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Hate speech against Christians approved by ASU professor

You might remember that two weeks ago, ASU faculty and graduate students signed a letter demanding that Mary Rice Hasson’s free speech rights be taken away because she "literally" threatened trans people—well, not physically threatened. She "emotionally" threatened them by disagreeing with them and calling them to embrace the truths of God about gender and marriage.

I mention this because, if these ASU professors had their way, whatever they deem to be "hate speech" would not be protected. Let’s see if they’d apply that standard to a professor’s hate speech against Christians—hint: they won’t.

An ASU professor approvingly posted comments to social media by Heather Cox Richardson, a history professor at Boston College, who said the following:

“Vance and MAGA Christian nationalists reject the principles of secular democracy and instead align with leaders like Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán. They claim that the equal rights central to democracy undermine nations by treating women and racial, religious, and gender minorities as equal to white Christian men. They want to see an end to the immigration that they believe weakens a nation's people, and for government to reinforce traditional religious and patriarchal values.”

She can only think in terms of what she knows and does. Her post reads like an entry from her diary which she shares with a therapist to get insights into her troubled mind. She believes Christians object to words. Words like “gender.” What Christians have done is logically refute the false philosophy on which she has lived her life. Christians object to allowing falsehoods to rule the country. Christians also agree she is legally free to keep believing falsehoods. She can’t respond with a rational argument so instead she responds with insults and fallacies like appeals to fear and pity.

She doesn’t mention that our NATO allies have consistently for years failed to keep their obligations to us and give their tiny portion of NATO defense money. She doesn’t mention shocking violations of freedom, such as arresting a man for praying in his own mind. Her worry is that Christian values will shape the future and leave the secular atheist values in the dustbin of history.

Why does she hate Christianity? Because she knows it stands against her own religious beliefs about gender identity and sexual immorality. She has no arguments against Christianity; its truth claims about God, His moral law, human sin, and the offer of redemption through Christ alone are irrefutable. What do enemies of the Gospel do?

They are only doing what Jesus predicted. And it is a blessing for us Christians. Jesus said of them, "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me," (Matt 5:11). This does not mitigate the guilt of those who commit such hateful acts. But it helps explain why they do it: they hate the light of the Gospel.

They must link Christianity to something evil, and they landed on National Socialist Germany—the exact opposite of limited government with First and Second Amendment protections. Professors like Richardson want to combat the threat of Christianity by growing the size of government into all areas of life, limiting free speech and religion, taking away guns, and making every decision about race and identity politics. Wait a minute, aren’t they exactly imitating the National Socialists on each of those points? Yes, it is a well-established law of psychology—projection of what you are onto the other to distract attention from yourself.

Yet, in doing this, they insult non-white people all over the world who hold to Christianity. Christianity is truly the global institution. Christians are working to disciple all nations. Christians believe that their values should influence government and have already done so for the better.

This is what she hates. She does not want people turning to Christ and rejecting the John Money sex cult and atheist rule. She isn’t merely insulting Vance and the great majority of Americans who voted for him and Trump. She is objecting to the Great Commission.

Will Boston College put out a correction saying, “We support her free speech but do not agree with her insults about Christianity?” No. Will ASU put out a statement concerning this ASU professor saying something similar? No.

Parents and potential students, it is important for you to know what she said—as a professor at Boston College—and that ASU professors approve of her hate speech against Christians.

I propose that Prof. Richardson and I have a debate. The topic: which religion/ideology best explains and defends free speech, Christianity or secularism?