Apologies
Cidu Bill on May 13th 2008
So televangelist and high-profile John McCain supporter John Hagee apologized today for calling the Roman Catholic Church “The Great Whore” (an incident which I imagine will make it tough for McCain to get much mileage out of the Reverend Wright business during the general election) — but can somebody give me a rational explanation or what these apologies really mean?
When somebody calls the Roman Catholic Church “The Great Whore,” or says “Fucking Jews… Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world,” or says chink or spic or the-bad-word-referring-to-black-people-that’s-so-bad-that-you’re-not-even-supposed-to-spell-it-out-when-you’re-discussing-it, well, clearly they don’t like Catholics or Jews or Asians or Mexicans or African-Americans. You don’t say these things by accident, or because you’re under stress, and you don’t say them simply because you’re drunk; because alcohol loosens inhibitions, it doesn’t make you mysteriously impersonate a racist.
So why the apology? For saying out loud what you believe? And because you’ve apologized, all of a sudden you’re a decent human being?
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