Posted on 06/25/2010 6:04:37 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Garofalo: Bible a 'Work of Fiction' for 'Child-Like Audience' By Nathan Burchfiel Created 06/25/2010 - 08:43
Sometime-comedian Janeane Garofalo never passes up an opportunity to slam conservatives or, apparently, Christianity. The Huffington Post gave her an opportunity June 24 to kill two birds with one stone.
In an interview [1] promoting her upcoming special on a network called EPIX, Garofalo compared the most widely-read book of all time, the Bible, to a Bill O'Reilly autobiography and a children's book authored by former President Bush.
When asked by a Huffington Post reader which of those three publications she'd rather read, Garofalo said, "Actually that's like six and one half, that is six and one half right there." Presumably, she meant to use the popular idiom, "six of one, half a dozen of the other."
"That's just three works of fiction targeted to a child-like audience so any, all, any one, none," Garofalo said. "I don't know how to read either, so that's kind of a drag."
During the interview, Garofalo also expressed disappointment in President Obama. "It's a drag that he's such a conservative," she lamented.
Garofalo's made her disdain for religion clear in the past. During a June 16 appearance on "The Joy Behar Show" on Headline News, she called prayer "anti-intellectual." Behar later defended Garofalo on ABC's "The View," saying the comedian should have said prayer was "un-intellectual."
Garofalo has also built a long resume of attacking conservatives. She has compared the GOP to neo-Nazis [1] and called Tea Party protestors "functionally retarded [1]," and "racist backward motherf***ers [1]." She has called the stable of Fox News anchors and hosts, as well as conservative talk radio hosts, liars [1].
She does not appear to be one of the elect.Why would anyone in their right mind be proud of that and want to brag about it?
I’m pretty sure that Garofalo is a Scientologist. LOL!
She’s just pissed because God made her the ugly stick
I don’t think so. The Scientologists require their celebrities to bathe and look successful.
She'll melt, just like her great-grandma in the Wizard of OZ
I know she meant the comment in a disrespectful manner; but the Bible teaches us to be as children, as we approach the Heavenly Father.
child-like. perfect descript for a lib..
Many more of this type may be seen at the Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington.
they keep doing it because they think they can get away with it, for so long the right has been quiet because we don’t want to be called racist/insensitive/gun toters/ etc etc etc...but think about it, they call us those things anyway so why not give it right back? they want to be militant? so should we! they are fighting for control, we are fighting for freedom!
That’s just it, for a lot of these whacked-out celebs, the Republican party to them is just a proxy for Christianity. So they use attacking Republicans in general as attacking Christianity, never mind the fact that most people who identify themselves as Republicans aren’t that religious.
Garofalo has got to be one of the meanest public figures ever. She just delights in insulting people.
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