I agree and disagree. Intolerance, victimisation and bigotry should be criticised and acted against whenever and wherever it raises its ugly head. The big problems should be prioritised, and people need a sense of perspective, but that doesn't mean giving the little problems a free pass.

Using faggot as a pejorative is not OK, and just because there is female genital mutilation practiced in parts of the Muslim world does not mean we should be dismissive of legitimate criticism when a celebrity uses the term in this way. And does not mean the guy shouldn't apologise. We are capable of social justice multitasking.

Bill Mahr is pretty hit or miss for me, and I have to disagree with him here. Our culture is better because we demand better. Those are different countries with different laws and cultures. It's not okay to treat people badly here just because they treat them worse somewhere else.

Aren't there bigger problems in the world than some twat putting his dick in jesus' mouth?

Unless it was a metaphor of how we are treating our fellow man nowadays, disregarding all the things that jesus stood for. If that's the case, this kid is deep.

And this is why you don't leave something so important up to the states.

I just mean, imagine you were a gay American living in Missouri or some other state in which same-sex marriage is banned. And you see our President or Secretary of State or anybody on the news saying that this or that other country is persecuting homosexuals and they need to be more tolerant. Wouldn't you feel like somebody got their priorities mixed up? I think I'd be pretty angry.

Theres a big differnce between not legalizing gay marriage and murdering homosexuals...I think you can condemn one without condoning the other

There is a big difference, but as I said, if it were me I would be angry. At its core, you are telling a country to stop discriminating against a group of people, while the laws of your own country are still discriminatory towards that same group. The other country may be killing them, but your own country is denying them the same rights as other groups.

Not trying to turn this into a same-sex marriage debate, just using it as an example. It would bother me. I certainly don't think we should just look away while other countries are committing atrocities, if anything I simply want our country to practice what it preaches.

I have no respect for people that think of women or homosexuals or people of different faith (and so on..) as lesser humans.

I do have respect for people that believe in equality, human rights and value the physical and psychological well being of others just as highly as their own.

Just LOLED.

Haha, religious people are so easily offended. "oh em gee he made a crude gesture with a statue, he must be possessed by SATAN, we should lock him up!"

Sometimes I wonder what it's like to be so far removed from reality to posit such absolute nonsense and then I remember I actually ENJOY being sane.

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You don't think the U.S. is in a position to tell other countries to stop killing and jailing homosexuals because some states don't legally recognize gay marrige? (It's extralegal, not illegal nor "banned".) Should we also not encourage other countries to stop cutting off the hands of thieves because we put thieves in prison, too? Are we hypocrites for thinking girls should be able to go to school when we have a (largely mythical) 23 cent/hour wage cap ourselves?

That sounds like a serious lack of perspective on your part.