Freeper Fight!!! Freeper Fight!!! Freeper Fight!!!

[BJW]

Link to Freepers duking it out over Pat Robertson and religion.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1519878/posts

Looks like the uneasy coalition of repugs and religious fascists is coming apart. Let's help it along, shall we?

DU Strategy--let's all drop PatRob a line and thank him from the bottom of our hearts for standing up for what he believes in and encourage him to keep speaking out, very loudly.

[Kire]

1. fighting about religion on a political message board?

I've never heard of such a thing.

[Erika]

9. Robertson and Falwell and

all were promised a theocracy by W/Rove. Now the conservatives who aren't religious extremists want their party back. Total chaos in the GOP.

[brainshrub]

10. Yes, we Liberals never argue about religion.

:sarcasm:

[dchill]

15. Come on! Get your tongue...

...out of your cheek!
;)

[mtowngman]

2. I love the guy who asks if AP is making it up. n/t

[shenmue]

3. This is fun to watch

Like putting two hornets' nests right next to each other.

:rofl:

:popcorn:

[FreedomAngel82]

49. I love it too

I love seeing them fight and turn away from Bush like Santorum. *snicker* We're more unified and they're tearing up.

[skids]

4. Heh. That reminded me...

...of that scene in South Park "cripplefight" where Cartman grabs the department store PA system mic: "Ehem. May I have your attention please shoppers... cripplefight in the parking lot. Repeat. Cripplefight."

[Don Claybrook]

5. Here's my favorite quote (so far)

"God doesn't just give out candy. He applies the rod too."

This person presumes to know the rod of God.

[Cha]

11. OMG!

[rosesaylavee]

17. What kind of candy?

Is it really, really good chocolate?

:popcorn:

[HawkerHurricane]

36. And...

do you get the candy before or after you take care of the rod?

[grace0418]

76. Well, there might be a little fudge.

Depending on how that rod is used.

[FreedomAngel82]

50. It's French chocolate!

[rosesaylavee]

63. Mais oui! Ooolala!

n/t:kick:

[holboz]

66. Lol- Your sig line! If only it were that easy to delete the feckers! n/t

[rosesaylavee]

67. Fun, isn't it?

Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[nashville_brook]

71. it's MAGIC candies

[peekaloo]

35. That's kind of creepy.

Maybe it's just me but that made my skin crawl.

[sendero]

65. Hmmm....

... I wonder why god is applying the rod to Bush**'s backside the last few weeks. Or could it be...... SATAN??!!!!

[Arugula Latte]

6. Pat Robertson, Ann Coulter, Michael Savage

The Voices of the Right. All certifiably crazy.

[CatholicEdHead]

7. Not suprising

"To: lightman

I met Pat Robertson in NH in 1988 when he was running for president. I think I even voted for him in the Primary.
The building where I met him was the very hotel where Nathaniel Hawthorne died. It has since been torn down.

29 posted on 11/10/2005 6:43:47 PM PST by Past Your Eyes (I'm just sitting here on the Group W bench.)
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[Mz Pip]

18. Wow what a

bizarre stream of consiousness. Is there some weird symbolism to meeting Robertson where Nathaniel Hawthorne died? And it was torn down. Must be significant in the eyes of this freeper.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[FourStarDemocrat]

58. Nathanial Hawthorne hated religious fundamentalism...

He authored several stories (long and short) about people's lives turned upsidedown by dogmaticism and religious hysteria. 'The Scarlett Letter' being one of them. I guess that the freeper is cheerfully connecting Pat Robertson's presence at the home to its later "downfall". :D

[tuvor]

8. I can never follow fr threads.

They look so primitive.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

23. Bingo! That's the word I was looking for. Primitive.

Badly designed site, very hard on the eyes. Reminds me of chicken scratching. Then you add the horrendous spelling, grammar and content, and it just looks primitive.

[patrice]

32. Really!!!

Like you, I can't stand the look and feel of their blog enough to read what they write, and sometimes I'm evn highly motivated. Their board is just toooooooooooooooooooooooo unpleasant to use.

[cdeca2005]

12. I feel dirty.......

I feel dirty.......I followed the link. Can someone please take me out back and hose me down. I have to buy a new computer now.

[melnjones]

13. MY favorite line so far...

"It's not painful to hear of innocents' deaths when you know they go a better life."

What the hell. I believe in Heaven, but that statement is just amazing.

[rosesaylavee]

19. Don't worry - karma will bite that one in the butt.

Perhaps they will get to be one of the chosen innocents going to that better life.

[beam me up scottie]

25. Oh my fucking gawd.

What a sick fucking way to justify killing innocent people.

