I was inspired to write this post by a hateful comment I read on Digg.com:
"Huckabee is proof that the nutball Christians (which means all of them including the ones who lie to you and say they aren't) are at it again."
Now, I am not necessarily a Huckabee fan, but I am a Christian. I also do not consider myself to be a "nutball". I am a relative newcomer to reading blogs on Digg. One of my first comments was apparently given a "thumbs-down". Digg seems to be a rather liberal-leaning community populated by quite a number of intolerant people. I find this to be extremely ironic. Outwardly, the mark of liberalism would seem to be excessive tolerance -- anything goes. We are seemingly expected by the liberal community to suspend any moral judgment on any issue. And yet, here I find a comment such as this (and it is not an isolated comment). If the word "homosexuals" or "Muslims" had been substitued for "Christians", I believe there would have been never-ending cries of outrage (I'm sure my response to that comment will get it's share of outrage in any case). When did Christians become the group it is OK to disparage and discriminate against?
I find this attitude very dangerous -- and not just because I am Christian. I do not believe these individuals are violent -- à la the Skinheads -- however, as important as the SS was in actively rounding up, torturing, and killing the Jews in Nazi Germany, none of that would have been able to take place without the common attitude toward Jews that is hauntingly similar to what I read in that and other comments on Digg.
Let me be clear: I am not condemning Digg, I am not condemning liberals. What I condemn, is the vicious lashing out at those who believe differently. That is decidedly unAmerican.
So dugg2hard, whoever you are, try to keep an open mind, and show some tolerance for those who may not share your opinions and beliefs. We are Americans too, and more importantly just as human as you.
Friday, January 4, 2008
Being Christian in 2008
