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onager

(9,356 posts)
Thu May 5, 2016, 06:12 AM May 2016

Ain't That A Shame?

Pat Boone: Government Should Outlaw Blasphemy and Punish "Saturday Night Live" If It Blasphemes (22 April 2016)

Conservative musician and activist Pat Boone has been on the warpath against Saturday Night Live ever since the program aired a sketch parodying the right-wing’s persecution complex, criticizing the show’s cast members as Satanic and bound for hell.

In an interview last night with Alan Colmes, Boone said that “there should be regulations that prohibit blasphemy” and that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should punish networks that air such blasphemous programming.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/pat-boone-government-should-outlaw-blasphemy-and-punish-saturday-night-live-if-it-blasphemes

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Ain't That A Shame? (Original Post) onager May 2016 OP
Stupid... rexcat May 2016 #1
Whaaaaat? Cartoonist May 2016 #2
You can bet the only people left in his life are from his wingnut church Warpy May 2016 #3
That happens all the time Curmudgeoness May 2016 #8
I think they should tax people who stand in water. Iggo May 2016 #4
More proof that god doesn't exist. progressoid May 2016 #5
LOL. That's excellent. -nt Freelancer May 2016 #6
Yeah, but Pat did a cover of "Enter Sandman" - Bowie didn't. Checkmate, atheists! mr blur May 2016 #7
Little Richard covers Cartoonist May 2016 #10
I don't believe in god... awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #15
Just the thought of being in heaven with all those sanctimonious assholes makes me ill . progressoid May 2016 #17
If god is love then those fuckers are somewhere else. Iggo May 2016 #18
If we outlaw blasphemy, what should the punishment be? Curmudgeoness May 2016 #9
I kinda like Brainstormy May 2016 #11
When in London, you'll want to visit this famous pub... onager May 2016 #14
Maybe we should consult sharia... awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #16
NOOO! NOT SHARIA LAW!!! Curmudgeoness May 2016 #20
Birds of a feather. nt awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #21
Pat Boone hates the 1st Amendment sakabatou May 2016 #12
oh, what a "good" Christian RussBLib May 2016 #13
Oh... those darn Christians! AlbertCat May 2016 #19
Unfortunately, there are people on DU who agree with that, even. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #22

rexcat

(3,622 posts)
1. Stupid...
Thu May 5, 2016, 07:11 AM
May 2016

Stupid man but not an uncommon opinion with the religious right in this country. Religion over government is their mantra.

Cartoonist

(7,532 posts)
2. Whaaaaat?
Thu May 5, 2016, 07:13 AM
May 2016

Boone, insisting that “at least 90 percent of the American public” wants this kind of censorship

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
3. You can bet the only people left in his life are from his wingnut church
Thu May 5, 2016, 07:27 AM
May 2016

and he ASSumes from that sampling that we're all that nuts.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
8. That happens all the time
Thu May 5, 2016, 05:33 PM
May 2016

when people pull numbers out of their ass.

I have heard that sort of thing MILLIONS of times!

Cartoonist

(7,532 posts)
10. Little Richard covers
Thu May 5, 2016, 05:42 PM
May 2016

The movie biopic of Little Richard was very entertaining. When he first heard Boone singing his song, his associate told him who was covering it. He replied, "he's not covering it, he's butchering it."

Ozzie wouldn't let Pat do one of his songs on the OP album.

progressoid

(50,748 posts)
17. Just the thought of being in heaven with all those sanctimonious assholes makes me ill .
Sat May 7, 2016, 07:51 PM
May 2016

My heaven would be a great heaven. There wouldn't be many Christians in it though.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
9. If we outlaw blasphemy, what should the punishment be?
Thu May 5, 2016, 05:35 PM
May 2016

Does it matter how blasphemous it is, or will all blasphemy be equal?

I suggest either stoning or burning at the stake.

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
16. Maybe we should consult sharia...
Sat May 7, 2016, 06:16 PM
May 2016

these assclowns deride sharia law, when they want to institute the same thing here.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
20. NOOO! NOT SHARIA LAW!!!
Sun May 8, 2016, 05:49 PM
May 2016

The fundamental Christians are TOTALLY different than those Muslims.

Forget about the fact that they have the same sins. Don't think about how they have instituted some really sick punishments for those "crimes". And let's not talk about how they want everyone to think just like them, no matter how they have to force it on them.

RussBLib

(9,666 posts)
13. oh, what a "good" Christian
Fri May 6, 2016, 11:28 PM
May 2016

wanting to control what others do

It kills me how presumptuous these bastards are. Thinking they know the ultimate truth based on...what...that ancient book full of bullshit and contradictions?

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
22. Unfortunately, there are people on DU who agree with that, even.
Mon May 9, 2016, 01:38 AM
May 2016

1st Amendment threads are real depressing, like when people tried to argue that drawing cartoons of Mohammed is illegal because it could "make" someone so angry they do something violent.

derpities is right.


LOL for Pat Boone in the bondage outfit, too. I remember that, that was a real moment

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