Bill Donahue is HISTORY!
Posted by: tony on 02/09/2007 10:22 PM
Updated by: tony on 02/13/2007 09:10 PM
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Expires: 03/12/2007 12:00 AM
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Or so says Auguste from Pandagon.
I have been an occasional troll1 at Pandagon for quite some time, and I have been watching the Edwards / Marcotte / Donahue sideshow with a certain degree of interest. It seems that Amanda has finally resigned. I was kind of bummed, because that probably means that the sideshow is over. I have never had dealings with Meslissa McEwan, so the ongoing saga is not quite so interesting to me.
When I got thinking about the Marcotte hiring, something that came to mind was a book by Stephen King called "The Dead Zone". In it there is a politician named Greg Stillson who is a closet fascist who has aspirations toward the White House. He goes easy on the leader of a particularly nasty biker gang named Sonny Ellison when he is mayor of the town where Sonny is busted for drugs, if Sonny will use his violent bikers to help his campaign. So the bikers appear at the campaign rallies as "security". They carry sawed off broom handles, and have new haircuts, fresh new clean shaven faces, and suits. When someone heckles Stillson at a rally, one of the bikers step in to "encourage them to leave". If they don't leave, they get hurt. Stillson gets points for "reforming" these criminals while using them to assault Stillsons detractors.
That was how the use of Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan appeared to me. A nasty, unruly "biker gang" of bloggers that Edwards appeared to try and "clean up" and make useful. That lasted about... well... two days. Now Amanda is back in her studded leathers, popping caps and swinging chains at Catholics and other Christians everywhere.
Now Auguste wants to turn Bill Donahue into the IRS for violation of his tax-exempt status.
That's cool. If Bill Donahue has violated federal regulations, he should be punished in the manner prescribed by law. And if this means removing the tax-exempt of the Catholic League, so be it. The people on Pandagon seem to think that this will shut Donahue up or get him fired. What losing his tax exempt status will do is remove the restrictions on his speech and allow him to directly go after candidates. I, for one, would like to know what the Catholic League's tax burden might be so I can pledge a portion of it every year, and I'm sure there are other Catholics who will do the same.
The tone on Pandagon is the same as always. Poor me. I'm a victim. All the patriarchal misogynists are out to get me. Amanda writes:
Chrisitians are people who are supposed to follow the behavior and teachings of Jesus Christ. I mention this, because it seems to me that therefore, when Christians are contemplating an action that is morally questionable, it appears they should consult the Bible before acting.
Luckily, I happen to have a Bible laying around this house, because even though I'm not a Christian, I was an English major, and it is important to Know Your Ancient Mythologies if you are reading poetry. And I flipped to this passage that seems to have solid advice on what to do if you've got some *bleep* dragging a woman in front of an angry crowd and yelling, "SINNER!":
The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?" This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her." And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus stood up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”
I'm wondering why Amanda is quoting out of a book of what she considers "fiction" to measure other people's behavior.
The part Amanda missed was the "sin no more" statement. If Amanda is willing to renounce her sinful ways and repent, I'm more than happy to forgive her. And I don't mean like her fake apology that she's already disavowed.
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