One day, when one of your children draws cross hairs over a brother or sister’s face in a picture; don’t worry, it doesn’t mean anything. It’s just a drawing.

If they scream at one of their siblings “I’m going to kill you!” Don’t be alarmed, it’s just words.

If they scream at you, “I hate you!” It’s nothing to be upset about. It’s OK, words don’t mean anything.

If the teacher says “I wish someone would punch another teacher in the face”, and some student does it, it’s not the teacher’s fault; it’s the fault of the student who throws the punch. If the same teacher says, “I wish someone would punch (put your kid’s name here) and your child gets beat up. Don’t blame the teacher. It’s not their fault. It’s those kids who beat up your kid.

Patrick Henry didn’t really mean to inspire anyone when he said “Give me liberty, or give me death!” They were just words.

“Common Sense” by Thomas Paine didn’t really hold any sway in the fight for Independence, it was just some words.

The Declaration of Independence doesn’t really mean anything. It’s just a bunch of words. You weren’t supposed to really believe that all men are endowed with anything …

“Love thy neighbor as thy self,” doesn’t really mean that. Words don’t have any consequences. They don’t mean anything. “I love you” doesn’t really mean that.

The Ten Commandments are just words, guidelines maybe, they can’t really mean anything.

Or is it just the violent words that don’t mean anything? The ones meant to whip up the base?

But they really can’t mobilize the base can they? I mean, they don’t have any meaning. Do they?