UNDERSTANDING THE "LIBERAL"
MENTALITY
THE KEY TO VICTORY
GARY RAY BRANSCOME
"They shall lay hands on you,
and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being
brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. And It
shall turn to you FOR A TESTIMONY"
Luke 21;12-13.
While studying in
Since public sentiment favors the
underdog, "liberals" promote immorality by portraying those who
condemn immorality as oppressors. Thus, in the case of abortion, all who oppose
it are portrayed as tyrants who would "force" a woman to have a child
she does not want. In keeping with that strategy, the media denies that the
fetus is a person, and calls those who oppose abortion
"mean-spirited," while portraying those who butcher babies as
compassionate people who simply want to plan parenthood. No mention is ever
made of the rights of the unborn, and cutting up the baby is never portrayed as
violent or cruel.
Once we understand the strategy
"liberals" are using, we can see that calling abortion cruel, would do more to sway public opinion than calling it
murder. In fact, when Ronald Reagan commented on the pain that an aborted baby
suffers, the media went wild. At the time, the press was full of articles
denying that a fetus could even feel pain. The "liberals" seemed to
realize almost instinctively that they had to shout Ronald Reagan down in order
to keep their myth of "liberal" compassion from being exposed, while
conservatives generally failed to take advantage of the situation.
Since "liberals" realize that laws, which affect
large segments of the population, will generate opposition, they pass laws that
are designed so that each oppresses only a small segment of the population. At
the same time, the laws are worded in a way that allows them to oppress
whomever they choose. The cumulative effect of such laws is to restrict and
limit everyone's freedom without giving the public any one law that they can
unite in opposing. This trick effectively divides the opposition, and those who
are oppressed by one law often wind up supporting other oppressive laws that
may not affect them.
Since big corporations are always
seeking legislation that will give them some advantage over their competitors,
"liberals" appeal to class envy, demonize "big-business,"
and then pass off regulations that hinder free competition as anti-corporate.
For example: Before the second world war, any resident of New York City that
wanted a business of his own, could simply paint the word "Taxi" on
the side of his car. However, in the name of regulating
"big-business," that freedom was taken away, and the law now requires
every cab owner to pay sixty thousand dollars to the city for a license. As you
would expect, the big cab companies grab up the licenses while the "little
guy" cannot afford one.
Another way that
"liberals" justify tyranny is by claiming that it is being done for
the public good. In fact, if a modern
"liberal" had wanted to take Naboth's
vineyard, he would have simply claimed that the government could get more taxes
if someone else was allowed to build on the land. A
I have see many "liberal"
claims or statistics exposed as false. Yet, to their bizarre way of thinking,
if a cause (such as concern for the environment) is "true," then any
lie they speak that advances that cause is, in their opinion, "true,"
while every fact quoted in refutation is false. Of course, that way of thinking
is nothing more than the old "end justifies the means" philosophy in
modern dress. They like that way of thinking because it lets them excuse their
immoral lifestyle by claiming that "love" makes what we call evil,
good.
In order to deal effectively with "liberalism" we
must expose them for the mean-spirited bigots they are. And that can best be
done if we portray them as the victimizers, instead of railing at them like
outraged moralists. If you have any doubts about what I say, you need to
reflect on the strategy followed by the Jews, and consider how they have swayed
public opinion in their favor by presenting themselves as victims of
oppression.
It would not be hard to expose
liberals, for they have been persecuting Christians for decades. The problem is
that Christians see persecution as a sign of weakness, and destroy their own
testimony by trying to cover it up (Luke
The story of Ed and Sharon Pangelinan
(another couple who spent time in jail because the wanted to teach their own
children) is documented in the book "Guilty Of Love." Their story,
and others like it, ought to be shouted from the rooftops, yet such incidents
are usually ignored and forgotten, and you can be certain that is exactly what
Satan wants.
Because the opponents of homeschooling came across to the public as oppressors, in
most states parents now have the freedom to teach their own children. During
the struggle for homeschooling, the left tried hard
to portray the parents as victimizers, but the public did not buy it. However,
the fight is not over. In many states, they still harass homeschoolers,
try to intimidate them, and work for legislation that would take away their
freedom.
While "liberals" talk of compassion, the fruit of
their ideology is tyranny. They rob the working man
with high taxes, and to get his vote offer him a few handouts. They work to rob
women of the protection afforded them by the traditional family, and call it
liberation. Ask yourself, how many women could have survived on the American
frontier without a man to cut down trees, dig wells, build cabins and fences,
or fight off Indians? It is ridiculous to claim that the traditional roles of
men and women oppress women, when men wound up getting the hardest and dirtiest
jobs.
We need to realize that "liberalism" is a godless
religion that is hostile to the Christian faith. And, in order to prevail in
the face of such hostility, we must be willing to suffer discrimination,
slander, or legal action for Christ's sake, while holding that persecution up
to the entire world as a testimony.