In The Spirit Of Christmas, Keep Your Mouth Shut

[NightWatcher]

From the hilarious mind of comedian Jim David. Comedians are the truth-tellers of our times.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-david/in-the-spirit-of-christma_b_4469185.html

So, a bearded, Southern, Christian duck hunter is anti-gay. Stop the presses! But why did he even make the statements? Is he branching out from duck hunting into sociology? Maybe he's trying to get Pat Robertson's gig, or he's making the moves to develop a chain of Duck-Fil-A restaurants. And again, out of the blue, here was yet another person I had never heard of making a hateful statement about gay people that I didn't need to hear.

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Predictably, Robertson's comments reignited the Christians vs. Gays war, liberals condemning him, and conservatives praising him for standing up for what he believes in (isn't it funny how people only praise you for "standing up for what you believe in," if they agree with you?). Then the left wing sites are filled with damning "how dare you" statements about Robertson, and right wing sites accusing liberals of "attacking Christianity," and playing the victim, and so on; and dweeb after dweeb post their incendiary opinions in the comments sections, in another episode of the endless Merry-Go-Round of total bullshit that gums up our waterworks.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Flame on, but personally I...

really don't give a big rat's ass what some jerk on a TV show says about anything.

I think he's wrong, but I just can't get worked up about it.

[NightWatcher]

2. I think the over reaction came from the right before there was a reaction from the left on this

Redneck said something and we on the left didn't really care. Redneck comments from a redneck, who didn't see that coming. But as soon as his employer suspended him, the reich wing deployed their Over-reaction squad.

...and the poutrage deluge began.

[HereSince1628]

3. In the name of the Mallard, The Ugly Ducking, and the Boiled Carcass...Ahem?

Quakery is called for by the 700 but Quaaaaaacccckkkkkkkkk from the duck call not so much.