[strandinthewind]

Originally posted by Johnny Stew
Since I made the Pat Robertson comment, I'll respond....

I actually don't care one bit for Michael Moore. Liberal or Conservative, I don't care for the man and the way he railroads people.
But that's just me... I've never liked that style.

Still, having said that, I think anything Michael Moore does is utterly innocuous when you consider the fact that Pat Robertson disguises his intolerance and prejudices as a love for God.
He implies, or downright states, to his followers that homosexuality (for example) is a sinful, contemptable thing, and he asks them to pray for the "safety" of marriage, and for the retirement of the liberal Supreme Court justices who helped strike down the law against sodomy. He also states that God will punish all those who do things to help benefit gays.
And he does all of this while professing that he's teaching God's word, and following God's wishes.

I'm sorry, but that's absolutely heinous, and is far worse than anything Michael Moore has ever said or done. So I definitely don't see a comparison.

Johnny - I am not saying the message of Pat R. is not perhaps more damaging. In many ways I think it is. I am just comparing these two IMO nutcases in the context of the far side of each political party relying on what they say as the be all and end all of truth.