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Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
Sun May 10, 2015, 02:43 PM May 2015

Conservative Christian Comedian Doesn’t Realize His Critique of Islam Also Applies to His Own Faith


If you’ve never heard of Steven Crowder, please accept my apologies in advance.
He recently posted a piece on his Louder with Crowder site about the Qur’an that is simply too funny — and sad — to pass up. But not funny in the way that Crowder, a former Fox News contributor and conservative comedian, might hope.

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First on their list:
1. It disallows free speech. First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law… abridging freedom of speech.” Qur’an:

“Allah likes not the uttering of unseemly speech in public, except on the part of one who is being wronged…” (4:49)

And, free speech expressed in the form of cartoons of Muhammad is a very, very bad idea. Unless you want to… you know. Prepare to die.

Turns out, though, that Crowder’s favorite Holy Book, full of rules dictating the most minute aspects of a person’s life (like facial hair trimming and fabric choices) also curtails free speech. And you don’t even have to look past the Ten Commandments — the Ten Commandments! — to find proof:

"You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain."

That, too, is a form of censorship.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/05/10/conservative-christian-comedian-doesnt-realize-his-critique-of-islam-also-applies-to-his-own-faith/
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Conservative Christian Comedian Doesn’t Realize His Critique of Islam Also Applies to His Own Faith (Original Post) Warren Stupidity May 2015 OP
And what about not bearing false witness against neighbors? struggle4progress May 2015 #1
When speech harms edhopper May 2015 #2
I think we should respect the idiocy of all religion edhopper May 2015 #3
I try. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #4
Should we respect this Christian asshole edhopper May 2015 #5
I respect his idiocy. It is awesome. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #6
Yes edhopper May 2015 #7
Funny how none of the cancervative comics xfundy May 2015 #8

struggle4progress

(118,295 posts)
1. And what about not bearing false witness against neighbors?
Sun May 10, 2015, 04:39 PM
May 2015

Now there's an infringement on my free speech rights!

edhopper

(33,587 posts)
2. When speech harms
Sun May 10, 2015, 04:43 PM
May 2015

especially monetarily, it is not protected.

Though it isn't censored, it just results in repercussions, like being sued.

Libel and slander and such.

Not sure what your point was.

 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
4. I try.
Sun May 10, 2015, 04:56 PM
May 2015

But there is so much idiocy it is difficult to keep up and even more difficult to fairly allocate respect.

edhopper

(33,587 posts)
7. Yes
Sun May 10, 2015, 05:09 PM
May 2015

it takes work to be that clueless, offensives and unfunny at the same time.

Who does he think he is Adam Sandler.

xfundy

(5,105 posts)
8. Funny how none of the cancervative comics
Sun May 10, 2015, 09:20 PM
May 2015

actually approach anything humorous. None of them. Dennis Miller is their king, and he's nothing but a whining unfunny asshole.

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