Gretchen Carlson mistakes atheists for Satanists

[Katashi_itto]

Fox News host Gretchen Carlson was raked over the online coals on Tuesday for apparently conflating atheism with Satanism, just before one of her guests did the same.

Tuesday morning, Carlson previewed a segment on the Satanist Temple’s proposed Oklahoma Statehouse statue by posting on Twitter, “Atheists unveil Satan statue for OK capitol: smiling kids with goat-faced demon!” She subsequently deleted the tweet, but not before Atheism Tweets captured it:

Later, Carlson refused to apologize for her mistake, writing, “Stop the hate tweets. I made a simple mistake. Thx. [sic] I’m not stupid or asking everyone to believe in my God. Thx.”


In the ensuing discussion, American Atheists president David Silverman argued to Carlson that the Temple had the right to put up their display.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/07/gretchen-carlson-mistakes-atheists-for-satanists/

[eShirl]

1. She doth protest too much.

Later, Carlson refused to apologize for her mistake, writing, “Stop the hate tweets. I made a simple mistake. Thx. I’m not stupid or asking everyone to believe in my God. Thx.”

[GeorgeGist]

2. Is she afraid of losing the atheist

or the satanist viewers; or both?

[carrowsboy]

3. Hmmmm

Not stupid, yet works for Fox Noise.

Does she not see the irony?

[Mariana]

6. You don't have to be stupid to work for Fox News.

Just dishonest, unethical, rude, prejudiced, perhaps sociopathic, etc, etc...

[DetlefK]

4. Atheists, Satanists, Muslims, Pope-Francis-admirers... They all have the wrong religion.

That's why it's so easy to mix them up. If only everyone had the right religion: "the western interpretation of americano-presbyterianism"

[ananda]

5. She's stupid all right. And just so .. limited and narrowminded.

Ugly ugly ugly under a plastic cosmetic facade.

[spanone]

7. oh don't be so coy gretchen, you are stupid.

[WinkyDink]

8. Mistake, my Aunt Fanny.