Pat Robertson combines everything I loathe about sensationalism, religious bigotry, and mass media into one white male. His latest antics only bolster my feelings.
Haiti just experienced probably the worst natural disaster in its history. Thousands upon thousands of men, women, and children are still lying dead in the streets. Food is scarce. Water is even more scarce. Hospitals, schools, and churches all leveled to the ground. Rescue workers from all nations are racing to the scene to help repair the untold carnage.
And Pat freaking Roberston has the gall to sit back in his comfy little chair on TV and tell his impressionable audience that this happened because Haiti swore a pact to the devil so he would free them from France's control waaaaaaaay back in the day.
I cannot adequately describe how abhorrent this is on so many different levels. It's not often that such a short statement can manage to be so offensive on so many simultaneous levels. It's irresponsible, hateful, presumptuous, arrogant, and spiteful all at the same time.
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