What I think is happening here is compassion fatigue. Well meaning people tend to react in predictable ways when confronted with the accusation of bigotry. They deny it–since in almost all cases nowadays it is a false accusation–and then generally react by trying to prove their innocence. This is Pavlovian reflex among decent human beings that the awful human beings on the Left have very consciously abused for many decades now. It was a core element in the Alinskyan version of Leninism that our President had such a fondness for that he became an instructor in it.
But this controversy is over a Christian, in effect, admitting in public that he believes what’s in the Bible, and tries to live by its rules. For that, he gets vilified, Mayors want to reject his building permits, University Presidents say they will boycott his restaurant, etc.
With Obama all this has been in overdrive. They use the same words, the same violent tactics, the same HATRED over and over and over. As I have been arguing for some time, you can’t keep this stuff on a high boil for a long period of time without it backfiring.
People cannot stand feeling like they can’t speak their minds in public indefinitely. There is a breaking point. There is a point where they just stop CARING what the assholes on the left are saying. “You want to call me a racist? Fine. You want to call me a homophobe? Fine. I just don’t give a shit any more.”
And when this happens, virtually all the illusory “progress” that the left thinks it has made will come tumbling down. They will realize that they have not convinced anyone to change deeply held views. How could they have? There was no debate. There was no attempt to find common ground. There was yelling and screaming, picketing and protesting, and a lot of people who just learned to keep their mouths shut. That’s all. That is not social change.
Yes, left wingers control our universities and media. Both are powerful platforms for brainwashing. But the simple reality is that REALITY itself is unavoidable once you leave college. People know you can’t spend more than you earn forever. They intuitively understand that, whatever the legal arguments for gay marriage, that gay marriage is not marriage in any commonsense way. No children are produced. Whatever the word is–and I will readily grant it may be love–it is not marriage. Voters have said this over and over.
It will be interesting to see what happens this fall. I could not think of a less promising start to the campaign season for Obama. Frankly, though, it is astonishing ANYONE still thinks well of him, so we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.