Posted on 04/05/2015 4:13:58 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
When it comes to his public commentary, there are times when NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley is spot on. Then there are times when hes so far off you know he has no idea on Earth what hes talking about. Barkleys recent comments regarding the fabricated controversy over Indianas religious freedom bill is a perfect example of the latter.
From the Hill
Americas always had a racial problem, Barkley told CNNs Chris Cuomo late Thursday evening.
Now we have a homophobic problem, he continued. Any form of discrimination, you have to check it.
Barkley added that Indianas latest legislation deliberately targeted people based on their sexual orientation. The retired basketball star, now an analyst on the TNT network, said that discussions about lost religious liberties were thus a false flag.
Gay people didnt go after Christians, he argued. They came after gay people. Lets get that straight.
Its strictly about discrimination, Barkley claimed. They just dont like gay people. I wish they would just say that.
Christians who oppress others always hide behind the Bible, concluded Barkley.
I told you- Charles has no clue what hes talking about.
Sorry Charles, we dont have a homophobic problem, may man. The projection of homophobia onto people who refuse to be coerced into blithely accepting the radical gay agenda is slander- and its done intentionally. Rather than Charles- and the Left, particularly- accepting the fact that many people have sincere, ideological and moral objections that accompany the so-called tolerance and diversity of the gay agenda, he simply dismissed and slandered these people as homophobic. Please. Very few people are actually afraid of homosexuals. Barkley also continues to do what so many people have done this past week- especially those who havent taken the five minutes to actually read Indianas bill (or any current religious freedom bill, for that matter) and thats to read into the bill something that isnt there. Indianas bill doesnt deliberately target people based on their sexual orientation. It doesnt target anybody, period. But that fact doesnt matter. To the intellectually lazy and those whose intent is to mischaracterize and slander those with whom they differ, lies and mischaracterization are legitimate tools to be employed in pursuit of their goal.
And of course, Charles blames Christians for discrimination, oppression, and going after gay people while hiding behind the Bible- a book which I doubt hes read, like so many of the Left- with zero evidence to legitimate such a blatantly false and foolish statement. In actuality, its the other way around. Christians have gone out of their way to love their neighbors, doing unto others which they would want done to them, so often, that its been abused by its cultural benefactors. Christians have turned the other cheek so much that their faces are sore to the touch.
This isnt about discrimination. This isnt about homophobia. This isnt about Christians oppressing others or going after gay people using the Bible as motivation. This is about the intentional lying, mischaracterization and bullying by people on the Left whose goal- besides upending everything that makes America great- is to stamp out religious freedom because its the last recognizable obstacle preventing the Left from fully implementing their morally perverted worldview.
Ummm...yes, Barkley, they did.
what about paedophiles? we are discriminating against them also?
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