{"id":26845,"date":"2012-03-05T12:07:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T19:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/05\/pat-robertson-blames-the-victims-twice.html"},"modified":"2012-03-08T10:14:10","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T17:14:10","slug":"pat-robertson-blames-the-victims-twice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/05\/pat-robertson-blames-the-victims-twice.html","title":{"rendered":"Pat Robertson blames the victims &#8230; twice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#39;t write a lot about Pat Robertson because, honestly, I think he&#39;s more than a bit touched in the head these days (and not a good touch, at that).  But his currently  maunderings on the recent tornadoes and the death and destruction they brought with them require at least some comment.<\/p>\n<p>In short, Pat Robertson blamed the victims twice over by saying:<\/p>\n<p>1. It was their fault for living in a tornado zone. (Which I guess means that we should remove most of the Midwest&#39;s population. Also, folks who live in hurricane zones, earthquake zones, fire zones, meteor zones, crime zones, etc.) <\/p>\n<p>2. It was their fault for not praying hard enough to avert the tornadoes.  &quot;If enough people were praying He would\u2019ve intervened, you could pray, Jesus stilled the storm, you can still storms.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>My comment: disgusting. <\/p>\n<p>Also: if folks at CBN really do love Christianity, they&#39;ll get Pat off the air ASAP before he damages the faith further.  #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/pat-robertson-says-people-could-have-stopped-deadly-tornadoes-through-prayer'>Pat Robertson Says People could have Stopped Deadly Tornadoes through Prayer | rightwingwatch.org<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPat Robertson, who earlier called tornadoes a sign of the End Times, was asked today on the 700 Club about the tornadoes that have ravaged parts the country and killed at least twelve people.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#39;t write a lot about Pat Robertson because, honestly, I think he&#39;s more than a bit touched in the head these days (and not a good touch, at that). But his currently maunderings on the recent tornadoes and the death and destruction they brought with them require at least some comment. In short, Pat &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/05\/pat-robertson-blames-the-victims-twice.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pat Robertson blames the victims &#8230; twice&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,75,27],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-26845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-performers","category-religion","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8172,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/05\/03\/man_of_god.html","url_meta":{"origin":26845,"position":0},"title":"Man of God","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 3-May-05 1:13pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The bright side to having someone like Pat Robertson around is that he serves as a useful example of the dangers in commingling Church and State. 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