Pat Robertson, Hampton Roads' leading snake oil merchant, homophobe and bigot extraordinaire, has shot off his mouth and humiliated the region yet again. Just what we do not need in a harsh economic down turn - give the area the appearance of being inhabited by nutcases who are unwelcoming to anyone who is not a raving bigot and religious fanatic. The irony in brother Pat's latest remarks is that the alleged agenda of Islam that he describes looks an awful lot like the Christianists' own agenda of fusing religion and politics and subjugating anyone who does not conform to the Christian equivalent of sharia law. Here's what Mr. Christo-fascist had to say via ThinkProgress:
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On his 700 Club TV show yesterday, Pat Robertson claimed that Islam is “not a religion,” but “a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination”:
ROBERTSON: That is the ultimate aim. And they talk about infidels and all this, but the truth is that’s what the game is. So you are dealing with not a religion. You’re dealing with a political system. And I think we should treat it as such and treat its adherences as such as we would members of the Communist Party or members of some fascist group. Well, it’s a tragedy. Our hearts go out to the families who suffered. But those in the Army should be held on account for the fact they let this man loose.
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ROBERTSON: That is the ultimate aim. And they talk about infidels and all this, but the truth is that’s what the game is. So you are dealing with not a religion. You’re dealing with a political system. And I think we should treat it as such and treat its adherences as such as we would members of the Communist Party or members of some fascist group. Well, it’s a tragedy. Our hearts go out to the families who suffered. But those in the Army should be held on account for the fact they let this man loose.
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Ironically, I met with some Muslim clients today who are hard working, law abiding constructive citizens. Unfortunately, they have to continue to worry about anti-Muslim backlash whipped up by bigots like Robertson. What is truly frightening, of course, is that there are so many Christian Right Neanderthals who think just like Robertson. As FireDogLake notes:
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[I]t’s more than a little rich for Pat to call Islam oppressive when he’s been working for decades to turn America into a theocracy where gays can’t touch each other, and women are meek subservient breeders who must carry all pregnancies to term regardless of rape/incest/health risks/unexpelled miscarriage.
[I]t’s more than a little rich for Pat to call Islam oppressive when he’s been working for decades to turn America into a theocracy where gays can’t touch each other, and women are meek subservient breeders who must carry all pregnancies to term regardless of rape/incest/health risks/unexpelled miscarriage.
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