Saw a real fundagelical idiot on the road yesterday.

[arbusto_baboso]

He was driving a large black "compensation truck" (you know what I'm saying). The tailgate of the truck had the chrome Jesus fish. Not too surprising, and totally innocuous in and of itself.

But the asshat also had two bumper stickers on the tailgate. The stickers looked like they were privately produced, likely by a right-wing church.

One said, "The Bible makes the best people - Thomas Jefferson."

The other said, "If the earth is your mother, I WALK on your mother".

This is an individual who can NEVER be reasoned with, because he is already and forever convinced of his own moral superiority, based on his hard-core religious beliefs.

I made sure to flip him off as I drove past him.

Asshat.

[RKP5637]

1. These people have brains cast in cement. There is no getting to them. Hopefully they

will become extinct.

[arbusto_baboso]

3. Unfortunately they tend to reproduce. A LOT.

[RKP5637]

33. Sad, and quite true. n/t

[hfojvt]

2. google gave me a strange result

when I attempted to track down that Jefferson quote

http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,192742,192794

[arbusto_baboso]

7. How is that strange?

I can't post on two forums under two different screen names?

[w8liftinglady]

4. I drove behind his cousin a few minutes ago

"Government Schools are why you and your kids are so dumb"
"Sorry Yet?"..with the lovely Obama symbol
oh,and his handicapped plates.Age approx 70.

Guess what-he is a beneficiary of that evil socialist government.

[Fumesucker]

5. I bet he doesn't have a clue that Jefferson had his own version of the Bible..

[arbusto_baboso]

6. Of course he doesn't.

Or that Jefferson was a Deist.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

39. I'm very curious about that quote...

Did Jefferson actually say this, or is it yet another "cherry tree" tale? If it is a genuine quote, when did he say or write it, and what were the circumstances surrounding this declaration?

[Fumesucker]

40. The quote is bogus..

Someone upthread posted a link..

http://fakehistory.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/questionable-quotes-jefferson-and-the-sacred-volume/

[GoddessOfGuinness]

44. Thanks!

[slackmaster]

8. You lowered yourself to his level by flipping him off

Nice job.

[arbusto_baboso]

10. Like I care about him?

I also don't care about your opinion.

In fact, *you* condemning me convinces me I did the right thing.

[Taverner]

12. I see nothing wrong in giving that asshole the bird

Although those types tend to be psychopaths, so hope that he's not armed

take care

[slackmaster]

18. I didn't say there was anything wrong with it

In fact I strongly support the right of people to express themselves in ways that illuminate their character.

[slackmaster]

15. You obviously DID care about him, otherwise you would have ignored him

The opposite of love is indifference, not hatred.

[arbusto_baboso]

17. You know, that's true.

Which is why you are now on my ignore list.

[slackmaster]

20. Thank you for caring enough to say it out loud

Your character is fully revealed.

[Taverner]

11. oh please...

That argument holds no water, never did and never will

It makes about as much sense as Gandhi telling the Jews to sacrifice themselves to stop Hitler...and yes, he did say that...

[slackmaster]

19. Godwin's Law Foul

:rofl:

[Taverner]

24. You do not understand Godwin

Just saying "Nazi" in a post does not invoke Godwin. IN fact Godwin spoke of probability, not win or loss.

It bemuses me every time someone mentions the Nazis, about 20 DUers jump on them bleating "Godwin! Godwin! Oh my Godwin!"

[slackmaster]

27. The guy in the truck was no Hitler

And arbusto_baboso is no Gandhi.

It always gives me a good laugh when someone proudly posts about engaging in some kind of socially inappropriate public behavior.

[Taverner]

29. I never said they were - just making a comparison

I am not Serge Gainsbourg but many have compared me to such

:evilgrin:

[Occulus]

38. Bullshit. These people only understand crudity.

Reasoned, well-thought arguments not only go over their heads but actually set them off.

[Taverner]

9. Sounds like a Psychopath

But hey - that's just me

I consider Empathy a pro, not a con

[arbusto_baboso]

16. Apparently, one need not have empathy if they're already "saved".

[Taverner]

21. And like I said, take care

Last post I want to see is "DUer arbusto_baboso died last night. He was killed by a Christian Minister with Liberal Hunting Permit sticker on his car"

[arbusto_baboso]

23. Meh. Far better men than that have tried to kill me.

I'm still around. Most of them aren't.

But your concern is noted and appreciated.

[Taverner]

26. That's good. I have only once felt a bullet whiz by my ear

I am sorry to admit I needed a change of underwear soon after

[arbusto_baboso]

28. Don't be sorry about that.

It is the response of a sane individual.

[Taverner]

30. It's funny - you think you know your sphincter

And then, whammo!

[Mojeoux]

13. Jefferson said that????????

I have a feeling it's WAY out of context or just apocryphal.



Jefferson was a "Deist," they believed in a higher loving power, but deplored the murderous Yaway of the old testaments.

[arbusto_baboso]

14. Yeah, I'm sure it's out of context. The trouble is....

Googling that quote only gets other religious-based websites, for the most part.

[SCantiGOP]

25. actual Jefferson quote

was that he expected the virgin birth to one day be seen as silly as any fairy tale.

[atreides1]

31. I don't think so

Check here:

http://fakehistory.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/questionable-quotes-jefferson-and-the-sacred-volume/

[arbusto_baboso]

32. THANK YOU!

Good to know it was totally made up. It didn't tally with the Jefferson that I know from my reading.

[Mojeoux]

35. Years ago a right-wing friend tried to tell me that Jefferson

was a devout Christian. He said the proof was in some guy's obscure graduate paper that was dissed by his professor. My friend didn't even know the guy, but he was sure.

[hifiguy]

22. A "brain" denser than metallized hydrogen

lives in the skull of that troglodyte. Maybe DEVO was right and Darwin was wrong:

They tell us that
We lost our tails
Evolving up
From little snails
I say it's all
Just wind in sails
Are we not men?
We are Devo!
Are we not men?
D-E-V-O

We're pinheads now
We are not whole
We're pinheads all
Jocko homo
Are we not men?
We are Devo!
Are we not men?
D-E-V-O
Are we not pins?
We are Devo!

Monkey men all
In business suits
Teachers and critics
All dance the poot
Are we not men?
We are Devo!
Are we not men?
D-E-V-O
Are we not pins?
We are Devo!
Are we not men?
D-E-V-O

[Adsos Letter]

34. WOW!

You sure showed him.

[arbusto_baboso]

37. Yes, and I'm sure you're the very picture of restraint.

Whatever, dude.

[RagAss]

36. The Age of the American Cretin !

[and-justice-for-all]

41. That is a distorted Jefferson quote...

taken completely out of context. Jefferson was not a biblical literalist and the Jefferson bible will attest to that.

[Initech]

42. I saw an "I Miss W" sticker yesterday.

I really wanted to shout out Bill Maher's new rule:

"NO!!! The only guy who missed you is the Iraqi guy who threw the shoe!"

But he was turning the other way. Damn.

[Travelman]

43. That's just brilliant.

"This is an individual who can NEVER be reasoned with, because he is already and forever convinced of his own moral superiority, based on his hard-core religious beliefs.

I made sure to flip him off as I drove past him."



Well, one could certainly cut the irony with a chainsaw.

[calimary]

45. A "compensation truck"? OMG!!!

That is FUNNY!!!!! Mind if I steal it?

arbusto_baboso :yourock: