It doesn't even make sense, within the twisted narrative she's constructing. Jihad-inspired terrorists lack the fear of God? I don't exactly see Palin (or members of her audience) volunteering to blow herself (or themselves) up in furtherance of the war on terror; who really fears God here?
It sickens me, a bit, for a self-professed Christian to invoke baptism - we're talking about the initiating ritual by which a Christian is introduced to the saving grace of God - when describing waterboarding. It's such a profoundly cynical, blasphemous, and hypocritical thing to say. How can you possibly pretend to revere your God while talking about sadistically imposing that rite on a "terrorist" against their will? And how can these people applaud her? Are they not listening to what she's saying? Do they not take their own faith seriously?
And how can these people applaud her? Are they not listening to what she's saying? Do they not take their own faith seriously?
I doubt these politicized fundamentalists are very big on the nuances of doctrine. It's just about whose team you are on. The Republicans show their Jesus-cred by favoring creationism and prayer in the schools and with their anti-abortion activism, and the Democrats just cannot show off those credentials. It doesn't help that a lot of them probably still believe that Obama is really a Muslim.
Much like this Cliven Bundy episode has demonstrated, people are easily sucked into cartoonish rhetoric. At least until racist diatribes or using a baby as a human shield spoils the whole thing.
It sickens me, a bit, for a self-professed Christian to invoke baptism - we're talking about the initiating ritual by which a Christian is introduced to the saving grace of God - when describing waterboarding. It's such a profoundly cynical, blasphemous, and hypocritical thing to say.
Oh absolutely. She seems right out of a Stephen King novel anyway. I could imagine the warden in The Shawshank Redemption saying something simliar with the odd and perverse use of Biblical concepts and ideas for sadistic punishments, while whistling hymns.
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It sickens me, a bit, for a self-professed Christian to invoke baptism - we're talking about the initiating ritual by which a Christian is introduced to the saving grace of God - when describing waterboarding. It's such a profoundly cynical, blasphemous, and hypocritical thing to say. How can you possibly pretend to revere your God while talking about sadistically imposing that rite on a "terrorist" against their will? And how can these people applaud her? Are they not listening to what she's saying? Do they not take their own faith seriously?
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And how can these people applaud her? Are they not listening to what she's saying? Do they not take their own faith seriously?
I doubt these politicized fundamentalists are very big on the nuances of doctrine. It's just about whose team you are on. The Republicans show their Jesus-cred by favoring creationism and prayer in the schools and with their anti-abortion activism, and the Democrats just cannot show off those credentials. It doesn't help that a lot of them probably still believe that Obama is really a Muslim.
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Oh absolutely. She seems right out of a Stephen King novel anyway. I could imagine the warden in The Shawshank Redemption saying something simliar with the odd and perverse use of Biblical concepts and ideas for sadistic punishments, while whistling hymns.
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I don't think we can expect Teabaggers to really make any sense at this point.
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