Why It's Gut Check Time for Liberals
November 11, 2014|10:23 am
This is gut check time for liberals. And it's due to more than just the tidal wave of the midterm elections. Things have been getting dicey for some time as more and more chinks in the armor of liberalism become exposed.
Liberalism preaches liberty and equality, but for whom? Can liberalism produce a sufficient answer for the way it tiptoes around the treatment of Muslim women, the persecution Christians and Jews in the world, and here at home, homosexuals who reject their former lifestyle as abnormal?
Does liberalism truly stand up for the rights of all women and people of all religions, or does it pick and choose based on a prejudiced agenda? In other words, do some people receive only about as much protection as certain unborn children?
If it plays favorites, then liberalism itself is riddled with intellectual inconsistencies and rampant inequalities that make it fall far short of its own ideals.
For most liberals, favoritism often manifests itself in silence, rather than a call for justice. Where are the voices "crying in the wilderness" in an effort to provide relief for these mistreated outcasts? Imagine the uproar many liberals would make if Christianity sought to justify the abusive treatment of women, which Muslim men often justify using Islam.
The lack of respect and dignity for millions of Muslim women is bad enough. But it gets even worse for those who leave Islam. A 2013 Pew Research Center survey reported that 88 percent of Egyptian Muslims and 62 percent of Pakistani Muslims support the death penalty for Muslims who leave their religion.
Jesus died on the cross to save His enemies, while millions of Muslims want a person put to death just for leaving Islam. The contrast could not be any larger. The fruit of Islam is deadly for "infidels," especially once Muslims are in control of a nation. But how many liberals see through the fog of the liberal bias toward Islam and against Christianity?
Does liberalism produce many liberals who "walk the talk," or is this ideology simply a means for most liberals to feel good about themselves, while remaining silent about the way certain groups are singled out for discrimination? Shouldn't liberals, by their own definition, be the loudest voices speaking out for the welfare of Muslim women, former homosexuals, and persecuted Christians and Jews?
What is it again that liberalism is supposed to stand for? Women's rights? Civil rights? Freedom of religion? Freedom of the press?
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Why It's Gut Check Time for Liberals
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