Ernie: It can be painful to watch PBS. Once again they did what they always do
in their typical hypocritical fashion, supposedly showing how open-minded and fair they are by having an Evangelical represent the conservative side of an issue and a well-informed Leftist represent the "liberal" POV. It isn't that all Evangelicals are uninformed but way too many are, and PBS makes sure that they do not invite, as a conservative, someone who really knows his stuff, like David Horowitz. It is like having a "debate" between a kid in grade school vs. a grad student. Jerry Falwell, Jr., takes after his father. One more Evangelical who lives in a bubble and who studiously avoids becoming well informed. Plus there is the Evangelical tendency to "make nice" with the opposition, in the process cutting oneself off at the knees. Which is to say that I now must explain what is perfectly obvious to me but that sails over the heads of Evangelicals. Namely, sure, sometimes it is best to be nice. But not for one nanosecond do I believe that this is a good idea in all cases, it is not, and especially not when what is most needed is a serous fight with the objective of smashing the opposition to dust. Whenever the chance comes to become a public person you can be sure that I will NOT surround myself with Evangelicals as close advisors or as political consultants or anything of the kind. Yes, Evangelicals can be great as people, really great, but in some areas they exemplify the adage: "With friends like these who needs enemies?" Politically I am spoiling for a fight. I mean a real fight. What I do not need and do not want is anyone near me -in any political context- forever pitching for niceness and forgiveness and gentleness or any such thing. There are some people whom I want to utterly defeat because they have it coming and deserve the strongest possible adversity I can deliver. I have no interest AT ALL in the least bit of niceness toward sexual degenerates for instance, or toward Muslim Salafists or Left-wing feminists, to use those examples. This also includes Cultural Marxist anti-Christians / anti-Semites. I am interested in destroying such people, not physically, but in every other way open to me. I do not want anyone near me telling me to be nice to my mortal enemies, to be "forgiving," etc, any of that. That type of counsel is not at all on my agenda. This is to speak of politics, of course, not some other realm. But many (most?) Evangelicals do not make this distinction, which, for me, is essential. Yes, I can be strategic, I have no desire to make needless mistakes. And yes, I am most interested in making new friends and building alliances, but no way in hell do I intend to do what Evangelicals may want in terms of meekness and timidity, Remember that my hero about such things is Luther, not somebody else. And my preference, by far, would be to recruit people who also are willing -and capable of- taking strong and well-informed moral stands. This is all about boldness and intelligence, not meekness and political naivete. You are entirely free to pursue a meekness policy all you want, of course, on your own. At RC.org we observe the same ground rules. This is not about Centroids, about which, for sure, it has real value and it provides a common forum for exchange of ideas. But anything seriously political and I intend to set out on my own. As happens now and then, Trump signed an executive order that I approve of whole heartedly, In this case it was the demand for free speech on college campuses. I am 100% in favor of that action. I also remain 100% in favor of seeing Trump vacate the White House at the earliest opportunity. In case anyone is interested Billy -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to radicalcentrism+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
