Pic Of The Moment: GOP State Sen. Says Being Christian In USA Is Like Being Jewish In Nazi Germany

[EarlG]

Texas senator makes Holocaust comparison in speech

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[blkmusclmachine]

1. Christains are in perpetual rage/victimhood mode. They believe it's either kill or be killed.

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39. And yet we're fighting ISIS for much the same reason.

[nxylas]

78. Not that I'm in favour of war, but ISIS genuinely is persecuting Christians

One of the religious right's complaints, and one that actually has some justification, is that people are not taking the persecution of Christians in the Middle East seriously. I think there's some truth in this, but I wonder if there is an element of the Boy who Cried Wolf at play here. People have become so used to hearing Christians scream about persecution every time a store clerk says "happy holidays" that when genuine persecution arrives, it barely registers in their consciousness, because they have learned to tune it out.

[azureblue]

42. It's because

of the methods the Church leaders use to keep their flock - fear, separation, and hate. As is taught today, the basic message of Christianity is: "something bad will happen to you after you die, and we have the only prevention. And if you don't believe as we do, then something bad will happen to you. And those people over there are out to get you." So the premise starts with fear of the unknown, and, to reinforce it, the Church leaders introduce persecution and sin to keep the flock scared, in line, and not asking too many questions. And those who ask too many questions get pitched out as heretics real quick. They need blind faith to make the machine work. What that becomes is blind rage and fear. And, I will add, this is polar opposite of what Jesus taught, but for sure, do not even say that to them.

[vlyons]

59. So true! The guy is JERK

and gives Christianity a bad name, not that the Fundies need much help in the "persecution complex" dept. Hey I'm glad that I'm a Buddhist! This man's comments are really quite vulgar.

[SoapBox]

48. +1,000,000

[RKP5637]

2. Fucken Idiot! Crap like this is what gives Christianity a bad rap. There are a lot of good

Christians and assholes like this think they represent them. This guys a diabolical ass. I'm not religious, but I recognize some good people are religious, but not like this damn fool.

[FiveGoodMen]

3. "assholes like this think they represent them"

It would help if the more sensible churches/followers could publicly proclaim that this sort of crap does NOT represent their views.

[ColesCountyDem]

7. We do, but getting the media to cover that is an entirely different issue.

They always treat condemnation of dominionist theology, etc., by progressive Christians with a decided "ho hum" attitude. If they bother to cover it at all, it's usually on page 13 in section G.

[Contrary1]

11. And every comment after the article indicates just that.

Sadly, these idiots keep getting elected. One has to wonder why.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

19. Because they present themselves as fighting for Truth, Justice, and the Ability To Make A Buck.

[Brigid]

63. But idiots like Perry make for so much more interesting copy.

[FiveGoodMen]

12. Thank you.

I've heard the same thing a few times. Sadly, not from any of my religious relatives (who could tell me directly any time they want).

I think it would be worthwhile for churches to organize some type of campaign to inform/remind the public of the Gospel quotes that fly in the face of all the hostility and selfishness that typify the current public face of their faith.

[ColesCountyDem]

29. We've chosen to SHOW what Christians do, rather than engage in a shouting match.

Over the last ten years, we've transitioned from a traditional church into a 'New Testament church'. We still have services, Sunday School and the like, but we now also operate a soup kitchen, a food pantry, a homeless shelter and a low-income utility, medical and dental-assistance program.

[azureblue]

43. see Matthew

25: 33- 47. Not you, of course, but this guy, this fake Christian, hates to be told this....

[ColesCountyDem]

56. The parable of the sheep and the goats.

[RKP5637]

15. Yep, MSM is never interested in healing for a better society, but rather the outrageous to fatten

their bottom line profits. ... hence, no interest in those progressive Christians trying to promote betterment for everyone.

[RKP5637]

10. It would! They are always so silent, I just don't get it. It's one thing to turn the other cheek

and all that, but people like this are destroying their faith and so misrepresenting what many are like.

[nxylas]

76. This sort of crap does NOT represent my views

Does that help?

[Wait Wut]

8. Yeppers.

The majority of my friends/family are Christians. They don't think like this.

So, yeah, to our Christian DUers, we aren't going to force you to take ownership of this twit. We know better. Most of us, anyway.

Now, can I get back to planning this years War on Christmas?

[mac56]

38. Ssssshhh, Wait Wut.

We're not supposed to discuss the W.O.C. just yet!

[Amethyst Ring]

58. I thought Halloween Decorations were the signal!

My neighbor's building a whole haunted house...

[samsingh]

4. that would be under isis

[TBF]

5. If these folks had brains they'd be dangerous .. nt

[corkhead]

6. A Perpetual Motion Machine

Knuckle dragging dumbasses like this who hate government get elected and prove that "government doesn't work"

The average citizen who has the plutocratic boot of day to day life on their throats because "government doesn't work" are disgusted that we have knuckle dragging dumbasses in office like this and become disillusioned enough to disengage from the political process all together.

