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Today I get a bit political.
Most of you have probably heard by now that Pat Robertson has said some pretty terrible things about the people in Haiti, about how they made a pact with the devil to get out of slavery, and that's why they live in poverty and have been struck by an earthquake.
This article posits that the reason for the backlash against Mr. Robertson is because religion is still important to many Americans.
I disagree. The author of the article says that people are speaking out against Robertson mostly because he is misrepresenting their view of Christianity, and it outrages them.
I think people are outraged at Robertson because he just said some really awful, undeserved things about people who have just suffered unimaginable tragedy. It doesn't matter if you're Christian, Jewish, atheist, Muslim, pagan, or anything else; that's offensive. Saying that anyone who experiences a natural disaster such as the earthquake in Haiti somehow brought it on themselves is....well. I just don't have the words. "Despicable" might cover it, but only just. The fact that he uses Christianity as a cover for his hatred, while not irrelevant, is secondary to the fact that he is spewing hatred at people who don't deserve it.
Jon Stewart's smack-down is really fantastic, I think. Unfortunately, Mr. Robertson probably won't change his thinking. The best we can hope for is that he learns to keep his mouth shut.
This article posits that the reason for the backlash against Mr. Robertson is because religion is still important to many Americans.
I disagree. The author of the article says that people are speaking out against Robertson mostly because he is misrepresenting their view of Christianity, and it outrages them.
I think people are outraged at Robertson because he just said some really awful, undeserved things about people who have just suffered unimaginable tragedy. It doesn't matter if you're Christian, Jewish, atheist, Muslim, pagan, or anything else; that's offensive. Saying that anyone who experiences a natural disaster such as the earthquake in Haiti somehow brought it on themselves is....well. I just don't have the words. "Despicable" might cover it, but only just. The fact that he uses Christianity as a cover for his hatred, while not irrelevant, is secondary to the fact that he is spewing hatred at people who don't deserve it.
Jon Stewart's smack-down is really fantastic, I think. Unfortunately, Mr. Robertson probably won't change his thinking. The best we can hope for is that he learns to keep his mouth shut.
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the best i can rationally hope for is that he burns in the living hell he creates and/or assigns to others with his venomous spew.
karma is a bitch...and i really hope he learns that sooner rather than later.
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http://zoethe.livejournal.com/718009.html
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He's still a douche, either way.
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he's such a douche, he gives me a bacterial infection.
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Can I steal that line? I will use it for great justice!
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For the record, the people of Haiti desperately fighting to survive and more than a little concerned about whether they can catch enough rats for their next meal don't give a fuck about "Rev Robby" and his impertinant remarks. If he were going to be marginalized for being a racist, it would have happened by now. Somebody needs to dig up some mulatto kids on that guy.
J.
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While it's true that the Haitian people probably don't give a shit about what this asshole said right now, that doesn't make it ok. Saying that people brought a tragedy like that upon themselves is never ok.
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J.
P.S. I'm totally getting an inappropriate T-Shirt when he dies.
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Then again, you're not the one spreading his hate speach to make sure billions hear it instead of a few thousand hand-chosen lunatics on the fringe of society. Keeping quiet about violence (domestic, racial or otherwise) is one thing. Profligating hate speach for ratings is quite another. I'm certain the neo-nazi wish they got half his coverage.
J.
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INSANE I TELL YOU!
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