Here’s an amusing video of Kirk Cameron being interviewed about how badly he’s been “persecuted” — it’s been “merciless” — for standing up against marriage equality. Because families are good — except families that include gay people, of course. Those families don’t count.
Jul 14 2012
Kirk Cameron is So Persecuted
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jnorris
July 14, 2012 at 11:12 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Bless his little heart.
ShowMetheData
July 14, 2012 at 11:13 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The presenter is from MADA Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance?
No one’s defaming marriage – just want all that goodness
The more Kirk talks about the positive values of marriage, the more reasonable it is that more people would want it – including gays
tommykey
July 14, 2012 at 12:37 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Here’s the difference Kirk.
Advocating public policies motivated by your religions beliefs that discriminate against your fellow citizens does demonstrable harm to them.
Public policies that are inclusive to them and benefit them may offend your religious beliefs, but they do not cause you any harm.
Hercules Grytpype-Thynne
July 14, 2012 at 12:46 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Tee hee. He put “Kirk Cameron” and “important” in the same sentence.
Larry
July 14, 2012 at 12:52 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Strapping Kirk to a tree and bull-whipping his hide: Persecution
Ridiculing the little fuck for the idiotic and bigoted things he says: Not so much.
Can you see the difference there, banana boy?
naturalcynic
July 14, 2012 at 1:22 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I don’t think he has that capability. Hurt feelings count for so much. And not getting his way is just beyond comprehension.
Here’s a thought, Kirk. Go review the whole history of Mike Seaver and get back to us on the times when Mike deserved to be stoned to death.
Robert M.
July 14, 2012 at 2:25 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Christian persecution in the 1st century: Being brutally murdered for wishing to live according to their beliefs.
Christian persecution in the 21st century: Christians to force others to live according to their beliefs, said people say things that hurt their feelings.
andrewlephong
July 14, 2012 at 3:07 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Would’ve loved to see Kirk’s reaction to this:
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/b6ddedd57e/ccokc-child-celebrities-opposing-kirk-cameron?rel=player
Blessed are those who are “persecuted” for comedy’s sake.
dan4
July 14, 2012 at 3:23 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
To be far to Cameron, it was Goddard who used the words “persecuted” and “merciless.” You (“you” meaning Ed Brayton) make it sound like it was Cameron himself who used those words.
Chris from Europe
July 14, 2012 at 3:29 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
#8:
Is there a slight hint in the video that answers the question “Which 80′s sitcom star is a major closet case?”?
leonardschneider
July 14, 2012 at 3:55 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Hey Kirk,
On behalf of my uncle Billy, his husband Gail, and their six adopted children, I offer my pity and condolences. I could get angry with you — I did for a few minutes — but what would be the point? Your own fear and anger at my extended family is your own punishment.
I’m sorry the god you worship is such a total dick. I’m glad mine ain’t.
didgen
July 14, 2012 at 5:33 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@#9
I didn’t read it that way at all, but now that you mention it… no, I still don’t see it that way. I am going to have to go with that the point is, he feels the need to discriminate against other people’s rights. Also that he has an incredibly naive view of marriage as it currently exists.
Who Knows?
July 14, 2012 at 5:46 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
It would be wonderful if someone would explain to Mr. Cameron that same sex couples have the same possibilities for health, happiness, joy and faith as any other couples. And, we don’t really need a his personal lord and savior to accomplish this.
fifthdentist
July 14, 2012 at 5:57 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
If only there were some country … somewhere, where Christians were the majority(say 80 percent of the population), and where they were allowed to freely practice their religion in peace.
billydee
July 15, 2012 at 12:04 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance? Has there been one law passed restricting opposite marriage? Has anyone advocated restricting opposite marriage? I don’t think so. Opposite marriage will probably be safe for another millenium. What a butthole.
I don’t know if he mentioned this, but the reason he isn’t being offered choice roles (or any roles) is that he has no talent and any cuteness he once had is long gone. I heard that, towards the end of the Growing Pains series, he was harrassing fellow cast members about jeebus and he spent all of his time copying bible verses.
My computer is slow today and the video kept freezing and making Kirk look like he was making grotesque faces. Even with that, I could only watch two minutes of his crap.
Area Man
July 15, 2012 at 3:24 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
This is just a small example of the main rhetorical thrust of conservatism these days, which is to reverse the role of the perpetrator and victim in our social dynamics. If your agenda is to further the interests of the powerful over the powerless, the conformist over the non-conformist, the rich over the poor, etc., then you’ve got a slight problem: Most people think you’re an assprick.
The solution is to invert the dominant and subordinate groups, and to transfer the grievances of the latter onto the former. Hence, we constantly hear about how wealthy people are being horribly aggrieved by parasitic poor people who for some reason are still allowed to vote. White people are the victims of racism by blacks, as evidenced by the continued existence of the NAACP. Women who get raped were luring innocent men with their skimpy dresses, and are probably lying about it anyway. And, as in the present case, homophobes who want to deny gay people their rights are the ones who are actually being persecuted because gay people have the nerve to stand up for themselves, obviously unaware of their rightful place in the pecking order.
It would almost be admirable from a purely marketing standpoint if it weren’t for the brazen lack of self-awareness or human decency.
joedelaney
July 15, 2012 at 4:54 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Brother Kirk clearly relishes martyrdom and imagining he is the victim in the situation. As a bible-believing Christian, h should know he has been blessed, and should be rejoicing. God’s slacker emo passive-aggressive Son made this clear in Matthew 5:11.
However, something is missing. Clearly, mewling like a crybaby because people made fun of your dumb busybody opinions is not real persecution. Poor Mr. Cameron is being deprived of Christ’s full blessings by our current liberalism-gone-mad form of government. Kirk, being the modest, shrinking violet that he is, is simply too shy to say it, but it is obvious: we need to feed him to the lions.
bad Jim
July 15, 2012 at 5:08 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
For evangelical Christians, religious tolerance means allowing them to turn nearly everything into an act of worship, including marriage, politics and education. If they don’t get to set the rules for everyone else, they’re being oppressed. For a wonder, the Catholics agree, at least as regards covering contraception as preventative health care.
Moreover they insist that the least concession threatens the foundations of society. As silly as that sounds, it explains why they consider gay marriage an existential threat.
It says in the Bible that Christians are being persecuted, and if was true then, it must be true now. It will continue until Jesus returns, which should be pretty soon, since he said he’d be right back.
stace
July 16, 2012 at 10:24 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I believe that would be the magical land known as Murika.