As a result, knuckle dragging dumbasses like this who hate government get re-elected prove that "government doesn't work"

Lather, rinse, repeat.

[RKP5637]

13. Yep, sadly, that's pretty much the bottom line of it all. The SOS keeps repeating over and over. n/t

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44. Insane in the membrane.

[MisterP]

16. the choices are increasingly a boot on the throat vs. shoe on the throat

[Spitfire of ATJ]

18. In their mind it's a Birkenstock sandal on the throat.

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41. Or these!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

71. Those boots weren't made for walkin'.

[wolfie001]

9. That'll gin up the stoopids. Same state that brought us Loonie Goobert R (TX-01).

[littlemissmartypants]

73. Yep. nt

[MynameisBlarney]

14. Oh wow

Absolutely clueless.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. So I bet his "ULTIMATE SOLUTION" is to do it to the Liberals before they do it to them.

[Andy823]

20. Trying to rally the base

Republicans need to get out their voters so they use things like this to rally those who are gullible enough to believe this crap.
As has been stated by others here, all christians are not the same, and the ones republicans want to reach are the fanatics, the ones who believe only republicans can stop all the "persecution" they "think" is being done to them.

Some high control religions use the same kind of tact is to keep their followers in line, and to convince them "they" are the ONLY true religion and if you leave their group, you are doomed.

[littlemissmartypants]

74. exactly eom

[littlemissmartypants]

75. Remember also the "entitlement" concept that is conscript to the arrogance. eom

[JHB]

21. Answer: "No, it's not", but thank you State Sen. Perry, for your entry....

...in our bimonthly "Yes, there is such a thing as a stupid question, for instance..." contest.

[catbyte]

22. OMFG. Yeah, bagger, it's EXACTLY like that.

I know I shouldn't get pissed off at baggers who spew dumbass lies like this, but I just can't help it. They know what they're doing--riling up their bagger base--and it's beyond despicable. And if he isn't lying, then he needs a thorough mental health check.

[EEO]

23. Answer: No. "I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."

[noiretextatique]

24. this is an INSULT to holocaust victims

stupid, fucking LIAR.

[merrily]

25. Is he delusional or pandering or both?

[get the red out]

26. Nope

It's like being a fucking NAZI in Nazi Germany, except for liberal Christians who are never given a voice.

[JNelson6563]

27. Insanity.

Yikes.

[Thinkingabout]

28. It is people like this who is destroying Christianity.

It makes me wonder what is being said in churches which cause those professing to be Christians to hate others as we see here. I am a Christian and believe as Jesus taught, to love everybody, I do not feel the love when one speaks with hate.

[geretogo]

47. 100% agree

[santamargarita]

30. These people pretend to be a lot of things. Using Jews and Nazis is an insult!

[jmowreader]

31. There are four problems with his statement

First, our government is not "perpetuating laws that lead citizens away from God."

Second, there was no concentration camp in Berlin. There is a jail called Plötzensee Prison that was used to execute Aryans who were sentenced to death by Roland Freisler's People's Court, which prosecuted dissidents. The "concentration camps" were far from population centers.

Third, no one was executed with "a bullet through the throat" - executions at Plötzensee were conducted either by guillotining or hanging - and no one was taken to an execution under guise of going to a medical examination. (That's what the Bush administration did to some of Saddam's underlings. Seriously.) Everyone who was executed at Plötzensee had been sentenced to death by a kangaroo court; they knew what was coming.

And finally, his numbers are only about 350 percent off: according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plötzensee_Prison, the Nazis executed 2,891 people at the only place in Berlin where they did it. I've been to the Plötzensee Memorial. It's creepy as hell, but not quite as creepy as Republican State Senator Charles Perry of Texas. The shit the Nazis actually did was bad enough; no embellishment is necessary.

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37. Charles Perry isn't related to Tricky Ricky, is he?

If so, it seems that the bad seed doesn't fall far from the tree.

[niyad]

67. that was my first thought, as well. but, according to wiki, no.

[oberliner]

62. There is no mention of Berlin

I have no idea why that was added to the quote in the photo. It was not uttered and is not included in the linked article, even parenthetically.

[enki23]

32. If Nazi Germany had existed before Nazi Germany...

"Help, the Jewish minority is oppressing us Christians us just like these other Christians oppressed the Jews under the pretense that the Jewish minority was oppressing the Christians..."

[hibbing]

33. I'll be the Paul Revere on this

Shouting warnings to every church I see every four blocks in my city.

Peace

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34. Paging George Santayana.

Those who rewrite history to fit their own warped agendas are doomed to fail it.

[WinkyDink]

35. That remark is pure, unadulterated EVIL.

[TexasTowelie]

54. Read more from the Lubbock Avalanche Journal.

Read more: http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2014-09-30/state-sen-perry-discusses-morals-inaugural-speech#.VCttJRbuPoE

[randr]

36. Fox news is responsible for turning what were once good people into victims

You listen to the lies and paranoid nonsense of that network and sooner or later you fall prey to their ideology.
The Fox nation is a nation of sheep.

