Leftist Rev. Jim Wallis Praises Occupiers as Inspirational ‘Citizen Economists’
- Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:15pm by
Billy Hallowell
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It didn’t take a rocket scientist to predict that liberal reverend extraordinaire Jim Wallis would gleefully jump on the Occupy Wall Street bandwagon. And now, the redistribution-of-wealth loving Christian leftist (how’s that for a mouthful?) is issuing some advice — and praise — for the protesters.
Wallis, who has a history of championing far-left causes (he just accepted another $150,000 from George Soros’ Open Society Foundation), has already indicated that some of the protesters’ actions and stances show that “they stand with Jesus.”
He went down to Wall Street last week and has essentially backed the movement publicly. In a new HuffPo piece entitled, “An Open Letter to the Occupiers from a Veteran Troublemaker,” he offers up his advice to the young people who continue to reside in Zuccotti Park.
The first few paragraphs of his “open letter” are incredibly supportive of the movement, as he showers praise upon the Occupiers. Here are some highlights:
You have awakened the sleeping giant, too long dormant, but ever present, deep in the American democratic spirit.
You have given voice and space to the unspoken feelings of countless others about something that has gone terribly wrong in our society. [...]
While there are some among us who may misunderstand your motives and message, know that you are an inspiration to many more. [...]
In addition to the praise, Wallis offered some words of wisdom when it comes to addressing the movement’s opponents. He encourages the protesters not to demonize those who stand against them. “Good people can get trapped in bad systems,” he writes. Then, he reaffirms that the protesters are correct to hold both “systems and the individuals within them” accountable.
Oddly, he tells them they’ve become “citizen economists” and that they should continue looking at what a “just economy” would look like. Of course, Wallis’ vision for a just economy is not a sentiment that would be embraced by Americans who have a more conservative — even moderate — worldview. He continues:
I know you believe that the leadership on Wall Street, and Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues have all failed you. Indeed, they have failed us all. But while you feel betrayed by both our business and political leaders, don’t give up on leadership per se.
In the end, Wallis does encourage those railing against the current capitalistic system to remain non-violent and to channel their energy into creative action. Additionally, he explains that the Occupiers should “avoid Utopian dreaming about things that will never happen.”
He concludes by hoping that God will instill peace for everyone involved.
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Comments (151)
MODEL82A1
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:58pmAnd yet this idiot socialist Wallis gets up every day, goes to work, makes money and is SUCCESSFUL. Unlike most of you broke, lazy Blaze malcontents. Sad.
Report Post »mountainmover101
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 4:36pmWhat a skewed and incredibly ironic statement for one to make.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 5:02pmWallis has been arrested 22 times for acts of civil disobedience.
I doubt he gets up and goes to work everyday unless you call writing liberal books no one reads and living off the charity of his brain dead liberal parishioners a job.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 5:08pmDo White folks actually claim this fool as one of their own? That’s a serious question. He’s more anti-Christ than any person in the history of man.
Report Post »plunderpower
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 5:13pmHere’s what needs done: You start a “Do Not Hire” list off all the Protestor public arrest records. You offer it free to all the businesses, companies, and corporations for Wall Street, etc. Obama is nuking these idiots anyway. He’s destroying the worth of his own supporters and himself. Meanwhile, we taxpayers save the cost of college educations for this destructive bunch, save the best jobs for conservatives, and ultimately bring costs of goods down and promote the economy.
Report Post »1389AD
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 5:55pmI don’t consider accepting money from George Soros to be equivalent to “making money” and “being successful.” It’s more like prostituting his church and his ministry.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:08pmDoes his organization pay taxes on that money, or are they tax exempt? Preachers should not be into politics at all.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:08pmmodel
Report Post »You are sad. Try decaf.
The10thAmendment
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:41pm@ let us prey
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:08pm
model
Report Post »You are sad. Try decaf.
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I’d give that tool a nice refined decaf cup of Joe from the castor bean.
BetterDays
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 6:50pmOh yes Jim Wallis, these protesters are the height of Christian exceptionalism…..(sarcasm)
Report Post »They are like you Jim, false teachers.
The10thAmendment
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:09pmWill someone be kind enough to answer my question. Do White folks actually claim this fool as one of their own?
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:33pmThe10thAmendment
I’d give that tool a nice refined decaf cup of Joe from the castor bean.
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LMAO. That comment took me a second to get. ;)
The10thAmendment
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:44pm@ TSUNAMI-22
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:33pm
The10thAmendment
I’d give that tool a nice refined decaf cup of Joe from the castor bean.
