given wisdom for us - our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, in order that, as it is written: The one who boasts must boast in the Lord." (HCSB)
What about an axiological point of view? God, the wisest designer, the most knowledgeable creator in the universe, created Madison Moore and Peter Doocy. Insulting these young people is insulting what God has created. Insulting what God has created is a way of insulting God. You are judging God to be a poor creator.
The Bible goes even further to say that we are made in the image of God. Christians believe God is the most valueable being in the universe. So, essentially we are made in the image of the most valuable being in the universe!! Genesis 1:26-27 says, "Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness.... So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female." In today's world, people often value those who agree with them and hate those who disagree. In reality, the person whom you hate also has been made in the image of God and magnificently created by God!
James Chapter 2 declares that it is a sin to judge based on outward appearances. Verse 9 says, "But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors." Verse 5 says, "Listen, my dear brothers: Didn't God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him?" 1 Peter 5:5-6 says, "...clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.... Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time,..." Proverbs 16:18 also says, "Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall."
Madison Moore and Peter Doocy seem like intelligent, hard-working, young people. It will be interesting to see what they accomplish by the time they reach Joe Biden's age.
