Three Blind Mice
This piece was commissioned by Intercessors for America.
When Bill Clinton lied under oath concerning his affair with Monica Lewinsky, I said at the time his act of crafty defiance opened a perilous window over our nation. I believed, in that moment, a principality of perjury and a spirit of sexual chaos was released to wreak deception and moral mayhem across America. This portal was willfully unlocked by the President of the United States and all of Heaven was watching.
Of course, presidents have lied before Clinton’s derelict display as well as after, but this immoral sexual act took place in the most revered office in the world. Today, as we behold the relentless demolition derby of evil crashing through the moral foundation of our country, I firmly believe that moment was a spiritual turning point we need to pray never happens again.
When the highest leader in the land places his hand on the Bible in a hallowed chamber of We The People and willfully lies; our bones should tremble as our knees hit the floor.
Likewise, imagine the whirring demons charged with confusing our children about their sex and gender raucously cheer when Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was unable to state what a woman is. Take note: This travesty also took place in one of the highest chambers in our land.
So, this week as I watched three presidents of prestigious universities smirk, shirk, and equivocate from answering a simple yes-or-no question in a congressional hearing, I knew we were witnessing another unholy national moment.
And what was the question posed to these three professorial imposters by the Committee on Education and the Workforce Hearing?
“Is a call on campus for, ‘The genocide of the Jews’ a violation of the school’s Code of Conduct on Bullying and Harassment?”
Unimaginably, not one of these presidents from MIT, Harvard, or UPenn could plainly answer, “Yes.” As Heaven and nation watched these three women contort themselves in unsophisticated legalese, it was once again obvious that another hallowed hall had been reduced to a three-ringed circus where faux esteemed leaders were more comfortable lying than telling the truth.
By now, most of you have watched clips of the damning hearing so I will not recount the details. A short, jaw-dropping compilation can be seen here.
No one was more aghast than Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) as she masterfully held her boot on the tails of these slithering presidents. Fantastically, these same presidents have bloviated for years about the dangers of microaggressions, conservative speakers, misgendering, and white privilege.
How remarkable that using the wrong pronoun is an expulsive offense but a literal call for Intifada across their campus quads is simply viewed as an expression of protected speech.
What we are witnessing is the inescapable evolution and maturation of Cultural Marxism. The engine room of Cultural Marxism and Critical Theory is identitarian collectivism. The social justice game is played by first separating society into two groups: The oppressed and the oppressors. (The first glaring problem with this pernicious exercise is that We The People have no say in how the teams are selected. Only the elite game makers are permitted to set the board up.)
Once accomplished, the instructions on the box top are devilishly predictable.
First, you are asked to shove all your game pieces on the plots of the oppressed. Next, aim all your turrets at the eyes of the oppressors. Finally, the elites sit back to watch the bodies pile up.
If it seems to be a delusional conclusion that social justice and political correctness can be the fuel for mass genocide, pay closer attention.
It is estimated that at least 100 million people were killed in the twentieth century, not because of war but at the hands of totalitarian governments. Using Marx’s playbook, consider the genocides of the Ottomans, Stalin, Lenin, Hitler, Mao, and Pol Pot.
Canadian Professor, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, first became famous for refusing to adhere to his employer’s demands on forced politically correct speech. Canadian Bill C-16 legislated that transgenders be addressed using their self-prescribed, made-up pronouns. Peterson did not refuse based on gender or sexuality. Instead, having studied the totalitarian abuses of the twentieth century, he refused to cede the linguistic territory of compelled speech.
Years later, in his renowned interview with English journalist Cathy Newman, he unfurled more of his underlying formularies on the dangers of social justice and compelled speech.
Newman: You’ve called trans campaigners authoritarian. Isn’t that right?
Peterson: Only in the broader context of my claims that radical leftist ideologues are authoritarian. Which they are.
Newman: You’re saying that trans activists could lead to the deaths of millions of people?
Peterson: No, I’m saying that the philosophy that drives their utterances is the same philosophy that already has driven us to the deaths of millions of people.
Newman: Okay, tell us how that philosophy is in any way comparable.
Peterson: Sure, that’s no problem. The first thing is that their philosophy presumes that group identity is paramount. That’s the fundamental philosophy that drove the Soviet Union and Mao in China. And it’s the fundamental philosophy of the left-wing activists in identity politics. It doesn’t matter who you are as an individual, it matters who you are in terms of your group identity.
As we mourn the conditions here within post-Floyd America, the imposed oppressed collectives could not be clearer. The racists vs. the anti-racists, the vaccinated vs. the unvaccinated, the gender normative vs. the gender non-binary, the inclusive vs. the intolerant, and the list goes on.
However, Marxist ideology always ends up rearing its ugly head to eat itself.
History readily tells us that the Jews are among the most easily identifiable oppressed groups of all time. Thousands of years of oppression replete with slavery, banishment from their homeland, destruction of their sacred temples, and actual genocide must surely cause the game makers to take careful consideration of their plight. But tragically, the answer is no.
Unthinkably, the game makers have proved to us they concoct the rules while they play. We are suddenly being forced to believe that one of the most oppressed people groups in the history of the world should now be deemed not only as violent oppressors but also deserving of insatiable hatred from within our university systems.
When mobs of pro-Palestinian students take over UPenn’s campus demanding, “Death to the Jews”, and President Liz Magill dismisses allegations of harassment as a “Context-dependent decision”, we can be assured that commonsense virtue has been wholly lost.
When indoctrinated activists at Harvard force Jewish classmates to shelter in their dorms by chanting, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”, and President Claudine Gay’s response is, “Only if it’s targeted at an individual”, we can be assured Jewish individuals are being dehumanized on college campuses.
When radicalized undergrads block dorm road at MIT shouting, “Intifada! Intifada!”, and President Sally Kornbluth’s response is, “I have not the heard calling for the genocide of Jews on campus”, we can be assured why serpents can’t wear earrings.
I find myself wondering: If menacing hordes of white students disrupted campus activities by marching with painted placards that read, “Enslave All Blacks”, would these three universities lawyer-up to protect their free speech?
Of course not. Nor should they.
The radicalized left is shrewdly using our own laws against us. If it is universally agreed that shouting, “Fire” in a crowded movie theater is not protected speech, then it is equally agreed that no segment of humanity should be publicly targeted for genocide. And herein lies the trap of Cultural Marxism for the Christian.
The Christian heart has been softened with the love of Christ and therefore overflows with empathy for the marginalized. While we are taught to, “Care for widows and orphans in their misfortune” (James 1:27 NET), Jesus also charges us to be, “Wise as serpents” (Matthew 10:16 NET)
When The Holy Spirit inspired and preserved these words for us, He did not include a compromising provision for any oppressed groups as defined by Karl Marx. Identitarian collectives were not created in the image of Elohim. You were created in His image. I was created in His image. The abolishment of the individual for the sake of the collective is not only Marxist, it is anti-Christ.
Eve was deceived and Adam sinned because they fell prey to the subtle, shrewd, and beguiling lies of the serpent in The Garden. This is why we are called to obtain wisdom fitted to subdue the hypnotic sorcery of the enemy.
Father in Heaven, we bow in reverence before Your Throne and beseech You: Extend Your hand of favor over our Jewish brothers and sisters. May the land You have promised them be filled with Shalom. We ask that Your Holy Spirit be released in authority over our universities so that hungry students will find the lasting truth they are searching for. May our country submit to the Lordship of Jesus Christ, for You are a Righteous Ruler and worthy of our praise. Amen.
