Frank Schaeffer Hammers The Religious Right For Their Cowardly Behaviour

[lucasboden]

The only reason Santorum is doing well is not because he is a good leader, but because he is running on a religious platform and Christians would rather vote for a dumbass christian than a mormon, adulterer, or a libertarian.

[aztec714ok]

but white soldiers raped 19,000 fellow soildes

[franknhonest]

Frank is frankly right.

[tpowell453]

Thank you SO much for airing this information and these people. America desperately needs to be fed the truth right now, and you are helping. Thank you.

[xorn96]

Not a new crop of conservatives, just a dumber crop.

[fatouche99]

I wish there was a god, so he could give that racist general and Dale Peterson cancer. Something quick like lung cancer. Or maybe something more poetic and odd, like Sickle Cell. FYI, it's the conservatives that use bullets and arrows to solve problems.

[darkuser999]

I'm starting to think that whole platform of the religious right isn't crazy! It is in fact normality in America, and you guys pretending America isn't as represented are crazy! It is one thing to have a few people behaving this way on live radio and television, it is another to have a whole political party complete with past and present governors and viable presidential doing or supporting it.

[mchchicago78]

white ppl will ruin the future of our country

[usintelreport]

Muslim haters

Listen to the former head of the Bin Laden Unit

Michael Scheuer

[c42u]

Frank! You're still a flake.

[amun8isis]

thumbs up!!!!!

[isawanangel2]

okay i'm calmed down, kinda...since odonnel is okay with women setting themselves on fire/self emulation in afghan I GUESS I WONT BE HOLDING MY BREATHE FOR THE BITCH TO MENTION EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN IN AMERICA STUPID BITCH

[isawanangel2]

OMFG i'm SO ANGRY WITH ODONNEL what part of NO FUCKING RIGHTS DOES SHE NOT UNDERSTAND as a woman i want to SLAP THE BITCH and i dont even SPEAK to me who wont acknowledge that kind of behavior being WRONG SON OF A BITCH GROW UP LADY

[isawanangel2]

@isawanangel2 and he's painting the issue in a religious frame from the far right perspective when the truth is after TEN FUCKING YEARS SHE SHOULD KNOW MUSLIM MEN IN THE THIRD WORLD TREAT WOMEN LIKE SHIT i'm so glad she had a successful fundraiser maybe she should stick with that

[loci1400]

You know I have had many conversations with veterans who have served in both Afghanistan and Iraq and not a single one has said it was a refreshing place to be. Fucked up, fucking hot and oppressive have been the top three descriptions I have heard.

[im4wur2]

Islamic and Christian fundamentalist have more in common with each other, than they do the rest of us. In both cases, they attempt to tell us how we should live our lives. Both have an agenda of world domination and in extreme cases, both use bombs to kill innocent people to make their points. In the name of God/Allah - Neither should be entrusted with political power. Their agenda's corrupt their their decisions.

[im4wur2]

"There was a time when religion ruled the world. It was called the Dark Ages." - Ruth Hurmence Green

[TheCaptainLulz]

this is a fucking farce. Anyone voting republican needs a fucking strait jacket. Theyre fucking nuts.

[classicallady]

@TheCaptainLulz DITTO DITTO

[trajan74]

Cowboy Clown Patterson is also available for birthdays and bar mitzvahs. He hands out kid sizes of this costume.

[LefTNetwork]

You Censor your comments like RightNetwork too?

[LefTNetwork]

@LefTNetwork Oh good, it was just on your Main page :-). keep up the Great Work!!

[trajan74]

Does Dale Patterson have any other suits? Maybe he's just pissed because he's dirt shit poor and can't afford other suits.

[im4wur2]

American "values" speakers and voters, not knowing what American values are. Who'da thunk? - Conversely, for a well reasoned and traditionally American view, google "U.S. Veterans on Respect for Muslims: America, You Gotta Have Our Backs" 

[im4wur2]

Clearly, the term "consevative" doesn't apply to much of what "values" voters are saying. Instead, they've forgotten what it is they're trying to conserve. - Don't be fooled by labels. Listen to what they're saying.

[julsHz]

Amen, Frank. 

[dtorfleming]

Wow! Gary Bauer is a lunatic bigot as well. Sadly, not surprising.

