{"id":2474411,"date":"2025-08-13T17:57:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T21:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-viewers-launched-porn-filled-harassment-campaign-against-doug-wilsons-church-following-high-profile-interview\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T17:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T21:58:14","slug":"cnn-viewers-launched-porn-filled-harassment-campaign-against-doug-wilsons-church-following-high-profile-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-viewers-launched-porn-filled-harassment-campaign-against-doug-wilsons-church-following-high-profile-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Viewers Launched Porn-Filled Harassment Campaign Against Doug Wilson&#8217;s Church Following High-Profile Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnn-viewers-launched-porn-filled-harassment-campaign-against-doug-wilsons-church-following-high-profile-interview%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2474411&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a CNN report on Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, led by Pastor Doug Wilson, which sparked an intense backlash from CNN viewers despite the network&#8217;s effort to produce a balanced segment. The church, known for it&#8217;s conservative and controversial views on biblical ethics and gender roles, was prepared for a negative &#8220;hit piece&#8221; but found the actual report relatively fair. Though, many viewers responded with hateful and aggressive behavior, including flooding comment sections with vitriol, harassing church staff with obscene messages, and subscribing the church to pornographic sites. Wilson acknowledged the hostility but maintained composure, interpreting the backlash as revealing the intolerant nature of much of the progressive left. He critiqued the way some on the left use terms like &#8220;democracy,&#8221; &#8220;love,&#8221; and &#8220;dialog&#8221; to mask coercion and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/with-beijings-spies-overseas-chinese-americans-face-threats-at-home-and-abroad\/\" title=\"With Beijing\u2019s Spies Overseas, Chinese Americans Face Threats At Home And Abroad\">suppress dissenting voices<\/a>. The episode exemplifies the cultural and ideological divide in america, where conservative Christian perspectives face fierce opposition within a media and social environment dominated by progressive attitudes.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>CNN wasn&rsquo;t the problem for once &mdash; but its viewers sure were.<\/p>\n<p>When a Christian church opened its doors to the liberal network for a report posted to YouTube on Friday, the church&rsquo;s leaders were so ready for a &ldquo;hit piece&rdquo; that they&rsquo;d insisted on recording the segment being recorded, just in case anything important was left on the cutting room floor.<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;hit piece&rdquo; never materialized, but the &ldquo;hate pieces&rdquo; sure did.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9qYEMtmZI74\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> published Tuesday, Doug Wilson, pastor of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, expressed gratitude for the CNN production, but described a tide of antagonism that deluged the church when the report went public.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The CNN crew labored to be fair to both sides,&rdquo;<b> <\/b>Wilson said. &ldquo;A fair amount of their audience felt no such restraint.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They filled up comment threads with vitriol. They swarmed the phone lines to give our church secretary a boatload of obscene messages to delete.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They subscribed us to porn sites.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Even while describing the outrageous behavior, Wilson still managed to take the harassment in stride.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The letters section of this blog received a bunch of mini-screeds and uncalled-for comments about my tummy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The church has views on biblical ethics in the modern world and relations between the sexes that are considerably out of the mainstream of current American culture. For instance, some leaders in the church oppose an individual right to vote for women in favor of a household-based system of voting.<\/p>\n<p>CNN&rsquo;s report highlighted the most sensational aspects, no doubt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-reporter-seethes-pastor-doug-wilson-refuses-give-inch-hit-piece-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with the intention<\/a> of painting the church in freakish colors. It even trotted out a liberal theologian &mdash; a woman in a clerical collar, no less &mdash; to offer an opposing point of view. (<em>Nothing<\/em> gives liberals a fleeting thrill of religious passion more than the sight of a woman in a clerical collar. It pushes buttons they didn&rsquo;t even know they had.)<\/p>\n<p>But the report overall wasn&rsquo;t half bad &mdash; by CNN standards at least. Conservatives understand that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-pollster-describes-exactly-trump-right-anchors-faces-curdle-milk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snopes-posts-bogus-pro-aoc-fact-check-ends-up-exposing-its-left-wing-bias\/\" title=\"Snopes Posts Bogus Pro-AOC \u2018Fact Check,\u2019 Ends Up Exposing Its ...-Wing Bias\">left-wing bias<\/a><\/a> is baked into the network&rsquo;s DNA.<\/p>\n<p>But from Wilson&rsquo;s description, CNN&rsquo;s viewers reacted as though the network had just broadcast a revival of Leni Riefenstahl&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0025913\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Triumph of Will<\/a>,&rdquo; with Moscow, Idaho, filling for Nuremberg, Germany, circa 1935.<\/p>\n<p>Check out his complete video here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"That CNN Report: Viewing the Game Film | Doug Wilson\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9qYEMtmZI74?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>CNN viewers &ldquo;had their serene bubble of universal tolerance and love interrupted with this report from outside,&rdquo; Wilson said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The world witnessed the eruption of hundreds of little hate geysers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But he noted that the lesson was useful.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the kind of venom that reveals the true nature of what is going on,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Americans don&rsquo;t need to subscribe to the views of Wilson&rsquo;s church to see his point. They don&rsquo;t even need to  conservative politics, though that would help.<\/p>\n<p>Because what he described is mob rule attacking a belief the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >mob finds unacceptable &#038;mdash<\/a>; the same ignorant, self-justifying kind of mobs that stoned Christians in the early days of the church or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/far-left-rioters-use-juneteenth-tear-statue-ulysses-s-grant-defeated-confederacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">toppled statues<\/a> of American military heroes during the Black Lives Matter madness of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>And as the founding fathers of the United States understood, mob rule is as dangerous an enemy to liberty as any English king could be. (That&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-gets-roasted-absurd-chyron-warning-constitution-outdated-puts-democracy-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beyond CNN&rsquo;s comprehension<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>In his video, Wilson perfectly summarized the position of CNN viewers who attacked his church, and in doing so, he perfectly summarized the position of the progressive left as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When they say &lsquo;democracy,&rsquo; they mean &lsquo;tyranny.&rsquo; When they say &lsquo;love,&rsquo; they mean &lsquo;coercion.&rsquo; When they say &lsquo;liberty,&rsquo; we can hear the clanking of the chains.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When they say &lsquo;dialogue,&rsquo; they mean for us to shut up. When they say &lsquo;free your spirit,&rsquo; what they really mean is &lsquo;obey the demons.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And that, in a nutshell, is what conservative Christians are up against when it comes to the modern left and its stranglehold over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/conan-obrien-caters-warmongering-hollywood-leftists-taking-shot-donald-trump-oscars-stage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cultural<\/a>, media, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lawsuit-accuses-harvard-protecting-rewarding-violent-anti-semites-attacked-jewish-student\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">academic institutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CNN and its fellow propagandists hardly even have to do the work anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Their audiences are doing it for them.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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