If they don’t like to hear it, if it makes them uncomfortable, then it is only because it is true.

Sometimes it is right to call people out for moral turpitude. That is just as much a part of evangelism as anything else. Of course, you have to pick your battles and be tactful, but never, never, never stop telling the truth.

And to be sure, there are a lot worse things to call someone than an “invader”.

If they don’t like to hear it, if it makes them uncomfortable, then it is only because it is true.

Sometimes it is right to call people out for moral turpitude. That is just as much a part of evangelism as anything else. Of course, you have to pick your battles and be tactful, but never, never, never stop telling the truth.

And to be sure, there are a lot worse things to call someone than an “invader”.

Your comment, by its brevity, is a bit unclear. Are you broaching the subject of: “Watch your tone, or all you’ll do is turn off the people you should be trying to persuade rather than effectively persuading them?”

I get the sense that Norm’s post is “preaching to the [people who should be part of the] choir” (i.e. the tea partiers). In other words, knocking upside the head people who are already open to the idea that Americans who invade are, in fact, invaders.

Call a spade a spade. Didn’t Bush say something about calling evil by its name?

Norm: how does one go about persuading people from statism toward Liberty? Libertarian Evangelism. When you go about Evangelising for Christ, for instance: you don’t walk into a brothel, slay the prostitutes, and drag the patrons out of the place shouting Old Testament laws at them.

How one conveys the message has a huge role in how the message is received. On the internet, you have very little influence on who stumbles upon your site. Therefore, out of any three visitors, you may have one choir-member, one person who is open-minded enough not to mind a few harsh words, and one person who is just about ready to peep out of a door, but sees his friends and family members in the military called invaders, and bam, the door slams again.

Obviously, it’s impossible to speak to all people in a way that they’ll hear, but to a certain extent, I’m sure you strive to strike a responsible balance. Do you do this consciously? What steps do you take to do it?

(And then there are folks like Michael Savage and Glen Beck who do not try to strike a balance. My hunch is that these folks don’t do a lot of persuading.)

Your comment, by its brevity, is a bit unclear. Are you broaching the subject of: “Watch your tone, or all you’ll do is turn off the people you should be trying to persuade rather than effectively persuading them?”

I get the sense that Norm’s post is “preaching to the [people who should be part of the] choir” (i.e. the tea partiers). In other words, knocking upside the head people who are already open to the idea that Americans who invade are, in fact, invaders.

Call a spade a spade. Didn’t Bush say something about calling evil by its name?

Norm: how does one go about persuading people from statism toward Liberty? Libertarian Evangelism. When you go about Evangelising for Christ, for instance: you don’t walk into a brothel, slay the prostitutes, and drag the patrons out of the place shouting Old Testament laws at them.

How one conveys the message has a huge role in how the message is received. On the internet, you have very little influence on who stumbles upon your site. Therefore, out of any three visitors, you may have one choir-member, one person who is open-minded enough not to mind a few harsh words, and one person who is just about ready to peep out of a door, but sees his friends and family members in the military called invaders, and bam, the door slams again.

Obviously, it’s impossible to speak to all people in a way that they’ll hear, but to a certain extent, I’m sure you strive to strike a responsible balance. Do you do this consciously? What steps do you take to do it?

(And then there are folks like Michael Savage and Glen Beck who do not try to strike a balance. My hunch is that these folks don’t do a lot of persuading.)

I enjoyed your article. I live in Massachusetts so I got a good look at what the tea party movement was doing for Scott Brown. I too was surprised that they could so easily endorse him just for the sake of getting a republican in office. As this was my first time I was able to vote, I was under a lot of pressure from family and friends to vote for Scott Brown. However, I felt that I could not mainly for three reasons:

1. He committed sodomy by posting nude for a magazine and was named sexiest man of the year.

2. He is pro-choice

3. His involvement in what we call out here “romneycare”.

As a Christian, I think that it is important(especially us young people) to not go with the flow by voting hastily for someone who has not yet proved he can be trusted. Instead of voting for the lesser of the two evils, we must remember what God’s standards are vs. mans standards. Unless we do this, we are not going to be able to bring our country back to the way our Founding Father’s intended it to be.

Thanks again!

Sarah

I enjoyed your article. I live in Massachusetts so I got a good look at what the tea party movement was doing for Scott Brown. I too was surprised that they could so easily endorse him just for the sake of getting a republican in office. As this was my first time I was able to vote, I was under a lot of pressure from family and friends to vote for Scott Brown. However, I felt that I could not mainly for three reasons:

1. He committed sodomy by posting nude for a magazine and was named sexiest man of the year.

2. He is pro-choice

3. His involvement in what we call out here “romneycare”.

As a Christian, I think that it is important(especially us young people) to not go with the flow by voting hastily for someone who has not yet proved he can be trusted. Instead of voting for the lesser of the two evils, we must remember what God’s standards are vs. mans standards. Unless we do this, we are not going to be able to bring our country back to the way our Founding Father’s intended it to be.

Thanks again!

Sarah