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LMAO. That comment took me a second to get. ;)
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:-D Color me sadistic, because I’d love to pour it for him and video the entire episode!
historyguy48
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:56pmNice name. I didn‘t think you gunhating lib’s even knew how to shoot. Of course, your only using the name and probably don’t have the toy since one of Mr. Barrett‘s finest runs about eight grand so you’d have to be a capitalist to afford one.
Report Post »Of course, since I am truly an evil capitalist I own two a .416 and a .50 cal. They are fun to shoot and I would have been able to achieve a higher score in ‘Nam if I would have had one of them then.
AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:12pmModel, you haven’t got a damn thing sensible to say, so shut up and get lost.
Report Post »v-vet1968
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:59pmHe needs to go hunting with me and Georgr S. got an extra deer head>
Report Post »FormerLib
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 11:27amThe real irony is anyone calling these OWS miscreants “economists”in any sense of the word, when they can neither seem to find a job, save money, move out of their parents’ basement, give up living off of credit, who seem to think their iPhone, iPad, iPod, clothes, Starbucks coffee, sleeping bags, and everything else they use just dropped out of the sky and aren’t tied to a profit making corporate enterprise, and so on. In that regard, I suppose Wallis is correct: they are demonstrating their dismal understanding of economics and how poorly we’ve taught it in schools.
Report Post »Holliston777
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 1:15pmIn a socialist system he would have been killed long ago. There is no religion but the “state”. If he had a job he would get paid the same as everyone else. The only people who prosper are the elites who are living a life of luxury and tyranny. Nice work if you can get it! The problem with the dream is they don’t take into account human nature, and that never changes.
Report Post »Cosmos102
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 10:42pm@ Model82A1
So you’re saying that if you make lots of money you are beyond reproach??? Better not join those Wall Street protesters. I think they will disagree with you. Idiot.
Report Post »InterestingStuff
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:57pmI thought the headline was a mouthful. I wonder what the Reverend would make of this clip
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_CTNSAc_IU
Dustyluv
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 4:19pmHe would think you are as stupid as that clip…and the link. It is a conspiracy theorists wet dream. Really dumb stuff…I am sure you were a truther or birther too weren’t you?
Report Post »plunderpower
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 5:24pmA vote for Obama is a vote for poop on police cars.
Report Post »welloddyfriggindah
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:56pmThe President and Congress have failed the American people and the Constitution!!!
Report Post »db321
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 9:40amYou make a great point – so put the fleabagger’s in charge.
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:54pm~^~v~~^~~v~^~
You all realize that all these people showing up backing this grass-doormat uprising have shown their true side. That they in fact are siding with socialists, marxists, communists & anarchists progessives who hate the very system that has allowed them to prosper!
I dont care if its this creep Wallis to Kanye.. they are all dangerous to the Republic. No, I will not accept that they “dont know” about who is taking part. We all know this is highly organized by Soros(regardless that he has gotten to Reuters to back track their story), Lerner, countless number of radical organizations, if these people say they didnt know they shouldnt be allowed to drive a car or handle any type of responsibility.
By the way when you see these vids keep an eye on whats going on in the background. Anyone take notice of what is missing? Something that was in almost every shot of a TEA part etc rally…. think real hard…. yea the American flag! That in itself should tell you something! http://SavingtheRepublic.com TAPGW
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 4:15pmI noticed also that the Flag is never anywhere to be seen on these videos. I also hope that all these liberals backing these AstroTurf protests are going to pony up the millions it is costing for extra Police and cleanup crews.
Report Post »WILFREDFROMSUNCITYFL
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:54pmI have a good, liberal friend who worked directly for Jim Wallis for about a year. My friend described Wallis as egomanical and a publicity hound of the first order.
Biggest difference between Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party: the Tea Party doesn’t have time to occupy anything for any length of time because they have to go to WORK.
Report Post »georgiavietvet
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:53pmjim wallis will have to answer to GOD one day. i would love to be there to hear that conversation. he better like heat, cause its terribly hot where he is going, unless he changes his communist ways…………………………..
Report Post »Dalady
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:47pmThere is a special place for him and his ilk ie: Jeremiah Wright.
I am the 53
Report Post »welloddyfriggindah
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:53pm“I know you believe that the leadership on Wall Street, and Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues have all failed you”…the Constitution?!?! This man wouldn’t recognize Jesus if…well, I guess he probably will. Hmm.
Report Post »ZaphodsPlanet
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:51pmI wonder if Satan is building an amusement park for this guy. I’m just out of words for people like this….sure seems evil to me.
Report Post »SHOESHINEBOY
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:51pmyea…Like the Communist System you want to trap all of America into…
Report Post »geonj
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:50pmthis loon thinks these “occupiers” “stand with Jesus”? he has no right to speak for Jesus. Jesus should strike him down for his blasphemy.
