Comments on: Joy Behar Calls Atheists “Pathetic” on The View

By: Steamed Cognition » …and non-believers

Steamed Cognition » …and non-believers — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:49:15 +0000

[...] Obama was when non-believers were mentioned. On TV the next day, “The View” commentator Joy Behar (the liberal one!), said, “I’ve never heard a presidential speech where they also [...]

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:27:03 +0000

Many commenters are saying she’s being sarcastic. I understand that. Like I say in this post, she’s usually on our side on issues and defends us. I don’t think she’s trying to purposely attack atheists. I can also usually understand her humor. But even as a joke, I don’t think she’d get away with this if she substituted a different word in for “atheist.”

yes she would. Gays.

By: Hemant Mehta

Hemant Mehta — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:42:40 +0000

Hemant, if Joy needs to apologize for a single facetious adjective, then I think you need to apologize for the baby-eating jokes. After all, it’d be offensive if you talked about Jews or Koreans eating babies, wouldn’t it?

Well, you see, I think Jewish babies and Christian babies and Korean babies are all equally delicious. So there!

By: The Atheist Jew

The Atheist Jew — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:55:23 +0000

I’m almost convinced Joy Behar is at least agnostic if not atheist.
So I take the comment as completely sarcastic.

By: John

John — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:23:31 +0000

Hemant, if Joy needs to apologize for a single facetious adjective, then I think you need to apologize for the baby-eating jokes. After all, it’d be offensive if you talked about Jews or Koreans eating babies, wouldn’t it?

By: «bønez_brigade»

«bønez_brigade» — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:16:14 +0000

Hemant, you need to write another book and try to get on the View to plug it. I think you would be well received, especially since you are the _Friendly_ Atheist™.

By: Luther Weeks

Luther Weeks — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:59:47 +0000

Ah us po pathetic atheists.

And those great masses who spend their exhausting lives in service of a jealous triple headed myth

By: Auryn

Auryn — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:15:26 +0000

I watched the show yesterday and chuckled when Joy said that. I watch the show pretty regularly and Joy at least plays the part of a non-believer and regularly says bad things about religion. It was definitely a joke.

As for not being able to get away with saying that any other group is pathetic…she pretty much does. She tends to say outrageous things.

By: Siamang

Siamang — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:53:00 +0000

But even as a joke, I don’t think she’d get away with this if she substituted a different word in for “atheist.”

The fact that she couldn’t get away with it if she said it about someone else is no reason to act like the spoiled baby who is the one man Catholic League.

Why is the ADL awesome, and the Catholic League non-awesome?

Because the ADL doesn’t scream bloody murder at a hangnail. They confine themselves to substantive, actual defamation, and not every time anyone makes a joke (like “Suck it Jesus”).

By: Jeff Satterley

Jeff Satterley — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:52:50 +0000

I can’t believe no one has said the word yet, but here goes.

Y’all got Poe’d by Joy Behar!