Pat Robertson loses battle to keep terrible things he says off the Internet

[Nye Bevan]

Last month, Pat Robertson said that gay people wear “special rings” equipped with tiny razor blades as part of a “vicious” gay plot to spread HIV. While most of us would say such an ignorant statement sounds like pretty much all of the other hateful garbage Robertson says on the regular, the Christian Broadcasting Network got really, really nervous about this particular statement and edited it out of the final broadcast of the “700 Club.”

They also filed a complaint with YouTube to keep Right Wing Watch from posting the video online.

While the clip was taken down for two weeks, it was restored Friday after YouTube affirmed Right Wing Watch’s Fair Use claim.

To mark the occasion, here’s the clip:

http://www.salon.com/2013/09/13/pat_robertson_loses_battle_to_keep_terrible_things_he_says_off_the_internet/

[marew]

1. How the heck...

Does that woman sit there and listen to that hateful nonsense day after day? No matter how many crazy, nasty things he says she just sits there and goes, "Oh. really!" They do religion and especially Christianity no favors. They morph words of acceptance, generosity, and kindness into words of persecution and hate.
And there are people who hang on this mans every word.
I so do not get it!

[BlueToTheBone]

2. How? Why she's on teevee and

is filled with self importance at her role on TeeVee. She doesn't hear a word he says, she's too busy trying to remember her name.

[gopiscrap]

3. P.R. is a fucking clown how he got to where he has is beyond me

there must be a lot of "sheep" n this country and by that I don't mean congregants. I mean idiots who will be led astray.

[Iliyah]

4. No worries, he'll

blame all liberals/progressives/gays/minorities because we are all Satan!

[Nye Bevan]

5. He's like that lunatic RW uncle. I'm sure quite a few DUers have one.

But most lunatic uncles don't get to be interviewed respectfully on TV.

[liberal_at_heart]

6. He should be charged with inciting violence because you know there are going to be some backwards

people watching this and thinking they should attack what they perceive as subhumans who go around infecting people with AIDS. Ever notice how the level of violence inciting decreased dramatically on FOX after Rep. Giffords was shot? They knew they had gone too far. It's still bad but nothing like it was right before Rep. Giffords was shot.

[Wilms]

7. ^