Jesus said whatever was in the heart of a person would come out in three ways—the way we talk, the way we think, and the way that we act.
This week, a liberal professor at Wayne State University in Detroit used his Facebook account this week to say that it was ineffective for students to simply protest speakers they disagree with because it gives the orators “publicity and validation.” His words demonstrate what is in his heart.
“Although I do not advocate violating federal and state criminal codes, I think it is far more admirable to kill a racist, homophobic, or transphobic speaker than it is to shout them down,” professor Steven Shaviro stated in a since-deleted post.
Shaviro, who teaches English and film studies at Wayne University has been suspended with pay by the school.
In an email to students Monday, Wayne State president Dr. M. Roy Wilson said the university found Shaviro’s comments “at best, morally reprehensible and, at worst, criminal.”
“We have on many occasions defended the right of free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, but we feel this post far exceeds the bounds of reasonable or protected speech,” Wilson wrote.
Shaviro was suspended with pay and school officials referred the matter to law enforcement officials, the email said.
The university would not comment further on the matter and Shaviro did not respond to an interview request. The leftist professor deleted his Facebook posts dating back to 2015 within an hour of The New York Post reaching out to him on Tuesday morning.
Observations
This is where hard leftism takes people, friends. Why? Because it is ideologically linked to rebellion against God. And when we rebel against God we come to hate the things He loves, and love the things He hates (Matthew 24:12; Isaiah 5:20). We also experience the secondary consequence of moral failure through rebellion (Isaiah 63:10; 1 Samuel 15:23; Revelation 9:21).
Consider the mentally ill transgender woman who targeted a Christian school in Tennessee, because as a transgender, she considered Christians to be her enemies.
There can be no confusion on this anymore. Least of all from complacent Christians whose moral lethargy has helped enable this societal crisis. Audrey Hale was not confused, she knew which side she was fighting for. I believe that’s why she left behind a manifesto rather than a suicide note. The LGBT jihad wants to dominate and supplant you if you refuse to affirm them. Not affirming them is a crime in their eyes and that crime justifies killing you.
The devil was a rebel and a murderer from the beginning (John 8:44). Like Cain, unrepentance hates repentance, darkness hates light, and lies hate the truth. “And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts” (Revelation 9:21).
Our challenge as conservatives is not to return evil for evil, but to pray for them which despitefully use you (Luke 6:28). Let us do good to them which hate us, and speak truth to lies, in spite of the consequences.
Never compromise your beliefs to win the approval of a world that hates you; the only way to win their love is to hate the Lord. They will hate you in proportion to your love for the Father (John 15:18).
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“But he who sins against Me wrongs his own soul; all those who hate Me love death” (Proverbs 8:36).
