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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 07:57 PM
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Why is William Donahue so ANGRY all the time?
He's the head of the Catholic League, and even long before the Terri Schiavo case, he's absolutely incapable of presenting an argument without yelling and screaming.

I just watched him today with Christopher Hitchens, and last night with Al Franken, both of whom were calm and collected, and all Donahue could do was scream, red-faced, at anybody who disagrees with him.

Is THIS supposed to the face of American catholics? It's not a pretty one. The guy's a mad-man.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:00 PM
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1. He's so FULL of
Outrage.

Here's my favorite piece on Willy:

William A. Donohue, president of the conservative Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, has made 23 guest appearances on TV news programs in 2004. Donohue uses his appearances primarily to attack gays and progressives. He has referred to the "gay death style," remarked, "God forbid we'd run out of little gay kids," claimed that Senator John Kerry "never found an abortion he couldn't justify," and claimed that "Hollywood is controlled by secular Jews who hate Christianity in general and Catholicism in particular ... Hollywood likes anal sex."

http://mediamatters.org/items/200412210001
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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:01 PM
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3. well you'd think
most Catholics would resent his "representation".
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Maccagirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:37 PM
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18. This Catholic DOES resent his very being
I went to his website to let him know that he doesn't talk for me, to me or about me. EOM.
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:02 PM
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4. so, he's a fucking idiot.
no shortage of that in this country, unfortunately.
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lastknowngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:00 PM
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2. It's the face a true believer and man of God
NOT
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:03 PM
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Two reasons:
First, the current Pope kinda apologized for that Hitler thing.

Second, people keep misspelling his name.
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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:06 PM
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6. You're right
it's Donohue... My fingers got ahead of me.
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:11 PM
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9. Actually, I wasn't referring to you.
I've seen it spelled Donahue and Donohue and Donoughue and Donahoe.

I have no idea which, if any, is correct.
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dogman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:03 PM
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5. Maybe he's one of those self-mutilation zealots.
The ones with the crown of thorns simulations under their clothes.
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:08 PM
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7. He heard they are making
a feature film of "All In the Family," and he thinks he's being cast as the updated Archie Bunker.
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cry baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:10 PM
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8. I think he hurts any cause he gets involved with. nt
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:13 PM
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10. I think it's all show, full of faux outrage
"Yeah hi this is the booker from M$NBC, we need some nasty vitriolic rhetoric tonight, is Bill available?"
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:14 PM
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11. I was wondering why he was yelling, too
Hitchens even told him he didn't have to shout, but the guy kept going. Gave me a headache. I had to mute the TV.
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:19 PM
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13. He's always like that.
He's just a nasty poophead.
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Lucille Donating Member (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:19 PM
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12. I don't believe Donahue has any official connection to the Church
He started the Catholic League with the intention that it serve as a kind of Catholic Anti-Defamation League. His state of perpetual outrage ensures (1) the continutiation of his self-appointed mission, and (2) the checks will keep rolling in.

What's an anti-defamation league unless you find defamation?
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:23 PM
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16. You'd be hard pressed to find somebody
who's defamed the Catholic Church more/worse than he has.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:21 PM
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14. Because he's a catholic who sold his soul to RevMoon,
just like all the nutty fundies.
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ruggerson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:22 PM
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15. Look at Archie Bunker
Then look at William Donahue.

Then look at Archie Bunker.

Then look at William Donohue.

Then just shake your head.

Life does imitate art.
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:36 PM
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17. Would you be angry if YOU had the head the Catholic League?
Besides, the nuns probably beat the bastard nearly into a coma back in grade school.
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Toby109 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:39 PM
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19. A better question might be
Why is this man on television at all? I've seen him on several occasions and still have not begun to fathom why anyone would have him on except as a sop to all the idiots in the audience. He adds nothing to an argument and spews nothing but intolerance.

Think back to 15-20 years ago. Would Donohue have been invited on any respectable news show? No. Having 24 hour news has not become a godsend to the general public. It has, instead, reduced the level of discussion to people like him.

What a wasteland.
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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-05 08:51 PM
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20. That's the second half of my question...
Is pure outrage enough to be a pundit nowadays? It's not like he ever actually makes a point or expresses a nuanced opinion. It's just pure outrage.

I don't get it...
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