Hayes Brown at ThinkProgress reports on something that Mike Huckabee just said:
“I know we’re not supposed to say anything unkind about Islam,” the former Arkansas governor said. “I mean, it’s politically incorrect. I get that. But can someone explain to me why it is that we tiptoe around a religion that promotes the most murderous mayhem on the planet in their so-called ‘holiest days’…You know, if you’ve kept up with the Middle East, you know that the most likely time to have an uprising of rock throwing and rioting comes on the day of prayer on Friday. So the Muslims will go to the mosque, and they will have their day of prayer, and they come out of there like uncorked animals — throwing rocks and burning cars…”
Huckabee, of course, is an ordained Southern Baptist minister. And what he just said is so typical of Christians. On Sundays in their churches, Christians are always like, “Jesus Christ, tra la la, he’s so special, everyone should be nice to everybody,” but then you put them on the radio or cable news and they’re all stereotyping 1.6 billion people and calling everybody who practices another religion less than human. I get so sick of these fucking stupid Christians, spouting stupid shit about people they don’t know. What kind of a fucking asshole would stereotype 1.6 billion people based on a few seconds of out-of-context footage of a couple idiots they saw on the internet? A Christian, that’s who.
“I get so sick of these fucking stupid Christians, spouting stupid shit about people they don’t know. What kind of a fucking asshole would stereotype 1.6 billion people based on a few seconds of out-of-context footage of a couple idiots they saw on the internet? A Christian, that’s who.”
Pot, meet Kettle.
Wow, Paul. Just wow.
“What kind of a fucking asshole would stereotype 1.6 billion people based on a few seconds of out-of-context footage of a couple idiots they saw on the internet? A Christian, that’s who.”
So, you’re condemning a Christian who stereotypes billions of Muslims by stereotyping billions of Christians based on what that one Christian said? Oh. OK.
Here’s another question for you, Paul:
What kind of a fucking asshole/hypocrite would stereotype 2.2 billion people based on a few lines uttered by one idiot they read about on the internet? A dumbshit hack named Paul Constant, that’s who.
(I’m an agnostic, by the way. And i agree that Huckabee is a moron. But please don’t go assuming that EVERY agnostic holds the same opinion as me — that would be S-T-E-R-E-O-T-Y-P-I-N-G.)
You guys think the fact that Paul was exemplifying the exact behavior he is writing about happened unintentionally, rather than it being an absolutely intentional writing technique utilized to precisely prove his entire point?
irony
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your head
It’s kind of unbelievable that people managed to read this sentence:
“What kind of a fucking asshole would stereotype 1.6 billion people based on a few seconds of out-of-context footage of a couple idiots they saw on the internet? A Christian, that’s who.”
And not get the joke.
@ elaine & Aestro:
Yeah, i thought about that before i commented. If that’s what he was attempting to do, then i think it fell pretty flat; like when someone tells a really good joke, but they butcher the delivery so badly that no one gets it, and the few that do get it don’t laugh because it simply isn’t funny anymore.
Also, do you really think that there aren’t tons of people out there, including liberal journalists that should know better, that espouse such a hypocritical mindset? His statement and sentiment simply wasn’t outrageous enough or unusual enough for me to automatically believe it to be sarcasm. I wish it was. Call me cynical.
“Also, do you really think that there aren’t tons of people out there, including liberal journalists that should know better, that espouse such a hypocritical mindset?”
That’s the point.
And my point was that i have no real reason to believe that he isn’t one of them.
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And now i’ll end with a racist joke, but i swear i’m not racist…
human in training: i definitely see your point. that’s fair.
I maintain my belief that it was intentional irony, but i agree that there are simply still too many people who make statements like that–and actually mean it–to be funny. Ignorance is a dangerous flame to play with.