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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums10 Deranged Dispatches From the Right-Wing Wackosphere This Week
http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/10-deranged-dispatches-right-wing-wackosphere-week1. One-woman parade of idiocy, Sarah Palin: The Pope is too liberal; social programs are similar to slavery.
Sarah Palin was on book tour this week, telegenically spewing some of the stupidest nonsense weve heard since she announced she could see Russia from her house. Wed like to ignore her, but the fact is shes hugely popular among a certain segment of the population, and her book about the war on Christmas, Good Tidings and Great Joy, is destined for best-sellerdom. Just dont wish her Happy holidays! That is waging war, my friend.
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2. Pat Buchanan: The Pope is bordering on moral relativism. The horror!
Pat Buchanan is another conservative who is very upset that the Pope is not willing to use the Catholic Church to bully people anymore. Specifically, he misses license to bully atheists, women who use birth control and have abortions, and gay people. In his refusal to berate or convert atheists, and tell LGBT people that they are going to hell, Pope Francis is bordering on cue music of dread moral relativism.
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3. Pat Robertson: Ask your gay son if he has been molested.
Ever the dispenser of sound parenting advice, 700 Club host, evangelical bigot par excellence Pat Robertson advised a caller to be understanding when talking to her gay son. By being understanding, he meant asking her son if the reason he is gay is because he was molested. Because that is always how people become gay.
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4. Sandy Rios: Gay-waiter-refused-tip story just a clever ruse to help ENDA.
No doubt youll remember the story two weeks ago of the Kansas City waiter who, in lieu of a tip, received a note from his oh-so-considerate Christian customers saying that, despite his superb service, they couldnt let him share in their riches because they, and god, disapproved of his lifestyle. That story went viral, and even Bill Maher picked up on it, suggesting that if you want to be selfish and cheap, just do it. Dont claim its for the workers own good.
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10 Deranged Dispatches From the Right-Wing Wackosphere This Week (Original Post)
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lunasun
(21,646 posts)1. None of them make any sense , but imo these 2 are the craziest comments
#6 Historian David Barton: True Christian soldiers wouldn't have PTSD.
Atheism is apparently a problem in the military, too. Because if soldiers were true Christians, they would not feel bad about killing enemies and sometimes non-combatants. They would not come home traumatized and have all these psychological problems.
You dont take drugs to get rid of it, it doesnt take psychology; that promise right there will get rid of it, Copeland said.
When you go to war Gods way, Barton chimed in, not only are you guiltless for having done that, youre esteemed.
When you go to war Gods way,????
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#10 Louisiana official: Close the libraries so those Mexicans cant learn English; build a jail instead.
Lindel Toups, who sits on the Lafourche Parish City Council, is upset that Mexicans are trying to learn English, and hed like to divert funding from libraries to a new jail because of that fact
Theres just so many things theyre doing that I dont agree with Them junkies and hippies and food stamps [recipients] and all, they use the library to look at drugs and food stamps [on the Internet]. I see them do it.
Junkies look at drugs at a library instead of taking them???
Atheism is apparently a problem in the military, too. Because if soldiers were true Christians, they would not feel bad about killing enemies and sometimes non-combatants. They would not come home traumatized and have all these psychological problems.
You dont take drugs to get rid of it, it doesnt take psychology; that promise right there will get rid of it, Copeland said.
When you go to war Gods way, Barton chimed in, not only are you guiltless for having done that, youre esteemed.
When you go to war Gods way,????
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#10 Louisiana official: Close the libraries so those Mexicans cant learn English; build a jail instead.
Lindel Toups, who sits on the Lafourche Parish City Council, is upset that Mexicans are trying to learn English, and hed like to divert funding from libraries to a new jail because of that fact
Theres just so many things theyre doing that I dont agree with Them junkies and hippies and food stamps [recipients] and all, they use the library to look at drugs and food stamps [on the Internet]. I see them do it.
Junkies look at drugs at a library instead of taking them???
JHB
(37,158 posts)2. This is what happens when Kool-Aid becomes a masturbatory aid
The forum for most of these was some variation of a circle-jerk.
The only one that wasn't (#10, about taking money from libraries to build jails, because Mexicans and hippies were going to the libraries to look at drugs and food stamps) was from someone who sounds like he honed his talking points in one.
Not surprisingly, the guy has a vested interest:
Toups served as the chair of the New Jail Committee, established in 2011 to help secure funding for a new facility. He said the librarys revenue is a logical choice.