Topic: Bill Donahue vs. Jon Stewart

[David E.]

Holy War Against The Daily Show.

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows:

Jon Stewart refused to apologize last night for the unprecedented assault on Christian sensibilities he launched on April 16. In that episode, “The Daily Show” featured a naked woman with her legs spread and a nativity scene ornament placed between her legs; with the picture on the screen, Stewart laughed at what he called the “vagina manger.” To see the picture, click here. **Warning: Explicit Content**
Our effort against Stewart includes asking his most consistent sponsors to pull their advertising (if necessary, we are not ruling out a boycott of their products), and a lengthy public relations campaign. The goal? To get him to apologize. If that doesn’t work, we can guarantee that his reputation will never be the same.

Today we will contact Kraft, one of whose products, MiO Energy, was one of the five sponsors that advertised on both the April 17 and April 18 episodes. Moreover, we will contact those on our “Allied Organizations” list (over two days) to join this campaign. They will be asked to contact Steve Albani, Senior VP of Comedy Central Communications, and Kraft.

This is just the beginning. Over the next several weeks, we will contact every major Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Mormon and Muslim leader and organization in the nation; they will be sent the picture, along with Stewart’s remarks. We will contact Viacom (which owns Comedy Central, home to “The Daily Show”) making sure that all board members and senior management know about Stewart’s anti-Christian and grossly misogynist attack. We will take out ads in newspapers, etc. We are not going away.

What Jon Stewart did ranks with the most vulgar expression of hate speech ever aired on television. His incivility cannot go unanswered.

 

[superdave]

There is a reasonable point here to be made about free speech Vs being offensive, but of course Donahue goes for the least sensible argument.

[Desert Fox]

Anybody have a link to a Youtube clip of it so I don't have to watch the whole episode?

Compared to a nun's habit it might be explicit

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Put it in spoilers due to image size only

[random poet]

A catholic leader accusing somebody of being a misogynist? The irony, it burns.

[Citizen Skeptic]

I saw this episode and was surprised he was able to show the picture. Other than that, meh.

[Vincegamer]

The only thing that surprised me was that Stewart seemed not to know what a nativity creche is.

[Shibboleth]

Colbert is a Catholic Sunday School teacher.

[seamas]

Is he saying the extent of Stewart's offense is laughing at the picture and calling it a vagina manger?


Are women's bodies really that offensive to Donahue?

I's been decades since I was a Catholic, so I am having a hard time figuring out what is making Donahue go so full-bore angry--other than a force of habit.

[Shibboleth]

Thank God he doesn't watch South Park.

[seamas]

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows:
This is just the beginning. Over the next several weeks, we will contact every major Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Mormon and Muslim leader and organization in the nation; they will be sent the picture, along with Stewart’s remarks.

yeah, I am SURE the Muslim community is just dying to come running to this douchebag's aid at his beck and call.

Jewish groups just love him too.

Donahue on criticism of Passion of the Christ:

Hollywood is controlled by secular Jews who hate Christianity in general and Catholicism in particular. It's not a secret, OK? And I'm not afraid to say it. That's why they hate this movie. It's about Jesus Christ, and it's about truth. It's about the Messiah.

[Neon Genesis]

Of course by "major" leader and organization he means only the other insane fundamentalist groups that agree with him.  Will he contact the Lord's Resistance Army for backup?

[Henning]

I thought the '90s talk icon was popping his head up for some reason.
It's Bill "Donohue", which I mention only for search accuracy.

[Halleyscomet/Wakefield]

Let me get this straight.

A Jew made fun of a silly picture of a nearly naked woman. As a result the head of an organization that exists to defend a tax-exempt pedophile club is threatening to organize a boycott to get the Jew to apologize.

Did I miss anything important in that summary?

[seamas]

A donkey and a bunch of sheep taking a dump just  cubits away from a newborn baby Jesus= OK

A woman's vagina near the newborn baby Jesus = NOT OK

[Halleyscomet/Wakefield]

A donkey and a bunch of sheep taking a dump just  cubits away from a newborn baby Jesus= OK

A woman's vagina near the newborn baby Jesus = NOT OK

Well, we already knew Bill Donahue is terrified of women. He was raised Catholic. I'm sure he never once contemplated the fact that Jesus emerged from a Vagina.