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Once liberals define a word or give meaning to a political verbal weapon like hate speech, they own it. Abortion is about being “pro-choice” not pro-abortion, that is, killing unborn babies. Homosexuality is not about sexual relations with people of the same sex; it’s about “gay pride,” whatever that means. And that’s the point. Ambiguity is the name of the game.
The same is true of hate speech. If you disagree with liberals on an issue, the disagreement is designated as hate speech. When liberals are losing an argument, they resort to rhetorical diarrhea and call it hate speech: racist, homophobe, propagator of hate, war on women.
These are tactics that were practiced on the third-grade playground when kids went at each other with verbal assaults over who was the best at this or that activity. The goal was to win the game of verbal insult one-upmanship to get peer bragging rights.
If you quote what someone said or wrote, you are engaged in an ad hominem attack. For example, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman accused Joe Scarborough of engaging in ad hominem attacks because Scarborough quoted what Krugman had written. “That’s such a tired argument,” Krugman said to Scarborough, “to go and search for quotes in stuff I said once upon a time instead of dealing with the issue. It’s so disappointing if all you can do is ad hominem and say, oh, you said this, and you were — you know, pull out the ad hominem.”
An ad hominem (“to the man”) is an attack on the person instead of against the person’s argument. Krugman was not being attacked personally; his views were being scrutinized by quoting his own writings. Not only is Krugman a bad economist; he’s a bad logician.
Biblical Logic
Christ has made us priests and kings (Rev. 1:6). He has determined that His saints shall judge the world, and even judge angels (1 Cor. 6:23), and He has thoroughly equipped us to perform these tasks. God's Word sets the standard of reasoning and law by which we shall judge, and the Bible teaches us this standard we must follow and to which we ourselves must give account. This new book, Biblical Logic, returns to God's word to find that standard, and to recover the God-given directives for faithful logic and critical thinking. By this standard, and by this example, God's saints, you can indeed discern and judge the world as God has commanded.
Buy Now“Scarborough pointed out the obvious, that is, that he was merely ‘quoting back what [Krugman] said.’” Liberals do this all the time to conservatives. They’ll go back 50 years to find something a conservative said or did to smear him or her. But don’t dare do it to a liberal or you’ll be labeled a hater.
Krugman engaged in a real ad hominem attack by describing Republicans as “fanatical” and “hostage takers.” Let’s not forget that Trump is Hitler and anyone who supports him is a Nazi. But that’s OK because the people who say this are supporters of Democrats.
The next story is bizarre, but it’s typical of liberal double standards. Pamela Geller operated the American Freedom Defense Initiative website and her own website the Geller Report. Her organization “seeks to inform Americans about the dangers of Islamic extremism. Among other things, AFDI placed advertising on buses in several metropolitan areas that contain educational messages. Many Muslims regard these posters as dirty pool, because they are so unfair as to quote the actual words of respected Islamic clerics.”
Here’s a direct quotation from an Islamic cleric: “Killing Jews is worship that draws us close to Allah.”
The radical Leftist who repeatedly shot a Jewish couple believed his action was justified, and there are many people who agree with him.
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The same is true of Luigi Mangione who shot and killed Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. To his adoring fans, it was justified. Mangione has many adoring fans and financial support who believe his actions were justified. “A new musical based on the life of Luigi Mangione is hitting all the wrong notes with those horrified by the crime, RadarOnline.com can report. But the stage show, which is described as a comedy about the alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is already sold out for its initial five-performance run.”
Radical Islamists and it seems some Democrats believe and often act on verbal cues to justify violence. Not only are Islamists upset about the disclosure made by Pamela Geller, but liberal San Francisco politicians were equally upset. Several San Francisco city leaders, including former District Attorney George Gascon, “condemned the campaign. ‘San Francisco won’t tolerate Islamophobic bigotry,’ said Gascon. ‘The only thing necessary for evil to prevail is for good people to look the other way and do nothing.’
Restoring the Foundation of Civilization
There are many Christians who will not participate in civilization-building efforts that include economics, journalism, politics, education, and science because they believe (or have been taught to believe) these areas of thought are outside the realm of what constitutes a Christian worldview. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Buy Now“Board of Supervisors President David Chiu said the American Freedom Defense Initiative is made of ‘well-known hate extremists’ and said he is introducing a resolution at Tuesday’s board meeting to denounce the ads.”
Like Krugman, these Islamists and their fellow-liberal defenders don’t want people to know what they believe. How is it possible that informing people what some Islamic clerics and millions of their followers believe be considered hate speech?