I think that what Rhett doesn’t get is that much of the anger that comes from Conservative Christians wells out of a deep hurt that they themselves feel: a deep hurt that comes from generations of being misrepresented, caricatured, demeaned, dismissed and marginalized by the mainstream culture, spearheaded by the cultural elites who dominate the bicoastal media establishment and the Academy. They feel attacked and betrayed and protestations that objections to traditional doctrines are “just” about compassion and “fairness” feel to them like the sharp, thin edge of a wedge, a knife blade really, trying to bifurcate truth and love, and ultimately stab the heart of faith.

Well, evangelicals are not a stereotype, not a caricature. We’re definitely not dumb, ill-informed, or hateful people (though any group as large is likely to have members that it would rather not be represented by.) But we are human; if you cut us, we will bleed… So if anti-Christian elitists want to tone down the “partisanship” or the “rhetoric” they had better stop hacking away and take the time to listen to our side of the story. I for one, am not exactly holding my breath… The sad reality is that neo-Marxist doctrine has caused the Left to have a vested interest in furthering all manner of hatred, all the while protesting that all that they really want is “love” and “compassion.”