Comments on: Gotta Love Jesus. And the South.

By: Seth

Seth — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:46:34 +0000

This is the city I live in. *sigh

By: TedinLA

TedinLA — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:09:11 +0000

“and while the jesus stuff the guy was talking about was bizarre in this context, i’m not going to knock the guy for his beliefs (no one should, you know?)”

No one should WHAT, exactly? No one should point out when an elected official is talking nonsensical religious rhetoric out of his ass in a completely inappropriate setting in response to a journalist asking about what he’s done with PUBLIC funds?

I’m so absolutely sick of being told that because a person holds beliefs which would be seen by reasonable rational people as deranged, crazy and complete bullshit with no basis in reality, I must not point this out if the person labels his fantasy as “religious.”

Let’s call a spade a spade–this guy was babbling like a lunatic on a street corner. It doesn’t matter whether he was saying “Jesus loves you” or “There’s a giant half-man, half-lizard living in my pants.” Crazy is crazy.

By: blurb

blurb — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:37:22 +0000

Dave, your comment makes my point of using those terms in the title.

I did not “make” you watch anything. As a palette cleanser, you may wish to visit videos whose agenda it is to celebrate hacking non-motorized, gravity powered vehicles here:

http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/10/15/insanely-rad/

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:19:40 +0000

I’m not really sure why you reference “South” in your title because the video clip clearly has nothing to do with the Southern region of the US. I’m a South Carolina native, but now reside in Michigan and I just get very sick of people stereotyping the ENTIRE southeastern United States the way you have, because quite frankly it’s ignorant let alone false. It’s like me saying everyone from San Francisco is homosexual, or everyone who lives in New York City talks like Fran Drescher. It’s not true to just lump everything into one category. It’s funny though because somehow certain people get away with it while the media loves to rag on others for it.

So…with that being said, whatever agenda you’re trying to push (obviously something with Christianity and the South), atleast find a video that supports the claim you’re trying to make. Making us watch a video that comes from a suburb of St. Louis has nothing to do with your point.

By: southerngirl

southerngirl — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:03:58 +0000

Adrienne- I know he’s from Kansas. I was just trying to show the difference between Midwest Crazies and Southern Crazies–which we have a boatload of.

TedinLA- It is important to correct misperceptions about what is the South and what is not. We have enough crazy down here without taking on the Midwest’s, too. And since Blurb’s blog is an international venue, we make sure his are facts right. ; )

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:56:45 +0000

Southerngirl…
The crazy you speak of is Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church, located in Kansas. As a Christian and a native St. Louisan, I don’t claim him. Don’t know many others who would, either.

By: david

david — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:43:03 +0000

woops. i got my time frame wrong. 2 months he said, not 2 weeks.

my comment still stands though. & i still think it’s sensationalism.

oh well, i hope everyone’s having a good day.

By: david

david — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:37:20 +0000

that elliot smith guy (the reporter) bugs me. i used to live in st. louis (now in nyc) and all it ever seemed like he was doing was digging up useless bullcrap to report about. for instance, this video: (paraphrase) “2 weeks after its completion, why is this facility not in use?”

classic sensationalism.

and while the jesus stuff the guy was talking about was bizarre in this context, i’m not going to knock the guy for his beliefs (no one should, you know?) he should’ve just stuck to his guns and kept saying “you can ask me these questions in writing and i’ll answer them in writing.”

just my thoughts on the video overall.

By: Phillip J Fry

Phillip J Fry — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:50:32 +0000

St. Louis isn’t the south…. good job.

By: marci lambert

marci lambert — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:13:18 +0000

wow. i bet even Jesus was embarrassed to watch that clip.