Fox News Again

[LastPoet]

Yet, if it is a republican they are interviewing, they'll kiss his ass and give a penny. Silverman really likes to test his own patience.

[thesummerqueen]

There's a great interview that the podcast Irreligiosophy did of Silverman, which is where I first heard of him. He explained that backstage, Bill O'Reilly isn't a gaping idiot. He's a bright, erudite man. So when he really had to confront him on Fox - the "tide goes in, tide goes out" conversation that produced the famous meme face - he realized during the moment that he made that face that O'Reilly was playing a character, and you can't win an argument against a character. His goal during those TV spots is to get out on that particular news channel what he hopes and wants to say, in the confines of what the "characters" Fox News has up there build around him.

[Annik]

This kind of chaps my ass. I don't know how Silverman kept his head.

[LastPoet]

Someday we will find out that after all, Fox News is just a parody

[Rayaan]

There certainly is a difference of motives and certainly people can celebrate Christmas without religious motives. Again, not our argument. If you think outside the words of the Constitution, that you can do equally to the same level of display on government property as Christians get away with far too much, try setting up a Ramadan display of equal size on a government lawn and watch the hypoctrites bitch about it.

Does that also mean that the government lawn/property is not a property of the people who live in that area?

And that the people shouldn't have any rights to make religious displays?

Concerning Ramadan, specifically, there is no kind of huge display noticeable to others except maybe on the day of Eid (right after Ramadan) when Muslims go to mosque in large numbers in the morning. And where I live, in Queens, NY, the local governments in that area allow that and they also allocate parking spaces around the mosques for Muslims during that single day. But then it's all over after a couple of hours. It's not like we're trying to rule the land or anything.

To put it simply, I do not see a problem with people celebrating holidays and/or practicing their religion of choice as long as it is done equally and with respect to those who observe and those who do not, and with no violation of any government rules.

I think that people should have at least some freedom to talk and display things that represent their religion or their lack thereof. Why not honor the diversity?

[thesummerqueen]

You're arguing from the point of fairness, Rayaan, not from the point of view of most of the people who put up Christmas displays.

[Minimalist]

To put it simply, I do not see a problem with people celebrating holidays and/or practicing their religion of choice as long as it is done equally and with respect to those who observe and those who do not, and with no violation of any government rules.

As was suggested, Rayaan, try putting up an islamic-themed display and see what happens.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/screamin...s-of-hell/

[Jackalope]

To put it simply, I do not see a problem with people celebrating holidays and/or practicing their religion of choice as long as it is done equally and with respect to those who observe and those who do not, and with no violation of any government rules.

As was suggested, Rayaan, try putting up an islamic-themed display and see what happens.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/screamin...s-of-hell/

Many of the comments on that page are just.... wow.

[Annik]

Many of the comments on that page are just.... wow.

"Muslims are so violent! Let's kill them!"

-1 Faith in Humanity

[Rayaan]

You're arguing from the point of fairness, Rayaan, not from the point of view of most of the people who put up Christmas displays.

Well yeah, I'm arguing from my own point of view. So what?