Posted on 03/26/2015 3:03:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Phil Robertson is an embarrassment, not a hero, and the socially conservative movement needs to distance itself from him immediately.
Dont get me wrong I agree that our culture is experiencing a terrifying shift towards censorship. People have become so easily offended that its almost impossible to say anything without someone getting upset about it; and concepts like trigger warnings, safe spaces, and microaggressions are threatening free speech.
But none of this changes the fact that Phil Robertson is an ignorant buffoon, and that many of his comments despite the fact that he does have every right to make them are not ones that anyone should ever want to be associated with.
Now, before you start composing your hate mail think about it. Do you really want a dude who is going to publicly ruminate about the gruesome rape, murder, and castration of a man and his little atheist wife and two little atheist daughters to be an official face of your #brand?
And he is an official face. He spoke at this years CPAC, where he also received a free-speech award named after conservative legend Andrew Breitbart. As for his most recent controversial comments, he made them during a speech at a prayer breakfast, and the very fact that he was given the role of speaker suggests that hes viewed as a model of the Christian faith. Hes an icon but why?
After all, lets be honest: His detailed hypothetical about the brutal rape, murder, and castration of an atheist family was disturbing, and his underlying point that only a Christian could understand why these activities were wrong was ignorant. It provided anyone who might accuse Christians of being intolerant with about the best piece of ammo that I can imagine.
So, Team Robertson when people meet you and you tell them youre a Christian, are these comments ones that you would want them to ascribe to your belief system? If not, say so! And if yes, well, good luck out there.
Katherine Timpf is a reporter for National Review.
National review is a joke among us conservatives.
Seek... Phil must have “rung” Kathy’s bell. Keep it up Phil. You are on target.
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>> “Sounds like a cranky old teacher I had in second grade.” <<
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I had her in third grade. The teacher that I had in second grade was afraid of me because they told her that I was a super genius, so she just ignored me all year.
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LOL
William F. Buckley Jr. must be banging his head against the walls of his coffin. National Review has become a joke.
Ummmm, Read my post again. I pointed out the authoress sounds like a cranky old teacher I had in second grade. I don’t think Phil said “the socially conservative movement needs to distance itself from him immediately.” Or maybe you do.
This from a publication with Dick Morris as an author...
http://www.nationalreview.com/author/dick-morris
Who’s embarrassing?
National Review used to be my guide through the political swamps. How the mighty have fallen.
If that were so then NO ONE can call themselves Christian.” <<
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You didn't read 1John far enough!
He blew that ridiculous lie to hell where it belongs.
1John 5:
[2] By this we know that we love the children of God,
[3] For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
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RE: I pointed out the authoress sounds like a cranky old teacher I had in second grade.
Well, I thought you were referring to Phil Robertson, the authoress is not old by any means but Robertson is well, a senior citizen. :)
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>> “Whos embarrassing?” <<
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The Toe Sucker!
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RE: For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Yes, that’s the attitude of the true Christian, if you love God you will DESIRE to keep His commandments, but I don’t think he means that a Christian can keep God’s commandment PERFECTLY at all.
We are still sinners while we live on earth ( Romans 7 ), and we struggle with our sinful nature even after being born again.
this actually reads not-a-lot-differently than the dem anti-Ted Cruz rants...
National Review = NYTNBCCBSMSNBC....?
National Review, also known as surrender monkey George H.W. Bush central, has presented itself, through this female Nazi lizard, as the voice of RINO reason.
How do you say FU to a female 50 IQ ape?
Can someone explain the comment she is referring to, about the rape and the murder and the “atheist wife”?
RE: Can someone explain the comment she is referring to, about the rape and the murder and the atheist wife?
SEE HERE:
Here is the transcript of what he said:
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Two guys break into an atheists home.
He has a little atheist wife and two little atheist daughters.
Two guys break into his home and tie him up in a chair and gag him, and then they take his daughters in front of him and rape both of them and shoot em.
And they take his wife and decapitate her head off in front of him.
And then they look at him and say, Isnt it great that I dont have to worry about being judged? Isnt it great that theres nothing wrong with this? Theres no right or wrong, now is it dude?
And then you take a sharp knife and take his manhood and hold it in front of him and say, Wouldnt it be something if this [sic] was something wrong with this?
But youre the one that says theres no God, theres no right, theres no wrong, so were just having fun.
Were sick in the head. Have a nice day.
If it happened to them, they would probably say, Something about this just aint right.
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Speaking at the Vero Beach Prayer Breakfast, which was later rebroadcast on TruNews, Robertson seemed to be addressing the question of whether atheists, because they dont believe in God, are unable to distinguish between good and evil acts.
Still pressing on......
....so good to see you too :)
Streaming audio of Phil's speech can be found here for those who haven't heard it: http://www.trunews.com/Audio/03_20_15_friday_trunews2.mp3
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