Excuse my language, but hearing shit like that really burns me.:mad:

[Red_Viking]

33. Uh, does "innocents" include the unborn?

Taking that statement to its conclusion, that would mean they have no basis for bitching about abortion, because the "innocents" would go to a better life.

Maybe it only works if the "innocents" die as the result of a mortar attack.

I'm just sayin'.


Peace,

RV

[Mad_Dem_X]

68. My thoughts exactly - if they believe

that those who die will get a better life, why not apply that same thought to abortion?? And how do they feel about babies who are miscarried?

[patrice]

37. Horrible!!! This is "Pro-Life" ? I don't think they know anything about

Life, or they wouldn't be so full of hate and callous presumption. Slaves of Mammon.

[FreedomAngel82]

52. This is why I'm calling them

pro-fetus. Cause that's all they give a damn about.

[patrice]

72. "Holy F- - - - - g Fetus Fanatics" Make Me Angry! Fascist Idolators

Mammon's Children sowing Fodder for the Money Machine, so they can drive their Hummers and pretend they've acquired the Secret Answer to EVERYTHING. I hate their puny, mean, childish, little God.

[holboz]

69. I don't even know what to reply to that....

Initially I think:

1.) Talk about Orwellian! (Animals are equal, but some are more equal than others...)

2.) Where does that fit in with their "Culture of Life"?

3.) Does that sort of thinking fit in with their argument of abortion?

4.) Talk about trying to get rid of a guilty conscience!

WHATEVER! If someone made a statement like that here on DU, I'm sure a ton of bricks would have been heaped upon their heads.

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. Hehe. The natives are restless.....................

[AuntiBush]

16. They're Imploding Everywhere!

This calls for a celebration!

:popcorn: :toast: :party: :beer::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:
:popcorn: :toast: :party: :beer::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:

[Erika]

24. Can you imagine a debate between Coulter & Pat?

While the moderate Republicans are trying to hide?

[thefloyd]

20. Are Conservative Fundies

taking peyote, pcp, and opium. Man what the hell happened to America?

I am sure Robertson will blame the press for "taking him out of context"

[darkmaestro019]

31. I resent that on behalf of the psychedelics impugned. ; ) (nt)

[thefloyd]

45. Hehe

Separate of Christian Fundamentalism No problem

[faithfulcitizen]

21. oh my, this women needs meds fast!

http://www.fox.com/tradingspouses/video.htm

[melnjones]

40. holy cow.

scary.

[mrcheerful]

78. What?

That sounds like every fundie I ever met. I even had one say that I was the anti christ, then had him demand me to leave his yard after I told him no that was GW that was the anti christ. Funny thing was, he was in my yard when he told me to leave.

[melnjones]

83. LOL

He was in your yard...hee hee hee.

[melnjones]

87. there's a longer video here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=EvCiBXybsbE

[ThoughtCriminal]

22. Not much of a fight

Pat's circus act doesn't even appeal to them. But Pat understands the minds of people who send him checks.

But the Freeps can't make the mental connection between Robertson's insanity and the GOP's pandering to his doomsday-cult empire.

[Erika]

27. W/Rove understands that Pat forwards some $ on to him

to establish a theocracy. The GOP is in chaos.

[BJW]

47. Keep Tuning In--this one is "off" and running

and going and going....

[occuserpens]

26. Now let us translate Pat's heresy into plain English

Then it sounds like this: f* you losers if you reject the ID.

Pat Robertson Warns Pa. Town of Disaster: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20051111/D8DPVRQ84.html

[Erika]

28. Pat said W was destined by God to be president

Now let the GOP live with these nuts.

[Vogon_Glory]

34. If W Was Destined By G*d To Be President...

If W was destined by G*d to be President, was Pharaoh's Egypt destined to be stricken with a plague of locusts? Were the folks in Oklahoma City's Murrah Building destined to be blown up by Timothy McVeigh? Were those nurses in Chicago destined to be murdered by Richard Speck?

[patrice]

42. No, any one of thousands of things, small things, could have happened

to change whatever is happening.

[Erika]

48. Yes according to Pat n/t

[VaYallaDawg]

73. Was that after God applied the Rod?

Or before God gave him the secret candy? You reckon he's giving out the KoolAid with the candy too??

[la la]

29. confusing the Bennys

was hilarious!

Benny Hinn or Benny Hill--hmmmmm---

I'll take Benny Hill any day! ;>)

[DearAbby]

44. CURSE OF THE HINN HAIR!

:rofl: Sorry I know it's shallow laughing at someone's appearance, but his hair


and Big pink hair Jan Crouch :rofl:

[kevinbgoode]

30. ROFLMAO

I always love it when I see religious fanatics tossing bible verses around at each other as if they are casting spells.

