Civil Commotion

Seriously: Y’all are no damn good — utterly worthless losers. And just in case you’re susceptible to the idea that maybe you’re not really so bad, those devils that surround you will connive to make sure you do the wrong thing. Face it: You’re doomed unless you join John Piper’s club. Just accept that and get over the idea that your life should have something to do with what you want, and do as you’re told by your betters who have special cosmic knowledge inaccessible to simpletons like you.

Undecideds ought to listen to these remarks by Sam Harris on The Donald.

It seems that Sikh men in England are disrupting interfaith weddings because it is sinful to marry into a different set of ignorant superstitions.

It’s a beautiful, bright day at the town’s Gurdwara Sahib temple, but there is an anxiety in the air that is more than typical pre-wedding jitters: the young couple have been forced to marry under “oppressive circumstances” after previous weddings were disrupted by protesting religious men who do not want Sikhs to marry out of the faith.

The protesters dress in hoods, cover their faces and intimidate guests at the temple. Yet they are Sikhs – a religion readily associated with peace and inclusivity.

You want peace on earth? Put the ignorant, busybody, Holy Men out of your life. Set aside the lie that they have special cosmic knowledge inaccessible to the rest of us and treat it with the contempt it deserves.

The Klu Klux Klan’s newspaper has endorsed Donald Trump for the presidency.

Under the banner “Make America Great Again,” the entire front page of the paper’s current issue is devoted to a lengthy defense of Trump’s message — an embrace some have labeled a de facto endorsement.

“‘Make America Great Again!’ It is a slogan that has been repeatedly used by Donald Trump in his campaign for the presidency,” Pastor Thomas Robb wrote in the Crusader. “You can see it on the shirts, buttons, posters and ball caps such as the one being worn here by Trump speaking at a recent rally. … But can it happen? Can America really be great again? This is what we will soon find out!”

Ho-hum, no surprise there; Christianity has always been an engine of racism.

This does surprise me, though upon reflection I suppose it shouldn’t.

Bah.