Once again, statements by Pat Robertson have outraged myself and many others. On a recent 700 Club TV show, Robertson has once again placed the blame for a natural disaster, this time the earthquake in Haiti, directly on the victims, saying that Haitians slaves had entered into "a pact with the devil" in order to defeat 19th century French colonizers of Haiti and were now paying the price. This is an absolutely ridiculous, outrageous, and insulting statement. And it's certainly not the first time that he has done this and I'm pretty sure that it won't be the last. After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Robertson linked the storm and its aftermath to abortion in the US. And following the attack on the Twin Towers in New York in 2001, he said that the lack of prayer in public schools and tolerance of abortion and pornography meant that "God Almighty is lifting his protection from us."
Pat Robertson is a complete wack-job. These three statements are only the tip of the iceberg. He has made hundreds of racist, bigoted, and inflammatory statements throughout his career as a professional nutjob. And if you believe the things that he has said, you too are a douchebag. He (and you, if you agree with him) is certainly not helping anything or anyone. Spreading hate and condemnation of victims through the veil of "religion" is horrible. If there is such a place as Hell, that's where he's headed.
Pat Robertson - Douchebag of the Week
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