2008-08-18 Democrats Must Nix Offensive Bloggers
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On the home page of Bitch Ph.D. there is a picture of two children: one of them is shown flashing his middle finger. Today’s lead post, which was written August 17, is called ‘Jesus Christ.’ It begins with, ‘I’m a really crappy Catholic who hasn’t been to mass in ages because most parishes around here ‘will’ insist on being aggressively anti-abortion...’ The writer then objects to some children’s toys on the grounds that they are more offensive than desecrating the Eucharist. The toys are actually balloons that have been made to depict Jesus in various poses, including a crucified Christ; one of these images shows Jesus with a penis. Several who commented on this image made patently obscene comments.
Um, hello Bill, that's a little girl, presumably the blog's author at a younger age... and the site with the Jesus balloons was making fun of Jesus (as commonly depicted in contemporary Christian literature, anyway), so you'd think Donohue would be appreciative that she was apparently offended by it... though she apparently thought it was actual Christian kitsch rather than parody, so perhaps he's offended by her being offended by people making balloon toys to promote Jesus even though that's not what it was; apparently he actually likes the balloons? Or is he offended that she would impurify herself by even mentioning anatomically-correct Jesus, even if only to condemn it? Commentary: PZ Myers
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“The writer then objects to some children’s toys on the grounds that they are more offensive than desecrating the Eucharist. The toys are actually balloons that have been made to depict Jesus in various poses, including a crucified Christ; one of these images shows Jesus with a penis. Several who commented on this image made patently obscene comments.”