[NoQuarter]

57. Casting spells!!

:rofl:

[melnjones]

38. nope, new favorite

"Everyone has to die sometime and it's we humans who think of it in terms of deserved and undeserved, fair and not fair, just and not just. God has blessed this country far beyond anything that I've seen in history; we have untold amounts of food and clothes, warm houses, free time, we are able to sleep at night without fear and yet all these good things don't draw people to God. When He allows or causes "bad" things to happen to get their attention when blessing them beyond measure doesn't work, people get mad and blame Him. IMO, it's not important what happens to us as much as our reaction to it. That's what will matter for eternity. Yes it's sad when a baby dies because we see the potential that was lost for a long productive life on Earth, but whether it's 2 or 88, we still die."

Crap like this is why I'm studying to be a minister. Geez.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

56. Incredible!!!

"...He allows or causes "bad" things to happen to get their attention..."

So THAT'S why he unleashed Katrina on New Orleans, to get their attention: "Now listen up, you poorest of the poor who live in the 9th Ward....

I'd laugh at these people if there weren't so friggin' many of 'em.

[tsuki]

59. And He blasted Kansas, why? To get their attention, for what?

[melnjones]

84. The part that really got me was

"God has blessed this country far beyond anything that I've seen in history; we have untold amounts of food and clothes, warm houses, free time, we are able to sleep at night without fear..."

Do these people LIVE in our country? They must not be from my neighborhood.


On edit...AND, don't people in Canada and much of Europe and Australia and many other places have those same blessings? Duh.

[Guaranteed]

39. I TOTALLY AGREE with this post:

"Geez, don't not have a stroke robertson."

Seriously, man. :)

[grace0418]

77. I say "GO FOR IT Robertson, have that stroke"

The world would be a far better place without you in it.

[patrice]

41. Here's the best one . . .

To: lightman
Pat Robertson and Fred Phelps should get a room.

:toast:

[ebayfool]

88. Who knew? Freeps have a sense of humor? LOL!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1519878/posts?page=132#132

To: gcruse
Is Pat Robertson trying to get God on the Homeland Security Department's terrorist watch list?



132 posted on 11/11/2005 4:37:46 AM PST by BeHoldAPaleHorse (MORE COWBELL! MORE COWBELL! (CLANK-CLANK-CLANK))

[DearAbby]

43. Well they should check what they are saying...

They reject dog...er I mean God, "dont expect him to listen when they really need him"


Pat Robertson reminds me of Droopy Dog...couldn't help posting the pic...the debil made me do it

[BJW]

46. Whats an antioxidant shake?

Dem Freepers really wanna know...

[UndergroundRadical]

51. Just shows how fragmented they are.....

If they're fighting over one of their icons then they are in trouble. This may be a good time to take advantage of this situation and this divide.

[Freedomfried]

53. Sorry, I avoid going to their asinine website for any reason.

A website hit is a website hit. And I don't give them one.

[Helga Scow Stern]

54. Favorite freeper humor

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson warned residents of a rural Pennsylvania town Thursday that disaster may strike there

Has he reported this to the Department of Homeland Security? :rofl:

[Freedom_from_Chains]

55. The Christian religion in a nutshell

Now we have a chance to appropriate his blood and his spirit to overcome sin, and the day is coming when every knee will bow, willingly or unwillingly.



45 posted on 11/10/2005 7:05:24 PM PST by Twinkie (Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.)
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Absolute submission to authority. No wonder Hitler and the Bush regime love it so well.

[indigo32]

80. We seem to like that as a species

or at least alot of us do. Maybe because then we don't have to take responsibility. We "let go and let God" and don't have to worry any more.
There was an old Amy Grant song that comes to mind
"I have decided, being good is just a fable, I just can't cuz I'm not able"

Personally I think it's a cop out.

[philly_bob]

60. My reading of that Freeper thread

is that there are about two supporters of Robertson's delusional quote and the rest are thoroughly embarassed.

Still, one wonders how long the American Right's strange combination of (1) Evangelical Protestants plus (2) Anti-Abortion Catholics plus (3) "Yes, Support Israel because Israel is the key to the Second Coming" Israeli Likudists will last.

Many liberal and even some mainstream religions have gone against Bush on issues like preemptive war, torture, and the recent budget debate. (I belong to one)

[joeprogressive]

61. did you notice that it might be the first lengthy thread in history over

there where they didn't mention Clinton

[Catfight]

64. YET! Clinton, Hillary or liberals ALWAYS get mentioned by

Freepers. If there is a God, I would think God's judgment would be harshest on people like Pat Robertson that turn people off to God. I remember hearing somewhere that you are suppose to lead people to God not push them, funny, all the 'christians' I know ALWAYS turn me off to anything God. I don't want to stop living and wait to die and in the meantime before dying, making people's lives miserable by my constant judgment, berating, oppression and hate. Fire and brimstone is all these people talk about. Get a life freepers so you can leave ours alone.

