Treat Atheists Like Trolls, Says Michelle Malkin

My favorite line: “I think making fun of them too, and mockery, is probably the second best solution.”
Why Michelle, that’s very Christian of you.

I think “making fun” and “mocking” is probably the BEST thing to do to FOXNEWS. What a bunch of self-righteous blowhards!

Gretchen says she’s worried about Christianity going away if Christians don’t stand and fight. I thought God wasn’t going to let that happen.

Idea: how about having those who disapprove of atheists give up all modern medicine? Given that 93 percent of Academy of Science level scientists are atheist or agnostic, it is all but certain that an atheist had a major hand in any major scientific breakthrough.

How about a decade without Michelle Malkin?

I call her Our Lady of Perpetual Outrage.

“It just emboldens them…” and “we let this happen, they’ll just take over.”
I wonder if this woman thinks about what she says. If she had been talking about any other group rather than atheists—a race, or a sex, for a example—-it would be considered a hateful statement.
I don’t usually call people stupid, but, wow….

Lady, Christianity is dying because in the age of information people are waking up to the massive fraud it’s been for 2k years.

You can’t expect any kind of sound reasonability on these fnc show, just a freak show.

Hard to believe they are adults. Their logic is infantile at best. I find their superiority complex to be suffocating. The ironic thing is that the sign really reveals that a lot of christians are just hypocritical brats looking for some way to be victimized. As if they are the only ones with any moral judgement and that they alone can dispense the justice against anyone who doesn’t believe in their little fantasies. Atheists are a threat to their ignorance. If anything, it is they who deserve to be mocked like trolls.

Well, James! It works for stealing. Oh wait.

I think I facepalmed like three or four times.

I got to 47 seconds before I had to stop it.

And to the subject, stealing signs is bad, but those signs in the first place are stupid. You treat atheism as a religion and push it with propaganda, how bad is that? And if anybody wants to give me piece of mind, feel free to do so at ibnazer at hotmail.com

Only fox news would make such a big deal out of this.

Malkin. Bah. A retarded windbag who makes her living selling highly partisan crap to retarded individuals. I had a row with a guy that I knew over this and Sarah Palin. Apparently he thinks that Palin isn’t clueless and what Malkin had to say is correct. Fucking retard. I’ll never figure out how someone could say without being sarcastic that In Defense of Internment is not a partisan piece of literature, or that when people criticize her it’s not on merit but simply because “everyone will get criticize.” That maybe be true in some cases but for Malkin it’s not. The video above is pretty good evidence of that. Good thing I threw that god awful friendship out the door! I’d rather let people who worship Palin and Malkin to fap anywhere but in my presence.

Wow, there were so many things popping through my mind- it’s totally free right now as I’m not concerning myself with the birth of a savior- that I need to watch the video again so I can I have the web version of a AAA roadmap to map my snarky thoughts.

Given that I’ve seen the dare portion of the game, I’ll take truth please. Truth seems so Readers’ Digest version of this game and I’ve got shit to do next week.

I agree they’re stupid and making way too big a deal. However, so much has been said in atheist circles that atheist should “mock and ridicule” the religious. Some groups like RRS even support putting them all in mental institutions. Should it really be that surprising when the religious do it back? These types of things go both ways. And a nativity sign was stolen as well as the non religious sign. Sounds like everyone just won’t leave well enough alone and let people enjoy the holidays. I’m just sick of the whole thing, it’s the same thing every year.

OK, so some silly commandment is not enough to keep some Christians from stealing when it suits their purpose. How about putting the sign under video surveillance and letting them become You Tube stars. Bet they would love that. Fundy trap anyone?

what stupid, bigoted arrogance. these people get paid for this.

GAH! I made it to 7 seconds.

7 seconds – “An atheist sign post near a nativity scene“…No, no, no. It’s positioning near a Christian symbol has no bearing on the theft.

11 seconds – “the anti-religion group” – Grr! FFRF has been working since 1978 to promote freethought and to keep state and church separate. Yes, clearly that means being anti-religious. /sarcasm

15 seconds – “Oh yeah, you’re an atheist but let’s use one of the ten commandments to prove our point” – Good grief! When will these idiots try to understand that there are some good ideas in the bible. Statistically speaking there really has to be in a book that big. Plus the point is to remind theidiots (as opposed to reasonable Christians who probably wouldn’t steal anyway) to obey their own much vaunted moral imperatives. You’d think it would be fairly straightforward.

