San Francisco Protester
Posted on 04/10/2005 1:52:27 PM PDT by This Just In
THE TRAGEDY OF TERRI SCHIAVO ILLUMINATED MANY THINGS, and none more startling than the deep anti-Christian bigotry among many on the left.
On March 29, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman warned that "liberal politicians, and even conservatives who aren't sufficiently hard-line" may someday have to fear assassination from religious believers "unless moderates take a stand against the growing power of domestic extremists."
Five days earlier, Mr. Krugman's colleague on the Times opinion page, Maureen Dowd, exclaimed that "we really are in a theocracy."
Writer and commentator Andrew Sullivan branded Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol an "ally of religious radicalism" and a revolutionary because Mr. Kristol blasted the federal court's refusal to follow congressional urgings in the Schiavo legislation.
When Gov. Jeb Bush brought forward the affidavit of a distinguished physician, Dr. William Chesire, who argued for a reconsideration of Terri Schiavo's diagnosis, The New York Times tracked down Ronald Cranford, who had examined Terri Schiavo under COURT APPOINTMENT. Dr. Cranford declared, "I have no idea who this Chesire is...He has to be bogus, a pro-life fanatic."
These are examples of vitriolic caricature that are fit to print. The websites of the left were full of comments that cannot be printed about Christians who supported Terri Schiavo's parents, the Schindlers.
Two things are remarkable about this outpouring of fear and hate. First, it ignored the numerous and visible allies of the Schindlers who cannot be classified by any stretch of any imagination as the "religious right." Among them: Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, Ralph Nader, and Jesse Jackson.
Second, the springboarding from the Schiavo case to(in Mr. Krugman's fevered mind) the threat of assassination or(in Ms. Dowd's world) theocracy is simply astonishing for its absurdity, its complete seperation from logic or factual support. These are anti-Christian propagantists from whom no big lie is too big, no exaggeration too bold.
On the same day as Mr. Krugman's outburst, The Boston Globe ran an extensive profile of a family living in a Cincinnati suburb. The Wilkersons are evangelicals, and the Globe report treated them as though they were representative of an indigenous tribe from a faraway and curious culture, one that could not be expected to be familiar to the people of Boston.
This extraordinary piece simply underscored the distance that has developed between the mainstream of America and its elite journalists. The latter have lost sight of the normal and think it dangerous.
What an astonishing thing.
The liberals are in their straight jackets, holding a smoking gun while screaming, "Christians are murdering lunatics!"
Yesterday some troll posted a link to a site that made fun of Terri Shiavo. That's the kind of people they are.
Am I a Conservative fanatic, because I don't want too starve a person too death? If so, then I am a fanatic.
Jeff
"made fun of Terri Schiavo."
They truly are the walking dead. It is beyond me as to how anyone can show total disregard for the sanctity of life, and all things decent by doing such a thing.
I wouldn't get to worried, not to many people take Krugman or Dowd, (or the Times for that matter), to seriously.
It is long past time to review current interpretations of the First Amendment.
The site was labeled "Do the Shivao" and it contained photos of people doing childish imitations of her and making faces. It wasn't one simpleton with a website, it was typical leftists doing what they do best.
I won't post the link but apparently it's quite popular among liberals because it's the first thing that comes up with a google search.
How do these comments differ from some of the libertarian types that populate FR and those on the evolu-shevik threads?
Mr. Hewitt should listen to Air America. According to many of the hosts there, George W. Bush's "real" agenda is actually driven by a deep seated desire to bring about Armageddon so Christ may return sooner rather than later. This is apparently what passes for intellectual thought amongst Liberals these days.
Unless the land happens to be America, in which case he's Cassandra.
"It is beyond me as to how anyone can show total disregard for the sanctity of life."
I don't know why we're surprised .. abortion has told people there is no REGARD FOR LIFE .. life is expendable .. life is meaningless .. life is worthless.
This is not a surprise to me at all.
What I'm mad about is that WE HAVE ALLOWED IT TO GO ON FOR SO LONG THAT NOW WE HAVE A HUGE BOLDER IN THE LIVING ROOM INSTEAD OF A TINY PEBBLE.
Just more loser whining from the left. Let them continue to destroy themselves.
I'm sending out some some letters with the link to guys like Limbaugh, Medved, Hewitt, and Ingram. I think Americans should know what kind of people they're dealing with.
If it is hate speech, it's the same thing.
The difference is that Mr. Krugman and Ms. Dowd represent the liberal elitists who have a public platform in which to spread their hate-filled ideologies around the nation, as well as the globe.
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