Liberals Announce Plan to ‘Purge’ Christians By J. Matt Barber
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They were
always deadly serious about criminalizing Christianity and killing free
speech, but now the American left has stopped pretending otherwise. In
a recent column titled, “Why
Are They Called ‘Homofascists’? Here’s Why,” I wrote that “progressive,”
“Christian-hating fascists” but I repeat myself are “hell-bent on
criminalizing Christianity and pushing to the fringes anyone who publicly
acknowledges natural human sexuality and the age-old, immutable institution
of legitimate marriage as created by God.” I was
referring specifically to the left’s well-organized and highly disturbing
character assassination of former Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich for his private
support of natural marriage. I was also addressing the larger goal of
the American left to completely shut down free speech and freedom of religion
and to severely punish anyone who maintains both biblically and biologically
correct views on human sexuality. I closed
with this: “They smell blood in the water. I’ve often said that these
folks want those who speak biblical truth about human sexuality and legitimate
marriage either 1) dead, 2) imprisoned or, if they can have neither of
these, 3) marginalized to the point where they can’t even support their
families. “Check
No. 3 off the list. I guess they’re working backwards.” The
very next day, and as if right on cue, lefty rag Slate magazine vomited
evidence of my claims. It could not have been better scripted if I’d written
it myself. In an
article titled, “Purge
the Bigots,” Slate writer William Saletan penned these chilling words:
“Some of my colleagues are celebrating. They call Eich a bigot who got
what he deserved. I agree. But let’s not stop here. If we’re serious about
enforcing the new standard, thousands of other employees who donated to
the same anti-gay ballot measure must be punished. “More
than 35,000 people gave money to the campaign for Proposition 8, the 2008
ballot measure that declared, ‘Only marriage between a man and a woman
is valid or recognized in California,’” he continued. “Why do these bigots
still have jobs? Let’s go get them.” Now,
to be fair, Saletan later claimed that his article was intended as satire
to illustrate the hypocrisy of his own “progressive” movement. Many, if
not most, of his readers seemed to miss the joke,and the article’s comments
section quickly filled with people agreeing that it was, indeed, time
to “purge the bigots” (read: Christians). The
Fox News Channel observed
that the piece “may or may not be tongue-in-cheek.” Satire is traditionally
somewhat clever, witty and fairly easy to recognize as such. Mr. Saletan’s
piece was none of these things. Nevertheless, I will give him the benefit
of the doubt. Laurie
Higgins of the Illinois Family Institute noted, “The problem with Saletan’s
satirical piece is that, unlike Swift’s ‘A Modest Proposal,’ Saletan’s
is not outrageous enough. It should be outrageous enough for a satire,
but unfortunately, homosexual activists and their allies are tyrannical
enough to do just what he’s proposing. “I know
there are many progressives who think such a proposal is defensible,”
she observed. “In fact, eight years ago, a colleague (AMM) at Deerfield
High School told me that she is so sure conservative beliefs about homosexuality
are wrong that they shouldn’t be allowed to be spoken in public schools
even if kids are studying homosexuality-affirming resources. And she
was not speaking satirically.” So here
we have Mr. Saletan playing the role of today’s Joseph Goebbels, Adolf
Hitler’s Nazi propaganda minister, in an effort, albeit a clumsy one,
to underscore how utterly out of control his own “progressive” movement
has become and, in the spirit of argumentum ad absurdum, gently coax his
fellow bohemians from madness. Slate
was apparently in on the fun too, pretending, for a day, to be “Nationalsozialistischen
Briefe,” Goebbels’ parallel publication, in an equally awkward attempt
to use the power of metaphor as a scrub brush to wash away the stench
of totalitarianism from an American left bathed in it. But
as you read the article a frightening reality quickly rises to the surface.
It’s neither funny nor untrue. None of it. The cultural Marxist American
left is 100-percent serious about “purging” Christians from society. They’re
as serious as Josef Stalin’s heart attack. Continued
Saletan: “To organize the next stage of the purge, I’ve compiled the financial
data into three tables” (he actually did this). He then listed details
from, and linked to, the Proposition 8 hit list reportedly leaked by the
Obama IRS and meticulously assembled and published by the Los Angeles
Times. This
was all by design. It’s what led to Brendan Eich’s career beheading. But
Eich was just the opening act. The list provides the exact names, employers,
places of residence and dollar amounts of every single person in America
who donated even a dime to the Golden State’s campaign to protect natural
marriage (I realize it’s hopelessly symbolic, but as matter of principle
I will not link to the list). This is a level of voter intimidation and journalistic terrorism on the part of the Obama administration and the L.A. Times that is unprecedented in American history. Joking
or not, Herr Saletan then gave the rainbow-shirts their jackbooted marching
orders: “If we’re serious about taking down corporate officers who supported
Proposition 8, and boycotting employers who promote them, we’d better
get cracking on the rest of the list,” he said, concluding, “otherwise,
perhaps we should put down the pitchforks.” You
do understand this, right? Obama, the L.A. Times and America’s larger
“progressive” movement are dead serious about purging Christians and other
traditionalists from both the workplace and society at large. It’s coming.
Mozilla was just the opening salvo. In the
very same way Eich’s forced resignation was deliberately calculated to
terrorize any American who might resist the left’s sexual anarchist agenda,
and support some future, legally executed pro-family ballot initiative,
the clear purpose behind releasing the Prop 8 donor list was to instill
terror in the hearts of Christians and other traditionalists who support
natural marriage, family and human sexuality. It was a not-so-subtle shot
over the bow. It was also a call to arms. It’s fight or flight time, America. I’ve made my choice. What
about you? I say
that if we once crushed fascism from without … we can sure as hell crush
it from within. Matt Barber (@jmattbarber on Twitter) is an author, columnist, cultural analyst and an attorney concentrating in constitutional law. Having retired as an undefeated heavyweight professional boxer, Matt has taken his fight from the ring to the culture war. |
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