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bjbj Announcer: Welcome back to The David Pakman Show. David: All right, we're back
on the show. I want to mention again, 6:45 pm Eastern tonight, Monday, if you're listening
live or you get the podcast before... early enough, I'm going to be on RT on "The Alyona
Show" talking about what would the world be like if Sarah Palin were the president. And
I'm hoping I'm prepared. I have to say, I'm a little bit nervous about it, Louis, but
I think... I feel good, I think I'm prepared, you know? Louis: I hope so. Don't make us
look bad. David: Let's talk about the feminization of the Medal of Honor. And if you say, well,
what on Earth am I talking about, I don't even know either. This is related to Bryan
Fischer from Rightly Concerned, which is a division of some kind of the American Family
Association. We know about them, they're one of the top homophobic groups in the country.
He's upset about the Medal of Honor. This is the same guy, by the way, who a couple
of months ago said that *** is domestic terrorism, just to give you a background on
what we're dealing with here. He's upset that the Medal of Honor was given to Army Staff
Sergeant Salvatore Giunta, because Giunta is getting the medal for saving lives rather
than taking them. I know, it might take you a second to figure out what on Earth is Bryan
Fischer talking about. This is a quote: "According to Bill McGurn of 'The Wall Street Journal',
every Medal of Honor awarded during these two conflicts has been awarded for saving
life. Not one has been awarded for inflicting casualties on the enemy. Not one. General
George Patton once famously said, 'The object of war is not to die for your country, but
to make the other guy die for his.' So the question is this: When are we going to start
awarding the Medal of Honor once again for soldiers who kill people and break things
so our families can sleep safely at night?" What does this mean? This means the Medal
of Honor is becoming too girly for Bryan Fischer and the American Family Association. Now,
is this an example of the Christian life that the AFA and Fischer talk about? I mean, no
wonder church attendance is in decline if this is the type of message that you get from
those types of groups, is it not? Louis: I think the church should disassociate from
this... David: Well, it's not a church per se, but it is a Christian group and a homophobic...
Louis: Well, the Christian church as a whole. David: Oh, from this type of group? Louis:
Right. David: I see what you're saying. I assume Bryan Fischer hasn't killed anybody
that we know of, although who knows what he would do to homosexuals given the chance.
Louis: I mean, I know you're no fan of the Pope, but what would the Pope say about this?
David: I assume the Pope would say killing is bad and we shouldn't be rewarding killing.
Louis: Right. David: I assume so. I mean, again, I assume Bryan Fischer hasn't killed
anybody, but he said *** is domestic terrorism, so hey, we don't know what it is he would
do to homosexuals given the chance if there was no punishment. But... Louis: Probably
kill them and then ask for a Medal of Honor. Or a Nobel Peace Prize. David: Let's assume
he hasn't killed anyone. Is he feminine? I mean, following this same logic? Even Christians
are upset with this guy because he's saying things that just doesn't... What he's saying
doesn't correspond with the Christian gospel I'm told, I don't know anything about the
Christian gospel, I don't really care about that, but it's at least good to see that he
was ridiculed by all groups, is it not? Louis: Of course. David: There was a follow-up column
that he wrote afterwards. He says he got blowback on this because people don't like him. No,
Bryan, you didn't get blowback because people don't like you, even though many people don't,
for sure, you got blowback because you couldn't be more wrong about what you said. Louis:
Because people didn't like what he had to say. David: Right. I mean, I'm not saying
that our soldiers... he went on and said, "I'm not saying that our soldiers have become
feminized in the least, especially those who have earned the Medal of Honor. It's not our
soldiers who have become feminized, it's the awards process that has become feminized."
He's observing a trend in which we single out bravery and self-defense, but are hesitant
to single out bravery in launching attacks that result in death. And he actually goes
on. This is the best part. He says, "Christianity is not a religion of pacifism. Remember that
John the Baptist did not tell the soldiers who came to him to lay down their arms, even
when they asked directly, 'What shall we do?'" Wait a second. So Bryan is saying Christianity
isn't a religion of peace. But a lot of the right's problem with Islam is that they claim
it is not a religion of peace. Hypocrisy? Louis: Well, if we study history, he's absolutely
right. But at its core, it's about being good. David: But the point is much of the Christian
right says Islam is bad because it is not a religion of peace, and he is saying here
Christianity is also not a religion of peace. Now, some are calling for this guy to resign.
I'm not, because honestly, I don't even know what his formal role is at the AFA and Rightly
Concerned, and whatever it is, it's so irrelevant and absurd beyond just being interesting discussion
on this show and some others that it would be an insult if we even asked him to resign.
I don't care, he can stay. I certainly am not calling for him to resign. Announcer:
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