Oh Pat, Pat, Pat...

The world is full of insensitive people. I should know, sometimes I am one of them... But it takes a special kind of asshole to kick people when they are down... Pat Robertson, the aforementioned asshole, takes being so to a whole new level. I have seriously disliked this guy for a very long time, for his hateful, sexist, racist comments. I know the world at large may not be familiar with old Patty boy's comments (and you're probably better of for it) but in hopes of putting a dent in this guys holier than thou image, I would like to take a moment to recount some of his best moments, I am calling them "Robertson's Rowdiest"

Let's start with this one, because to me it's an example of the pot calling the kettle black...

"Just like what Nazi Germany did to the Jews, so liberal America is now doing to the evangelical Christians. It's no different. It is the same thing. It is happening all over again. It is the Democratic Congress, the liberal-based media and the homosexuals who want to destroy the Christians. Wholesale abuse and discrimination and the worst bigotry directed toward any group in America today. More terrible than anything suffered by any minority in history."

Hold on there sparky... I've never met a homosexual who wanted to destroy Christians. Unless of course the Christian in question is Pat Robertson, and even then, probably not. This quote is almost stupid enough not to comment on. Almost. First of all, Christians are NOT a minority in this country, and to paint them so is ignorance or willful subterfuge. So which one is it? In Pat's case, I would tend to say its a sublime melange of both. Ignorant, yes, because only an ignorant jackass of a human would ever, soberly, say the following:

"The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians."

Seriously Robertson? Kill their children? Practice witchcraft? This guy should have been born in Salem back in the colonial days... What's next? Throw feminists into the lake, if they float, burn them? If he had his way, he probably would... Or maybe not, because Pat is *all* about the fire and brimstone, and his god is a vengeful god... Don't believe me? Hear it from the horse's mouth!

"I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God, you just rejected him from your city. And don't wonder why he hasn't helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I'm not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just voted God out of your city. And if that's the case, don't ask for his help because he might not be there."

So what exactly did the Doverites do? Did they engage in feminist witchcraft? Did they eat babies? No... They took out mention of intelligent design from their textbooks. Apparently, that's enough to piss Robertson's progenitor off and cause you to make the "shit list" as it were... But it doesn't end there folks, no, not at all! Pat blames disasters on all kinds of things... Mostly gays, or wanton sexual ways... 

In fact, he nodded his head in agreement when fellow hate monger Jerry Fallwel blamed the 9/11 attacks on the ACLU, Liberals, Gays, and Pagans... Yeah, he literally nodded his head and said "I agree completely!" Not to mention this was said right after the attacks, when Americans were terrified, demoralized, and in mourning. 9/11 wasn't a big deal at all to Robertson... In fact, he considers it nothing compared to the danger of "activist judges" as is evidenced by this next gem:

"Over 100 years, I think the gradual erosion of the consensus that's held our country together is probably more serious than a few bearded terrorists who fly into buildings."

Sure Pat! Change is definitely worse than an attack on America's financial center that leaves thousands dead and millions traumatized! See, these are but a few examples of the hatred evident in this man's heart. The scariest thing to me is that if you see him on TV, or in the pictures, he is *always* smiling... But then again, the Joker was always smiling, yet he was a rather unpleasant fellow. 

Pat has, over the years, put his foot so far into his mouth that his big toe tickles his tonsils on a regular basis, but what he said yesterday, in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy in Haiti, was nothing but hateful. Plain and simple. I have had a love/hate relationship with Pat Robertson since I was very young, I used to watch the 700 club when I was a kid on summer vacations because I loved the insanity of it, I have always been amused by hate-mongers for Jesus (or any religion for that matter) because they are the ultimate hypocrites, and I get a laugh out of hypocrisy! But yesterday he crossed the line, what he said yesterday is inexcusable in my eyes, and I couldn't even muster a smile at his stupidity...

"It may be a blessing in disguise. ... Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. Haitians were originally under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon the third, or whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, we will serve you if you will get us free from the French. True story. And so, the devil said, okay it's a deal. Ever since they have been cursed by one thing after the other." 

Utterly disgusting... This man is on the same level as Pastor Fred Phelps, that is, crawling on the ground, beneath the mud. Whatever pact with the Devil Haiti signed, pales in comparison with whatever deal he made... after all, it is impossible for me to fathom this sort of ignorance having an audience and followers without the help of the dark powers.