No, Bill Donahue is your standard issue ranting wingnut of the "Jesus hates everyone but me and people exactly like me" variety.
And yet, he somehow is given a lot of credibility by mainsteam news orgs and certain political parties I could name. So really, he's a rather more dangerous ranting wingnut than the usual.
I keep x-posting with people who say it better (first bon and now Kathy.)
Bob and I were just talking about this last night. He's like Fred Phelps in that he makes the news not because he's newsworthy, or represents something, but because he's salacious. He creates a story, like this one. And what possible reason would he have to stop? Should any one of you want to become famous, create a nonprofit and start getting offended.
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Should any one of you want to become famous, create a nonprofit and start getting offended.
I'm gonna start a nonprofit organization called "Stupid People Suck Foundation" Then I'll issue press releases whenever someone does something excessively stupid.
Yeah, I'd probably require a large staff to keep track of all the stupidity....
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I'm gonna start a nonprofit organization called "Stupid People Suck Foundation" Then I'll issue press releases whenever someone does something excessively stupid.
Nah, you'll never make any money that way. What you need to to is call it something relentlessly positive, like "Nice People In Favor Of Hugs And Puppies," and then issue scathing attacks calling for apologies whenever anyone makes a public statement but fails to explicitly state their pro-hugs-and-puppies stance.