Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
Religion of Peace, my ass!
Here are three recent stories that give lie to the claim by wingnuts that conservative Christians are God’s gift to mankind and Muslims are incurably violent reprobates who need to be shoved into human-sized microwaves.
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The War on The War on Christmas Turns Bloody
Culture Warriors on the Q train in New York beat the snot out of Jews after hurling anti-Semitic slurs at the victims. What did the Jewish passengers do to deserve an American-style Kristallnacht? Merely saying “Happy Hanukkah” in response to being greeted with “Merry Christmas.”
And there’s a bonus feature to this story guaranteed to make conservatives’ heads a-splode: a Muslim student from Bangladesh came to the aid of the Jews - earning a shiner for his efforts.
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Shorter African Conservative Christians: She Turned Me Into a Newt!
Remember how wingnuts have jumped on a series of stories out of Africa about Muslims blowing their tops at any actions they didn’t approve of - naming teddy bears “Mohammed,” beauty pageants and minority groups that the Sudanese government gave the green light to exterminate? Well, now we’ve got conservative Christians in Africa channeling the “Witch” scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The only difference this time is that instead of targeting uppity bitches who don’t know their place (barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen), these “Christians” are targeting kids. Why isn’t The Loofah King, self-appointed protector of the kids, on this case?
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Creationist gets Five Years in Australian Prison for Stabbing Evolution Supporter
And you thought the TEA forcing Chris Comer to resign for the thoughtcrime of forwarding an informational e-mail or the Institute for Creation Research getting the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to give them a legitimate accreditation was bad. What’s worse, the sentence was so lenient because the judge in the case called the accused “a person of good character” and that the crime was “a complete aberration.”
To be fair, copious amounts of alcohol had been consumed prior to the fatal altercation, but that doesn’t absolve Mr. York of culpability for his crime.
So the next time some wingnut tries to feed you the “Conservative Christians GOOD! Muslims BAD!” line, don’t hesitate to call them on their bullshit.