28 seconds – “I just so enraged by all these atheist displays and trying to push Jesus to the back seat”. – Good. Now you know what it feels like to have your beliefs trodden on. Not that they have been though when you think about it. The sign is sharing equal space in the same building, not hanging over the manger while Hemant munches on baby Jebus burgers.

If it incites an emotional response then you should really ask yourself why. Is the idea of atheists so challenging to a Christian view? Is it not a better way to constantly challenge accepted views in order to chip away at the weaknesses and fully understand the strengths of the opinion? Clearly too difficult an idea.

35 seconds – “I’m starting to get Christmas wars fatigue…every year now for the last 5 or 6 years we’ve seen these outbursts and these tantrums from people who can’t just leave well enough alone and let people enjoy the good cheer of the season” – Then don’t make it a fight. It doesn’t have to be. Just enjoy your own faith and leave everyone else to go and enjoy their own without trying to force baby Jesus down everyone’s throat.

53 seconds – “I think this is really a result of identity politics run amok. now atheists need 15 minutes of fame” – Identity politics is political action to advance the interests of members of a group whose members are oppressed by virtue of a shared and marginalized identity (such as race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and neurological wiring). The term has been used principally in United States politics since the 1970s. By Michelle’s argument we shouldn’t pander to any sort of minority (in terms of power) group. Blacks want to stop being treat like second class citizens? Gays want equality in marriage and law? Women want equal pay? Sorry, that’s identity politics run amok.

1 minute. I actually made it this far. – “I will not be surprised when we have the next trend which is these atheists claiming that they are somehow so indispensable that we need a day without atheists.” That’s an idea. A bloody stupid one but at least an idea. If atheists were limited to one industry or social group it might be worthwhile but we come from all walks of life and work in all areas. It’s true that there are proportionally less of us in prison and more in the higher intellectual institutions like universities and in scientific research but that’s just a broad trend and not a clear differentiation.

1:10. – “I have to say some of my best friends are atheists” – No, you don’t. You’re saying it to appear less bigoted but it actually makes you look worse. “I have to say that some of my best friends are Asian (black, gay, women, disabled, Canadian, Muslim, whatever)”

1:16 – “I would advise people of faith…not to go stealing their signs” – Finally something reasonable is said. But wait.

1:25 – “Let them make fools of themselves in the public square and say a prayer for them.” Actually go ahead. Let us make fools of ourselves, that is precisely what we are asking for, the same rights as any other member of the public. Christians can pray for me if they like, what do I care? I see prayer as wholly without merit or power except to help someone to structure their own thoughts. Pray all you want, go ahead.

1:29 – “If you let them do that, over time they will have the control..if you don’t stand up and fight for it, it might just disappear. I’m talking about Christianity” – I think that this is the most revealing comment in the whole clip. If atheists are allowed an equal say in the public forum then Christianity is so weak that it will wither before the onslaught of reason. It is better to repress the minority voice than to allow it to speak. There are Christians who see no threat at all in atheism because they are confident in their faith. It is telling that such fear is so close to the surface for others.

1:46 – “You treat these people like trolls” followed by an idiot’s guide to what a troll is. – Ignore any view that doesn’t support your own, don’t try to engage the atheist in reasoned debate or discussion. Run, run, the atheists are coming!

2:01 – “Are you going to take your own pledge, swear on a stack of bibles, that you are not to give them attention any more? Are you going to ignore the atheist movement?” – OK, atheist movement aside is this a reasonable question? At face value you have Michelle saying ignore them and they’ll go away and the other two (sorry I don’t know their names) saying that they should oppose atheists actively. Is it reasonable to ask a syndicated columnist if they are going to stop commenting on a topic. No, keep talking about it, free advertising is good. A pretty weak defence follows

2:23 – “Making fun of them too and mockery is probably the second best solution” – I was immediately reminded of a biblical story from this statement where Jesus was forced to wear a crown of thorns in mockery of his claims to be King of the Jews. A little gentle mockery is OK and to be expected when opposing views meet but are the options really 1. ignore them and 2. take the piss. If atheists bother theists then shouldn’t one option be to talk about and to the opposing view and try to understand it. I know that I try to mix up my mockery of Christians with a bit of understanding, if nothing more than variety.

2:33 – “A woman wanted to ban Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer because she thought that was too Christian. One of the most secular Christmas carols out there and she’s offended because it is too religious.” – A completely different story with no background information. I call appeal to ridicule.

