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Lordquinton

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103. So the rest you accept as true?

Tue Aug 27, 2013, 01:50 AM

Aug 2013

That she was not a good person? and that her works were probably worse than anything hitchens said?

To quote another in this thread:

"Collecting millions upon millions of dollars in donations... and letting your wards die of treatable illness while you squirrel some of that away for your own medical needs and pass the rest on to the church? That's nothing to admire. "

And she preached that this was all in the lord's name, what would you call it?

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"You don't have to be Mother Theresa to avoid being an asshole." [View all] babylonsister Aug 2013 OP

Their lack of compassion may be a way of masking their fear that it will happen to them one day. freshwest Aug 2013 #1

off topic but love the cat GIF lol !!!! nt steve2470 Aug 2013 #3

Please use it yourself! Google doesn't mind. freshwest Aug 2013 #6

Fuck this thing in particular... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2013 #46

How do you copy a gif animation on iPhone? Hissyspit Aug 2013 #42

LOL Voice for Peace Aug 2013 #52

And yet BlueToTheBone Aug 2013 #54

^^ THIS ^^ and.... OneGrassRoot Aug 2013 #65

That's pretty much it treestar Aug 2013 #66

Me too - love that cat and his Cattitude! Marie Marie Aug 2013 #82

Hi, Marie Marie! Love the Cattitude and your Attitude in the sig! All good. freshwest Aug 2013 #83

But you DO have to avoid acting COLGATE4 Aug 2013 #2

Even if they're nice in public, they prove their assholery in the voting booth in private. freshwest Aug 2013 #4

They're so disconnected from reality now that precious COLGATE4 Aug 2013 #7

Some would argue that Mother Theresa was a bit of an asshole herself. Sheldon Cooper Aug 2013 #5

Who would argue that? oldhippie Aug 2013 #8

Well, Christopher Hitchens, for one. Sheldon Cooper Aug 2013 #12

I learn something new every day here. oldhippie Aug 2013 #69

Anyone who actually knew what a terrible person she really was. cleanhippie Aug 2013 #53

I think she was the true definition of a defacto7 Aug 2013 #85

Mother Theresa was a bit of an asshole? oberliner Aug 2013 #10

Mother Theresa sasquuatch55 Aug 2013 #14

Christopher Hitchens?! oberliner Aug 2013 #16

I agree with him on this Scootaloo Aug 2013 #32

Hitch was a strange bird in that his track record was all over the map. But no one would argue he Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #93

He's not the only one... progressoid Aug 2013 #40

Pot. Kettle. rug Aug 2013 #35

No, I think Fact. Fact. defacto7 Aug 2013 #86

Yes, she was actually. NYC Liberal Aug 2013 #15

Shameful comment oberliner Aug 2013 #17

Ignorant rebuttal. chollybocker Aug 2013 #19

+1 truebluegreen Aug 2013 #24

shameful stupidity--->seriously just sayin... hue Aug 2013 #31

I think what people are saying here noamnety Aug 2013 #34

Hell's Angel snooper2 Aug 2013 #75

Not shameful. Truthful. NYC Liberal Aug 2013 #98

Criticism of Mother Theresa Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #20

Mother Fkr Teresa was a big a-hole hue Aug 2013 #25

"....cites the journalist Christopher Hitchens." oberliner Aug 2013 #41

"sorrow, suffering is but a kiss of Jesus - a sign that you have come so close to Him..." progressoid Aug 2013 #77

Sadist. defacto7 Aug 2013 #87

Not a bit of one, a total one. cleanhippie Aug 2013 #55

She had good PR, I'll grant her that. Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #92

Yep. n/t progressoid Aug 2013 #26

I can't believe it took til post 5 before Union Scribe Aug 2013 #48

Yeah, I was kinda bummed that mine wasn't the Number 1 post. Sheldon Cooper Aug 2013 #57

You're right, it should have taken less. She deserves every bit of it. cleanhippie Aug 2013 #58

And Hitchens deserves a hell of a lot more for his war drumming and misogyny. rug Aug 2013 #71

Hitchens realised his mistakes Lordquinton Aug 2013 #90

Reveled? Surely you have a link to that. rug Aug 2013 #100

Surely you can read some of the links posted in this thread. Lordquinton Aug 2013 #101