[BJW]

81. Oh Wow! Hadn't noticed till you pointed this out!

[noamnety]

62. Have these people met the republican party?

"To defend liars as paragons of rightouesness is just incomprehensible to me...as is the fact that self described Christians would consider it justifiable to lie, deceive, and delude in the pursuit of what they consider to be truth!"

[peacetalksforall]

70. I've often wondered what it would be like to a fly on the wall and

perch and listen to a conversation between two Republican ladies who are in the Republican voting base -

one who is a little old lady with the blue hair and pearls in a very nice suit, shoes, and bag who attends a calm little Protestant church and has lunch with friends at the club or in delicate restaurants

and one who is proseltizing, never listening, bible quoting, century reversing, slave to her 50 gun husband, and preacher to her kids who often complains that her church members who are Robertson rabid are too 'libbral'.

I believe Robertson might appeal to a lot of those little blue haired ladies and all of the preaching ones.

[davidinalameda]

74. "Whatever the conservative version of "moonbat" is, he's it."

I like that

:rofl:

Dear Pat,

Open mouth, insert (bible, foot, crucifix etc).....he needs to get a PR guy....he feeds the libs more ammo everytime he pontificates on the "wrath" of God......

very good as well


and I like the defenders almost as well

poor deluded fools

[Arkana]

75. Geez, there are some Freepers that sound remarkably balanced

on the subject:

To: Siena Dreaming
My point of course is the absolute ridiculousness in pretending that people or a city or region are punished IN THIS LIFE by a deity for their misdeeds, which is what Pat Robertson, many WingNutDaily articles, and posters such as Quix and many others repeatedly suggest.

Any sort of punishment or reward in an afterlife is, as I said, a different (and unprovable of course) issue.



47 posted on 11/10/2005 7:06:31 PM PST by Strategerist
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Pat Robertson has become as much a disgrace to Christianity as Gene Robinson.

1 posted on 11/10/2005 6:23:13 PM PST by lightman
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To: lightman
Whatever the conservative version of "moonbat" is, he's it.



6 posted on 11/10/2005 6:27:41 PM PST by thoughtomator (Bring Back HUAC!)
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Of course, there are also the loonies who defend him to the end:

To: lightman
Pat Robertson does say something good once in a while. He really does.
But you won't hear/see it in the MSM. They will only print every single mistake.

And those who love to hate him will believe the MSM and jump on every single one of those.


5 posted on 11/10/2005 6:27:41 PM PST by Siena Dreaming
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To: lightman
Well, I can understand him saying that. Isn't that what we're told in the Bible somewhere? That if we turn away from God, that he will turn away from us? Know us not?




16 posted on 11/10/2005 6:34:26 PM PST by GloriaJane (http://music.download.com/gloriajane "Seems Like Our Press Has Turned Against Our Country")
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[BJW]

79. Agreed.

It's an interesting thread to follow, which is why I put up a link to it. While there's some "off" ones (as usual) which are pretty funny, looks like there's some common ground here for beating back the theocrat's attempted takeover.

[ebayfool]

90. Almost pitiful - like watching a kid trying to wake up from a nightmare.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1519878/posts?page=123#123

To: jess35
Rejecting ID is sticking a finger in God's eye? I thought all those pro-ID nutcases were trying to convince the rest of us it's not about religion..... Wow, guess that was a lie.
Yep, it was an outright lie. ID never was about science, only about trying to run an end run around the Constitution and get their faith promoted in public schools.

And the Dover trial has shown us how too many creationists will lie to promote their faith.


123 posted on 11/10/2005 10:05:03 PM PST by highball ("I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson)

[mrcheerful]

82. my favorite was this

And sometimes even "absolute truth" has no effect on science.

Look at how many people have been ostracized in their time for a finding that went against the misguided science of their day. And then later it was been found that they were right and the scientific community, of their time of course, were wrong.

There are none so blind as those who will not see.

That wasn't scince that was doing that, it was the church. Talk about trying to twist things around, science has always been about facts proving or disproving, its been religion that doesn't like fact over beliefs.

[spindrifter]

85. What the heck was the tradingspouses bit?

[melnjones]

86. funny. nt.

[globalvillage]

89. I saw that today

Someone DVR'd it at work. That lady was NUTS!