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    Sean Hannity vs. The NYC Subway: A Dumb Story

    By Larry Jankens on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 12:46pm | Politics

    In a recent show, America's favorite ex-jock-turned-opinion-maker, Sean Hannity discusses his disgust for New Yorkers tolerance of anti-christian propaganda, or as some people call it: common sense.

    If you’ve been riding the New York City subway lately, you may have seen some curious ads plastered on the walls, spreading the word that you can live a great life without God.

    Ads like this one are hitting New York City subways, courtesy of a $25,000 ad campaign launched by the group Big Apple Coalition of Reason. According to a spokesman for the group, the ads are meant to inform New Yorkers that, “A million of us have found or created natural morality and lead good, productive and meaningful lives without appeal to religious dogma or God.”

    Wow, how incredibly informative.

    Can you imagine the outrage if a Christian group put pro-God ads in the New York City subways?

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,568839,00.html

    Since Hannity and none of his staff ride the NYC subway system, they don't know (or choose to forget to mention that there are pro-christian ads and messages all over the subway.  Ads for different churches, ads for religious orders, and even free "stress tests" from Tom Cruise can be found in the subway and throughout New York.    But since these facts, that we call reality, don't conform to Hannity's world view he doesn't bother mentioning them.

    New Yorkers are blessed witht the ability to tolerate people who have different view points. It's a skill that is acquired when one lives in such a big city.  You don't have to like or agree with other people say, but it's no reason to spew vitriolic bullsh*t and throw a hissy fit.

    Also, it should be noted that the much villified ACLU, the organization that Hannity says is trying to kill Jesus, goes out of its way to make sure that christians have the right to express themselves: http://www.mysaline.com/forum/topics/the-aclu-fights-for-christians - Now that's incredibly informative.

    But then again, Hannity's stance on NYC subway ads being completely detatched from reality makes more sense when you find out the two new books he has in the works:

    Also, if you haven't already, be sure to read Genghis's recent write ups on Fox, Persecution Politics, they are excellent.

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    Thanks for the shout out. I heard about the ads but haven't seen them yet. Not sure how much good they do for atheists, but I suppose that it's the little things like this that matter.

    BTW, one of the primary "persecution politics" tactics of the right wing is to loudly complain about the "special rights" of other people (atheists, homosexuals, Muslims, racial minorities) that are denied to white, Christian conservatives. Hannity's false assumption that Christian messages are not allowed on the subway is a perfect example. You also hear them saying that the Quran gets more respect than the Bible, that Kwanza messages are OK but Christmas messages are prohibited, that black racists get a free pass while whites are unfairly condemned for racism if they criticize a black person for any reason, and so on. What's telling about this tactic is that the accusations are so often unfounded: many conservatives so want to be persecution that they invent persecution where it doesn't exist..


    by Michael Wolraich on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 1:23pm

    Yo Genghis, you make a good point and I'm gonna let you finish, but this subway ad is the best subway ad of all time:


    by Larry Jankens on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 5:50pm