[dtorfleming]

Why is it that white racists and religious bigots remain so influencial in the US, particularly among republicans and christians?

[WritergirlAD]

fundamentalism in both religions needs to go. There is no reasoning with extreme religiosity.

[sylsam]

Love You Rachel

[trumbachd1]

00:02: Racist Bastard!

[SocialistLiberal]

Thanks for posting this one Fixed News. I have yet to miss posting Frank on Maddow (until now) He's a great guy and a personal friend, Actually. I emailed Maddow every day and begged her to put Frank on her show a couple of years ago. He mailed me a signed copy of his latest book "Patience With God." He and I see eye-to-eye on almost everything. We still communicate via email from time to time. My YouTube postings on him resulted in over 500,000 hits total under a different username. Great Work

[FixedNewsChannel]

@SocialistLiberal Hey thanks. Yeah Frank Schaeffer really does a great job sticking it to the crazy evangelical right. He knows what he's talking about and isn't afraid of saying it.

Just wish there was more people like that.

[NUTCASE71733]

@FixedNewsChannel

I wouldn't mind seeing this guy as president someday, so I agree.

[729Drew]

Official Platform of the GOP in Montana : "We support the clear will of the people of Montana expressed by legislation to keep homosexual acts illegal."

[jezmundberserker]

He does have a point. They are professional fundraisers.

[brunodemoura]

The way that liberals cowardly bow to Islam is frustrating. "It is irresponsible to criticize Islam because American troops could die."

It only proves that Islam needs to be criticized!

[Jinxerz010792]

I detest Islam.

Sharia law is disgusting, but burning Qu'rans doesn't solve a damn thing. Pissing Muslims off isn't what we need to do here. We need to show them that they're no better. If you're going to burn a Qu'ran, burn a bible and a science textbook while you're at it. The important part is making them know that they have no special rights.

[im4wur2]

@brunodemoura - How courageous of you to make your point by risking the lives of Ameican service men and women. - Furthermore, some of the kindest, most thoughtful people I know as Muslims. Islam is not the enemy. Instead, it is a tiny minority of fundamentalists. We do ourselves no favors by attacking the religion of a billion people. The vast majority of which are peaceful. - Btw, do you define Christianity by the acts of its most radical members?

[brunodemoura]

Nothing wrong to argue in favor of Islam, the problem is the argument he made not to criticize an ideology or a religion. Fear is not a good reason to not say what you believe. By actin on fear, we are giving away our freedom without realizing.

[im4wur2]

@brunodemoura - "Fear is not a good reason to not say what you believe" - That's a valid point. However, I prefer to make my points when I'm the one who has to pay for it, not others. - Furthermore, to paint the religion of a billion people on the basis of a very small minority is short sighted and irresponsible. Again, do you define Christianity by the acts of its most radical members? If not, then why not apply the same logic to other religions?

[brunodemoura]

@im4wur2 "Prefer to make my points when I'm the one who has to pay for it, not others." I think the army supposed to defend our liberty. And by the way, what the American troops are doing there in the first place? Surveys shows that a considerable part (not the majority) of Muslims tolerate or sympathize with extremists, even among American Muslims.

[im4wur2]

@brunodemoura - With regard to: "I think the army supposed to defend our liberty." - Here's what a group of US veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan have to say on the subject: "“As veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, we have watched with increasing alarm the rise of anti-Islamic rhetoric within the U.S..."

[im4wur2]

(cont) "“We’ve seen attacks on Muslim citizens, intolerance toward religious expression, and even threats of book burning. All this goes against the values we risked our lives to protect..."

[im4wur2]

(cont) "“We have served beside Muslim soldiers, Marines, sailors, and airmen, as well Muslim translators, who risked their own lives and the lives of their families to help us. For the servicemembers currently deployed, the success of their mission and the safety of their lives depends on a basic respect for, and interaction with, Islamic culture..."

[im4wur2]

(cont) "Those who would vilify and target Muslims on grounds of their religious belief not only show a deep disrespect for American values, but put American lives at risk. It’s easy to burn a Koran when you won’t feel the heat..." - (for source, google: u-s-veterans-on-repect-for-mus­lims-america-you-gotta-have-ou­r-backs/ )

[im4wur2]

@brunodemoura - Therre's a hole in your logic big enough to drive a truck through. I've been waiting for you to close it, but after two weeks it's apparent you have no intention of doing so. - You challenged Muslims to denounce their lunatic fringe and I challenged you to denounce the Christian lunatic fringe. A challenge to which you failed to respond.

