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Hate Speech

A collection of 11 posts

On Movies & Media

Top Five Favorite Responses from Angry Readers

'Tis the season for top ten lists. So, having posted my top¬†10 (and more)¬†favorite movies and albums for the year, let's move on to the next most exciting thing. I'm kicking off a new annual list: Top Five Favorite Responses from Angry Readers

On Movies & Media

Anybody Want to Answer My Email Today?

Here's today's email... I post this simply because a few people have asked me recently if there are still Christians out there who hold onto this condemning reaction to art and culture. They seemed certain that if there are such people, there are only a few

On Movies & Media

After condemning Christianity Today in public, what's Mr. Ted Baehr's next amazing statement?

Here is Ted Baehr, still thinking he is the voice of Christian film criticism ... and frighteningly enough, many of them would say that he is... as he sums up the Oscars. Here are a few choice statements: Of course, by shutting out the best family movies with godly, Christian messages

Looking Elsewhere

Specials: Helprin's caution. "Serenity 2"? How "Hoodwinked" Happened. "The White Countess." SNL.

Sunday's specials: What a friendly neighborhood I live in! This morning, I'm walking around the streets of Shoreline, Washington, and as I'm waiting at a crosswalk, I see in the window of the house next to me... ...a wooden cross... ... a Bush/Cheney poster.

On Movies & Media

Homosexual Heath Ledger Character: Bad. Heterosexually Promiscuous Ledger Character: Not So bad?

I've had some interesting chats with the film writers and the editor of Christianity Today Movies in the wake of the publication of Lisa Cockrel's Brokeback Mountain review. Mark Moring, the CT Movies editor, says he's received over 250 e-mails about the Brokeback Mountain

On Movies & Media

The CT Mailbag: Brokeback Mountain

What's sad is how far short of grace and tact some of these messages fall... What's even sadder is how predictable it was that this would happen...

On Movies & Media

Brokeback Mountain - Reviewed by Christianity Today

Christianity Today Movies has just published a review of Brokeback Mountain. And that's just what it is... A REVIEW. It's not a protest. It's not someone spewing bile about Hollywood's "homosexual agenda." It doesn't include any slurs like

On Songs & Albums

Flush the Koran, and That's Bigotry. Flush a Christian Sacrament, It's Comedy.

Here's an interesting editorial by Brent Bozell: There's a certain irony here. If you wanted to see the Eucharist in the toilet, you needed only to watch the NBC sitcom "Committed" in February, when NBC played for laughs the idea that two main characters

On Books & Writing

Pullman: American Christians are "mirror image" of Islamic extremists

I consistently get emails from readers of Phillip Pullman's The Golden Compass, angry that I would dare criticize such a fine author. They argue that I'm exaggerating the anti-Christianity theme of the books. They seem to think Pullman is a man of staggering intellectual powers. Well,

On Movies & Media

Email from a Reader re: The Death of Theo Van Gogh

I posted the news about Theo Van Gogh's murder, and quickly received this interesting reply that fills in more of the picture. With the writer's permission, I'd like to share it with you: I conclude from your comment on the "Michael Moore'

On Movies & Media

The Murder of Van Gogh

Andrew Sullivan puts the spotlight on details that should not be ignored. [Update: 2004 posts by Sullivan were not archived on the site, so I'm posting it here in its entirety.] "TIME wrote about Takfir Wal Hijra: 'Takfir wal Hijra is a sort of Islamic fascism.