How Progressives Operate: A Case Study

One of the great disconnects of the liberal progressive mind (I have in mind both political progressives and theological progressives) is the inability to see in itself the evils it abhors in others. No better example is the endless cry for "fairness". Somehow I wonder if this is actually a disconnect or if it is instead a strategy.

I know I've picked on Tony Jones a lot in the past. I've occasionally engaged in the comments section on his blog, but usually found that to be a rather fruitless exercise. At one time, a long time ago, I thought there might be some openness to a more conservative viewpoint there, or at least room for discussion. What I have found instead is a steady pattern of dismissal of most conservative arguments and real discussion only of a range of arguments at varying points left of center. If you are right of center, your views will usually be ignored and when not ignored, characterized in the worst possible light. To avoid being accused of the same, I will provide links and quotes to my comments below.  (more)

Context and Fairness - The Gospel Coalition Keruffle

I've been following the controversy over a post on the Gospel Coalition site about distorted views of sex and a relation to views of male/female roles.  I find it interesting that the progressive Christians who are all about "contextualization" have been up in arms about a post they refused to read in context.

The context concerns the novel Fifty Shades of Grey which apparently contains several explicit sequences detailing sexual bondage, sadism and masochism.  So Jared Wilson published a post from a complimentarian perspective which was intended to speak against bondage, sadism and masochism.  The loud and angry response to the post by many egalitarians and progressives suggested instead that his complementarian position somehow promoted the rape and subjugation of women.  (More)