# Can't stop the schadenfreude (Holly Hobby Lobby in the news again) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-the-schadenfreude-holly-hobby-lobby-in-the-news-again/710481 "2015-01-21T13:41:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-the-schadenfreude-holly-hobby-lobby-in-the-news-again/710481/21 "2015-01-22T21:44:28Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > I love it when idiot moralizers get hoisted on their own petard! Just another hypocrite to add to the long list of assholes who would rather thump a bible than read it …Still, on the bright side she could put 3 inside of a quarter-sized stain on that bible at 1000 yards. _Jesus Told Her To_ ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-the-schadenfreude-holly-hobby-lobby-in-the-news-again/710481/22 "2015-01-22T21:52:16Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > You are not supposed to get worked up, you are supposed to point and laugh. I was all set to do that. But damn…she’s HOT! ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-the-schadenfreude-holly-hobby-lobby-in-the-news-again/710481/23 "2015-01-23T00:12:09Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I can (I blewed it up real good!) four fingers on the grip and it’s just light reflecting off of the trigger. > > CMC fnord! I agree. Looking at it on a better screen I can count four fingers on the grip. I withdraw my previous opprobrium. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-the-schadenfreude-holly-hobby-lobby-in-the-news-again/710481/24 "2015-01-23T00:25:05Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > I agree. Looking at it on a better screen I can count four fingers on the grip. I withdraw my previous opprobrium. I didn’t see the prior post. Oops. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-the-schadenfreude-holly-hobby-lobby-in-the-news-again/710481/25 "2015-01-23T01:45:15Z")
I wonder if Mr. Lobby will be asking for a DNA test on the kids – since, you know, they don’t believe in birth control. 😉 (Or is it just abortions? I can’t keep my fanatics straight anymore) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-the-schadenfreude-holly-hobby-lobby-in-the-news-again/710481/26 "2015-01-23T02:20:42Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > Well, she \*\*\*has \*\*\*forgiven herself, so that’s hunky dory. Remember, the only truly unforgivable sin is one committed by a political opponent. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-the-schadenfreude-holly-hobby-lobby-in-the-news-again/710481/27 "2015-01-23T06:41:23Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Hmm. > > Her husband has been trained and equipped with semi-automatic weapons. She has been trained and equipped with semi-automatic weapons. > > If Hollywood pitched a movie about this, it’d be, “…Its ‘American Sniper’ meets ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’. The public will Love it…!” :smack: > Coming to a theater near you! > (So duck.) I think **War of the Roses** would be more fun. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-the-schadenfreude-holly-hobby-lobby-in-the-news-again/710481/28 "2015-01-23T13:25:02Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I think **War of the Roses** would be more fun. It’d certainly be safer to see. 😃 “The deliberations are in day three… and while a gag order is in effect, _pause_ I think you just heard that… _cameraman scrambles_ yes, light weapons fire can still be heard in the distance. This is Christiane Amanpour, reporting for CNN…” ---
**Author:** ![CGav8r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@CGav8r](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CGav8r)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-the-schadenfreude-holly-hobby-lobby-in-the-news-again/710481/29 "2015-01-23T13:40:33Z")
Wait, you’re telling me that someone who was constantly moralizing turns out to be guilty of behaviour contrary to it??? Next you’ll be telling me that all of those homophobes actually crave the junk of a good looking twink (or bear…different strokes). I don’t know what to believe anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-the-schadenfreude-holly-hobby-lobby-in-the-news-again/710481/30 "2015-01-23T13:43:38Z")
> [@CGav8r](#): > > I don’t know what to believe anymore. Consult your Congressman at an airport bathroom near you? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-the-schadenfreude-holly-hobby-lobby-in-the-news-again/710481/31 "2015-01-24T12:22:55Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > I agree. Looking at it on a better screen I can count four fingers on the grip. I withdraw my previous opprobrium. Depends on which picture you are looking at, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-the-schadenfreude-holly-hobby-lobby-in-the-news-again/710481/32 "2015-01-24T13:15:00Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > Well, she \*\*\*has \*\*\*forgiven herself, so that’s hunky dory. It’s always hardest to forgive yourself. What an act of courage, putting this behind her so quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-the-schadenfreude-holly-hobby-lobby-in-the-news-again/710481/33 "2015-01-24T13:35:37Z")
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