[im4wur2]

@brunodemoura - As such, you may want to consider that the reason more Muslims don't speak out about the attrocities done in the name of Islam, may not be that different from the reason you failed (repeatedly) to denounce attrocities done in the name of Christ.

[brunodemoura]

@im4wur2 We have to discuss this without fear or political correctness. Muslims have to say out loud what they stands for. I don't see Muslims criticizing the concept of jihad or sharia law, for example.

I believe liberals and conservatives (i don't expect nothing from them) treat this subject with appeals to emotion, instead of reason.

[im4wur2]

@brunodemoura - With regard to: "Muslims have to say out loud what they stands for" - The same can be said for rational Christians speaking out against the HYPOCRISY of the Christian right. Bombings of abortion clinics, murder of doctors, working to bring about Armageddon... all in the name of Christianity. Where is your outrage over that?

[brunodemoura]

But to me, it is irrational how liberals do not criticize islam on their orthodoxy point of view about many subjects defended by liberals.

[brunodemoura]

What Muslims think about gay rights, sex oppression, woman equality, democracy etc? Why do not critique Islam for that the same way liberals do to conservatives?

[classicallady]

@brunodemoura Because the new "christian fascist fringe of born again fringe are very much the same. And mostly we liberals do not profess any specific faith.

[Dibdin100]

The Republican Party taking a MASSIVE swing to the right, so either it'll turn out like the UK where they become unelectable or the world's gonna be in the shit by 2012

[SunimZen]

the religious right should not be concerned with influencing policy. their number one priority as people who are supposedly on a spiritual path, is to be concerned with human suffering. helping the needy, reaching out.sharing and caring for ALL BEINGS. not just those who do or think as you do. there is no true religious right in this country. christianity has been hijacked by people who dont have the integrity to PRACTICE it, choosing instead to USE it as a tool of guilt to influence politics

[im4wur2]

@SunimZen - Well said! - Reminds me of of the sentiment behind Ganhdi's: "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."

[classicallady]

@im4wur2  Here here....

[fatcharlie24]

I read Schaeffer's book. He has tremendous courage and we should all have tremendous respect for transformation.

[rozmarija]

Ha Ha Ha Ha! This guy is totally screwed up!

[rextrek]

this country is full of such backwards assholes....you wonder HOW we made it to the 21st century.

[doctender77]

So much truth in 12 minutes..... impressive

[MrNickChopper76]

@doctender77 WORD!

[howdoiquityou2006]

this guy doesn't deserve his stars

[viruscauser]

And this is the not-bigoted, not-racist (so they claim) Retardlican Party. Can you imagine what they would be saying if Retardlicans were bigoted racists?

[rba718]

I love it when Christians damn the Koran for its 'substance' and yet clearly haven't even read their own bibles.

[stama9]

These "values voters" are going to subject not only the U.S. to their crazy ideology, but the rest of the world and the allies of the U.S. as well. Inaction on global warming, world financial market instability and more wars. U.S. allies will either choose sides or be compelled to join the U.S. in one way or another. More intrusive security at airports, more home-grown terrorism, etc, etc.. All made possible by these Jesus zombies. FUCK these people. It's god damn sickening!

[sage0857]

I find it funny all these worthless fucks titles says 'former' ... come november there's going to be a lot more with that title.

[alexandreleverrier]

It's better to be deaf than to hear the bullshit of an average republican.

[Francebrasil]

One of the best pieces offered by Rachel Maddow.

[MyRiseToHonor]

In the area of absurdity, this is one serious target friendly video! With the exception of R. Maddow, there are so many idiots in this video that it's hard to pick one. I'll just throw a verbal grenade at all of them! They're all fuck dumb! It must be noted that Bryan Fischer clearly doesn't believe in The Constitution! What a commie prick! ROTFF

[alexandreleverrier]

They can't swim by they can dance !

[MisterDoctorE]

Christian Taliban

[Jimb0can]

I agree with Jon Stewart to Restore Sanity. God these people are the biggest facepalms there is.

[PhilipPorter]

Who is that fucking silly old man pretending to be a cowboy?

