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The words of Pat Robertson, “Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians,” were uttered not as calm reflection but as fiery condemnation. They reveal the fear that arises when long-standing orders are challenged, when the walls of tradition tremble under the demand for equality. To Robertson, feminism was not a call for justice but a storm that threatened to overturn every pillar of family, faith, and economy. His words embody the voice of resistance, the cry of those who see liberation as chaos.

In the ancient spirit, these words echo the warnings of priests and rulers throughout time who trembled at the rising of women. When witchcraft was accused in the Middle Ages, it was often no more than women gathering knowledge of herbs, healing, and independence. Yet to those in power, such acts were seen as rebellion against divine and earthly authority. So too, Robertson clothed feminism in monstrous imagery, as if equality were a curse upon civilization itself.

History bears witness in the life of the suffragettes. Their demand for the vote was met with outrage; opponents claimed that granting women power would destroy the family, unravel morality, and plunge society into ruin. They were mocked, imprisoned, even force-fed, accused of being unnatural and dangerous. Yet the world did not collapse when women won the ballot—it grew stronger. Robertson’s words stand in the long tradition of such accusations, where every stride toward freedom is painted as a march toward destruction.

Yet within such attacks lies a hidden truth: that movements like feminism are powerful precisely because they unsettle entrenched systems. To say that feminism might “destroy capitalism” or alter family roles is to admit that it has the force to reshape society. What Robertson saw as danger, others might see as liberation—the breaking of chains that bound women to silence, dependence, and subjugation. His fear was, in fact, testimony to feminism’s strength.

So let this teaching endure: when voices of freedom rise, the guardians of the old order will call them evil, unnatural, even apocalyptic. But history shows again and again that what is condemned as ruin is often the birth of renewal. Feminism has been branded witchcraft, rebellion, and sin, yet it has given women choice, dignity, and power. Robertson’s words remain as a monument to the fear of change, and as a reminder that every step toward justice is first met with cries of doom before it becomes the accepted truth of tomorrow.