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Rod Dreher: “I don’t care that Eric threw a punch at that guy. He had it coming.”

John Fea   |  August 29, 2020

Dreher Metaxas

Conservative pundit Rod Dreher has responded to Eric Metaxas’s punch on Thursday night. His thoughts can be summed-up this way:

  • Metaxas is a great and gentle man.
  • The punch was out of character.
  • Metaxas must have been provoked or felt threatened.
  • Metaxas was probably just being chivalrous because the protester was cursing in front of women.
  • Metaxas should have just walked away from the protester and shouldn’t have taken a swing at him.
  • I wish he didn’t do it because it just gives fodder for his enemies.

Then, after hearing from a supposed eye-witness to the event, Dreher writes, “Yeah, you know, I overthought this. I don’t care that Eric threw a punch at that guy. He had it coming.”

I think Dreher’s comments reflect how most of Metaxas’s evangelical followers will view this event. Others, however, myself included, will have a hard time reconciling Metaxas’s behavior with all his talk and writing about historical figures who turned the other cheek and his daily condemnation of violence in American cities. Again, I encourage you to listen to this 15-minute podcast interview with fellow court evangelical Greg Laurie.

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Filed Under: Way of Improvement Tagged With: court evangelicals, Eric Metaxas, Greg Laurie

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