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April 26, 2007

Christians Who Hate Liberals

How often have you heard Christians claim that liberals hate them? Of course, liberals know that accusation is patently false and that Christians who believe it are simply ignorant about liberalism. But that doesn't stop them from their fearmongering. If you look around at what Christian commentators are saying about politics you can find copious examples of Christians writing hateful things about liberals. Marsha West is a repeat offender in this regard.

Recently, she wrote about how "Christian Kids are too Gentle to Live Amongst the Wolves" (the "wolves" being liberals who have their "bony fingers" in everything). The article is now available on literally hundreds of websites. Other past articles, also widely disseminated, have included, "Radical Feminism: The Kiss of Death," in which she says liberal educators are corrupting children; "Parents, Listen Up!," in which she calls liberals "barbarians" and public schools "government-run-institutions-of-indoctrination" and says that "liberals are grooming school-aged children to become good little anarchists"; "Will Same-Sex "Marriage" Impinge on Religious Liberty?," in which she calls liberals "the enemy" and says that "A good drenching of truth could cause liberals to melt into a steaming puddle of sludge like the Wicked Witch of the West did when Dorothy tossed a bucket of water in her face"; and "Values Voters – Head to the Polls!," in which she says that "liberals are far and away the most morally challenged primates on the planet." She has written many others that contain equally outrageous statements about liberals.

Her latest piece, "Liberals [are] More Concerned About Bears than Babes," has also been widely published on the Internet, including at News With Views, Renew America, News By Us, The Conservative Voice, Renaissance Women, and MichNews.com (a conservative news service). In it she entirely ignores the legitimate arguments and thought processes of liberals in the partial birth abortion debate, choosing instead to see the matter in its simplest terms as one pitting good conservative Christians against evil liberals who think it is perfectly OK to poke a hole in the head of a baby and suck its brains out.

If this gruesome procedure were done on, say, an Arctic polar bear and the public got wind of it, radical animal rights groups such as PETA would bleat louder than a flock of sheep in a shearing shed. Cable news and the three network morning shows would have grist for the mill for days, perhaps weeks!

This begs the question, “What’s up with humans who “love animals” but wouldn’t lift a finger to save precious babes in the womb?” Babies are completely helpless, they can’t speak for themselves, plus they’re members of the human race, so it’s perfectly rational to consider putting the rights of animals before the rights of human beings patently absurd. (Incidentally, Jesus Christ came to Earth to save HUMAN BEINGS, not animals! Certainly Jesus was fond of critters, but He loved PEOPLE. In truth, He willingly laid down His life so that MANKIND could be reconciled to God.)

She then goes on to say that Christians must control the courts to prevent more of this sort of travesty. She has before mischaracterized the liberal view of partial birth abortion in her article, "Hang 'Em High," in which she calls for execution of late term abortionists and generally denigrates liberals.

How does the liberal media react when a Federal court judge strikes down the Constitutional ban on the uncivilized partial-birth abortion procedure? They praise the gods, clink their glasses together and celebrate another victory. In the old west if a baby had been partially delivered then clobbered with a mallet, the killer would have been given a speedy trial and taken to the nearest tree and promptly hanged. And the punishment would have fit the crime. Back then folks knew right from wrong. They also knew a thing or two about justice. When someone decided to commit a heinous crime, they could expect to pay dearly for it. "Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him" (Leviticus 24:20).

There are countless examples of other conservative Christians whose lies, half truths, and slander foment blind hatred of liberals across this country. Meanwhile, you can also find countless examples of Christian liberals, as well as secular liberals teaming up with Christians as allies in humanitarian efforts and fighting to protect religious freedom, even that of evangelical Christians, repeatedly.

Conservative Christians like to say that liberals hate Christians because they do not understand Christians. I would say that many Christians hate liberals for the same reason. Ignorance naturally begets fear, which begets hatred. When someone like Marsha West continually writes ignorant articles about liberals, articles that are designed to inspire fear in her readers, the result is – naturally – hatred.

Posted by Becky at April 26, 2007 11:58 AM