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rsexaminer

(321 posts)
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 06:05 PM Aug 2015

Ted Cruz just called Ellen Page a "liberal fascist" who hates Christians; go figure

Ted Cruz was recently confronted by actress Ellen Page over his stance on LGBT rights and religious freedom, and the Texas senator is now warning against "liberal fascism and intolerance" and the "persecution" of Christians.

http://www.examiner.com/article/ted-cruz-refers-to-ellen-page-as-a-liberal-fascist-who-hates-christians

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Ted Cruz just called Ellen Page a "liberal fascist" who hates Christians; go figure (Original Post) rsexaminer Aug 2015 OP
is your name the site ? olddots Aug 2015 #1
Go Ellen Page!!! Cruz trots out the religious victim arguement at the drop of a hat! Dustlawyer Aug 2015 #2
Say that to her face, Rat Face maxsolomon Aug 2015 #3
Religious liberty = being forced against your will to follow Ted Cruz's sick religious views Johonny Aug 2015 #4
Must be the Toxic Trump Effect Matariki Aug 2015 #5
How nice of him. I'm sure Ellen is flattered. smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #6
"Persecution" moondust Aug 2015 #7
Ellen Page would be a better President than one term Senator Ted Cruz Generic Brad Aug 2015 #8

Dustlawyer

(10,499 posts)
2. Go Ellen Page!!! Cruz trots out the religious victim arguement at the drop of a hat!
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 06:49 PM
Aug 2015

He does the, "country founded of religion" argument instead of what it is, "Separation of Church and State." It's total pandering to the Christian Right and more about discrimination of the LGBT community than any so-called religious freedom.

Johonny

(20,933 posts)
4. Religious liberty = being forced against your will to follow Ted Cruz's sick religious views
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 07:00 PM
Aug 2015

that the democrats don't frame the discussion this way every single time is beyond me. Who the * thinks Ted Cruz is an authority on religion or... anything for that matter. Ellen Page isn't forcing people to accept LGBT in their church, she's forcing Ted Cruz to acknowledge Ted Cruz is fine persecuting them in order to obtain power. The concept of who is getting persecuted is pretty easy to understand.

Matariki

(18,775 posts)
5. Must be the Toxic Trump Effect
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 07:08 PM
Aug 2015

Insult people with impunity, gain in popularity with the sexist, racist base of the party.

Being decent, being civil, is apparently a liability for the Republicans these days.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
6. How nice of him. I'm sure Ellen is flattered.
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 08:38 PM
Aug 2015

By the way, is there even such a thing as a "liberal fascist"?

moondust

(20,019 posts)
7. "Persecution"
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 09:42 PM
Aug 2015

"Not lettin' us bigots be bigots and openly discriminate against all them n...s who ain't like us."

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