Posted on 04/30/2014 8:13:49 AM PDT by Flame Retardant
Man, the 12 minute speech Sarah Palin gave to the NRA convention is awful. It's just witless, red-meat blathering, delivered in that nasal whine of hers that makes it sound like she's chewing wads of tinfoil. For people who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like.
Fast-forward in the video to the 6:30 mark, though, and listen to what she says about terrorists. It's part of a long harangue about lily-livered liberals, delivered in such a way that makes Archie Bunker sound like Cicero. Money quote:
"Oh, but you can't offend them, can't make them feel uncomfortable, not even a smidgen. Well, if I were in charge, they would know that waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists."OK, stop. Not only is this woman, putatively a Christian, praising torture, but she is comparing it to a holy sacrament of the Christian faith. It's disgusting--but even more disgusting, those NRA members, many of whom are no doubt Christians, cheered wildly for her....
Palin and all those who cheered her sacrilegious jibe ought to be ashamed of themselves. For us Christians, baptism is the entry into new life. Palin invoked it to celebrate torture. Even if you don't believe that waterboarding is torture, surely you agree that it should not be compared to baptism, and that such a comparison should be laughed at. What does it say about the character of a person that they could make that joking comparison, and that so many people would cheer for it. Nothing good--and nothing that does honor to the cause of Jesus Christ.
If I thought that kind of hateful declaration and abuse of the Christian religion was what conservatism stood for, I wouldn't be able to call myself a conservative...
(Excerpt) Read more at theamericanconservative.com ...
Well, she is good looking.
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I assumed he was being sarcastic.
Hey Rod!
Waterboarding is NOT TORTURE!!!!
There is no physical injury and when the process is complete, the subject is in fine health.
I guess it is over. A “Christian” ashamed of being “conservative” if Sarah Palin is a Christian conservative.
God help us. I wonder if this is a pro-choice “conservative”.
Praise God and pass the armageddon.
I guess the entire root of his disgust is that he believes water boarding is on the same level as hanging people by their elbows while electrocuting their genitals, breaking their toes and whipping them with hoses. This author is likely also frustrated with the HVAC accommodations for prisoners at Gitmo.
He is to object of Palin's frustration and the truth hurts.
Is Rod Dreher a man? His writing makes him sound like a a typical feminazi with severe pms.
impeach obama
He’s a leading paleoconservative, I know that much.
Sniff ...
I agree with Dreher. The are plenty of ways to make a point. Co opting a Sacrament (or symbol) of the Christian faith is uncalled for.
Frankly, who cares what this movie reviewer has to say? His political writings are as important to me as those of sports writer Mike Lupica.
But I thought she was irrelevant?
torture is beneath us...there does not have to be physical damage to be torture. Fact.
You forgot drilling through hands and into eyes; one of the favorite forms of entertainment in the terrorist handbook. They really are such fun loving people.
Waterboarding IS NOT TORTURE!
Is this spiel a joke, or some sort of satire? It sounds like the writing of an emotionally disturbed person.
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