[Vision2020] Doug Wilson plays the victim
Bill London
london at moscow.com
Wed May 21 16:05:07 PDT 2008
Ed Iverson, in his latest column (Daily News, May 17), labeled this
> country a "nation of victims." He claimed that Americans are whiners
> who shroud themselves in a false and empty victimhood.
>
> In his listing of examples of Americans who play victim for their own
> political gain, Ed missed the best example here on the Palouse: Doug
> Wilson, pastor of Christ Church (and founder and godfather of Ed's
> workplace, New St. Andrews).
>
> In October of 2003, Wilson agreed to both an interview and photo about
> his book "Southern Slavery, As It Was." In that book and in that
> interview, Doug claimed that human slavery is not only beneficial
> but is also validated by his Bible. Then Doug blamed the firestorm of
> resulting criticism on those meanies in the media. He whined that he
> was a victim.
>
> Doug has continued to play the victim card. To legitimate concerns
> about downtown zoning laws, to serious questions about treatment of
> pedophiles in his church, to examples of free speech in Friendship
> Square, his response continues to be that he is the victim of
> intolerance and of media manipulation.
>
> It is time for Doug Wilson to quit playing the victim card and share
> in the life of this community. Ed got that much correct. In his
> column, Ed concludes: "We need to summon up the courage to tell the
> victim-peddlers that we don't want their product anymore."
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