Leftists, Communists, and Liars

This message was sent by MoveOn.org, and I forwarded it to the majority of my e-mail list. Roughly thirty minutes later, I was given this response from one of the recipients:

That's strange, I don't recall claiming that my government is my teacher and fisherman. I also don't recall seeing that in the alert I sent out. Yet, that was the assumption of the individual in question, and their statement that the information is part of some leftist and communist agenda is a sign that they're the ones who are misinformed courtesy of the popular conservative rhetoric bouncing around the airwaves.

Progressives are demonized as liars and commies, yet Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Sarah Palin, and others are the golden standard of truth and ethics in news reporting? Last I checked not only do these individuals engage in actions that are in direct opposition to their purported adherence to the Christian faith, with the exception of Beck who is Mormon, but routinely put forth information that when reviewed by independent researchers turns out to be heavily skewed and rife with false data. Examples? I direct your attention to Exhibit A where Bill O'Reilly went on national television, and claimed that kidnapping and molestation victim Shawn Hornbeck enjoyed his four years of captivity with abductor Michael Devlin. Even though authorities found evidence that Hornbeck and co-prisoner Ben Ownby were routinely beaten and sodomized, O'Reilly claimed that Hornbeck stayed because he didn't have to "obey any rules", and didn't have to "go to school".

Interesting. A child is going to choose a life of humiliation, rape, verbal and physical abuse, and psychological terror over school and a structured environment.

I could go on and on about all of the different examples of poor judgment, behavior, and reporting connected just to the individuals I have named. Yet, the point of the matter is that millions of people rely on the information broadcast on their respective networks, web sites, blogs, and so forth in order to make informed and educated decision about the political future of their state and country. Unfortunately,there are those in power who would use that access to engage in psychological warfare, and manipulate the masses in order to gather support for their own agendas. One would ask why people aren't hip to this trick, yet how could they when they've been raised since birth to believe that these people are right, and anyone who doesn't 100% agree with or behave as they do are evil and wrong? Add in character defamation, purposeful editing (James O'Keefe), disinformation, blatant lies, and skewing of scientific and statistical data and you have people just like the ones contained in that e-mail I posted.

Loyal, faithful, and incapable of forming an independent thought. Not to mention lacking the will or ability to question those who are in power, or checking up on the people providing them with the information they're basing their decisions and very lives upon. Last I checked, Christ had a name for people who manipulate and use others in the fashions I've described, and a warning to boot according to Luke 12:1: