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    SeawayRich Juzwiak
    6/30/15 6:30pm

    His opinion does count. It’s stupid, narrow minded, bigoted and hateful, but it matters. His being allowed to express his vitriolic idiocy without fear of reprisal is what makes this country what it is. Try not to lose sight of that.

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      You might be wrong.Seaway
      6/30/15 8:05pm

      I love when people say things like this and are blissfully unaware that that is one of the fundamental problems with the United States. That expressing hateful bullshit is constitutionally protected is a bug, not a feature.

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      GruffyYou might be wrong.
      6/30/15 8:49pm

      Good thing your opinion on the first amendment doesn’t mean shit either.

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    Rich JuzwiakRich Juzwiak
    6/30/15 7:31pm

    The reply is the guy who uploaded the video.

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      lukijoRich Juzwiak
      6/30/15 7:47pm

      I’ve posted this elsewhere but it bears repeating -I don’t think the fundies read their own book, Matthew 19 11-12 :

      11 Jesus replied, “Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. 12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”

      If “eunuch” was translated from the original Aramaic/Greek to mean non-heterosexuality then it appears Jesus was pro-LGBTQ.

      (NB I’m not an expert, I’m agnostic and the devil most probably influenced me to write this.)

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      BlockBusterRich Juzwiak
      6/30/15 7:47pm

      What a total badass.

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    TayTayTrutherRich Juzwiak
    6/30/15 6:09pm

    I’d still be standing right beside my kid. I don’t trust those bellowing Jesus freaks not to haul off and hit someone. They scary.

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      IIITayTayTruther
      6/30/15 6:12pm

      I thought about that too, when he was leaning down toward her. This actually brought tears to my eyes for how strong and how vulnerable she is.

      She is brave as heck and she gets a million high fives from me.

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      skanteaTayTayTruther
      6/30/15 6:12pm

      Pretty sure hitting that kid would have been the last thing he ever did.

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    Armageddon T. ThunderbirdRich Juzwiak
    6/30/15 6:12pm

    Jesus Saves (and, to the best of our knowledge, has no opinions on homosexuality.)

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      DangusTaargusArmageddon T. Thunderbird
      6/30/15 6:16pm

      Jesus Saves

      New dollar store chain?

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      SktroopArmageddon T. Thunderbird
      6/30/15 6:17pm

      Jesus saves...Espisito with the rebound, and HE SCORES!!!!

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    Medieval KnievelRich Juzwiak
    6/30/15 6:13pm

    What kind of fucked up adult would do that to a little girl — name her Zea?

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      Paper DaffodilMedieval Knievel
      6/30/15 6:42pm

      I saw on FB a friend of a hs friend named her kid Ziva. I don’t think that’s a name. It’s so special snowflake that we are passed “Diva” and we have to spell it with a “Z”

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      bourgeoismiddlemanMedieval Knievel
      6/30/15 6:56pm

      No kidding. In the increasingly small chance I have kids, they will have names that will not require to be spelled over the phone. I think that’s the best rule to follow.

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    EatTheCheeseNicholsonRich Juzwiak
    6/30/15 6:19pm

    “This world will give you divorce!”

    Yeah, but that’s all thanks to hetero couples so far, man

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      Cam/ronEatTheCheeseNicholson
      6/30/15 6:30pm

      “What’s your problem, bro?”

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      ThrumbolioCam/ron
      6/30/15 6:41pm

      “Nothin’, man, I’m cool.”

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    Andrew MochulskyRich Juzwiak
    6/30/15 6:32pm

    The best street evangelist I ever saw didn’t do any... preaching per se. Just carried around this huge-ass genuine wooden cross, and occasionally would tap/pat it, smile, look up to the sky, and point. Motherfucker was just happy to be there and tickled nine shades of pink over Jesus. Now that is some street Christendom I can get with. The casual-head-nod-of-acknowledgement-from-across-the-room rendition of preaching.

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      CatHullabalooAndrew Mochulsky
      6/30/15 6:59pm

      I’m into that. That is really performance, and lets the folks who are interested approach them, rather than subjecting the rest of us to the sweaty exertions of the unhinged and screechy feedback from a street speaker.

      That said, I live near the Krishnas in central London, and actually really enjoy their pot-clanking and Hare Krishna renditions. They keep it moving, though. It’s a lot more like a joyous mini-parade, complete with hot dudes in robes, and they don’t hassle anyone else. No hate.

      Ugh, I also live near the Scientology Center and they try to flyer me every time I walk past. They’re very friendly, not aggressive or at all in your face, but every time I decline, smile, and keep walking, I wish I was screaming ‘’CUUUUUUUUULLLLTTTTTT. I just want to buy some booze at Tesco and these people are recruiting me for their CUUUULLLLTTT!!!! RUN, EVERYONE!!!’’

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      stuckonrewindAndrew Mochulsky
      6/30/15 7:52pm

      I’m cool with that.

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    Cam/ronRich Juzwiak
    6/30/15 6:13pm

    My favorite encounters with street preachers in San Francisco:

    -A freshly born-again Christian teenager screaming about the evils of masturbation into students’ faces at SF State.

    -A middle-aged man with mangled hair and a moth-eaten cheap suit chanting, “You’re going to Hell!” like a kid on the bus.

    -A preacher’s tale of Jesus speeding across the water “faster than Mark Spitz, man!”

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      Gamblor JDCam/ron
      6/30/15 6:34pm

      Some years ago I attended a legalize marijuana rally in SF that, naturally, attracted a lot of religious zealot protesters. Most of the signs were the standard fare about hell and whatnot but one guy was holding a sign that simply said ‘MASTURBATORS’.

      I remember thinking “what the hell, dude?”. So random.

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      jbudCam/ron
      6/30/15 7:00pm

      Mark Spitz? Psht.

      How many gold medals did Jesus win?

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    grilledcheeseRich Juzwiak
    6/30/15 6:16pm

    imagine being so mentally unwell that you preach on the street like this and think it’s normal

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      Sktroopgrilledcheese
      6/30/15 6:38pm

      It is normal to a pharisee...which Jesus didn’t exactly support

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    gramercypoliceRich Juzwiak
    6/30/15 6:10pm

    Surprisingly enough, that little girl grew up to become Iggy Azalea!

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