An excerpt from this evening....
JK: Well, look on the bright side, Bush can't be re-elected.
Christian: I voted for Bush.
JK: You did? What for?
C: I believe in him.
JK: So you think the country is better off now than before?
C: Yes I do.
JK: Where do you see the improvement?
C: We are starting to remember our moral values, and that they are more important than anything else.
JK: I take it you're a Christian.
C: Oh yes.
JK: So you based your vote on religion.
C: Not entirely.
JK: Well, what was the biggest selling point for Bush?
C: I know him.
JK: You know him personally?
C: Never met him. But I know his beliefs, therefore I know him, the man.
JK: He's a politician. He could have just said whatever he wanted to win the vote.
C: I don't believe that.
JK: Well, had Kerry been a 'stronger' Christian than Bush, would you have voted for Kerry?
C: Probably.
JK: So you did base your vote on your religous belief?
C: Not entirely.
JK: Well, what else was there for fucks sake?
C: The war in Iraq. Thank god Bush had the balls to get them before any real damage could be done. Imagine another 9/11.
JK: Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Bush had an agenda to go into Iraq before 9/11. Bush will NEVER attack North Korea or Iran for that matter.
C: You're believing the liberal media.
JK: Well, no. Even Fox News will tell us that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 and that North Korea is a bigger threat.
C: Fox News is liberal media.
JK: What? What then is conservative media?
C: DayStar TV.
JK: What's that?
C: Well, we can't send missionaries everywhere anymore so the TV can come to you.
JK: It's a Christian tv station?
C: Yes.
JK: Ugh, so anyway, Iraq was fucked up - no WMDs remember?
C: Yes but those people are free.
JK: It doesn't matter - it was an illegal invasion. It would be less hypocritical if we started to invade other dictator-led countries like North Korea, but we won't. No oil there either conveniently enough.
C: If three people are doing wrong, and you can only stop one, then stopping the one is better than stopping none.
JK: You realize that you're just wanting to believe in anything that suits your needs. I assume your parents are Christians?
C: Yes, now they are. I converted them after we left Korea.
JK: Why did you convert them?
C: I must preach the gospel.
JK: Why? Not everyone wants to hear this.
C: We are all sinners. There is no such thing as a non-sinner, other than Jesus. Christianity is just the gateway to heaven.
JK: OK so gays are evil, right?
C: No, they've just made the wrong choice.
JK: People don't choose to be gay, I thought we all knew that.
C: There is no proof to show they're born like that.
JK: It doesn't matter. What they do in their own lives has nothing to do with you.
C: Yes it does. We are witnessing the crumbling of our moral values in our society and family structure.
JK: There have always been gay people. Now they're just coming out of the closet.
C: No, society tells us that being gay is normal, so people use it as an option.
JK: I suppose you think abortion is wrong too?
C: Yes of course.
JK: What if the child was conceived through rape?
C: It's still a human life.
JK: What if it had no arms, legs, and deaf, dumb, and blind?
C: It's not up to you to decide whether he/she lives or not.
And this went on and on and on....until:
JK: If you cannot see it, it does not exist.
C: Don't be ridiculous. You can't see the North Pole, how do you know it exists.
JK: I've seen pictures. And I've seen it on the TV. Can you give me a picture of Jesus?
C: I don't need pictures. I have my faith.
Blah blah blah....circular argument continues.
Look, if I had to sit through this then so should you.
(This is someone I work with. He is a 30-something Korean born again from Houston, TX. I don't think I've had a conversation like this in over 10 years. I guess these people still do exist out in the boonies).
Anyway, this is the profile of a Bush supporter who puts moral values higher than anything else. These are the people now running the country.
JK: Well, look on the bright side, Bush can't be re-elected.
Christian: I voted for Bush.
JK: You did? What for?
C: I believe in him.
JK: So you think the country is better off now than before?
C: Yes I do.
JK: Where do you see the improvement?
C: We are starting to remember our moral values, and that they are more important than anything else.
JK: I take it you're a Christian.
C: Oh yes.
JK: So you based your vote on religion.
C: Not entirely.
JK: Well, what was the biggest selling point for Bush?
C: I know him.
JK: You know him personally?
C: Never met him. But I know his beliefs, therefore I know him, the man.
JK: He's a politician. He could have just said whatever he wanted to win the vote.
C: I don't believe that.
JK: Well, had Kerry been a 'stronger' Christian than Bush, would you have voted for Kerry?
C: Probably.
JK: So you did base your vote on your religous belief?
C: Not entirely.
JK: Well, what else was there for fucks sake?
C: The war in Iraq. Thank god Bush had the balls to get them before any real damage could be done. Imagine another 9/11.
JK: Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Bush had an agenda to go into Iraq before 9/11. Bush will NEVER attack North Korea or Iran for that matter.
C: You're believing the liberal media.
JK: Well, no. Even Fox News will tell us that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 and that North Korea is a bigger threat.
C: Fox News is liberal media.
JK: What? What then is conservative media?
C: DayStar TV.
JK: What's that?
C: Well, we can't send missionaries everywhere anymore so the TV can come to you.
JK: It's a Christian tv station?
C: Yes.
JK: Ugh, so anyway, Iraq was fucked up - no WMDs remember?
C: Yes but those people are free.
JK: It doesn't matter - it was an illegal invasion. It would be less hypocritical if we started to invade other dictator-led countries like North Korea, but we won't. No oil there either conveniently enough.
C: If three people are doing wrong, and you can only stop one, then stopping the one is better than stopping none.
JK: You realize that you're just wanting to believe in anything that suits your needs. I assume your parents are Christians?
C: Yes, now they are. I converted them after we left Korea.
JK: Why did you convert them?
C: I must preach the gospel.
JK: Why? Not everyone wants to hear this.
C: We are all sinners. There is no such thing as a non-sinner, other than Jesus. Christianity is just the gateway to heaven.
JK: OK so gays are evil, right?
C: No, they've just made the wrong choice.
JK: People don't choose to be gay, I thought we all knew that.
C: There is no proof to show they're born like that.
JK: It doesn't matter. What they do in their own lives has nothing to do with you.
C: Yes it does. We are witnessing the crumbling of our moral values in our society and family structure.
JK: There have always been gay people. Now they're just coming out of the closet.
C: No, society tells us that being gay is normal, so people use it as an option.
JK: I suppose you think abortion is wrong too?
C: Yes of course.
JK: What if the child was conceived through rape?
C: It's still a human life.
JK: What if it had no arms, legs, and deaf, dumb, and blind?
C: It's not up to you to decide whether he/she lives or not.
And this went on and on and on....until:
JK: If you cannot see it, it does not exist.
C: Don't be ridiculous. You can't see the North Pole, how do you know it exists.
JK: I've seen pictures. And I've seen it on the TV. Can you give me a picture of Jesus?
C: I don't need pictures. I have my faith.
Blah blah blah....circular argument continues.
Look, if I had to sit through this then so should you.
(This is someone I work with. He is a 30-something Korean born again from Houston, TX. I don't think I've had a conversation like this in over 10 years. I guess these people still do exist out in the boonies).
Anyway, this is the profile of a Bush supporter who puts moral values higher than anything else. These are the people now running the country.
Fucking classic.
