[Vision2020] Leaflets and Silence
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Visionaries:=20
Tolerance is a two edged sword. We all enjoy and expect our first amendment=
=20
rights to be protected. I don't believe that many Vision 2020 readers wish=20=
to=20
abridge those rights, even if we are offended (or enraged) by the content of=
=20
some viewpoints. However, free speech is not the same thing as free speech=20
used to mask a religious agenda that includes the goal of destroying our=20
Constitution. Ironically, that is the ploy employed by theonomists.
=20
Hiding behind their constitutional right of free speech they promote a=20
philosophy that would effectively obliterate freedom of religion, freedom of=
speech,=20
gut our judicial system, and install a Big Brother in our living rooms. Are=
=20
theonomists entitled to their pipe dreams? Absolutely -- although under the=
ir=20
rule I would not be entitled to mine. Gagged by the fear of appearing=20
intolerant some of us are, in effect, doing the theonomists=E2=80=99 work fo=
r them.=20
=20
Many V2020 contributors have suggested that those of us who speak out should=
=20
mind our own business, live and let live, and not push our world views on=20
others. Although my worldview may be offensive to some and celebrated by ot=
hers,=20
let me assure you that I don't have a far-reaching plan, much less willing=20
disciples to inflict my worldview on the Palouse or anywhere else. I hope ou=
r=20
politically moderate and, particularly, our leaning-toward-the-left=20
contributors/sympathizers will reflect on the following compare and contrast=
exercise.
=20
In 1999, Doug Wilson and Doug Jones dreamed up the notion of blanketing the=20
University of Idaho with their (yes, sigh, once again self-published) leafle=
ts=20
entitled =E2=80=9CTopless and Proud.=E2=80=9D Wilson describes this behavio=
r as a =E2=80=9Cprank.=E2=80=9D=20
In actuality this puerile, adolescent attempt at humor was a deliberate effo=
rt=20
to mock and discredit the university and in the process ridicule Moscow's=20
progressive community. (See: Credenda Agenda, Vol. 11, Issue 3, column hea=
ded =E2=80=9C
Rattle and Hum=E2=80=9D=20
<http://www.credenda.org/issues/11-3meander.php> for Wilson's jocular=20
planning and execution of this =E2=80=9Cprank.=E2=80=9D Incidentally, you w=
on't find any=20
explanation of the Beavis and Butthead breast-related humor that seems to be=
a=20
reoccurring theme in other =E2=80=9Cskylarking=E2=80=9D events and writings.=
=20
=20
Doug Wilson endorsed and helped create a lie, dismissed the lie as =E2=80=
=9Chigh-jinks
=E2=80=9D and chortled over the resulting embarrassment to the University. =20=
But ah,=20
the wheel turns. More recently, I am told, he is actively engaged in courtin=
g=20
senior university and state officials in a sniveling bid for their support a=
nd=20
sympathy against genuinely trained academics.
=20
In contrast, we have yet to have a gain a clear explanation from Doug Wilson=
=20
about the purported slanders, lies, and distortions in the leaflet that=20
accurately quoted Doug Wilson's and Steve Wilkins=E2=80=99 historic interpre=
tation on=20
slavery and race relations in the ante-bellum south. Where are the lies? W=
here is=20
the slander? Indeed, where are the historians? =20
=20
If any of you excuse your silence on the local theonomists by indulging in=20
the misguided notion that Doug Wilson and his comrades are just a little loc=
al=20
church desiring only to be left alone to worship God in their own covenantal=
=20
way, its time for you take your mind out of neutral and put it in gear. You=
are=20
engaged in wishful thinking and liberal lethargy. Christian Reconstruction=20
(aka) theonomy is a national movement. It has specific long range goals. =20
(Some of which you may have enjoyed reading about it in the recent theomonic=
laws=20
thread.) Doug Wilson=E2=80=99s guests at the forthcoming opinion conference=
, George=20
Grant and Steve Wilkins, are enmeshed in the Christian Reconstructionist and=
=20
the neo-Confederate movements. Note please: Doug denies that he is a card=20
carrying Recon . It is perhaps just a happy accident that his pronouncement=
s and=20
writings mirror the Recon agenda and share religious doctrines. It is also=20
the case that if information chasms can't be leapt, a slippery little rhetor=
ical=20
device known as =E2=80=9Cthe covenantal lie=E2=80=9D can bridge any awkward=20=
gaps. (For=20
those of us who always thought a lie was a lie, it's not. It's not really a=20=
lie if=20
a =E2=80=9CSaint=E2=80=9D is protecting or extending the covenant.)
