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i watched the vid, hearing the actual words didn't make him appear to be as vitriolic as the transcript did. in fact, i think superbelt left out an important part... he said,
"i'm not knocking the poor homosexual, he needs salvation just like anyone else. i'm knocking our pititful pathetic lawmakers..."
combine this with the fact that the portion cited above was clearly said in a joking manner (though it was too crass to be funny) and you've got a significantly different (and more contextual) picture of what swaggart said. he's gone from making a purely hateful statement to making a political statement devoid of tact.
listen, i've grown up and around these kind of people all my life. i've seen and heard a lot of stuff from these people... i'd say more than any other TFP'er, regardless of age (and i'm only 22!). most of it i don't like. some of it i'm down right embarrassed about. but please consider what i tell you: you're making yourself look very silly when you compare these people to al qaeda. they may deserve all the scorn, but only half the credit they're given.
i'd really rather not go into here on TFP, but trust me, i know a lot of what goes on with these people firsthand. i don't like them either, but comparing them to terrorists really is laughable.
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