We Do Not Agree

The American Family Association (AFA) recently took national umbrage to statements made by Rosie O’Donnell on ABC programming, “The View.” Rosie O'Donnell expressed her views that "radical Christians" were no different than murderous radical Muslims, i.e., no different from the radical Muslims who piloted hijacked jetliners into New York's Twin Towers, no different from the radical Muslims who chop off the heads of individuals, and no different from radical Muslims who bomb innocent men, women and children in suicide attacks. The AFA demanded an immediate public apology from ABC and a reprimand of Rosie O'Donnell. We don't agree. What are your views?

A clip of the original segment can be viewed at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RXiXwFB9co&eurl=

"Radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America where we have separation of church and state," Rosie O'Donnell said. After expressing the view that America was attacked "not by a nation," she continued: "And as a result of the attack and the killing of 3,000 innocent people, we invaded two countries and killed innocent people."

Most alarming should be the applause in the background, not Rosie O’Donnell’s comments or beliefs.

Her liberal co-hosts appeared shocked by her comments and attempted damage control. Co-host Joy Behar protested that Christians are not trying to impose mass murder on America. "This group (radical Muslims) is threatening to kill us."

O'Donnell would have no part of the damage control attempt and replied, “No, but we are bombing innocent people in other countries. True or false?"

Rosie O'Donnell firmly holds the view that there is no difference between the radical Muslims who kill in the name of Allah and Christians who follow the teachings of Jesus. Sadly, one can only suspect the outburst by Rosie O’Donnell is a projection of her internal anger at all Christians in general for their repudiating her public advocacy and participation in a homosexual lifestyle.

Neither O'Donnell nor ABC apologized for the comments. While the American Family Association thought an apology was appropriate, in our view none should be expected.

For purposes of comparison and illustration of hypocrisy, had Rosie O'Donnell made similar comments about minorities or homosexuals, ABC would have issued an immediate apology and she probably would have been fired.

The following is our letter sent to Mr. Brian Frons, President of ABC Daytime.

Brian Frons, President, ABC Daytime
ABC
77 West 66th St.
New York, NY 10023-6298
Primary Phone: 212-456-7777
Fax: 212-456-1424
E-Mail: Brian Frons, ABC

Dear President Frons,

[12:16] When a fool is annoyed, he quickly lets it be known. Sensible people will ignore an insult.

Some people think the comments by Rosie O'Donnell were reprehensible and deserve a public apology and reprimand. We do not agree. This is America and if Ms. O’Donnell has not breached a code of ethics or engaged in criminal behavior, we should all come to Rosie O’Donnell’s defense - particularly if anyone attempts to restrict her freedom of speech or punish her for her statements.

Instead, our choice is to avoid whenever possible watching ABC programming of any kind what-so-ever, since it is evident from the network’s thundering silence that ABC shares her views. While factually ignorant, distasteful and lacking respect, in a land of liberty, anti-Christian bigotry and anti-American viewpoints are Rosie O'Donnell's right. It is our right, however, using our remote control and the money in our American wallet, to repudiate any support of ABC by redirecting our family's viewing to alternative media outlets and by refusing to purchase your advertiser's products.

It is the American way - the way in which we can fairly cast our vote. You say what you think, and we say what we think, and then we vote. We cast our votes by deciding which networks and programming we will watch, and which advertisers we will support.

I suspect the majority of Americans have already concluded that ABC suffered another in a series of self-inflicted wounds from a deadly weapon – Rosie O’Donnell’s mouth.

Conventional wisdom tells us we are irrevocably known by the company we keep. Unfortunately, under the circumstances which we know you will understand, for us that does not include ABC or Rosie O'Donnell.

Are the Dixie Chicks also an ABC product?

Red State Patriot

Posted September 16, 2006 11:26 AM
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