Showing posts with label yezidi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yezidi. Show all posts

Saturday, August 9, 2014

Predictable Haters are Predictable

I did note in my previous blog post that I thought it likely that some people might make the association that the Yezidi have been called "devil worshippers" to assert that this is the wrong thing to do.

Because of course they would:

Fischer believes that President Obama only intervened to stop the extermination of the Yazidis, who practice an ancient religion yet are considered by ISIS fighters and others to be “devil worshipers.” He began today’s edition of “Focal Point” by railing against Obama, saying the president only decided to launch airstrikes in Iraq in order to defend “devil worshipers.”

“They go after devil worshipers and all of the sudden the entire weight of the United States government is sent in there to relieve them and to avenge them,” he said. “Those are the Yazidis.”

 To Fischer's mind, this is just proof that Obama is also a Satan-worshipper. To my mind, this sort of thing is proof that Fischer is terribly uninformed. You know, the Bible is a good book, but it wouldn't hurt if the man cracked open another one and tried to broaden that narrow cell he calls a mind. Also, note that he seems to be endorsing letting thousands of people be wiped out because they believe something different. Huh. Reminds one of the parable of the very bad Samaritan who...

Oh. Or maybe I am thinking of the time Jesus said something about go ahead and let folks starve because who are they to you anyway? Or said "Hate your enemy"?

Sheesh.

Oh.

TWGB: It's Raining Shoes!

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