Report Post »jeffnyzio
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:47pmSeems to me Jimbo that bad people get caught up in a good or decent system and completely destroy it… foolish man.
Report Post »Pujols
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:54pmBad people can ACT like they are Christians and lie about everything the Bible says.
Report Post »We all have to answer one day and Jimbro will too. I don’t think he really is a believer.
He a user of Morons & Robot like people that follow the stink in the air.
Uechi
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:46pmIf Wallis is a reverend then I’m Napoleon. This evil man is a Marxist anarchist hidden as a man of God. He is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 4:42pmTo me he is looking more and more like an evil toad.
Report Post »heyjim55
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:45pmThe fraud has arrived the thespian actor whose chosen role is to portray being a minister or man of god. His true god is Marxism his desire to put a boot on the back every Americans neck leads him to OWS in support of his useful fools and fellow atheists not Christians because he is no Christian.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:40pmHe may think he is a man of God.. but I really beg to differ.. Bought lock, stock and barrel, by Obama and Lucifer!
Report Post »dadsrootbeer
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:39pmWhere are all of these Obammy marxist appointees going to go after 2012? Greece?
Report Post »atrain
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:37pmYou mean the citizen economists who know nothing about the economy? The same people who want redistribution of wealth they did not earn? The same people who want free rent, free Playstations, free iPhones, free food, free clothes, and a fancy free car?
Report Post »goatrope67
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:40pmJesus was a leftist.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:53pmObamazombies demand all the things you listed,they’ve been told their whole lives everybody wins and nobody loses,then we installed a Marxist president and made things worse.
Report Post »MARCH4HIM
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:54pmNo goat …..Jesus is right… will alawys be right..
Report Post »and anyone whoever disagree’s with him…
Will evetualy find out …..
they are ……….wrong…
smartgirl
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:35pmYes, people do get trapped in bad systems – like Socialism, Communism, Marxism. We have some bad people in our system but it‘s not the system that’s the problem. Jim Wallis is another leech who hates achievers. Please tell me no one is paying attention to him except for the Blaze.
Report Post »Voteman
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:33pmJim Wallis Jim Jones Whats the difference…..
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:35pmPoison in the koolaid….
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:46pmWallis is the author of lies,and wormwood inspired, the collectivism this idiot spews is demonic.An exorcism is needed badly for Wallis.
Report Post »mountainmover101
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 4:45pmSunglasses and a straw hat
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:32pmI hope this clown fully understands the concept of “Hell”…..
Report Post »I‘m sure they’ll leave a light on for him.
vennoye
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:31pmDear Friends……..from this point on, IF you ever find yourself close to Jim Wallis, I suggest you MOVE!! Now, I really DON’T believe in lightening bolt judgements………..but why take chances!!
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 4:34pmVennoye
It;s funny you said that…. I was just thinking, if I were him I would be looking for stricks of
Report Post »lightning…. I am shocked he was not struck down, but there is still time….
Black Manta
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:31pmHumans are so CRASS…………..
Report Post »steveh931
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:27pm52 seconds, I’m done. It’s not exploding, it’s organized protesting by the Progressive Socialist. Moveon needs to moveon.
Report Post »Vital
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:25pmIt is an OLD MANs wet dream …George Soros living his younger, Nazi happy days
Report Post »FaithfulFriend
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:21pm2 Thessalonians 3
2 And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people, for not everyone has faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one. 4 We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command. 5 May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
6 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from every believer who is idle and disruptive and does not live according to the teaching you received from us. 7 For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you, 8 nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. 9 We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate. 10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”
11 We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies. 12 Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat. 13 And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.
14 Take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter. Do not associate with them…
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:53pm“And spotteth twice they the camels before the third
Report Post »hour. And so the Midianites went forth to Ram Gilead in Kadesh
Bilgemath by Shor Ethra Regalion, to the house of
Gash-Bil-Betheul-Bazda, he who brought the butter dish to
Balshazar and the tent peg to the house of Rashomon, and there
slew they the goats, yea, and placed they the bits in little
pots.”
lukerw
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:16pmInspiring Idiots?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:34pmLOL .. a bunch of people not smart enough (or having enough “energy” ) to get a real job are now economists? ROFL … the progressive Marxists are showing what IDIOTS they really are!
TEA!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:58pmThey are even protesting the wrong people. Let’s protest the people who accepted the money, instead of the people regulated the banks and who gave the money away. Morons. This is not a protest, it is class warfare.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 11:13am@ Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:58pm
They are even protesting the wrong people. Let’s protest the people who accepted the money, instead of the people regulated the banks and who gave the money away. Morons. This is not a protest, it is class warfare.
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