Fwd: Re: [Vision2020] Arrogant, Insincere Con Artisty Answers

[Douglas]

>Visionaries,
>
>I really believe that honest questions should get honest answers. And 
>Melynda's question is a reasonable one -- although a good portion of the 
>answer should have been evident already in the public coverage this 
>controversy has received. Let me give two examples of what is being done 
>beyond simple verbal disagreement.
>
>NSA started to put up its Christmas lights this week. The first batch had 
>been up for just a couple hours before a line of them was pulled down by 
>some ad hoc volunteer members of the Tolerance Squad. It was a simple act 
>of vandalism, involving a good bit of money. Melynda, we are not the ones 
>pulling Christmas lights off your establishments. We are not spitting on 
>the doors of those with whom we disagree. That is the kind of thing being 
>done to us, and in the name of tolerance.
>
>And this connects to the second point -- this is the climate in which the 
>"Not in Our Town" campaign is being conducted. When our people are being 
>physically harassed (and they are), and at the same time there is a 
>campaign to rid the town of us, and those who are involved in the 
>leadership of this campaign appear not to have noticed the harassment, and 
>have not condemned such things, what are we to think? "Not in Our Town" 
>appears to be ambiguous as a phrase, but it leads to questions, like 
>*what* is not to be in our town? Judging from the posters I have seen, the 
>answer to that would appear to be hate. How do you get rid of what you 
>identify (wrongly) as hate, haters, hate speech, and hate groups? What do 
>you *mean,* not in our town?
>
>Do we conservative Presbyterians have to move?  Or can we stay if we never 
>express our views? Why did we have to seriously discuss whether it would 
>be foolhardy (and a waste of money) to put up Christmas lights on our building?
>
>Cordially,
>
>Douglas Wilson
>
>
>At 01:09 PM 12/9/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>>In an earlier post, Doug wrote:
>>
>>"I have had a number of people (from outside our church community) stop 
>>me on the street to say something like this, "You know, I don't agree 
>>with all your stuff -- but what is being done to you all is despicable." 
>>The insular family of local radical lefties have way overplayed their 
>>hand -- this is always a danger when you demonize the opposition."
>>
>>He goes on to add that there is a plan to rid Moscow of conservative 
>>Presbyterians.
>>
>>At the risk of getting a "funny" answer, I want to ask, what *is* being 
>>done to conservative Presbyterians?  Of course, I've read the ongoing 
>>debate on Vision 2020, and seen some of the newspaper 
>>coverage--advertising and editorial content.  But is there more that I've 
>>missed?
>>
>>I think what I'm asking is, what actions other than public disagreement 
>>with Doug Wilson or Christ Church's ideas as expressed in interviews or 
>>publications have occurred?  How are Presbyterians affected?  And in what 
>>ways have they been targeted?
>>
>>Melynda Huskey
>>
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