--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > I am no expert on whores, whether from Babylon or anywhere else, but I > > think Hagee is probably correct in his assertion that every measure > > that Hitler took against the Jews, with the exception of > > extermination, had already been done at various points in history by > > the Roman Catholic church. > > > Of course saying the catholic church has committed atocities in the > past is not that controversial, the church admits to some, but hagee's > main pt is that the end times are near and the contemporary catholic > church and all its members are on the evil side. Mccain is not > required by the media to distance himself from this view and respond > to why he actively sought out his support -- that's the pt,the way the > media responds differently to politicians who associate with odious > white evangelists compared to black liberation theologists. >
Agreed, there is a double standard, but slamming the Catholic Church is not as controversial (or, to many, as offensive) as attacking the very foundations of American society, which is what Wright does. The loony white preachers attack moral values they don't like, such as toleration of gays, but they don't attack the core institutions of society. On the contrary, they uphold them, which is why conservatives like them. Wright attacks the image that majority America has of itself, and nothing is more likely to press people's buttons than telling them that they are not what they think they are.