Not a word about reveling. rug Aug 2013 #102

So the rest you accept as true? Lordquinton Aug 2013 #103

No, I don't. She did lots to criticize but also lots to admire. rug Aug 2013 #105

Hell's Angel? More than an asshole REP Aug 2013 #104

The stupidity of saying "get a job" is this Heather MC Aug 2013 #9

I'm sorry but Mother Teresa papa3times Aug 2013 #11

Thanks for the recommendation. noamnety Aug 2013 #21

"Go and YouTube Christopher Hitchens ..." oberliner Aug 2013 #29

You seem determined to remain in the dark about the actual philosophy of Sheldon Cooper Aug 2013 #33

"The actual philosophy" oberliner Aug 2013 #43

It's amazing to me that you're bringing MLK into the conversation. Sheldon Cooper Aug 2013 #56

I kinda disagree with the ignorance or separation from reality as an excuse. Alkene Aug 2013 #13

you completely nailed it. spot on. evemac Aug 2013 #84

babylonsister great post thank you Tippy Aug 2013 #18

"I'm tired of conservatives telling everybody to get a job and stop looking for help".....or the old a kennedy Aug 2013 #22

To the Hungry Masses: Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #23

Indeed I'm soo sick of this also!! hue Aug 2013 #28

The impasse Repukes have towards empathy lies in the core of their personality. hue Aug 2013 #27

Cannot believe the Mother Theresa bashing on this thread oberliner Aug 2013 #30

She earned the bashing. Sheldon Cooper Aug 2013 #36

Uncounted millions were given to her order with which to serve the poor. LeftyMom Aug 2013 #37

It's not the MFT bashing making You sick--it's believing in a baseless myth/fantasy that's kills U. hue Aug 2013 #38

Which myth/fantasy would that be? oberliner Aug 2013 #44

Her fetishization of suffering in the name of God was shameful. Brickbat Aug 2013 #39

Whatever oberliner Aug 2013 #45

Teresa harmed the poor, sick & dying. She & the Vatican USED them to greatly enrich themselves. hue Aug 2013 #49

I would suggest you look at it from the opposite perspective. noamnety Aug 2013 #50

Great argument, bro. Brickbat Aug 2013 #64

Can I tweak your post a bit? noamnety Aug 2013 #67

She committed the ultimate sin against a segment of DU: Union Scribe Aug 2013 #51

You're missing a key element here. noamnety Aug 2013 #60

We have no need to "trash" her. We know her by her works and her own words. hue Aug 2013 #62

Recced War Horse Aug 2013 #47

More info hue Aug 2013 #59

part 3 hue Aug 2013 #63

Great post, thanks. nt Zorra Aug 2013 #61

Cruelty and intolerance Enthusiast Aug 2013 #68

All you people bashing Mother Theresa have NOTHING to say about conservatives and babylonsister Aug 2013 #70

Eh, I think all it says about us noamnety Aug 2013 #72

Stating facts about her actually being a terrible person is not bashing. cleanhippie Aug 2013 #73

This post is about conservatives, not Mother Theresa. babylonsister Aug 2013 #76

The post used a true asshole as someone to emulate. cleanhippie Aug 2013 #79

I think everyone got what your post was about. noamnety Aug 2013 #81

MTeresa is the paradigm/prime example of a Repub/RW'er personality. hue Aug 2013 #94

The flawed premise is more interesting than the trite conclusion. LeftyMom Aug 2013 #80

I for one criticize all of them. NYC Liberal Aug 2013 #99

The gops act like they have weekly seminars on how to Cha Aug 2013 #74

Can't argue with that. avaistheone1 Aug 2013 #78

k&r n/t RainDog Aug 2013 #88

That's interesting because Mother Theresa was definitely an asshole. Gravitycollapse Aug 2013 #89

I hear ya. But, do they have a point? Festivito Aug 2013 #91

My Lord. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2013 #95

"You don't have to be Mother Theresa to avoid being an asshole." Fumesucker Aug 2013 #96

I'm shocked to learn The Wizard Aug 2013 #97