America II's President

Post by **thibodeaux** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 4:37 pm

http://www.vanityfair.com/online....ow.html

Post by **TheCatt** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:22 pm

Not that Jillette has ever been a particularly political comedian.

Someone has never seen their Vegas show or watched Bullshit! They're overtly political. Just not in the Republican vs. Democrat way.

Post by **TPRJones** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:31 pm

This quote from that interview nicely sums up how I feel about faith, religion, and beliefs in general. I've never seen it more elegantly put:

What I have a problem with is not so much religion or god, but faith. When you say you believe something in your heart and therefore you can act on it, you have completely justified the 9/11 bombers. You have justified Charlie Manson. If it's true for you, why isn't it true for them? Why are you different? If you say "I believe there's an all-powerful force of love in the universe that connects us all, and I have no evidence of that but I believe it in my heart," then it's perfectly okay to believe in your heart that Sharon Tate deserves to die. It's perfectly okay to believe in your heart that you need to fly planes into buildings for Allah.

Post by **GORDON** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:42 pm

This paragraph, written by this very angry liberal, jumped out at me:

When I finally got around to watching clips of Jillette on these shows, which admittedly didn't happen until I did research for this interview, I realized that it wasn't nearly as morally catastrophic as I'd been led to believe. Even when he smiled politely and pretended that Glenn Beck isn't a frothing-at-the-mouth loon, Jillette was an equal opportunity offender. He trashed Bush as much as Obama, preached nonviolent resistance (which was especially awkward during his via-satellite interview with Beck at a Tea Party rally at the Alamo), and while he sometimes sucked up to the ultra-conservative host, he also openly mocked the "funny underwear" worn by Mormons, forcing us to imagine Beck in his Church-approved skivvies.

Here's how I read it:

When I found out Jillette poked fun at one of the groups of people I hate, I realized he may not be all bad.

Just plays into my perception that nobody hates like a progressive.

Post by **thibodeaux** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:57 am

Oh, yeah, that author was obnoxious. And why was it awkward to talk about nonviolent resistance at a Tea Party? Oh, right, they're racists, so of course they're violent.