Posted Jun 16, 2017 by Michael L. Brown

From violent campus protests to the shooting of a congressman, the violent, radical left is rising. But this should not surprise us at all. The handwriting has been on the wall for years.

What else do you expect when those who believe a child should have a mother and a father are likened to the KKK, Nazis, the Taliban, and ISIS? What else do you expect when Christian conservatives have been branded dangerous enemies?

To repeat what I’ve shared before,

Already in May, 2005, John McCandlish Phillips, formerly a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter, pointed out how newspapers like the Washington Post and the Times told their readers that evangelicals and traditional Catholics were engaging in a "jihad" against America.

Markos Moulitsas, founder of the radically left-leaning Dailykos.com, wrote a whole book in 2010 in which he accused conservative Christians of being the “American Taliban,” which in turn reflected the sentiments of some Californians who opposed the Proposition 8, pro-marriage bill in 2008 and who carried signs reading: Prop 8 = American Taliban; and, 52 percent = Nazi (this referred to the 52-48 percent vote in favor of Prop 8); and, Don't Silence the Christians, Feed Them 2 the Lions.

My fellow believers, don't stick your heads in the sand and ignore this.

People don't just hate you. They see you as downright dangerous, and that in itself is dangerous.

Really now, do you think people who compare you to ISIS and the Nazis do not look at you as a real threat? Do you think they can hold up signs calling for you to be thrown to the lions without holding some genuine animosity towards you? And do you think that people who express themselves in such sick and ugly terms would be upset if someone actually did you harm?

To quote again from my previous article (which was published September, 2015, and drew on developments I had been tracking since 2004):

As Maggie Gallagher pointed out earlier this year, those who express extreme hatred towards conservative Christians in America "tend to hold relatively high levels of social power," citing a recent book on "Christianophobia" by sociologists George Yancey and David A. Williamson.

And what does that hatred sound like? Gallagher quoted some of those interviewed by Yancey and Williamson:

"'I want them all to die in a fire,' said one man with a doctorate. 'I would be in favor of establishing a state for them. ... If not then sterilize them so they can't breed more,' said a middle-aged man with a master's degree. 'The only good Christian is a dead Christian,' said another under-45-year-old man with a doctorate. 'I abhor them and I wish we could do away with them,' said a middle-aged woman with a master's degree. 'A tortuous death would be too good for them,' said a college-educated man between the ages of 36 and 45. 'They should be eradicated without hesitation or remorse,' said an elderly woman with a master's degree."

To ask again: Is it any surprise that the violent words of these radical leftists have turned to violent deeds? These sentiments are chilling and disturbing, and they are indicators of what we can expect in the days ahead, with Christian conservatives being the ultimate target.

Remember also that the strategy for years has been one of silencing – not just refuting – the opposition. That’s why I’ve stated for more than a decade that those who came out of the closet wanted to put us in the closet. And that’s why, after critics initially mocked me for saying that, they eventually changed their tune. For some time now they’ve been saying, “Bigots like you belong in the closet!”

A few years ago during a TV interview, I mentioned the comment of a Christian attorney who said, “Mike, it goes one step farther. Those who were once put in jail for their actions will want to put us in jail.”

The reaction to that comment was almost hysterical on some leftwing websites. “You’re totally crazy man! No ones to put you in jail.”

Then, when Kim Davis was jailed for refusing to comply with a judge’s order, she was likened to ISIS and her prison sentence was hailed as just. So it looks like some people do want us jailed after all.

I’m aware that some of the anger towards the right has been stirred up by the rhetoric of folks like Ann Coulter and Milo Yiannapolouis. And I fully understand how divisive a candidate (and president) Donald Trump has been, further stirring the pot.

But does that explain why campuses have banned conservative journalist Ben Shapiro from speaking? Or why students engaged in violent protests against conservative intellectuals like Heather Mac Donald and Charles Murray? Or why, in 2011, the University of Central Florida only allowed me to debate a local professor on same-sex “marriage” if we paid for four armed policemen to be present?

Today’s growing violence comes as no surprise, which means that: 1) We should expose its ugly roots. 2) We should expose its bankrupt ideology. 3) We should call out those who want to silence and intimidate the opposition, challenging them instead to open debate and dialogue. 4) We should determine not to reply in kind.

Violence doesn’t stop violence, it escalates violence. And while there’s a place for self-defense, there’s no place for the rising tide of radical leftist violence. Let’s confront it before it gets worse.

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truthforce posted a comment · Jun 25, 2017
I hear you. First about wanting to put people in jail. I was put in prison three times for exercising my constitution-confirmed rights of my natural rights and responsibility to practice free speech. I said nothing false, nor promoting violence. Many constitutional laws protecting me were broken by about 35 government officials. As has been epxerienced by others unknown by most. YES, I would like them to be in jail. I broke no law, but was imprisoned. They broke major laws, if prosecuted, could serve 20+ years each, but they are not held accountable and have no real danger of such.. you are aware that murderers in blue are never taken to jail for killing blacks. YES I would love to see them in prison, I would love to make a spectacle and scandal of the reality of our legal system. And about putting the right wing people in the closet. Your words imply that it was good to have the gays in the closet, but you should not be. I believe in free speech. IT is propaganda, deception, hate, and the oppression of others, of those who are different, who we are told by a book are evil or sinful, that I detest. About the constitutional right of free speech. It has purpose. We need to have the truth known. But when hateful rhetoric without the availability to the same audience of responses of those with other perspectives is the norm, people are not exposed to viewpoints and facts that can dispell the webs of deceit and the promotion of hate through media which has no interest in truth, but in perpetuating and furthering the establishment's evil agenda. How is that for a mouthful? FREE SPEECH MAY BE A TOOL OF EVIL, WHEN IT DECEIVES, USES PROPAGANDA, OR BLOCKS TRUE FACTS AND VIEWPOINTS TO BE VOICED, WHILE SPOUTING OUT MANIPULATIVE RHETORIC .
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James Hiddle posted a comment · Jun 24, 2017
Those who want to imprison or kill Christians are acting like radical Islamics themselves and they have the gall to say that about us? It's the hypocrisy of the liberal left.