Monday, April 29, 2019

One of the bigwigs in the diversity-consultung field has a frightening view of Christianity

I'd never heard of this guy, but Neo-neocon summarizes what he's about - with a link to his Wikipedia bio - quote thoroughly, including a quite telling 2015 Facebook post:

 Tim Wise has (please see *NOTE below) has the following resume as an anti-racism (that is, pro-diversity) educator, activist, and speaker:
Since 1995, he has given speeches at over 600 college campuses across the U.S. He has trained teachers, corporate employees, non-profit organizations and law enforcement officers in methods for addressing and dismantling racism in their institutions.
So Wise has been instrumental in shaping—or trying to shape—the minds of both students and adults, in a diverse (to coin a phrase) group of settings. These sorts of trainings are very popular and have been for quite some time, with the alleged goal of fostering tolerance and understanding and acceptance of diverse opinions, races, colors, lifestyles, sexes/genders, and creeds.
But Wise draws the limits at Christians and white people, for whom he has the harshest of words.  Here’s a Facebook post of his from September of 2015, which I will now proceed to render in full:
This is America…people basing their beliefs on the fable of Noah and Ark, or their interpretation of Sodom and Gomorrah…rather than science or logic…If you are basing your morality on a fairy tale written thousands of years ago, you deserve to be locked up…detained for your utter inability to deal with reality…NO, we are not obligated to indulge your irrationality in the name of your religious freedom…but we will provide you a very comfortable room, against which walls you may hurl yourself hourly if your choose. Knock yourself out….seriously, knock yourself out, completely, for weeks at a time…I’m sorta kidding but not by much…I don’t believe lunatics like this should be locked up, but I do think they have to be politically destroyed, utterly rendered helpless to the cause of pluralism and democracy …the world is not theirs. They have no right to impose their bullshit on others. They can either change, or shut the hell up, or practice their special brand of crazy in their homes…or go away. Their choice. And this argument applies to any fundamentalist religionist of any faith who thinks they have a right to impose their beliefs on a secular, pluralistic society. Go away.
Now, I’m all for the separation of church and state, as are the vast vast majority of Christians in the US, as well as Jews and even ultra-Orthodox Jews. In fact, as far as I know, most of the countries these days that are theocracies are Muslim ones (although just now I did a quick search of Wise’s work, so far I haven’t found mention of that, although I suppose I might have missed something). 
Wise recently was the keynote speaker at Harvard’s annual diversity conference. He apparently kept his anti-Christian views quiet during his speech, but aired some of his other views [emphasis mine]:
President Donald Trump is and “always was” racist, Wise said. His election shows that “this country is more sexist and more racist than I realized.”…
Wise sought to clear up purported misconceptions about educating people on equity, inclusion and solidarity. It is “not about shaming people, it’s asking [them] to be responsible, responsive and accountable” for their advantages, Wise said…
Higher education has actually been too successful in this regard, prompting white people to “hoard” their privileges upon realizing they exist, Wise said. In other words, white people are inclined to “internalize superiority.”
Academic institutions have an obligation to embrace the struggle for social justice and solidarity, “not just at the level of rhetoric but policy” as well, Wise said.
“Schools must make mission statements up to date,” and be “willing to say what it means to operationalize” the implementation of inclusive ideals.
He set out vague admission and graduation requirements in order to achieve this mission. Admissions offices must consider applicants under the mind-set that “if you’re not down with this mission, then you don’t actually fit in with us as an institution.”
Current students should pay their dues by proving that they’re committed to “this mission” by way of “community service requirements … relevant to solidarity.” If they don’t meet this standard, “then you don’t graduate,” he advocated.
There’s plenty more at the article if you follow the link, but I think you get the idea.
It’s an old idea. Leftism has long had two major characteristics (among others): leftist movements tend to be rabidly anti-religion as well as deeply desirous of total control over people’s lives and thoughts. These two things are not unrelated, because in a sense the left wants to replace religiousness with its own brand of fundamentalism. 
Whether these twin elements combine to lead to actual mass imprisonment and murder when leftists come to power or whether their emphasis is on “re-education” and discrimination without so much actual murder, or whether both are equally favored, leftists want to get the job done. And freedom of speech, thought, and religion are just small casualties along the path to the Utopia they plan (with themselves in charge, of course).
The fact that this man was the keynote speaker at a Harvard conference supposedly on tolerance and understanding is both ironic and completely unsurprising, as Orwell could have told you. The left is very very dangerous, and the Gramscian marchers are entering the stadium for what they believe will be the final push. 
*NOTE: On the Spectator thread, there was a commenter pointing out that Wise is Jewish. First of all, even if he were Jewish, that says nothing about the fact that his views are not at all common among Jews and are absolutely not sanctioned by Judaism in any way shape or form.
But Wise is not Jewish in any sense of the word as I understand it. If you look at his heritage, he has three non-Jewish grandparents and one Jewish one. The Jewish one was his paternal grandparent, and Judaism is not transferred through the paternal line.
"Go away."

That's the plan for those who understand that Lord Jesus is the author of the entire universe and the savior of all and any human souls.

Folks, these people are deadly serious. There will be no room for normalcy, let alone devotion to the Most High,  in their grim post-America.

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