There’s Just Never A Religious Nut Around When You Need Him
Uncle Andrew
It occurred to me this morning to wonder why no one on the fringes of the Religious Right seems to have capitalized on the destruction in New Orleans as the result of Hurricane Katrina. This would seem like a golden opportunity to publicly attribute the devastation to the wrath of God. After all: alcohol, revelry at all hours of the night, boobies….
Hell, even the mainstream-far-right Reverend Jerry Falwell managed to go on the 700 Club on September 14, 2001 and say, “I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say ‘you helped this happen.'”
With that (not to mention Pat Robertson’s recent comments about assassinating Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez) as the standard, how much of a pair would it require for someone to imply that The Big Easy (even the nickname is sinful!) had it coming?
Sometimes these folks show more common sense than I normally give them credit for.
New Orleans,
Home of pirates, drunks and whores
New Orleans,
Tacky overpriced souvenir stores
If you want to go to Hell, you should take a trip
to the Sodom and Gemorrah on the Mississipp—
–Song from “Oh, Streetcar!”, a musical adaptation of A Streetcard Named Desire
From The Simpsons Episode 8F18, “A Streetcar Named Marge”
UPDATE: Our roommate Shawn suggests that I may be jumping the gun, that the wingnuts are waiting until the event is passed before making their comments. He could very well be right.
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September 1st, 2005 at 1:00 pm
Alternate theory: religious-right wingnuts can only point the finger at sinners from blue states and “furriners”. Pointing fingers at red-staters (particularly ones who just as easily profess to being devoutly religious as they do to enjoying jazz, liquor, and boobies) is a strict no-no. After all, the 11th commandment is probably “Thou Shalt Not Critizine Thy Fellow Red-Staters (Unless They Have Been Flagrantly Caught With Their Pants Down, And Even Then Only If They Are Irretrivably Sunk In Public Opinion)”.
Think about it. How far would Pat get criticizing the forlorn refugees who are on CNN publicly praising Jesus that they escaped with their lives, even though everything they owned is gone?
September 1st, 2005 at 2:41 pm
You asked, we answered. Let us count the natural diasters: Northridge (LA Calif) earthquake in 1994 takes out most of the porn industry which is centered in that area. Asian tsunami wipes out the largest “sex worker” (I don’t make this stuff up) population in Dec 2004. Now you have Katrina swamping New Orleans. I’m surprised it got hit before LA or San Francisco, but really, are we surprised?
Ok, just kidding. I do find it amazing after all that some of them still find it in their little hearts to go out looting and harassing rescue workers instead of helping out. Nice.
September 1st, 2005 at 4:40 pm
Hmm! Good point, that. It brings to mind the question: how does God feel about people who party on Saturday and go to church on Sunday? Better or worse than He does about people who don’t go to church at all?
Wow….Nut On Demand. I really, really don’t want to know how you came up with those instances in such a timely fashion.
Yeah, unfortunately the assholes don’t seem to get dispropotionately affected by the natural disasters. That might almost get me believing in a Higher Power.
September 3rd, 2005 at 12:49 am
Andrew, don’t worry about jumping the gun in looking for tastless accusations about holly wrath from freepers. This post is dated August 31. One day before you posted your query.
http://www.thestranger.com/blog/archives/2005/08/28-03.php#a001326
September 5th, 2005 at 8:12 am
Oh….oh, dear. That’s, um, startlingly awful.