Z - Word Slinger Files:
-
- John Zmirak -
John Zmirak
John Zmirak
Laurie Higgins offered a measured but necessary rebuke here at The Stream to David French’s Easter screed for the leftist, Church-bashing New York Times. French compared Trump supporters and election integrity protestors to the violent bandit Barabbas. And to the mob that screamed for Barabbas, but howled to crucify Jesus.
As Higgins pointed out, this wasn’t the most winsome, pastoral attitude for French to strike toward his fellow Christians on our holiest feast day, over a disagreement on presidential politics. Faction über Alles isn’t a good look for Christians. In fact it’s the kind of worldly attitude which NeverTrump moralists routinely attribute to populists, among our many scarlet sins. Higgins made excellent points, but she skipped lightly over one issue which strikes me as crucial, of much greater importance than French himself, his faction, or the quarrels to which they cling. French denounced the “Christian will to power,” and condemned as Barabbas fans conservative believers who seek such power via democratic politics................Nor should we act like progressive Christians and embrace every political “liberation” movement that came along and grabbed its mantle — from women’s liberation to gay liberation and now transgenderism, soon to be followed (4,3,2,1) by liberation for “Minor-Attracted Persons.” That’s “pedophiles” to you and me................Here’s a second response, which doesn’t entail embracing the Woke cult’s exciting new gospel of Antichrist: To tell the truth about the Civil Rights Movement, which is that it was … (sacrilege alert!) a political movement, like any other. Like the pro-life movement, or the gun rights movement, or the movement to protect little kids from groomers.
No, it wasn’t a spiritual crusade, different in kind and more pristine than say, the abolitionist movement or the anti-Communist movement. It was a quest for political power in pursuit of a vision of what is Good, using legal, non-violent, democratic means.
.........French tries to make of the Civil Rights embrace of non-violence some radical imitation of Christ. Maybe it was for some, but first and foremost it was a brilliant political tactic. It showed up the brutality and unfairness of a segregated society for the sympathetic reporters and TV crews of sympathetic national media. Newspapers and TV networks highlighted the violence, which shocked a nation deeply imbued with Christian moral sentiments, disgracing the South and its system. ..............Here’s a second response, which doesn’t entail embracing the Woke cult’s exciting new gospel of Antichrist: To tell the truth about the Civil Rights Movement, which is that it was … (sacrilege alert!) a political movement, like any other. Like the pro-life movement, or the gun rights movement, or the movement to protect little kids from groomers.
No, it wasn’t a spiritual crusade, different in kind and more pristine than say, the abolitionist movement or the anti-Communist movement. It was a quest for political power in pursuit of a vision of what is Good, using legal, non-violent, democratic means.
“Non-Violence” Is Just a TacticFrench tries to make of the Civil Rights embrace of non-violence some radical imitation of Christ. Maybe it was for some, but first and foremost it was a brilliant political tactic. It showed up the brutality and unfairness of a segregated society for the sympathetic reporters and TV crews of sympathetic national media. Newspapers and TV networks highlighted the violence, which shocked a nation deeply imbued with Christian moral sentiments, disgracing the South and its system. --John Zmirak; The Stream; David French Falsifies Civil Rights History at Easter to Shame Christians for Acting Like Citizens 4.2023.
As Higgins pointed out, this wasn’t the most winsome, pastoral attitude for French to strike toward his fellow Christians on our holiest feast day, over a disagreement on presidential politics. Faction über Alles isn’t a good look for Christians. In fact it’s the kind of worldly attitude which NeverTrump moralists routinely attribute to populists, among our many scarlet sins. Higgins made excellent points, but she skipped lightly over one issue which strikes me as crucial, of much greater importance than French himself, his faction, or the quarrels to which they cling. French denounced the “Christian will to power,” and condemned as Barabbas fans conservative believers who seek such power via democratic politics................Nor should we act like progressive Christians and embrace every political “liberation” movement that came along and grabbed its mantle — from women’s liberation to gay liberation and now transgenderism, soon to be followed (4,3,2,1) by liberation for “Minor-Attracted Persons.” That’s “pedophiles” to you and me................Here’s a second response, which doesn’t entail embracing the Woke cult’s exciting new gospel of Antichrist: To tell the truth about the Civil Rights Movement, which is that it was … (sacrilege alert!) a political movement, like any other. Like the pro-life movement, or the gun rights movement, or the movement to protect little kids from groomers.
