Liberals Just Can't Take What They Like To Give

On Saturday I had the opportunity to be the keynote speaker at an event sponsored by a pro-life organization. During my first presentation,as I was laying out the reasons we can know that human life begins at conception, I commented that "unlike our President, it is not above our pay grade to know when human life begins." The audience responded with smiles, nods, thumbs up, and sustained laughter. Later, when we were discussing transhumanism, a participant noted that she had read of mice being injected with human DNA to enhannce their brains. Not being able to resist a good opening, I commented that "it seems like some of these mice are running around the White House these days." Again the audience demonstrated approval.

Near the end of the Q&A session the pastor of the church that was hosting the meeting said that he took offense with my remarks about the President and the White House. I responded that I was simply expressing my opinion and most seemed to agree. That was not good enough and he launched another assault. I commented that I understood that in the U.S. we still had freedom of speech. He chose to escalate and because he was the pastor of the host church,and it would serve no purpose to continue our disagreement, I apologized if I had offended anyone and said I would take care to watch my remarks in the next presentation. After a few moments he softly said he accepted the apology.

Throughout the rest of the day I had numerous participants tell me they appreciated my remarks and thought the pastor was out of line. Several other pastors also said they liked what I said. Some of the locals told me that the pastor who had told me of his dislike for my remarks was known for his liberal views.

On my four hour drive home that afternoon I had time to reflect on the events of the day. Clearly I had the support of most of the participants and I was not surpised knowing the organization and the people who belong to it. On the other hand, I didn't like having offended the pastor. But I did understand what happend. Liberals can tell lies about Rush Limbaugh, make fun of Sarah Palin, tell jokes about Dick Cheney, and attack Fox News, but as a conservative I am not allowed to make a joke about the President or his minions.

As I look back on Saturday I am proud that I have joined the ranks of Limbaugh, Palin, Cheney and Bush, though on a much, much, lesser scale.