I find the searchwarp site a most fortunate medium for a person like myself. As a columnist I have just so many inches on so many days to tell everyone about everything that moves me to words. This requires I “cull" the field when choosing topics, so comments made by people like Rosie O’Donnell don’t exactly make it to prime time in my house.
I wonder why they make it in so many of yours. To be sure, Rosie’s remarks that radical Christians have a kinship to radical Muslims are words that can rankle many. But I have to ask why the ramblings of one stumbling television personality have more credence than the old man who sifts through my garbage on Tuesday mornings looking for aluminum cans.
To be sure, O’Donnell is a “celebrity" and she uses that stage as a lightning rod for controversy. A person can’t come out and say the things she says about so many topics and not find offense with half of America. But then again I ask. So what?
I find it amazing that her comments, that might have had a point of debate if phrased correctly, have caused such a furor and pushed important news off the television just so all the “pundits" who hate Rosie can take a shot at her politics and her mouth.
Rosie’s remarks, “Radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America…" could have easily been stated as: “Radicalism in any form is not beneficial in a free society." Rosie didn’t spin it that way because her history of conflict with Christian groups over abortion and lesbian rights have given her a mission to take a shot at them whenever possible.
Christian groups then spend all their time and resources claiming “foul" on people like Rosie rather than staying on point and devoting their limited time in the public domain to matters truly important to Christians.
I find it amazing that so many coalitions and groups and segments of this country spend their resources on criticizing their antagonists rather than using the time to drive home their own points in a positive manner. Call me old fashioned if you want but I’m more interested in what you are for than what you are against.
I found it most disconcerting that television hosts like Fox’s Sean Hannity, and MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough decided to leave out the adjective of radical in Rosie’s remarks when blasting O’Donnell on their television shows. Both gentlemen then had the opportunity to state Rosie compared radical Islamists to Christians. That of course was not her statement. Ah, “what’s in a word" never had a better example than this. This slight did allow both gentlemen to establish a furor over her remarks, that in context, never really was there. The debate, and it would have been a fair one, should have been, “Should radical Christians be held in the same light as radical Muslims."
There is too much anti-agenda rhetoric going around the air waves these days. I implore all who want to make your issues known to tell me your position, I don’t need a critique of someone who you hate or disagree with because I know your opinion will be jaded. I’m a big boy who can make my mind up for myself.
To be honest, I really don’t care what Rosie has to say about anything. She is not a spokesman for Mike Fak. I can make up my own mind when presented with facts without some celebrity giving me their one-sided opinion.
We all need to do a better job at this. You can start by not placing any credence in my comments on the matter.
Freelance writer, columnist, author and writing coach, ex-Chicagoan Mike Fak presently resides in Central Illinois. More information about Mike's services are available at his home website www.mikefak.com
Mike currently writes primarily humor columns for searchwarp bi-weekly and is the managing editor of www.lincolndailynews.com
Mike now offers a 26,000 word e-book on making money as a freelance writer for only $10.00 at this page. http://www.mikefak.com/id45.html
» left by Mike Fak(5,747) Mike Fak (3 years 50 days ago.)
Thank You anonymous. I, nor anyone else ever deserves those words...but I appreciate the heck out of them. Respond to this comment
» left by kathy daniels from downers grove il (2 years 65 days ago.)
This article is great. It reminds me a little of Ann Coulter's book "Shut Up and Sing. Great job Mike Respond to this comment
» left by Mike Fak(5,747) Mike Fak (2 years 64 days ago.)
Thanks Kathy. I get nervous being compared to a pundit with a political agenda since I am far middle and Coulter is far right but what the heck, a compliment is a compliment. Mike Respond to this comment
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