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Catholic League calls for boycott of Jon Stewart sponsors

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Dorian Thompson

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Conservative Catholic league enraged at Jon Stewart

The Stewart clip is hysterical beyond belief and--per usual--right on the money about the war on women. However, Mr. Bill Donohue of the Catholic League really seems focused and has his panties in a bunch over this one. Something about the "vagina manger" joke and accompanying picture has him up in arms. He says he's going to mobilize conservative Jews, Protestants, et al for this "vulgar attack on Christianity." That it "has to stop." Did I mention the clip is right on the money? Enjoy it.


This unprecedented vulgar assault on Christians cannot stand. If Jon Stewart doesn't apologize, we will mount a boycott of his show's advertisers. And we will enlist our allies in the Protestant, Jewish, Mormon and Muslim communities.
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The cover-up is revealing. This episode of "The Daily Show" was done to protest Fox's alleged indifference to the "war on women," and in doing so Stewart not only made a vulgar attack on Christians, he objectified women.
We are asking Stewart to apologize. If he does not, we will mobilize Protestants, Jews, Mormons and Muslims to join us in a boycott of his sponsors. Moreover, we will not stop with a boycott; there are other things that can be done to register our outrage. We are prepared to spend the money it takes to make this a nationwide issue, and we are prepared to stay the course.

I put this in the TV/Media forum since it focused on Stewart.
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Yeah, I don't think this going to work out for them. Stewart was pretty much on point and did what he always does.
 
iguana_tonante said:
Wat's the problem with "vagina mangers"? Jesus squeezed out of one of those to get born, you know.
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Actually according to my art history teacher, who was telling us about renaissance artwork, he sort of "appeared" in a glowing shimmering burst of light "beside" Mary which was a very honest account about how they hushed up sexuality at the time, and then she addendumed "Kinda like the transporters on Star Trek"

I was so hot for teacher that afternoon.
 
The universe is 6000 years old.

And just before it says that they have to murder all homosexuals it just as strictly insists that they have to murder all palm readers, clairvoyants and psychics.
 
I think the fact that this Donohue fellow could say "The cover-up is revealing" with a straight face says a lot about the level of critical thinking going on there.
 
Oh, but he doesn't have to according this prick, the Catholics, Protestants, Muslims and Jews and unified en totem against the filthy Skurge that is the ear mark of the hieratics Jon Stewart,

The last time some major religions congregated to execute a Jew, things got a little out of hand.
 
Well, he's made fun of Jewish and Jewish tradition on several occasions as-well (remember, Stewart himself is Jewish.) Just last week or so he took some shots at the Jewish holiday of Passover and it's lack of ability to appeal to the "masses" like Easter does. :)
 
Trekker4747 said:
Well, he's made fun of Jewish and Jewish tradition on several occasions as-well (remember, Stewart himself is Jewish.) Just last week or so he took some shots at the Jewish holiday of Passover and it's lack of ability to appeal to the "masses" like Easter does. :)
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Something about blood-soaked doors and the threat of your kids being murdered just doesn't feel festive to me.
 
It seems like all this Bill Donahue guy does, in the words of Grandpa Simpson is "Bitch, bitch, bitch".
 
^More to the point, he was picking on Fox News's biased coverage. The Daily Show is primarily about poking fun at the news media and how they cover the events and issues of the day. This wasn't an attack on Christianity, it was pointing out the absurdity of treating non-denominational holiday celebrations as a horrible "war" while dismissing the rollbacks of fundamental rights for half the nation's population as a trivial issue.
 
Christopher said:
^More to the point, he was picking on Fox News's biased coverage. The Daily Show is primarily about poking fun at the news media and how they cover the events and issues of the day. This wasn't an attack on Christianity, it was pointing out the absurdity of treating non-denominational holiday celebrations as a horrible "war" while dismissing the rollbacks of fundamental rights for half the nation's population as a trivial issue.
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Exactly. The segment started off with a series of clips of Fox News anchors and pundits saying these laws going against women's rights being called a "war on women" was hyperbole. Jon then showed a series of clips from Fox News anchors expressing outrage on the secularization of Christmas as being a "War on Christmas."

The bit wasn't an attack on any specific or group outside of Fox News and their usual BS.
 
^Exactly. FOX anchors denouncing "war" hyperbole on this specific issue when they wallow in the exact same hyperbole on dozens of other issues is blatant hypocrisy, and that was the point of the segment.
 
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