=20
Those of you who mistakenly believe that by choosing silence you have staked=
=20
a claim on the moral high ground, lets be clear, you haven't. For those=20
delicate brothers and sisters among us who won't censure the local theonomis=
ts=20
because they wish to retain an unblemished reputations as broadminded libera=
ls,=20
please reconsider your motives. Consider who and what you are really defendi=
ng.=20
=20
Rose Huskey
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman" size=3D3>Visionaries: </FONT></P>
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oman" size=3D3></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman" size=3D3>Tolerance is a two edged sword.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: y=
es"> </SPAN>We all enjoy and expect our first amendment rights to be p=
rotected.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I don't believe tha=
t many Vision 2020 readers wish to abridge those rights, even if we are offe=
nded (or enraged) by the content of some viewpoints.<SPAN style=3D"mso-space=
run: yes"> </SPAN>However, free speech is not the same thing as free s=
peech used to mask a religious agenda that includes the goal of destroying o=
ur Constitution.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ironically,=20=
that is the ploy employed by theonomists.</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3D3><FONT face=
=3D"Times New Roman">Hiding behind their constitutional right of f=
ree speech they promote a philosophy that would effectively obliterate freed=
om of religion, freedom of speech, gut our judicial system, and install a Bi=
g Brother in our living rooms.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPA=
N>Are theonomists entitled to their pipe dreams?<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun:=
yes"> </SPAN>Absolutely -- although under their rule I would not be e=
ntitled to mine.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Gagged by th=
e fear of appearing intolerant some of us are, in effect, doing the theonomi=
sts=E2=80=99 work for them. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman" size=3D3>Many V2020 contributors have suggested that those of us who s=
peak out should mind our own business, live and let live, and not push our w=
orld views on others.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Althoug=
h my worldview may be offensive to some and celebrated by others, let me ass=
ure you that I don't have a far-reaching plan, much less willing disciples t=
o inflict my worldview on the Palouse or anywhere else. I hope our political=
ly moderate and, particularly, our leaning-toward-the-left contributors/symp=
athizers will reflect on the following compare and contrast exercise.</FONT>=
</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman" size=3D3>In 1999, Doug Wilson and Doug Jones dreamed up the notion of=20=
blanketing the <st1:place><st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:=
PlaceName>Idaho</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> with their (yes, sigh, once agai=
n self-published) leaflets entitled =E2=80=9CTopless and Proud.=E2=80=9D <SP=
AN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place>Wilson</st1=
:place></st1:City> describes this behavior as a =E2=80=9Cprank.=E2=80=9D In=20=
actuality this puerile, adolescent attempt at humor was a deliberate effort=20=
to mock and discredit the university and in the process ridicule <st1:City><=
st1:place>Moscow's</st1:place></st1:City> progressive community.<SPAN style=
=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(See: <EM>Credenda Agenda</EM>, V=
ol. 11, Issue 3, column headed =E2=80=9CRattle and Hum=E2=80=9D </FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman" size=3D3><</FONT><A href=3D"http://www.credenda.org/issues/11-3mean=
der.php"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>http://www.credenda.org/iss=
ues/11-3meander.php</FONT></A><FONT size=3D3><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">=
> for <st1:City><st1:place>Wilson's</st1:place></st1:City> jocular planni=
ng and execution of this =E2=80=9Cprank.=E2=80=9D <SPAN style=3D"mso-spaceru=
n: yes"> </SPAN>Incidentally, you won't find any explanation of the Bea=
vis and Butthead breast-related humor that seems to be a reoccurring theme i=
n other =E2=80=9Cskylarking=E2=80=9D events and writings. <SPAN style=3D"mso=
-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman" size=3D3>Doug Wilson endorsed and helped create a lie, dismissed the l=
ie as =E2=80=9Chigh-jinks=E2=80=9D and chortled over the resulting embarrass=
ment to the University.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But a=
h, the wheel turns. More recently, I am told, he is actively engaged in cour=
ting senior university and state officials in a sniveling bid for their supp=
ort and sympathy against genuinely trained academics.</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman" size=3D3>In contrast, we have yet to have a gain a clear explanation f=
rom Doug Wilson about the purported<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20=
</SPAN>slanders, lies, and distortions in the leaflet that accurately quoted=
Doug Wilson's and Steve Wilkins=E2=80=99 historic interpretation on slavery=
and race relations in the ante-bellum south.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: ye=
s"> </SPAN>Where are the lies?<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN>Where is the slander?<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> Indeed=
, where are the </SPAN>historians?<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> <=
/SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman" size=3D3>If any of you excuse your silence on the local theonomis=
ts by indulging in the misguided notion that Doug Wilson and his comrad=
es are just a little local church desiring only to be left alone to worship=20=
God in their own covenantal way, its time for you take your mind out of neut=
ral and put it in gear.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You a=
re engaged in wishful thinking and liberal lethargy.<SPAN style=3D"mso-space=
run: yes"> </SPAN>Christian Reconstruction (aka) theonomy is a nationa=
l movement.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It has specific l=
ong range goals. <SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Some of whi=
ch you may have enjoyed reading about it in the recent theomonic laws thread=
.)<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Doug Wilson=E2=80=99s gues=
ts at the forthcoming opinion conference, George Grant and Steve Wilkins, ar=
e enmeshed in the Christian Reconstructionist and the neo-Confederate moveme=
nts. <SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Note please: Doug=20=
denies that he is a card carrying Recon .<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&=
nbsp; </SPAN>It is perhaps just a happy accident that his pronouncements and=
writings mirror the Recon agenda and share religious doctrines.<S=
PAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is also the case that if in=
formation chasms can't be leapt, a slippery little rhetorical device known a=
s =E2=80=9Cthe covenantal lie=E2=80=9D can bridge any awkward gaps.<SPAN sty=
le=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(For those of us who always thought a=
lie was a lie, it's not. It's not really a lie if a =E2=80=9CSaint=E2=80=
=9D is <SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>protecting or extendin=
g the covenant.)</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman" size=3D3>Those of you who mistakenly believe that by choosing silence=20=
you have staked a claim on the moral high ground, lets be clear, you haven't=
.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For those delicate brothers=
and sisters among us who won't censure the local theonomists because they w=
ish to retain an unblemished reputations as broadminded liberals, please rec=
onsider your motives. Consider who and what you are really defending. </FONT=
></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=3D"Times=20=
New Roman" size=3D3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New R=
oman" size=3D3>Rose Huskey</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>
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