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Revised Tea Party Gospel: "Suffer the little children come unto me. Unless they're undocumented kids from Central America."
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Much easier to be a Christian when the little children aren't in your back yard, isn't it?
Best-selling author Stephen King has called out Tea Party types and Christians on Twitter, suggesting theyre hypocrites on immigration. Some of them werent too happy.
King doesnt tweet much (only 323 so far) but he has a lot of followers (477,000), and at the moment hes in a tweet-fight with his Tea Party foes over the current crisis over thousands of Central American children arriving unaccompanied at the border.
Although Kings contempt for Tea Party politics is not new, his comments on the (latest) border crisis brought out a flurry of angry and/or profane tweets from people who called him hypocritical or clueless or both.
Savannah the Bossy @thesavvy
.@StephenKing on the issue of illegal immigration, you're in the minority. You understand this, right?
Conservative pundits, such as Glenn Beck, also bashed him in regular media.
This is a guy who said that I was Satans mentally challenged younger brother, Beck said on his radio show today. Of course hes not going to recognize our effort.
He cant get past his hate.
Beck has nearly 900,000 followers on Twitter and has sent out nearly 7,000 tweets.
http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2014/07/23/stephen-king-mocks-tea-party/
Richardo
(38,391 posts)TlalocW
(15,391 posts)It was a reply. Someone had Tweeted, "Fuck you, Stephen King."
He tweeted back, "Well, fuck you too, kid!"
TlalocW
PasadenaTrudy
(3,998 posts)a lot of shit on twitter, sadly...
Rozlee
(2,529 posts)"Greg Stillson in skirts."
navarth
(5,927 posts)I don't do twitting, so I hadn't heard that. Really Fucking Funny. ouch!!!
Rozlee
(2,529 posts)He definitely has her pegged.
Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)And an even better one of Pat Buchanan.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)fit in and be right at home!
Roy Serohz
(236 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)The hotel blows up.
Roy Serohz
(236 posts)In fact, I liked the entire novel better. Much better.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Especially when he looks back from the porch and it was all a phenomenon.
Very Lovecraftian.
I have a pristine first edition I'm thinking of selling. I'm getting old enough now to start cashing in those chips.
LonePirate
(13,431 posts)Self-awareness is obviously not a talent of Beck's.
LisaLynne
(14,554 posts)Nugent is the same way -- calling other people haters? Wow!
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)imagining your own faults in others.
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)because they think everyone else is as psychopathic and narcissistic as they are.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)people like him and Tom Petty go right to the heart of the matter - these so-called "Christians" anything but
Aerows
(39,961 posts)my dear Skittles. Pretend "Christianity" is the worst form of it. Hell, pretend "religion" is the worst form of it.
Just love one another.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)honestly *I* am more "Christian" than anyone I know, yet I am Agnostic - WTF
Aerows
(39,961 posts)and I believe in helping others, being kind and generally being a decent person. I slip back into "christianity" every once in a while, and then remember why I left it.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)I never got that mind warping, and learned that religion is not needed to be kind and decent and compassionate
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)was to find a doctor for my family. Within a week of my first visit, the doctor's receptionist showed up at my door with her minister's wife. The first thing they asked was if I was a Christian. I said "uhh...yes, but I don't think in the way you mean it." They invited me to join their church and "find Jesus," and in the process managed to assure me that they had no"Negro" members. I very politely declined (this WAS little more than a decade after some strong civil rights battles), but was hard-pressed not to show how taken aback I was, as they were very "sweet" ladies. In retrospect, I was sorry that I hadn't claimed I was Jewish, just to see their reaction. I'm not, but I have a last name shared by many Jewish people.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Sweet ladies' husbands maybe?
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)of the minister's wife's name: it was that of a famous black "soul sister" singer.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)In my case, the genetics are there, not the practice of any religious tradition. Many of US are of mixed race/religion. imho, it is my moral obligation to defend minorities because I am one of the many.
