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beam me up scottie

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12. It is not a fucking straw man.
Tue Sep 29, 2015, 05:55 PM
Sep 2015
Phil Robertson uses 'rape story' to denounce atheists
The star of the US TV reality show Duck Dynasty is facing criticism after a speech that included a graphic story about an atheist family being killed.

Phil Robertson appeared to be using the imagined story to claim that atheists would not find rape or murder immoral.
Atheist groups denounced the speech, saying it was unlikely Robertson actually knows any atheists.

In 2013, he was suspended from his TV show and quickly reinstated following derogatory remarks about homosexuality.
Robertson has since become a political figure. He recently spoke at CPAC, a large gathering of American conservatives that included presidential hopefuls such as Ted Cruz and Rand Paul.

"Two guys break into his home and tie him up in a chair and gag him. And then they take his two daughters in front of him and rape both of them and then shoot 'em and they take his wife and then decapitate her head off [sic] in front of him."

He continued: "And they can look at him and say, 'Isn't it great that I don't have to worry about being judged? Isn't it great that there's nothing wrong with this? There's no right or wrong, now is it dude?'"

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32058470



Claims that religion is the source of morality have been used to vilify atheists for thousands of years.

Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean it's a straw man.

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Good Meme LostOne4Ever Sep 2015 #1
I wonder why we never have Penn shoved in our faces Lordquinton Sep 2015 #9
Jebus loves me this I know olddots Sep 2015 #2
That is a tough thing about being a non- believer SCantiGOP Sep 2015 #3
Always wondered about people who needed to be told truebluegreen Sep 2015 #4
Me too. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2015 #5
I haven't seen it before, thanks for posting! beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #6
honestly Skittles Sep 2015 #7
This may be why atheists generally don't proseletyze for atheism –– snot Sep 2015 #8
I have been around religious people my whole life yodermon Sep 2015 #10
It comes up occasionally Promethean Sep 2015 #11
It is not a fucking straw man. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #12
Yeah but Capt. Obvious Sep 2015 #13
Same vile homophobia, different Robertson. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #14
Ah didn't even notice Capt. Obvious Sep 2015 #15
After years of virulent hatred they all kind of blend together... beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #16
If it quacks like a duck Capt. Obvious Sep 2015 #17
Lol! beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #18
Actually I get asked it NastyRiffraff Oct 2015 #19
I have been asked this, well it was murdering not raping WhollyHeretic Oct 2015 #20
I've certainly heard a couple of preachers ask this type of question RussBLib Oct 2015 #21
Nicely put. n/t dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #22
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