No, it wasn’t a spiritual crusade, different in kind and more pristine than say, the abolitionist movement or the anti-Communist movement. It was a quest for political power in pursuit of a vision of what is Good, using legal, non-violent, democratic means.
.........French tries to make of the Civil Rights embrace of non-violence some radical imitation of Christ. Maybe it was for some, but first and foremost it was a brilliant political tactic. It showed up the brutality and unfairness of a segregated society for the sympathetic reporters and TV crews of sympathetic national media. Newspapers and TV networks highlighted the violence, which shocked a nation deeply imbued with Christian moral sentiments, disgracing the South and its system. ..............Here’s a second response, which doesn’t entail embracing the Woke cult’s exciting new gospel of Antichrist: To tell the truth about the Civil Rights Movement, which is that it was … (sacrilege alert!) a political movement, like any other. Like the pro-life movement, or the gun rights movement, or the movement to protect little kids from groomers.
No, it wasn’t a spiritual crusade, different in kind and more pristine than say, the abolitionist movement or the anti-Communist movement. It was a quest for political power in pursuit of a vision of what is Good, using legal, non-violent, democratic means.
“Non-Violence” Is Just a TacticFrench tries to make of the Civil Rights embrace of non-violence some radical imitation of Christ. Maybe it was for some, but first and foremost it was a brilliant political tactic. It showed up the brutality and unfairness of a segregated society for the sympathetic reporters and TV crews of sympathetic national media. Newspapers and TV networks highlighted the violence, which shocked a nation deeply imbued with Christian moral sentiments, disgracing the South and its system. --John Zmirak; The Stream; David French Falsifies Civil Rights History at Easter to Shame Christians for Acting Like Citizens 4.2023.
Amanda Zamora |
Amanda Zamora led audience growth and engagement efforts at The Texas Tribune, where she worked from 2016 to 2019. A native Texan, Amanda spent 13 years on the East Coast working for news organizations including The Huffington Post Investigative Fund, The Washington Post and ProPublica. Amanda got her start as a cub reporter at the Austin American-Statesman after graduating from the University of Texas.
She is also a previous Knight Digital Media Fellow with the Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism.
Amanda Zamora is our co-founder and publisher of "The 19th."
She is also a previous Knight Digital Media Fellow with the Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism.
Amanda Zamora is our co-founder and publisher of "The 19th."
March 26, 2013: Nieman Lab Q&A on her goals for going to ProPulbica:
Zamora: "I think coming to ProPublica gave me a chance to kind of get back to some of my roots doing digital journalism around investigative news. I worked with the team at The Washington Post and also worked briefly at the Huffington Post Investigative Fund, which started out around about the time that ProPublica was getting going. This opportunity gave me a chance to kind of meld some of that experience with my love for social media, and figuring out how to use social media to really add to the story and do real journalism.........When I was at The Washington Post, my work there was centered on building up the social media team there, and then I segued into the national desk, working on the election. So it was a really big shift for me to go from thinking about social media to cover a story that is so real-time — news reported on social media in terms of who’s ahead, who said what — and going to ProPublica, thinking about using some of those same channels to take a step back and to take a breath and to think about what the story is beyond sort of that real time minute."
Zamora: "I think coming to ProPublica gave me a chance to kind of get back to some of my roots doing digital journalism around investigative news. I worked with the team at The Washington Post and also worked briefly at the Huffington Post Investigative Fund, which started out around about the time that ProPublica was getting going. This opportunity gave me a chance to kind of meld some of that experience with my love for social media, and figuring out how to use social media to really add to the story and do real journalism.........When I was at The Washington Post, my work there was centered on building up the social media team there, and then I segued into the national desk, working on the election. So it was a really big shift for me to go from thinking about social media to cover a story that is so real-time — news reported on social media in terms of who’s ahead, who said what — and going to ProPublica, thinking about using some of those same channels to take a step back and to take a breath and to think about what the story is beyond sort of that real time minute."