A brief return to the bible belt in Tennessee convinced me, when you live in the evangelical south there are worse things than being called "a Jew". Since most of those from my birth area believe the state of israel will bring the rapture, it was great fun telling a fib at the door to an uninvited guest.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)When I hear any negative remarks about Stephen King, I want to kick ass. And I hope you will help me out, Skittles. Even though I am an atheist, Stephen King is my god.
rurallib
(62,448 posts)for relating him to Beck.
So odd how RWers claim that the disgust at their hate and bigotry is in itself bad. Maybe they should read a bible or something
Aerows
(39,961 posts)He's a good person.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)the intolerance of the intolerant.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Stephen is on my side, and I am a fan.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)calimary
(81,467 posts)HAH! Stephen King has been one of the good guys for a long time.
mwooldri
(10,303 posts)Here's my idea for a reality-tv version of "Under The Dome".
1. Get a large number of Tea Party identifying people together.
2. Put them all in an environment like being under that dome.
3. Introduce some catastrophic event of sorts.
4. Capture it all on video.
5. ???
6. Profit!
As entertaining as Under The Dome is, I'd hazard a guess my reality Tv version might be just as entertaining. And horrifying.
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)I love the your BaggerDome concept (I loved SK's book too). But baggers are big talkers about self sufficiency, Ayn Rand, free markets, and "I built that". So dome the bastards inside their ideal Galt's Gulch terrarium, and they can all thrive on their own self sufficiency and "Real America" values. This is the juncture at which they would start to introduce catastrophe after catastrophe all on their own.
Then just surround the dome with reality television crews and sociologists and watch 'em go.
frylock
(34,825 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)thank you, Stephen King for calling them out!
mahalo a kennedy~
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Bravo, I say!
Zorra
(27,670 posts)haters when we call out their horrible fascist ugliness.
All stupid people are conservative, and, alas...we can't fix stupid.
kickitup
(355 posts).@StephenKing on the issue of illegal immigration, you're in the minority. You understand this, right?
I honestly hate that line of reasoning worse than most because it just reeks of middle school behavior. Does Savannah the Bossy honestly think Stephen King gives a damn whether his thinking is with the minority on anything whatsoever. His brain has made Stephen King a fortune. I doubt he worries much about whether his thinking is in line with that of others. Actually, it's beyond my comprehension that anyone over a certain age would would be swayed by whatever is the majority opinion on anything.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Savannah needs to get back to chewing her cud & making cowpies.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)sheshe2
(83,900 posts)Tell it!
jopacaco
(133 posts)I too love Mr. King. He and his wife give money to many worthy causes in the local Bangor community and want no recognition. His name isn't on anything. He owns 3 local radio stations (Zone Radio) because he thinks that local radio is important. One is a liberal talk station with a live morning program devoted to politics and local issues. He is an asset to the community.
stopwastingmymoney
(2,042 posts)I'd like to look it up on Tunein, thanks
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)I grew up in that area of Maine but haven't lived there in years. this might be it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WZON_%28AM%29
eShirl
(18,503 posts)(stream link on page)
WZON 620 http://www.wzonthepulse.com/
as does his two FM stations
WKIT 100.3 ("Stephen King's Rock 'n Roll Station" http://www.wkitfm.com/
WZLO 103.1 ("Maine's Adult Alternative" http://www.wzlofm.com/
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)MarianJack
(10,237 posts)He's speaking out passionately in support of Shenna Bellows, our candidate to replace "moderate" Susan Collins. Shenna is one of the best candidates I've ever had the honor of supporting and volunteering for. GO SHENNA BELLOWS!!!
PEACE!
Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)G. K. Chesterton put it well: "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried."
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)G. K. Chesterton got it right.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)"Bad to the Bone"
"Under the Dome", where is he going with this story? Guess I'll need to finish the book sitting on my shelf (sp)?
JackInGreen
(2,975 posts)the man must have an immense hatred of Satan to associate him to that drippy souled former fox sonofabitch by familial relations. If they weren't on such good terms I'd say Steve should apologize.