I gave up after that, it was just repetition ad absurdum. How do they fit this much crap into 3 minutes?

Did I miss anything?

El: like many others, you are sidestepping a major part of the issue: what is a nativity scene doing in the state capital anyway? Or a menorah? No atheist objects to churches and private citizens setting stuff like that up on their own property, nor objects to people enjoying their holidays. Why do they need to use public property for this, why isn’t it enough to put these displays on their own property? Think about it.

Yes, the sign there is stupid and unnecessary – that’s the whole point. All displays there are stupid and unnecessary. Let them enjoy their holidays – and let them keep the government out of it.

Michelle hates her asian back ground and is sooo lucky her family was allowed here…also….she could pass for a troll

Oh…has someone asked her is she ever thinks an “asian-mix” will ever step into the white house and house and how she feels about a less worldly known for their intelligence “mixed” person race beat them to it?

“Some of my best friends are atheists”

That’s a bigger bullshit story since the bible.

I couldn’t think of any snarky comments, but I did make sort of a mouth snort when Malkin said that some of her best friends are atheists. Hasn’t that line become a discredited joke by now?

I seriously don’t understand the Christian’s utter insecurity in thinking atheists are going to cause the extinction of their faith. CHRISTIANS are causing the extinction of their faith by being angry, bitter, exclusionist and hypocritical.

I think the funniest part of this is the very end, where Fox News moves to more, very serious business:

‘LET’S TALK AKON!’

Give me a break… this video is so ridiculous it would have been stupid on youtube let alone national television.

This woman thinks that the Atheist’s are plotting revenge against the Christians and want to take over the world. Please. Last time I checked, Atheism has never started a war or caused violence. We have people killing others in the name of their religion, priests molesting children, yet when an Atheist puts a sign up it is a big deal?

Her logic on the ‘Thou shall not steal’ is just pathetic. Right then I knew it would only get worse… it did.

J.J. Ramsey: it’s still a useful warning though. “Some of my best friends are [members of group]” is a great indicator that some stupid, insulting stereotype about [group] will soon follow. I don’t think we were disappointed here.

It’s interesting that Malkin says that Atheists are just looking for attention and if you give them attention it emboldens them even more… I believe she just described herself, she seems to always be saying something inflammatory and seeking attention. If you look at the things she says on her blog and the book she wrote “The Case for Internment” on reasons why it made sense to intern Japanese Americans, I think you’ll agree. I mean after all that is how bloggers make money, they need to have lots of traffic to their sites to sell advertising…

Ugly American Says:
December 19th, 2008 at 11:34 am

Regardless of the religion, 100% of religious extremists tested in fMRI machines had damage to the left temporal lobe of their brains.

Religious experiences can even be induced by disrupting that part of the brain with magnetic fields.

People interpret the effects in their own cultural context but the area is the same for all religions and even UFO ‘abductees’ – even when you warn people ahead of time what will happen, it seems real to them.

It’s been documented for decades in the USSR, USA, etc. Go google it.

[citation needed]

Joe: “But to be fair, trolling is exactly what the FFRF is doing.”

The FFRF is engaging in a protest to raise awareness. I certainly find fault with the details of the sign used in their protest, but the protest is legitimate, and writing it off as mere trolling is unfair.

Now as for Michelle Malkin being a troll, well, …

Yeah, but who really cares what Fox news thinks?

As a troll atheist, all I can say is “Iz under yo bridge steeling in yo jezuz.”

Inquisitions Rock!
I think the Federal Government ought to consider internmnet of the more vociferous moral relativists. They are, indeed, a threat to national security. They cannot say it would be wrong; as they do not believe in Natural Law. Therefore, the constitionan can be changed to allow it. See how wonderful legal positivism works!

Nothing angers them more than the fact that we’re no longer invisible and silent. They want so badly to shove us back into our closets so they can go back to running everything and pretending they’re the only game around. And, of course, they’ll do whatever they feel necessary to achieve that goal.

@darter22 : I have a mobile webcam and I can send the feed to the local police.

Some people need to be reminded that the law doesn’t care if you’re Christian, Muslim or a follower of Odin, if you steal things you have broken the law, and there will be consequences. Like prison. And fines.

And having finally forced myself to watch the whole video, I suggest Michelle start seeing a counsellor before her paranoid delusions about various groups trying to take over the country get any worse. She might also want to apologise on air to these ‘atheist friends’ because I’m sure that they aren’t her friends anymore (if she even had them in the first place).