On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> I wrote a piece of dark (very dark) comedy about this jackass back in > 2006. Aside from what specifically Robertson was being an idiot about > (in 2006, he'd denounced Israel), the writing still seems to resonate. > It was entitled "Pat Robertson Must Die" (like I said, dark comedy): > > http://cindycrawford.blogspot.com/2006/01/pat-robertson-must-die.html > > Clearly nobody took me seriously then. > > My take on Robertson has always been akin to my take on Limbaugh and > O'Reilly (and to an extent, Michael Moore and Al Sharpton). You aren't > going to convince anybody that they are gasbags. And whenever we (I > include myself) pay them lip service, we're just serving to add more > publicity to them. What is the viewership of "The 700 Club"? I would > guess the bulk of the show's ratings stem from media watch dog groups > who are either looking for quotes to pick apart or looking for quotes > to include on their right-wing PAC leaflets. (SNIP) Except...Robertson really is in a much different category than O'Reilly and Sharpton (and much different than Moore). He is even different than Limbaugh (though, as we saw this week, not that different). He is not just a gas bag or a blow hard ro an asshole. Robertson comes close to being in the same category as Osama bin Laden. If I were a Muslim, or a responsible citizen in a predominatly Islamic culture, I would feel a moral obligation to speak out and condem the hatred and intolerance of someone like bin Laden - to make it clear to outsiders, and (even more importantly) to insiders that he does not speak for us - that he is perverting our religious and spiritual values and beliefs and traditions. The vast majority of Muslims are not hateful assholes who glory in the death and suffering of infidels - but too many remain silent, and even allow themselves to take some gratification from the over the top rhetoric of the bin Ladens of thier world. Robertson is a hate mongerer, who glories and pleasures in the death and suffering of those he considers to be infidels. He does not speak for me, he does not speak for Christianity, and Christians and responsible citizens in predominatly Christian cultures have an obligation to clearly condemn him and to marginalize him.
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