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Media Equal Time for Sanity and Humanity
Posted by David Schmader on Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 12:47 PM
Having shared Pat Robertson's insane blather about Haiti's earthquake-causing pact with the devil, it's only right for Slog to share this follow-up report from Rachel Maddow, featuring a heroically reasonable response to Robertson (who's practically a Phelps by now) from the Haitian ambassador to the U.S.
I love how Maddow points out that Robertson quotes the Devil.
But seriously, I cannot wait until that shitbag is dead and roasting in a Hell created by God for the sole purpose of making Pat Robertson suffer forever. (Or, as polite folk put it, "Bless his heart.")
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"I cannot wait until that shitbag is dead and roasting in a Hell created by God for the sole purpose of making Pat Robertson suffer forever. (Or, as polite folk put it, "Bless his heart.")"
That was really good Schmader. Totally agree....
That was really good Schmader. Totally agree....
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Robertson has far surpassed Phelps, if only because for some reason I cannot fathom, people still listen to him. He gets on mainstream TV! Nobody puts Phelps on TV except coverage of particularly rowdy WBC protests.
Anyway, they both smugly condone the suffering and death of thousands, historically of millions, so I really can't see a difference between them.
Robertson also makes prophecies, in all earnestness (and no, none of them have ever come true) so it's hard for me to understand how people can fail to see that he is actually, genuinely insane. Maybe it's senile dementia, I don't know. Whatever, his brain does not work and I would feel bad for him if only people didn't keep treating him like he had some kind of right to a public platform.
Anyway, they both smugly condone the suffering and death of thousands, historically of millions, so I really can't see a difference between them.
Robertson also makes prophecies, in all earnestness (and no, none of them have ever come true) so it's hard for me to understand how people can fail to see that he is actually, genuinely insane. Maybe it's senile dementia, I don't know. Whatever, his brain does not work and I would feel bad for him if only people didn't keep treating him like he had some kind of right to a public platform.
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i read a bunch on the history of haiti and the LA purchase. he's dead on and Robertson is a racist idiot - it was a legendary VOODOO CEREMONY in 1791, not a deal with the devil. it did nothing but get them fired up to conduct the only successful slave revolt in history, which was helped by the French Revolution's resulting chaos, but still at a cost of over 100K lives.
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Ambassador Joseph was in Seattle in May as the key note speaker at a Symposium my workplace put on. He is a totally awesome dude, and at the VIP dinner the night before the event he jammed out on a harmonica. No joke.
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Ambassador Joseph was in Seattle in May of last year as the keynote speaker for a symposium my workplace put on, and he is a totally awesome dude. At the VIP reception the night before the event he jammed out on the harmonica for everyone. No joke.
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I think the reason Robertson is so popular is that the god he worships, you can relate to. I mean, someone who is constantly wheeling & dealing for your obedience, telling you if you go to the competitor, you'll get whacked, someone who tells you that you're superior, and that those who don't agree w/ you are scum and damned. That's real humanity, right there. It's like going to the mafia: It's real & you always know where they stand.
Who can get behind a milquetoast god that just loves all day? Very few. The lovey-dovey god, you ask that one why he invented evil, and all you get are ??? The god Robertson peddles for, you ask that question and it's TO KICK YOUR FUCKING ASS HEATHEN SCUM. Now _that's_ a god that Americans can get excited for! It's like an "I don't have to feel empathy for anyone for the rest of my life" card. That god has always won the ratings war, every time.
Who can get behind a milquetoast god that just loves all day? Very few. The lovey-dovey god, you ask that one why he invented evil, and all you get are ??? The god Robertson peddles for, you ask that question and it's TO KICK YOUR FUCKING ASS HEATHEN SCUM. Now _that's_ a god that Americans can get excited for! It's like an "I don't have to feel empathy for anyone for the rest of my life" card. That god has always won the ratings war, every time.
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why is the Haitian ambassador even entertaining this stupid shit? he's just validating that what Pat Robertson says is somehow important. they just had a massive earthquake with tens of thousands maybe more dead and we're sitting here having a debate about mythology? sorry - but i have to call stupid BS all around.
the haitian ambassadors only appropriate response to comment about Pat Robertson is "sorry, I have more important things to worry about"
the haitian ambassadors only appropriate response to comment about Pat Robertson is "sorry, I have more important things to worry about"
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@ 12,
Or, "A pity Reagan defunded mental health care in America and let all the lunatics wander at large, isn't it?"
Or, "A pity Reagan defunded mental health care in America and let all the lunatics wander at large, isn't it?"
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@13--yep this is a story about Reagan that will continue to haunt America for decades to come. The nest depiction of Reagan (and thatcher) are Ralph Steadman's paintings.
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What's with this whole primitive campfire-tale ghost-story religion? Is this where Christianity has gone, because I've been out of it so long. Weird, because they used to pride themselves on being the religion that pulled people out of the darkness of superstition. And now I see Pat Robertson believes in the same old Occult Search for Immortality bullshit from the Dark Ages and geek roleplaying games.
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