Thursday, October 13, 2011

Should "Talk to Action" be Silenced?

Let's look at the situation, the question, and some potential answers.  Then I'll give my take on it.

Bruce Wilson has his panties in a bunch because C. Peter Wagner has apparently called for the silencing of Talk To Action.  Now, I am no friend of the world view presented on that site.  But neither am I of the so-called "dominion" (an imprecise term, so read: Reconstructionist/post-millennial) perspective that the site regularly criticizes.

I'd be upset, too.  That's not a statement to be taken lightly.  It's not like we're all out burning their books.  Despite the site's propensity to misrepresent dispensational theology (Rachel Tabachnick and Fred Clarkson) by either ascribing violence to it or placing it within the aforementioned movement, the site is a textbook example of fallacy after fallacy.  Guilt by association.  (Like Christian activism equals a violent jihad.  Ya, right.)  I guess a lie falls into the category of a fallacy.  (It's not SCR, but ESCR that we oppose.  Keep the facts straight and your argument either gains weight or loses weight.)  There is plenty more, but this is enough for a short post.

T2A can rightly be classed as a hate site because of its inability to grasp truth and propensity to demonize things like the historic family. Those who disagree with the homosexual agenda are branded with that oh-so-effective "hate" moniker.  Same goes with the "racist" brand -- easily thrown around.  The site has even promoted the idea that evangelicals deserve less political influence than other citizens.

But I don't think it should be shut down.  We have neither a dictatorship nor any other form of heavy-handed government.  It's not like the Left has promoted shutting down Fox News (or calling in "dangerous") or shutting down Rush or other conservative voices.  :-)  Or controlling radio station ownership through some "diversity" doctrine.  It's not like any Leftist radio network greeted the name of President Bush with the sound of gunfire.  Or some Leftist two-bit broadcaster ever suggested that all Republicans be jailed.

There is something much better and far more effective than censorship.  Exposure.  Exactly the opposite.  Read their material.  Give it fair and accurate criticism.  Let people know what lies and totalitarian garbage they publish.  That's enough.

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