Well Said! Coulter on the Duke Situation
I was really impressed by this column by Ann Coulter, conservative provocateur par excellence and hyperbolist extraordinaire, but … this really hit the nail on the head and ends with a powerful witness to Christ. Check it out. Here’s a quote:
"Not very long ago, all the precursor behavior in these cases would have
been recognized as vulgar — whether or not anyone ended up dead, raped
or falsely accused of rape. But in a nation of people in constant
terror of being perceived as "judgmental," I’m not sure most people do
recognize that anymore.
It shouldn’t be necessary to point out that girls shouldn’t be
bar-hopping alone or taking their clothes off in front of strangers,
and that young men shouldn’t be hiring strippers. But we live in a
world of Bill Clinton, Paris Hilton, Howard Stern, Julia Roberts in
"Pretty Woman," Democratic fund-raisers at the Playboy Mansion and tax
deductions for entertaining clients at strip clubs.
This is an age in which the expression "girls gone wild" is
becoming a redundancy. So even as the bodies pile up, I don’t think the
message about integrity is getting through.
The liberal charge of "hypocrisy" has so permeated the public
consciousness that no one is willing to condemn any behavior anymore,
no matter how seedy. The unstated rule is: If you’ve done it, you can’t
ever criticize it — a standard that would seem to repudiate the good
works of the Rev. Franklin Graham, Malcolm X, Whittaker Chambers and
St. Paul, among others."
“But in a nation of people in constant terror of being perceived as “judgmental,” I’m not sure most people do recognize that anymore.”
“The liberal charge of “hypocrisy” has so permeated the public consciousness that no one is willing to condemn any behavior anymore, no matter how seedy. The unstated rule is: If you’ve done it, you can’t ever criticize it…”
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This is the problem ~ exactly.
For the most part, we have indeed become a society lacking character and integrity. We not only “tolerate” this behavior, but we welcome it for fear of being labeled “biggots”, etc.
If we could only be so bold in standing in defense of what we know to be honorable, true, and just ~ SCRIPTURAL.
We can also bring the hope of forgiveness and healing to those who suffer from the effects of sin. Sin in the world around us, committed against us, and the sin within us that we injure ourselves and others with. It *is* okay to say it’s wrong even if we’ve been guilty of committing these sins ourselves. Personally, I am living proof that God forgives, heals, and restores the wounded brokeness of sin.
How else will we continue to spread the hope that we have found in Jesus Christ and the Gospel? There really is no other way to deliver this message.
God Bless YOU Ann Coulter!
Time magazine did a cover story on Ann several months ago. The reporter followed her into church on Sunday–a PCA church run by Tim Keller (a Westminster Seminary grad) in Manhattan. Interesting.