Whitlock: Corporate media, please quit calling me a ‘conservative’

I’m not a conservative. I’m a Christian.

There’s nothing wrong with being a conservative. The description just doesn’t fit me. I’ve never voted. I’ve always rejected a political identity. I’m not a member of any political party.

It’s frustrating that media outlets insist on framing me with a political identity rather than the identity I profess. Here’s a recent example. The website Mediaite wrote a post about my reaction to Fox News sidelining popular host Tucker Carlson.

“Conservative podcast host and frequent Tucker Carlson Tonight guest Jason Whitlock has equated the firing of Carlson from Fox News as ‘an attack on God,’” wrote Jennfer Bowers Bahney.

Bahney, of course, is lying. I argued that the sexualization of kids is an attack on God and that Carlson has been waking up to the good-vs.-evil battle transpiring in the culture war.

But the lie that bothers me the most is Bahney’s inference that my worldview is driven by politics rather than God and faith. She frames me as a conservative when she could just as easily frame me accurately as a Christian.

There’s far more tangible proof of my religious affiliation than a political one. I tithe. I pray. I confess and repent my sins. I listen to gospel music. I visit churches. I publicly talk far more about Jesus Christ than about Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, or any other politician. Eighty percent of the time when I appeared on Carlsons’s show, I referenced God or scripture. I could go on. I’ve poured a lot of energy into establishing my identity as Christian.

The media has assigned me a political identity. It’s not just obscure websites. Virtually all corporate media outlets refer to me as a “conservative.” Punch my name into Google and see how many stories and/or headlines mention the alleged political affiliation of a 56-year-old journalist who has never voted. Why do they do this?

It seems rather peculiar and hypocritical, because many of these media outlets insist that a bat-and-balls-carrying man who identifies as a woman must be referred to as a woman. Misgendering and/or deadnaming a trans person can cost you your job and reputation.

Why isn’t my self-professed identity worthy of protection and respect? Is corporate media Christianityphobic?

I’m not trying to be snarky. My identity as a Christian is every bit as important as Dylan Mulvaney’s belief that he is a woman. There’s far more proof that I’m a Christian than that Mulvaney is a woman.

Two weeks ago, a Sports Illustrated headline complained: “Conservative Pundit Jason Whitlock Disagrees With Shaquille O’Neal Calling Angel Reese Greatest Athlete In LSU History.”

Politics had nothing to do with my disagreement with Shaq. My criticism was rooted in my belief that men have been programmed to worship women and buy into a matriarchal culture. It’s a biblical point of view, not a political one. Conservatives and liberals – at different levels – have bought into the matriarchy.

I’m described as a “conservative” because the corporate media knows political labels divide people and give them reason to dismiss a point of view without considering the truth of it. God’s point of view is much more difficult to dismiss.

Imagine reading this headline on Mediaite, Sports Illustrated, or the New York Times: “Christian pundit Jason Whitlock claims the silencing of Tucker Carlson diminishes biblical worldview in corporate media.”

Satan does not want God’s view represented in the public square. Satan has tricked all of us to adopt, accept, prefer, and prioritize identities that exclude Christ.

Satan has no problem out-debating, converting, and influencing Democrats, Republicans, liberals, conservatives, heterosexuals, homosexuals, cisgenders, transgenders, and black, white, and brown people. Satan is evil. He is no match for the word of God.

The people promoting identities that exclude or diminish Christ want to influence, control, and exploit you. They’re demons. Many of them do not realize they’re demons, especially the great number of demons who operate inside Christian churches. They’re Christians on Sundays and black activists or white nationalists Monday through Saturday on social media platforms. Christianity is their side hustle, an insurance policy if their racial idolatry fails to produce fruit.

They tweak their faith to do what’s necessary in their minds to survive and be accepted in a world controlled by people who unapologetically live in disobedience to God.

They live in both worlds and serve two masters – Satan and God.

Are they really serving both? God has one identity for us: Image bearer of Christ. Satan has an endless buffet of identities. Conservative, libertarian, liberal, homosexual, trans, pro athlete, Republican, Democrat, cisgender, millionaire, billionaire, brand ambassador, Instagram model, white, black, nationalist, Pan-African, etc., etc., etc.

Satan gives us all these identities so that we have an easy excuse to avoid considering God’s perspective on all issues.

I’m trying to interpret the world through God’s lens. The Devil wants you to believe I wear political goggles. It’s not true. I don’t see things clearly all the time. But it’s not because I’ve adopted some bogus identity.