Hero terror-baby fighting news now: Congressman Louie Gohmert makes strong bid for Moronic Imbecile of
July.
Congressman Louie Gohmert had some remarks about the recent shooting in a movie theater in Colorado. Per the course, prep the crazy:
“You know what really gets me, as a Christian, is to see the ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs, and then some senseless crazy act of a derelict takes place,” Gohmert said.
“Some of us happen to believe that when our founders talked about guarding our virtue and freedom, that that was important,” he said.
“Whether it’s John Adams saying our Constitution was made only for moral and religious people … Ben Franklin, only a virtuous people are capable of freedom, as nations become corrupt and vicious they have more need of masters. We have been at war with the very pillars, the very foundation of this country.”
Ernest Istook, the host of the show and a former Oklahoma congressman, jumped in to clarify that nobody knows the motivation of the alleged Aurora gunman. Gohmert said that may be true, but suggested the shootings were still “a terrorist act” that could have been avoided if the country placed a higher value on God.
“People say … where was God in all of this?” Gohmert said. “We’ve threatened high school graduation participations, if they use God’s name, they’re going to be jailed … I mean that kind of stuff. Where was God? What have we done with God? We don’t want him around. I kind of like his protective hand being present.”
The people who wrote the constitution
really screwed the pooch on this one. If only they had realized that
allowing religious freedom would result in a mentally unstable person
shooting people 224 years later! They were so close to producing a
good document, it's a shame they lacked the acumen that Louie
"terror-baby fighter" Gohmert has
It's hard to know where to start other
than just generally mocking him. Consequently, I've come up with some
appropriate monikers:
- Louie "the superman of schizoid" Gohmert
- Louie "the advocate of asinine" Gohmert
- Louie "the bastion of batty" Gohmert
- Louie "the keeper of the kook" Gohmert
- Louie "the congressman of cretinous” Gohmert
- Louie "the vindicator of vacuous" Gohmert
- Louie "the warrior of wacky" Gohmert
We have something like 350,000
Christian churches in the United States. There's somewhere around 242
million Christians (78% of the population) in the United States.
Evidently, 78% of us are being persecuted by being unable to use the
government to impose beliefs on others - the worst kind of
persecution! I genuinely don't get a lot of things, and I don't
understand how someone can look at that and conclude:
God's sitting up there (apparently he isn't omnipresent, and leaves) ready to intervene and prevent all tragedy. However, He isn't doing that because the United States isn't a theocracy. He has left the United States, presumably during the rosy fictional past when there was no violence, and would really like to intervene but, really, it's our fault He isn't. He only listens if the government uses force to make everyone practice a certain denomination of a certain religion in a certain way. [Thankfully, Louie "the benefactor of bonkers" Gohmert is ready to tell you how, pro-tip: be a wealthy white male.]
Therefore, the solution to all of our problems is to turn the United States into a theocracy. Because a quick glance at the history books tells us that violence is non-existent in theocracies.
I don't understand that.
I's an incredibly scary set of
beliefs. It's also a set of puerile and absurd beliefs, but scary
nonetheless. It doesn't even make sense. It's sort of like when I try
to listen to someone speaking a foreign language. I know it makes
sense to them, but it's just a disconnected series of sounds to me.
(With the difference being that foreign languages actually make
sense, Louie "the sympathizer of simple" Gohmert doesn't
actually make sense.)
Beyond that, the principle of religious freedom is a
good principle. The problem that Louie "the medalist of
meaningless" Gohmert has is understanding that principles
actually have significance. You don't hold on to principles until you
realize you dislike the outcome and then discard them. Well, I mean
Louie "the accomplice of absurd" Gohmert does, but people
shouldn't. Principles have significance
We stand by principles even when they
occasionally produce an undesirable outcome. We don't use the word to
mean "whatever gets me what I want". This seems to be lost
on so many people, particularly conservative politicians. This is why we allow the KKK to have a parade. Not because we endorse the KKK, but the principle of free speech is valuable and deserves to be protected.
Even if
Louie "the paladin of the preposterous" Gohmert wishes that
the United States become a theocracy, surely he should be able to see
that abandoning the principle of religious freedom is harmful.
Opening the door to the government telling people which religion to
practice - and how they should practice it - is a very dangerous
gambit that wouldn't end well. It would take away your freedom rather
than expanding it. Again, I'm befuddled why this isn't obvious.
Incidentally, religious freedom is
(it's hypothesized, probably, many think) the reason why Christianity
is so widespread and alive in the United States compared to Europe.
Europe took the route of establishing state churches and endorsing a
particular religion. Those religions became stagnant because there
was no evolutionary pressure on them to change. Whereas in the United
States anyone could form any religion which caused religions to
compete for members. When competition happens, you see the final
product which is more desirable to whatever the intent (in this case:
active membership) of the thing is. It's sort of ironic. Who would have thought that separation of church and state and evolutionary mechanisms would have created something like the situation we have now.
Anyway, the founding fathers were so close to
allowing the United States to be magically violence free. I just wish
Louie "the sponsor of screwy" Gohmert could go back in
time. Seriously, I wish other people had to deal with him.
I loathe him; I yearn for someone to beat him in the upcoming election.
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