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bloodyrosemccoyOkay, two things about this clusterfuck:
1. Terry Jones is an anthropologically myopic asshole, ascribing attributes to another religion that could have an equal application, or misapplication, to his own. On the other hand,
2. I don’t fucking care what the book says; it is not more important than somebody’s life. If you have become murderously violent toward random people simply because some asshole on the other side of the world has disrespected a copy of it, you really need to reexamine your priorities.
People wonder why atheists get exasperated by religion. Sure, without it I’m sure humans would behave this stupidly over something else, and I would probaby get just as exasperated over that, too, but I hate that religion gets a free pass to do this sort of bullshit. This is just unbelievable.
1. Terry Jones is an anthropologically myopic asshole, ascribing attributes to another religion that could have an equal application, or misapplication, to his own. On the other hand,
2. I don’t fucking care what the book says; it is not more important than somebody’s life. If you have become murderously violent toward random people simply because some asshole on the other side of the world has disrespected a copy of it, you really need to reexamine your priorities.
People wonder why atheists get exasperated by religion. Sure, without it I’m sure humans would behave this stupidly over something else, and I would probaby get just as exasperated over that, too, but I hate that religion gets a free pass to do this sort of bullshit. This is just unbelievable.
Re: Why they're protesting...
Date: 2011-04-05 10:40 pm (UTC)...and this makes them different from people anywhere else how, exactly?
The western world has more than enough fact-phobic citizens to publish a whole newspaper full of pull-quotes. Violence based on gossip happens... just about everywhere violence happens, unfortunately.
Re: Why they're protesting...
Date: 2011-04-05 11:19 pm (UTC)As examples;
Sarah Palin is thought of as a brilliant political leader with a shot at being President.
Obamacare will create death panels.
Obama isn't a citizen.
Gay marriage threatens traditional marriage.
Islam is a violent religion.
The Tea Party.
Government shutdown is the way to go.
Yeah, we're as bad, if not worse than a bunch of stupid kids running wild in the streets of Kandahar. We have the internet, cable television, NPR, and really, we of all people should know better, yet we don't. People like Jones aren't the problem so much as a symptom of the problem, which is, of course, willful ignorance.