jpak
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Wed Nov-03-04 10:54 AM
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Confederate Theocracy: What I saw last night in Pensacola |
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The local CBS affiliate reported that one polling station in Escambia County would not close until after midnight.
They did a live report.
They showed hundreds of college-aged youths standing in line waiting to enter the poll. At first I was elated, but then I realized...
...the poll was located at Pensacola Christian College.
All these kids were fundies. They were singing hymns, chanting prayers and waving B/C signs. Most wore B/C shirts and sported B/C buttons. They were taking their B/C gear into the poll without challange
...and they were harassing Kerry voters.
One woman said they surrounded her and called her a sinner. They did this to anyone they suspected of being a Kerry supporter. Many Kerry voters simply couldn't take it and left.
The deputy sheriff that stood at the end of the voter line did not intervene.
Asked what she was going to do about it, the woman replied she was going to asked the Supervisors of Elections office to change her polling location. She could never vote there again.
This is W Nation folks.
Christian values trump all other issues.
And they can get away with murder...
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Wed Nov-03-04 10:55 AM
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1. yes, and it will get worse over the next 4 years. |
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Wed Nov-03-04 11:01 AM
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2. if this election has left me with anything, it's disgust with fundies |
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unfortunate, but true.
I am now prejudiced. I am one of those horrible people I've always stood against. I have always been proud of myself as someone who did not judge, who always believed all people are essentially good, equal, etc. But now I'm prejudiced against fundies. I hate them. I want them to form their own country in Alabama and leave me alone.
This is what I am now. :(
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RinaJ
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Wed Nov-03-04 11:05 AM
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3. I said something similar to this last night |
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This turned into a religious crusade for many fundies, and it may have brought out just enough who rarely voted before to counter our own efforts.
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Wed Nov-03-04 11:06 AM
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should be the first drafted. Sorry if thats offensive, but thats how i feel.
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Wed Nov-03-04 11:08 AM
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5. As a former resident of Pensacola... |
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sadly I must concur. They are not all like that up there but that is generally rightwing religious wacko country. :(
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Wed Nov-03-04 11:42 AM
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Nothing you described represents "Christian values". It represents bigotry, ignorance and fanaticism. "Christian values" as used by the religious/political right wing is a smoke screen for fascism. Anyone using this terminology should be viewed as a fascist until proved otherwise.
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Wed Nov-03-04 11:45 AM
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send them to one of their Leader's crazy motherfuckin' wars.
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Wed Nov-03-04 11:53 AM
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8. These people are no different from Osama Bin Laden |
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They represent different Relegions, but in levels of fanaticism they are equal. One would argue however that these folks don't resort to violence..but THEY DO.
By condoning the actions and supporting a man who has caused the deaths of tens of thousands of innocents, and also by proclaming him to be a man of God(??), they have taken responsibility for the deaths of more human beings than Osama.
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