Open Minded, Tolerant Liberals (Or, Virginia Is Not For Lovers)
We love it when we’re accused of intolerance and closed mindedness, either as an organization or as conservatives in general. The accusations typically come from the left who actually are closed minded and intolerant who make the accusations as a way to shield themselves from that which they accuse others. Two recent blog postings illustrate the point.
In one case, our friend Citizen Tom was banned from Vivian Page’s Blog simply for disagreeing with an assertion she made in an op-ed piece. If you read the comment trail, neither Tom, nor the other conservative, Warren, posted anything inflammatory. They simply disagreed and made their points adamantly, but respectfully.
While Tom was banned, we incured the wrath of a homosexual activist blogger simply for writing something about which he should agree. In this post, where we clearly make the case for strict enforcement of bullying bans in school, Michael In Norfolk uses vile and hate-filled rants. Of course, he must be exempted from “hate speech,” I suppose, because he’s a left-wing and homosexual activist. But, in addition to calling us a “Foul Odor,” he wrote:
In a state that has more than its share of Bible beating fascists — Pat Robertson, Liberty University, Regent University, the Arlington Group, Chuck Colson’s prison indoctrination “ministry,” AG Ken Cuccinelli — The Family Foundation (“TFF”), an affiliate of Daddy Dobson’s Focus on the Family, is nonetheless one of the most insidious. …
Ms. Cobb is so anti-gay obsessed that she likely pats herself on the back telling herself “job well done” each time a story breaks of a gay teen committing suicide because he/she can no longer stand the abuse. How a supposed Christian can make a career out of causing misery. …
Lies, character assassination, hateful language. Can you find those types of words here? One must have some serious pent up rage to go off on Chuck Colson, who helps criminals get their lives together. In fact, this particular blogger does exactly what he accuses us of: If you don’t practice hisform of Christianity, he excoriates you. He, and the homosexual left, apparently are the arbiters of faith.
Imagine if we, or any conservative organization, ever issued a statement filled with such vitriol as the left does against us or if we banned a left-winger from our blog. We suppose it never occurs to such producers of vile that if every Virginian who disagrees with them is a hatemonger, about 58 percent of Virginians are hatemongers (about the vote for the Marriage Amendment and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli). Maybe they want to change Virginia’s tourism slogan? We love the double standard.
Perhaps I got carried away in the post. However, its interesting that the ONLY folks who leave DEATH THREATS in comments on my blog – I had to block anonymous comments because of it – are folks claiming to be “Godly Christians.” And some of them cite chapter and verse right off of your website and that of your FOTF affiliates.
These good Christians have threaten me with death and my family with violence. Moreover, over the weekend before I wrote the post cited, the external breaker box for my office suite was vandalized. Since it was the only one out of 11 breaker boxes with a cut padlock and damage – and all boxes are clearly marked as to which suite they correspond to – it’s obvious that it was a targeted attack. I may attack verbally, but I do not engage in vandalism or violence. Only the putative Christians seem to do so.
TFF and its members are free to practice their preferred religious beliefs in their homes and churches. My problem is that you want to force me to practice your beliefs as well and, if I don’t, deprive me of CIVIL legal rights as a punishment.
As for citing majority rule, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage, and even higher percentage of Virginians than that cited supported the ban. Did that make it somehow right? Perhaps in TFF’s mind it did. But then I’ve often found TFF and affiliates around the country to be racists as well as homophobes. Mob majority rule doesn’t always make something right.
Stephen – Thank you for the kind words of support.
Michael – Why didn’t you quit after the first sentence?
Since they mostly consist of string of excuses for bad behavior, there is no reason debate your assertions. What is there to debate? Who really believes the bad behavior of hateful people justifies attacking innocent bystanders? Do you? I doubt it.
Consider a few simple facts. There are 300 million people in this country, and some of them are mentally unstable and angry. Look at what you just wrote here. It is baseless accusation after baseless accusation. I don’t know how unstable you are, but you are definitely angry. When will you realize that such behavior is purely self-destructive? When will it occur to you that it is your own hatred that arouses the violence you complain of?
Christians don’t approve of homosexuality. Christians have and will forebear homosexuality, but they refuse to approve of it. We consider it self-destructive, and is that not the real excuse for your hateful language? We don’t stop you from doing anything. We just refuse to pretend that homosexuality is not wrong. What makes you so certain your “friends” are doing you a favor?
Do you hate Christians or is your hatred self-hatred? When you let us know how much you despise us, how much of that hatred is reflected off your own soul?
You waste your time. Because Christians are human, I suspect most initially react to your accusations with anger. However, most then quickly let that anger turn to pity. Because Jesus taught us to forgive, we do not have to carry the burden of hatred.
So a few warped souls return your venom. How much satisfaction can you find in that? Does it really justify spewing ever more hateful nonsense?
You want to engage in homosexual relations? You don’t think you can do otherwise? What about your hatred? Is that not optional? The Bible says it is. The Bible also says that if we honestly repent God will forgive our sins.
Take your complaints to God. Find out what He has to say.
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