tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post9196386555459610545..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: The Gospel As "Fighting Words"Clayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-12010111221324393412017-04-21T07:55:40.057-06:002017-04-21T07:55:40.057-06:00I'm aware of how Westboro started on their hom...I'm aware of how Westboro started on their homosexuality crusade; local police were unresponsive to a molester going after the pastor's grandson in a public restroom.Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-52576979635848890632017-04-20T16:21:36.700-06:002017-04-20T16:21:36.700-06:00They make Christianity look stupid, but most Chris...They make Christianity look stupid, but most Christian preachers would not, so it must be deemed hate speech. <br />Another example of weaponizing the First Amendment. <br /><br />Also another example of conservative speech being deemed violence (Leftist violence, in contra distinction, is deemed speech).*<br /><br />I have to thank Tamara Keel at "View From the Porch" for this pungent chiasmus.Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-19831875057836276702017-04-20T10:57:44.365-06:002017-04-20T10:57:44.365-06:00"...Westboro makes Christianity look stupid.&..."...Westboro makes Christianity look stupid."<br /><br />True, but have you read about how they got started? You might find them surprisingly sympathetic (despite being nuts).<br /><br />https://acryinthedarkblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/liberal-christianity-and-sexual-abuse-and-misconduct/<br /><br />This is where classical liberalism leads, and most "conservatives" are classical liberals. The respectable "right" doesn't really oppose progressivism, but merely objects to the pace of our inexorable leftward march.<br /><br />Today Instapundit, NRO, et al write that Democrats are "the real sexists/racists/homophobes." Tomorrow they will update that to "the real trans-phobes" (and eventually "the real pedophobes"). It will never end.Che Dolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969186793638404876noreply@blogger.com