# Pat Robertson Pit Thread Number 342: "Dover, Watch Your Bloomin' Arse!" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 10, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474 "2005-11-10T21:30:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/101 "2005-11-11T22:21:29Z")
I got this (canned) response from the 700 Club: > [@700 Club email](#): > > We appreciate this opportunity to serve you on behalf of Pat Robertson, and > apologize that he cannot reply to you personally. > > We are sorry if you were offended by Pat’s remarks about the school board > election in Dover, Pennsylvania, or a report you may have heard about his > comments. Pat has shared the following clarification of his comments: “I was > simply stating that our spiritual actions have consequences and it’s high time > we started recognizing it. God is tolerant and loving, but we can’t keep > sticking our finger in His eye forever.” > > During CBN’s News segment, Pat gives a personal commentary. CBN’s desire is to > provide our viewers with the information needed to develop their own opinions > and views. Feedback like yours helps us understand the concerns and thoughts of > our audience. > > Please pray the Lord will grant us wisdom and understanding as we seek His holy > will. May God bless you and keep you in His love. You’d think that, after all the nutty things this wacko has said, he’d have a sounding board so that he could say what he actually means rather than coming off like a deranged lunatic. ---
**Author:** ![mrrealtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/102 "2005-11-11T22:33:07Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Okay, seriously: what the fuck are you talking about? Are you saying Pat Robertson is a polytheist? 'Cause I’m pretty sure Pat believes that his god is the only God. Or is this more of that tired, “Well, you can’t blame him for being a miserable bigoted asshole, because it’s part of his religion,” bullshit? Sorry, but believing in God isn’t an excuse for being a piece of shit, or acting like a moron. Pat does both regularly. The possibility that he’s getting his marching orders from the divine doesn’t alter that. Obviously this is a pile-on. I’m out. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/103 "2005-11-11T22:33:32Z")
I think he said exactly what he meant to say–only after he gets called on it does he soften the message. There is no such thing as bad publicitiy for these people. I truly hope that Pat has the God he talks about–and when he dies, he will face that very god. That makes me smile. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/104 "2005-11-11T22:37:29Z")
> [@mrrealtime](#): > > Obviously this is a pile-on. I’m out. It’s not a pile-on when it’s true. Robertson’s a nut. A pure-bred, A-class nut. You, sir, are either just as much of a nut to defend him or you have no ability whatsoever to discern when someone is so full of shit that he squelches when he walks. ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/105 "2005-11-11T22:41:30Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > That’s why many gay activists insist that Fabulous Design Theory be taught alongside evolution. But I thought Darwin wrote that man began to walk upright so he could carry fabric swatches? I think I heard that on Trading Spaces, Great Apes edition. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/106 "2005-11-11T22:59:34Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > That’s why many gay activists insist that Fabulous Design Theory be taught alongside evolution. This seems a logical extention of the watchmaker. After all, no one looks at a watch without knowing there must be a watchmaker. Likewise, no one can look at eyes without imagining their complexity must have been intelligently designed. But look closer. Look at the lovely Siberian Iris. Look at the peacock. It is inconcievable that a straight man could have possibly designed the iris or the peacock, ergo, God must be gay. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/107 "2005-11-11T23:03:06Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > It is inconcievable that a straight man could have possibly designed the iris or the peacock, ergo, God must be gay. But did not the same God also design the platypus, the echidna and the manta ray? God must be a stoner. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/108 "2005-11-11T23:04:42Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > But did not the same God also design the platypus, the echidna and the manta ray? God must be a stoner. Have you seen the Paris fashion shows? Haute couture is filled with gay men AND things that are much weirder-looking than platypi, echidnae and manta rays… ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/109 "2005-11-11T23:10:38Z")
> [@mrrealtime](#): > > Obviously this is a pile-on. I’m out. A pile on? _A pile on?_ Like, two people in this thread have responded to you, and neither have insulted you directly, and you’re going to whine about a pile on and run away with your tail between your legs? Grow a pair, you useless fucking lump. Or keep your idiot opinions to yourself, if you’re not prepared to defend them. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/110 "2005-11-11T23:15:07Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > It’s not a pile-on when it’s true. Robertson’s a nut. A pure-bred, A-class nut. You, sir, are either just as much of a nut to defend him or you have no ability whatsoever to discern when someone is so full of shit that he squelches when he walks. I could be wrong, but I don’t think **mrrealtime** meant that it was a pile-on on PR, but a pile-on on him. Not a big loss that he left the thread, IMHO. It’s not like he was contributing anything useful to it. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/111 "2005-11-11T23:19:59Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I could be wrong, but I don’t think **mrrealtime** meant that it was a pile-on on PR, but a pile-on on him. Not a big loss that he left the thread, IMHO. It’s not like he was contributing anything useful to it. That’s what I meant, too. If he’s defending Robertson’s remarks as being misunderstood, then every insult aimed at **mrrealtime** is deserved. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/112 "2005-11-11T23:40:45Z")
And it isn’t like there has never been a gay man who used illegal recreational substances. Though I don’t suppose God is limited by illegal. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/113 "2005-11-11T23:43:29Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > That’s what I meant, too. If he’s defending Robertson’s remarks as being misunderstood, then every insult aimed at **mrrealtime** is deserved. Oh. I got confused, you see, because as **Miller** pointed out only like two people had addressed him, and two posts do not a pile-on make. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/114 "2005-11-12T00:23:27Z")
If it is a pile-on on Pat Robertson, it’s not like he doesn’t deserve it. Though I feel really bad for those on the bottom of the heap. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/115 "2005-11-12T00:36:10Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Look at the lovely Siberian Iris. Look at the peacock. It is inconcievable that a straight man could have possibly designed the iris or the peacock, ergo, God must be gay. Plus, by most conservative of estimates 6,000 years old and in all that time he’s _never_ been romantically linked to a woman (not even the surrogate mother who had his son)? And He constantly told people in the O.T. to “turn your eyes away… Don’t _Look_ at Me I’m Just a Total Fright”- how gay is that? ---
**Author:** ![mrrealtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/116 "2005-11-12T01:20:23Z")
sorry to return (am I to understand that if I do not agree with the majority my opinions are not welcome or valid??), but I must say I did mean this thread is a pile on pat robertson, and not on me. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/117 "2005-11-12T01:23:18Z")
> [@mrrealtime](#): > > sorry to return (am I to understand that if I do not agree with the majority my opinions are not welcome or valid??), but I must say I did mean this thread is a pile on pat robertson, and not on me. Everybody’s opinion is welcome, but always be ready to defend yourself. Robertson is and always has been a whackjob. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/118 "2005-11-12T01:26:27Z")
> [@mrrealtime](#): > > sorry to return (am I to understand that if I do not agree with the majority my opinions are not welcome or valid??), but I must say I did mean this thread is a pile on pat robertson, and not on me. And? So what if it is? ---
**Author:** ![mrrealtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/119 "2005-11-12T01:30:20Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > And? So what if it is? just wanted to be sure. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474/120 "2005-11-12T02:03:46Z")
> [@mrrealtime](#): > > am I to understand that if I do not agree with the majority my opinions are not welcome or valid?? Not at all. But you have no right to be agreed with. If you express an opinion that the majority here disagrees with, they WILL tell you that, and why. I’d like to note that it’s not we who threw you out of the thread. It’s you who grabbed yourself by the collar and tossed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-pit-thread-number-342-dover-watch-your-bloomin-arse/330474.md?page=7)