Comments on: Colbert and Atheist Crosses

By: Buddykins2001

Buddykins2001 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:22:48 +0000

Seriously,
How many times have I marveled at all the useless prayers that are lying dormant in my brain from my Catholic School childhood… I too can still rattle them off, and it would seem that Mr. Colbert is in the same book. Catholicism cured me of religion…

By: muggle

muggle — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:41:42 +0000

LOL! Thanks for posting that. Only things I miss about not ponying up for cable are Colbert and Stewart.

Leave it to Colbert to show me I can still laugh at myself. That smug look thing was priceless and he wasn’t poking fun of disbelievers so much as he was stereotypes of them.

Likewise with the bit at the end which seems a bit of a dig at Christians who rattle off their beliefs without thinking. Methinks this was one Christian who was a little ticked at the cross being rendered meaningless.

Oh, the backlash, Scalia, poor baby. It hurts! Especially when it comes from one so adept at lashing back.

By: Samizdat

Samizdat — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:37:38 +0000

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By: JustinTempler

JustinTempler — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:33:12 +0000

Let’s test Scalia’s theory, let’s turn that “non religious” symbol upside down and wait for a reaction.

By: Corey Mondello

Corey Mondello — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:23:05 +0000

ACLU honors Scalia all the time…no more support for them please, atleast not economical.

By: Claudia

Claudia — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:04:57 +0000

Claudia, likening “Christopher Hitchens” to an “agnostic reptile” is an insult to both agnostics and reptiles. Since when has a reptile ever said that women aren’t funny?

Seriously, the “smug look” bit is actually a real insult to atheists, if you think about it. Not sure if that’s just Colbert being in character or not.

Actually my first reaction (after laughing my ass off) was to proclaim “That’s ATHEIST reptile!”

Yeah the “smug look” is (very) mildly insulting, but we dish it out plenty and we should learn to take it in when it’s done in good fun. How many Jewish jokes do you hear on average a NIGHT between Stewart and Colbert? I’m guessing they have a huge Jewish audience and 99,99% take it as good fun. Colbert is Catholic, but he’s also secular and clearly one of the good guys. I think just as gays let straight-allies like Stewart and Colbert get a pass at making fun in good humor, we should take the ribbing in stride, or we risk becoming the humorless Bill-Donahue types we all abhor.

By: JJR

JJR — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:35:13 +0000

I sometimes like to jack with Christians and say “I was deeply inspired by a man who died on a Cross…y’know, Spartacus…”

Antonin Scalia is a disgrace. He may rule to affirm my 2nd Amendment Rights in a manner I basically like, but I don’t like him crapping over our 1st Amendment freedoms like this.

By: MH

MH — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:17:32 +0000

Let’s go for the irony triple play and point out that Antonin Scalia is also Catholic. Is this some kind of Dan Brown conspiracy or something?

By: Brian Westley

Brian Westley — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:09:23 +0000

The ironic thing about the cross lawsuit is that Frank Buono is a practicing Catholic.

Doubly ironic is, so is Stephen Colbert.