Monday, October 1, 2007

Fetus Fetishizing Fucks

I spent this evening at the local Right to Life group's yearly Banquet. I was there to run a camera to record the event. The main speaker was Janet L. Folder, the author of The Criminalization of Christianity. And I have to say, probably the most compelling difference between a KKK rally and a Right to Life Banquet is that in many ways the KKK is more subtle. That, and the audience of a KKK rally is usually not 95% octogenarians.

It began with an aid reading a letter from our State Representative who could not attend as he had to be in Washinton voting against The Employment Non-Discrimination Act which was described in the letter as, "The ENDA our Religious Freedoms act". After this the bar was set so god-damned low that unmitigated ignorance ran rampant throughout the proceedings. Here are the highlights:

- According to one speaker once upon a time a 14 year old girl got knocked up and was able to keep the child and raise it. Thus proving once and for all that ever 14 year old, ever, is capable of raising a child on their own.

- An ex-cancer patient shared her story in which she had cancer, was pregnant, and was able to deliver the child and successfully battle cancer. Proving that any pregnant cancer patient who chooses to abort her child is a cold-blooded murderer.

- I learned that life begins at conception, and no scientist will refute this fact.

- I learned that one can use science to support one's claim of a fetus' humanity and at the same time refer to Evolution as a myth.

- I learned that Roe V. Wade is a wall that must be torn down. Despite the fact that walls hamper action, and Roe V. Wade enables action.

- I learned that every Christian should vote for Mike Huckabee if we wish to "win the abortion battle".

- I learned that everything in the Bible is literally true. And in 2007 one can cite the story of the walls of Jericho as proof that God will help us tear down the wall of Roe V. Wade. And if you're in a room full of people who are ignorant enough? They will cheer.

- I learned that Al Gore won the Florida recount, and it was the prayers of Evangelicals that allowed Bush to win the election despite the electoral system of the United States of America.

- I learned that there is no Separation of Church and State.

- I learned that hate crime laws based upon an individual "feeling threatened" are absurd. I learned that threatening abortion doctors is both fine and dandy.

- I learned that in California there are Abortion Mills.

- I learned that Right to Life groups use Billboards because, "If a woman is driving to an abortion doctor they will see our sign and change their mind." Because people are basically unthinking sheep.

- I learned that no argument for Personal Freedoms and Choice with regard to Abortion is sensible and all are the result of a desire to kill children.

- I learned that the entire abortion debate is in fact not nuanced or complicated for it can be reduced to "Do you want a Dead Baby or do you want a Living Baby?"

- I learned that we were all fetuses at one time, which means that all fetuses are human beings.

And finally, I learned that now matter how long human beings exist, no matter how much we learn an explore, no matter how far we evolve and grow as a species, there will always be ignorant, ignorant, ignorant, ignorant people who cling to the ideas held in a book composed by Cattle-Sacrificing Primitives who thought every species of animal lived within walking distance of Noah's house.

7 comments:

_J_ said...

I'm so mad that I can't even be mad. I'm just in shocked list-composing mode. I can't even hate correctly. There isn't a big enough outlet to release this much hate.

So, just the list.

_J_ said...

I mean. They've spent their lives ignoring objective reality. They've dedicated their lives to ignorance. They've enbraced it. They cheer for it. They give money to it.

They're greatest ambition in life is this embrace of ignorance.

And I have no words.

Christina said...

"I learned that Al Gore won the Florida recount, and it was the prayers of Evangelicals that allowed Bush to win the election despite the electoral system of the United States of America."

I love this. Apparently, God doesn't believe in democracy. This might come as a surprise to quite a few Christians. Seriously, how do they think this makes them sound good?!?!?

"I learned that Right to Life groups use Billboards because, "If a woman is driving to an abortion doctor they will see our sign and change their mind." Because people are basically unthinking sheep."

I'm sure that would change my mind. Billboards have amazing persuasive power. My favorite billboard ever was just south of Chattanooga. It had a picture of the twin towers coming down on 9/11 and said "Racial profiling could have prevented this act." I wonder if it was sponsored by the same people, which brings up some interesting questions...

I really don't know how to respond to most of this. Does it hurt to have so few braincells? The really sad thing is that I've read atheistic texts with logic just as bad. People are idiotic across the board.

I am impressed that you managed to sit through this without spontaneously combusting. You must be made of stronger stuff than I.

Andrew said...

I want to comment but i dont know how.


everyone should listen to Obama's speach on religion and politics.
He says things.

_J_ said...

Man. So I'm sitting there, like 10 feet away from this ignorant, stupid woman. And she's saying these things. And people are cheering.

And it's hell.

And it just...these people really do exist. And they really do believe these things. And they just cherry pick their way through life completely estranged from any objective knowledge of the world, living lives based upon a cocktail of Judaism and Platonic Realism.

And they do it. And they like it. And they fight for it. And they think the creator of the universe is on their side.

It's like Islamic Terrorism only less rational.

And I hate it. Like physically ill hate it.

Kylebrown said...

Yeah it is so much easier thinking these people are a myth, but it is really quite scary how many of them there are, and how many of them feel that they know what is best for every single other person out there...

Roscoe said...

God I love my home town. If you meet these people in the grocery store? They're usually so.. NICE.. but they all belive things like that. Unquestioned.

Seriously? Mike Huckabee?

I mean.. I was coming here to post a thing about Astro Boy, but saw the rant.. and.. now it's just sad.