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 zetek
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 The American Taliban: The Cancer On The Soul Of Ou 
#395392 - 09/15/01 07:18 PM (22 years, 11 days ago) |
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The American Taliban: The Cancer On The Soul Of Our Country
by William Rivers Pitt
8/14/01
"What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents."
- Robert Kennedy
Amidst the dust and ruin, amidst the pain and woe, amidst the remarkable unity that is being demonstrated by Americans everywhere, there lurks a vein of hatred and evil that is nearly beyond description. Some Americans today are leveling fingers of blame towards homosexuals, towards liberals, towards the ACLU, towards those who protect and defend a woman's legal right to reproductive freedom. That anyone would seek to smear fellow American citizens with blame for the atrocities that have been visited upon us is wretched enough to make any decent human being physically ill. That those who do this are denouncing our fellow citizens in the name of God is the definition of evil, and is the same kind of hate that drove those airplanes like a dagger into the heart of our nation. I am ashamed to be an American today because of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.
This is what Mr. Falwell had to say on Robertson's nationally broadcast television show, 'The 700 Club':
"The ACLU's got to take a lot of blame for this...throwing God out successfully with the help of the federal court system, throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools. The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans and the abortionists and the feminists and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle...all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say, 'You helped this happen.'"
There were more Americans killed on Tuesday than in the attacks on Pear Harbor and the invasions on D Day and Iwo Jima combined, if the estimates prove to be true. There were more Americans killed on Tuesday than in a year's worth of fighting during the Vietnam War. America has taken a mighty blow, yet we still stand strong. We are pulling together as best we can. So much greatness has been demonstrated by our firefighters, police, medical professionals, rescue workers and ordinary citizens who queue up to give blood, because it is the best thing they can do. Yet, here is a religious bigot who has the unmitigated gall to lay blame upon some of our citizens because he does not agree with the way they live. He does this in the name of his vicious, hateful, bloody God. His God is not my God. His America is not my America.
Mr. Falwell should take that finger of blame and turn it towards his own miserable face. Religious and cultural zealotry and intolerance - on both sides - lies at the root of this disaster. No worse fate could ever befall America than to have it to come under the sway of demagogues like Jerry Falwell.
Gay? To the wall.
Pro-choice? To the wall.
ACLU, defender of the Constitution? To the wall.
Not Christian? To the rack, and then the wall.
Support any of the above, or believe those citizens who support the above have the right to do so? To the wall.
Jerry Falwell has done a grave injury to millions of American citizens with his words. The First Amendment of the Constitution allows him to do so, allows him to advocate the destruction of the very rights that protect his hate and evil. Nevertheless, he must be punished for this.
I denounce Jerry Falwell and his lapdog, Pat Robertson. I say they are the worst form of low and awful wretchedness that has ever drawn breath. I say that God would spit in their faces if She could even be bothered to pay attention to such nonsense.
I say, as an American, that these men do not represent the country I love and would die for. They are a cancer on the soul of our country, and they should be treated as such.
I renounce any ties and fealty to the Christian religion as of today, until such time as I can be sure that bastards like Falwell do not and can not purport to carry the Cross. As a lifelong Catholic, this is no small matter for me. I dissent, and my God will understand why.
I say to my homosexual brothers and sisters, to those who are not Christian, to those who support the legal right of reproductive choice, that I am with you. Jerry Falwell and his band of filth will have to get through me in order to get to you.
To Mr. Bush, I demand that you denounce these people as well. Once upon a time you gave your soul to Jesus in the presence of Falwell. I demand that you lay him low, in the name of national unity and love. Be a leader, Mr. Bush. Be a leader of all of us.
To the world, I offer a plea: ignore these villains. They are not us. We will deal with them the way they should be dealt with. Religious extremism of any sort is the most dangerous threat in the world right now. That this breed of the Taliban are American makes them all the more so.
