McLaren graciously answered my email to him on his blog. You can read it here.
His answer is helpful, especially the last paragraph where he promises that he would be against similar “rhetoric” against any president.
If I were to sit down and talk with him I’d probably seek a little clarification on a couple of points:
“I’m not sure if your assumptions about my “political ideology” are accurate … I hope you won’t make unwarranted assumptions in that regard.”
First – my assumptions about his political ideology are based on his advocacy aligning itself squarely with one particular political party. But more importantly it’s ironic that I shouldn’t make unwarranted assumptions about McLaren, but we’re free to assume that the perpetrators of the Psalm 109:8 scandal are 1st, advocating the assassination of a president and 2nd, part of the “religious right”.
“Regarding President Bush, I honestly never heard or read anything by anyone about him that is close to what is being said about President Obama.”
This only backs up my prior political assumptions because one would have to be in the remotest place of the earth not to have heard the vitriolic hate thrown at the former president for all but a few weeks of his presidency. I suppose the difference between McLaren and me, other than a huge world-view difference, is that I’m fully aware of the stupid, hateful and disgusting comments made toward the former president Bush (a president whose policies I somewhat agreed with) as well as the stupid, hateful and disgusting comments made toward current President Obama (a president whose policies I mostly disagree with).
Just a couple of sideline issues there. Again props to McLaren for saying that he would be against such rhetoric against a president regardless of political persuasion….if he saw it.
And that’s enough of a political foray for this blog for a while…on to more “divine satisfaction” type posts…
