Punditry and 5GW

I will want to take a closer look at this topic.  I once remarked that, “We certainly cannot discount the possibility of a messianic politician, celebrity, or religious figure for a 5GWarrior — nor, some powerful celebrity scoundrel, who offers the negative to reinforce our positive,” and in hindsight, I am recognizing the truly difficult task of separating the messianic figures from the celebrity scoundrels.  How, indeed, could we possibly know that the overt message is the key message, rather than, in the case of scoundrels, the negative to reinforce our positive?

I ask, because Gus Van Horn, in his latest post on his eponymous blog, fisks a theocratic pundit who bemoans the lack of government sponsorship of Christianity —

Not only will the liberals aggressively work to prohibit the State from green lighting and recognizing Christianity as a legitimate and positive force in our land, they will also attempt to stifle Christians from influencing the path of government.  [Emphasis added — ed.]

[Doug Giles, on Townhall.com]

Of course, this sounds just like a messianic message for Christian believers — to come to arms — but, really, if it were a conscious 5GW move, would we be better served to consider the possibility that it is a negative to reinforce our positive?  5GW tactics will be similarly confusing, purposely, and intended to make us think one thing while reinforcing another.  I doubt this is such a move by Doug Giles, however; but it does raise questions for the future of 5GW in our media age.

This ties in to my last post, obviously, on 5GW and Christianity.  I’ll return to it when I have more time.