Jesus America you`re fucked!

[AmericanNohbuddy]

@PhilipPorter

He was trying to get Alabama people to vote for him because after all people in Alabama ride horses and were cowboys....wait

[xXMrGreenEyes24Xx]

That's because the founding fathers looked into roman and Greek government no bible to it.

[fiusux12]

Why doesn't Gary Bauer stick with making auto interiors?

[1140Cecile]

Any liberals who can afford it should try to make it to Jon Stewart's "Restore Sanity Rally" in Washington on 10.30.10

[FixedNewsChannel]

@1140Cecile I'm going.

[cincofone]

@1140Cecile The march to keep fear alive is a more worthy cause

[ericzum]

@1140Cecile

I'll be there too.

[evilsceptic]

@1140Cecile Liberals? ANYONE who can afford to go should go!

[MrNickChopper76]

@1140Cecile WORD!

[729Drew]

@1140Cecile

I wish i could go...i'll just have to watch it on TV, im hoping it'll be televised.

[abcd1to]

@1140Cecile Not even just sensible Americans should try to attend

[classicallady]

@1140Cecile I am dooing my best to fly over there!

[MintV2]

Dale Peterson, just another right-winger harboring an unusually strong affection for horses and mules.... and rent-a- boys.

[DiceWarwick]

@quinnmcguee it's called the rewriting of history, they do it all the time.

[lisamariefan]

Religious right...ugh.

[C0ct0pusPrime]

did the guy in the beginning sound like a fucking hitler wannabe or what? whites are better soldiers? really now?

[karlsantos]

@C0ct0pusPrime

I am sure that the 100th Infantry Battalion in WW2 also heard crap like what that general said all the time.

Now they are legend.

[DyslexicChaos]

@C0ct0pusPrime It may actually be true--minorities tend to do worse academically than white people

HUGELY IMPORTANT NOTE: This is NOT due to their race, though. Instead, it is because of the socio-economic status forced onto them early on in the country's infancy, of which they're still fighting to get out of. This results in inferior education and opportunities for growth.

When given EQUAL opportunities to learn and grow, though, all races have essentially identical academic results.

[rfrantzt]

@DyslexicChaos African immigrants are the most highly educated demographic in America, outperforming the most elite whites.

[doctender77]

@DyslexicChaos It's the old baseball analogy. If we were all playing the game the poor would already have two strikes and two outs and the rich start every at bat by just going to third.

[MrNickChopper76]

@DyslexicChaos WORD!

[yourmomdidsayyourean]

@DyslexicChaos The use of race is foolish and archaic term. Race is not a scientifically valid biological category. Yet it remains important as a socially constructed category which helps bigots categorize people as different.

Your entire debate while noble in intent is as bigoted as the people you are commenting on.

[louiscaponecchia]

@DyslexicChaos yes, but minorities need to drop the culture, especially the black community, because it holds them back.

[whiteliberal1]

@louiscaponecchia You said, "minorities need to drop their culture, especially the black community"? What?!

[louiscaponecchia]

@whiteliberal1 no, i said "THE" culture. The culture that promotes drug dealing and drug use, and bad attitudes, and no respect for authority. the culture that laughs and scoffs at college and assimilation into mainstream society. The culture that views good grades and intelligence and proper speech as "selling out" or somehow being traitorous to the race. The entire eubonics hip hop culture. its poison. you want proof? look at your typical inner city.

[whiteliberal1]

@louiscaponecchia It's funny how you lump an entire race of people into having bad attitudes, no respect for authority and drug use. The last time I checked, a Meth addict had a bad attitude for authorities! It was so bad, he decided to blow up a federal building in Oklahoma City while killing innocent children!

As for "eubonics" (sic) EBONICS and typical inner city neighborhoods, have you visited any areas in Atlanta (Ellenwood, Niskey Lake, etc.) Again, you're lumping them all into one.

[Dreamerx47]

good luck america youre gonna need it XD

[theelbowfromthesky]

daaammm... transparent dog & pony show clown party. These people are living on another planet.

[MethodicalMadness]

Demagoguery galore.

[rup0sh]

It's embarrassing that these people are taken seriously.

[justonefirefly1]

Fuck the racist pig

[samfisherkiller]

LOL! I guess whites are map using, swimming, and super killing machines!