Reconstructionists Supporting U.S. Militarism?
Sometimes I do wonder about what has happened to some of our colleagues. For example, I cannot comprehend some of the blogging going on at American Vision. This recent post by Mr. Jerry Bowyer on the new film Iron Man left me puzzled as to why such a militaristic tenor would be permitted by a Christian organization. Here's a few snippets:
And who exactly slaughters families, Mr. Bowyer? How many Iraqi "families" have we slaughtered? Far more than any bad guys with heavy Arabic accents, I can assure you of that.
I would expect to read such dribble from John Hagee, not the likes of American Vision.
Mr. Bowyer loves Iron Man because he bombs the bad guys. I'm afraid, Mr. Bowyer, that our missiles are not so accurate. In fact, some of our "Iron Men" enjoy a good joy ride of shooting innocent civilians as they drive down their streets:
What is Mr. Bowyer thinking?
"Yes, I loved it. I’ve got a Y-chromosome, what do you expect? He is a man wrapped in a robot, wrapped in a missile. Oh, and he shoots lightning. He kills terrorists. He saves children. According to CNBC, Americans paid over one hundred million dollars in one weekend to see Iron Man do all that stuff."Iron Man is the moral clarity guy? For anyone to make that type of judgment demonstrates how little moral clarity they have. This is not moral clarity. This is propaganda--war propaganda of the worst form, because it's streaming from a Christian mouth. And to read this on a reconstructionist web site is especially disturbing.
"We’ll probably see it again. I liked the politics of it..."
"The first half of the movie is an uncensored love note to U.S. soldiery and capitalistic engineering ingenuity."
"Yes, Iron Man, an arms manufacturer, does make a public announcement about walking away from the missile business, but only so he can build the ultimate missile and then wear it like a suit. Like Bruce Wayne before him, Iron Man is a billionaire. He gives some of it away, but he keeps most of it himself, and uses it to make things, including the kinds of things that kill Jihadi terrorists."
"In fact Iron Man is the moral clarity guy, no winking and nodding at bad guys around the world. The bad guys have stubble, turbans and heavy Arabic accents. They torture people, including our hero. They slaughter families."
And who exactly slaughters families, Mr. Bowyer? How many Iraqi "families" have we slaughtered? Far more than any bad guys with heavy Arabic accents, I can assure you of that.
I would expect to read such dribble from John Hagee, not the likes of American Vision.
Mr. Bowyer loves Iron Man because he bombs the bad guys. I'm afraid, Mr. Bowyer, that our missiles are not so accurate. In fact, some of our "Iron Men" enjoy a good joy ride of shooting innocent civilians as they drive down their streets:
What is Mr. Bowyer thinking?