Mr. Falwell, you will burn in hell for your words. God sees you, and is not pleased. Neither am I.
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Re: The American Taliban: The Cancer On The Soul Of Ou [Re: zetek]
#395544 - 09/15/01 11:41 PM (22 years, 10 days ago) |
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yeah, i totally agree, Christianity is meant to spread forgiveness and love, even for people who do things wrong. even if homosexuality is a sin (i dont believe it is), god wouldnt hate them, because he made them. i am technically a catholic, i was baptized, i had my first communion, and am a big fan of the current pope, but what some of these christian zealots are saying just makes me sick.
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Re: The American Taliban: The Cancer On The Soul Of Ou [Re: zetek]
#395547 - 09/15/01 11:44 PM (22 years, 10 days ago) |
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ACLU, defender of the Constitution?
he he...that makes me Giggle..ha ha ha
Relax, Relax, Relax.....it's just a little pin prick * there'll be no more AARRGGHHH!!!! but you may feel a little sick.....
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Re: The American Taliban: The Cancer On The Soul Of Ou [Re: zetek]
#395550 - 09/15/01 11:49 PM (22 years, 10 days ago) |
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That article perverts truth. It trys to make wrong seem right and right seem wrong. That is wrong. That article was a hack job done by a very bitter person. Maybe you should wonder why they are so bitter. It's because they feel threatened by good and are reacting with spite and hate.
Edited by Rail_Gun on 09/16/01 12:50 AM.
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And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
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Re: The American Taliban: The Cancer On The Soul Of Ou [Re: Innvertigo]
#395863 - 09/16/01 01:53 PM (22 years, 10 days ago) |
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What do you have against the ACLU, Invertigo? I think they're a very important organization.
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Re: The American Taliban: The Cancer On The Soul Of Ou [Re: zetek]
#395865 - 09/16/01 01:54 PM (22 years, 10 days ago) |
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Thank you so much for this post. It is right on. I hope you don't mind..I've
sent it off to some friends- with your name of course. I love this picture of those bastards. .
did you make it? If so.. you should make some bumper stickers or something and
sell them. I'd buy one.
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Re: The American Taliban: The Cancer On The Soul Of Ou [Re: zetek]
#396566 - 09/17/01 08:55 AM (22 years, 9 days ago) |
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WELL SAID!!!
The ACLU has good motives, but losy tactics. They like most good causes, end up becoming as bad as the people it fights.
They use snitches, and spy on private citizens. No matter what your cause stands for, you cannot use morality to justify your zig zaging through and around civil liberties.
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Re: The American Taliban: The Cancer On The Soul Of Ou [Re: djfrog]
#396582 - 09/17/01 09:26 AM (22 years, 9 days ago) |
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Nothing's wrong with the ACLU if your a Minority, Gay, ADD, mental case or a criminal. Try being an average white guy and the ACLU has no need for your cause.
ACLU...still makes me giggle....he
also if you have a religious belief...
Relax, Relax, Relax.....it's just a little pin prick * there'll be no more AARRGGHHH!!!! but you may feel a little sick.....Edited by Innvertigo on 09/17/01 12:51 PM.
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Words of Wisdom: Individual Rights BEFORE Collective Rights
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -- Thomas Jefferson
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Re: The American Taliban: The Cancer On The Soul Of Ou [Re: Innvertigo]
#396877 - 09/17/01 03:40 PM (22 years, 9 days ago) |
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Yeah, don't they realize that the Bill of Rights is only supposed to apply to the average white guy?
(before some of you read this and start bitching, this is an example of sarcasm)
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Re: The American Taliban: The Cancer On The Soul Of Ou [Re: zetek]
#914893 - 09/28/02 01:16 PM (20 years, 11 months ago) |
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In reply to:
Yeah, don't they realize that the Bill of Rights is only supposed to apply to the average white guy?
(before some of you read this and start bitching, this is an example of sarcasm)
It's supposed to INCLUDE the average white guy!
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