Posted on 09/16/2005 6:45:26 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
My question is: should someone like Ms. Falsani, the Sun-Times' "Religion Writer" resort to using a bigoted term like "redneck" to describe a minister with whom she disagrees? Should she be asked to publish an apology or resign as "religion writer?"
This guy has just as much right to say what he wants as Louis Farrakhan has to say that whites blew up the bridge. Other side of the same coin. Same kind of person, different extremes.
Shame that we are so quick to censor the thoughts or words of others. This is more typical liberal thinking than conservative.
Why didn't this guy write "America is a modern day Soddom and Gammorah"? I don't buy it that he meant the whole country. He meant NO.
FR has become PC, but only for certain groups. Rednecks etc are fair game.
I'm proud to be a redneck.
I am one by osmosis...I get tired of the FR people that rant day after day about rednecks, crackers, baptists etc etc.
I come from a long line of rednecks.
How come Tom Robbins comments are correct but Dr. Benett's aren't? Looks like the writer is letting bias show. Nah, that can't be right.
That's my question - why is this so-called religion writer using that term to describe a minister?
Do you recall any mass migration of rednecks moving NORTH for opportunity during the last fifty years????? Since WW2 the north has been moving south. Rather odd that they cannot abide the rednecks, their religion or their culture yet the migration continues to this day.
She called him on the PHONE, and concludes that he's a "REDNECK."
Absolutely she ought to be sacked for that.
She also dismisses that in response to his absolutely legally protected speech, church property was vandalized, which is illegal.
She's a terrible excuse for a human being. Some "religion" writer.
Redneck as well.
When the media decides whom to attack because of their belief or whatever, then I am interested.
I don't think this guy reflects the culture or religion of the majority of rednecks. I'd be offended by him, too, and think he gives southerners a bad name.
Though he has every right to put it up.
Now how could New Orleans be both Sodom and Gamorrah? Interestingly I did see an article on San Francicso reviewing their disaster plans and couldn't help but think maybe that'd be a good idea just in case.
I detest those that would muzzle the man, when they cannot do that, they attack. I have yet to see any remarks by the man that are beyond propriety.
Those that spout ugly words such as bigot, hypocrite etc etc are only painting a public picture of themselves.
Err.. so why is the claim that because the quarter infamous for drunken debauchery, robbery, and prostitution was spared demonstrative of God's approval any less offensive, if not in fact moreso.
The prophets who speak of fire and brimstone are never popular, that is not to say that they are wrong.
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