[donheld]

40. than should be then?

[Enthusiast]

45. Another Texas Republican idiot.

[geretogo]

46. The psychiatrists need to stop letting these mentally ill psychos out before they are cured .

[Behind the Aegis]

49. What an amazing display of stupidity and ignorance.

This is an example of Holocaust revisionism and minimization.

[Initech]

50. For when a fail is so colossal that it distorts reality...

[Solly Mack]

51. That took nerve or a whole lot of ignorance.

My money is on ignorance.

[SummerSnow]

52. Why are Rethugs always comparing themselves with the

victims of Nazi Germany? Im not Jewish and I am sick and tired of this crap. And by the way asshat if you think your "faith" in god is strong then nothing should lead you away from god.

[TexasTowelie]

53. The report from the Lubbock Avalanche Journal is even more ridiculous.

It also includes some of the speech provided by the pastor at Perry's ingauration.

Read more: http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2014-09-30/state-sen-perry-discusses-morals-inaugural-speech#.VCttJRbuPoE

[jonjensen]

55. christian fundamental fascism is a form of fascism not a form of christianity

If christian fundamental fascists would stop shooting law enforcement officers they wouldn't have to worry so much!

[BlueJazz]

57. Speaking as an Atheist, I've known some wonderful, Fun-to-be-around Christians.

That piece of human garbage isn't one of them.

To even equate his "persecution" with the Jews during WWII is a slap in the face to every Jew that I've even known.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

60. Guess what I just saw on TV?

An ad for the Left Behind movie. No, not the one with Kirk Cameron, this is a new one starring Nicholas Cage that's actually going to be showing in theaters. I've never seen so many big budget Christian movies coming out in such a short time frame. And all from liberal commie Hollywood.

If we're persecuting Christians in this country, we're not doing a very good job of it.

[mikegibbo]

61. Sad commentary

If you are a true believer - no law will lead you away from God. What a load of crap! Nice hair!

[marble falls]

64. What is it with these guys and their need to trivialize what Nazi Germany was and wasn't?....

Though I can definitely see that guy in a black leather trench coat, big trilbies and red armbands with that black device on it. Squint and see if you can't see it, too.

[marble falls]

65. Doesn't he look like Jeb Bush, though?

[Major Hogwash]

66. He'll probably be the 2016 GOP Presidential candidate.

Because this is the most whacked out shit I have ever heard from any Republican . . . so far.

I wonder if Santorum can top this?

Bet he can!!

[niyad]

68. for those who would like to play with the waste of resources:

Representative Charles Perry
Address: 4216 102nd St, Lubbock, TX 79423
Phone [phone]

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

69. Conservatives love trivializing the Holocaust and insulting its victims

"I stubbed my toe. It's totally like being sent to the gas chamber!"

What a fucking asshole.

[MADem]

70. There are no words for that level of abject stupidity. nt

[toby jo]

72. You want to drop him down some portal into a real camp - get it now, buddy?

What a fuckwit.

[littlemissmartypants]

77. The Holocaust is strictly off limits, except in this context by you EarlG and thanks for this. nt

[KG]

79. religion - LOL n/t

[AngryOldDem]

80. Hmmm....

Are Christians being compelled against their will to wear symbols on their clothing to show who they are?

Are their places of worship being raided, vandalized, or burned?

Are their books being burned?

Are they being forced off of all media?

Are they being rounded up and sent away?

Are they free to trot off to their places of worship whenever they want?

I think the answers to all are pretty obvious. So, Senator, your comparison not only is a huge FAIL, it is a huge insult to those who DID suffer through Nazi Germany. So, please -- STFU.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

81. Ahh, um, wait - let me think.... hmmmm...... NO! DUMBASS!!

[Robert24]

82. Texas

State law...you must be this stupid to run for public office

[ChisolmTrailDem]

83. I usually just read and agree with the Pic Of The Moment. This time I had to say:

What the double-plus fuck???

SMH... these people are ate up with the stupid.

[tk2kewl]

84. .

[Bettie]

85. He's a really special kind of stupid

I wonder if he has an assistant to remind him to breathe.

[Zambero]

86. Oh the pure hardship and hell of being in the majority

Especially when "persecutors" suggest that we should not be forcing religious beliefs onto other religions with fewer followers. No doubt European Jews had similar issues with the Nazis not wanting to go along with them. But wait a minute -- the Jews were not in the majority, as put-upon U.S. Christians are. Oops, might this be a seriously botched analogy on the part of this State Senator?

[kwolf68]

87. Unreal

THIS is the idiocy we're up against. WHAT LAWS are being passed 'against religion?'

I know, none...they are pissed that laws are NOT being passed to PROMOTE a (their) religion.

These people are the most dangerous out there, religious whackos.