Washington Post Magazine humorist Gene Weingarten -- the same guy that used to have an important job, editor of the paper's Style section -- is bashing away at conservative Christian Republicans again. In Sunday's magazine, he promised to explain to stupid conservatives how the world worked.
"To run for the White House, you should not have to prove you think Christ is God. The whole point of this land of ours is that there should be no such test — but you sure can’t tell that from the race so far," Weingarten complained. Then he added, "(Have you found that the folks who brag the most that they have deep faith and love God more than you do tend to be the ones who, like, get caught nude with a goat?)"
This is where the "humor" is implied -- to imply conservative Christians are into bestiality. "We kid because we love" is clearly not the rule here. He also stood up for Science against these Christians:
That does not sound so smart, does it? Some things are just facts — there is no “blue” or “red” way to look at them. When folks in lab coats have found a truth, we should not say, “No, that is wrong” if we just don’t want it to be that way. One such truth is that man and ape are kin; that is why it should be taught in the schools. One more truth is that we help make Earth get too warm, and we all have to fix that.
And last: It is not a bad thing to make all girls get the H. P. V. shot, just as it was not a bad thing when we all had to get the Salk shot. It’s for our own good. Those who say it is bad won’t say what they mean, which is this: “We don’t like you to have fun with sex.”
This was the way Weingarten began:
As the Republican candidates have been madly scrambling rightward to capture the hearts and minds of their party base, have you noticed they seem to think their party base consists of people with no hearts and closed minds? This odd, cold parallel universe has been unfolding where the rich are especially noble and frail and deserving of protection, where rape victims should be forced to carry their babies, where bragging about executions gets a standing ovation, and where the United States should cut off aid to impoverished nations.
Now, I'm so liberal trees hug me; still, I can't be the only one who thinks this is crazy. But for the benefit of those of you who have problems comprehending simple truths, I will now explain them to you in words of one syllable.
You know how most kids think their moms and dads are the best darned moms and dads in the whole wide world, and so can do no wrong? That is cute and sweet, but dumb. Well, when pols say that to mean the land we all live in, it is not cute or sweet. It is just dumb. If you think our land has done bad things, that does not mean you do not love it, or that you are a Red, or that you want our foes to win. Got it? Swell.
The magazine's subhead for the piece was simply "A political primer." Online, it's clearer and meaner: "Explaining simple truths, one syllable at a time."
