Sadly, David John Diersen did not appreciate the fact that I called a spade a spade yesterday by pointing out that his reference to a rise in the influence of Christians as an “UNMITIGATED TRAGEDY” was, in fact, anti-Christian.

Perhaps Mr. Diersen missed that session of conserv-o-logic studies at Partisan Playschool so I shall explain:

• Mr. Diersen claimed a rise in Christian influence is an “UNMITIGATED TRAGEDY” when he wrote… “WALL STREET JOURNAL — UNMITIGATED TRAGEDY: The Rise of the “Religious Left” - Steven Malanga” (emphasis added to highlight the portion of that phrase which is Mr. Diersen’s opinion of the information in the WSJ article)
• Because the subjects of that WSJ article include Christians, Mr. Diersen opposes them, calling their influence in the public sphere an “UNMITIGATED TRAGEDY”
• Ergo, Mr. Diersen is anti-Christian — he opposes Christians
• This, friends, is based on the conservatives’ own logic in applying such labels, as evidenced again this week by none other than Mr. Diersen’s fellow Illinois Reviewer, Fran Eaton. (In fact, using the logic of other conserv-o-partisans like Anne Leary, Mr. Diersen is also clearly anti-Semitic since rabbis and Jewish folks are also discussed in that WSJ article and Mr. Diersen also opposes those rabbis)

Outrageously, Mr. Diersen fails to recognize this and instead upped the ante today by whining that he thinks, “The Religious Left outrageously promotes socialism and outrageously argues that Jesus is a socialist.”

Considering the many ways in which Christ promoted an egalitarian, compassionate and communal society it’s clear that the strong moral responsibilities we each hold for one another (ie, united we stand) and which run throughout the ideology of progressivism and liberalism share a direct relation to Christ’s teachings whether Mr. Diersen labels Christ a “socialist” or not.

More to the point, despite Mr. Diersen’s claims of today, not all “Religious Folks and ‘Christians’ oppose socialism” (by “socialism” I take it that Mr. Diersen is implying “the Left” as so many conserv-o-partisans constantly do).
The words Democrat and Republican are not found anywhere in the Bible, not even the King James Version. All are equal in the Eyes of the Lord; and none are without sin, Mr. Diersen.

It is blasphemous for any mortal to declare who is or is not Christian, simply based on partisan politics. Christ didn’t say, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; unless they are socialists, liberals or progressives. Then you may hinder them” … as Mr. Diersen so clearly would in his anti-Christian zealotry.

UPDATE: Mr. Diersen still not grasping the concept…