# Recreational outrage Dan Patrick's tweet **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 12, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208 "2016-06-12T19:08:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/21 "2016-06-12T23:40:59Z")
I gotta say, that’s the best hate letter I’ve ever read. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/22 "2016-06-12T23:46:54Z")
I’m willing to give Patrick the benefit of the doubt, sorta, but there’s still plenty of use for that recreational outrage on the [Westboro Baptists](http://www.advocate.com/crime/2016/6/12/westboro-sings-shooters-keep-comin-around-bodies-still-club). And you can spare some for the inevitable and disgusting [“false flag” conspiracy theorists](http://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=40106), too. > [@](#): > > Orlando Mass Shooting: Another Obvious False Flag and Government Psyop > > […] Not only does it have all the typical signatures of a purposely hole-ridden narrative, it has an extremely explicit purpose behind it. […] > > It ought to be quite obvious by now that Obama was put into the White House by his masters to accomplish five primary goals: (i) Enact Obamacare (ii) Restart the Cold War with Russia (iii) Crash the Economy (iv) Promote Gay Marriage and (v) Nullify the 2nd Amendment. > > He has been wildly successful at achieving four of these goals. The last one has remained elusive. This particular challenge has not NOT been met because of his lack of presidential initiative and personal will however. He just hasn’t found the right formula necessary to unlawfully abrogate the Second Amendment. So many false flags executed during Obama’s 2 terms have been engineered — from Sandy Hook to San Bernardino — to do just that incidentally. […] > > With this total gun control goal in mind, the POTUS et al. have decided to conscript the most powerful political force in the nation—the Gay Mafia. To the uninitiated, it ought to be clearly understood that the worldwide LGBTTTT movement was specifically created to function as the most powerful political force on the planet. […] > > BEWARE: Obama is now on the home stretch. He only has 6 months left to grab the guns. Please understand that there is no room for mission failure; he is under dire threat should he not succeed. Hence, there is a great likelihood that we will see an unparalleled spate of false flag mass shootings around the country. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/23 "2016-06-12T23:52:32Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I’m willing to give Patrick the benefit of the doubt, sorta, but there’s still plenty of use for that recreational outrage on the [Westboro Baptists](http://www.advocate.com/crime/2016/6/12/westboro-sings-shooters-keep-comin-around-bodies-still-club). > > And you can spare some for the inevitable and disgusting [“false flag” conspiracy theorists](http://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=40106), too. The funny thing is that the Gun-Grabber-In-Chief overturned two gun bans put in place by Republican Presidents. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/24 "2016-06-13T00:13:44Z")
Patrick is claiming that he’s on an island with slow internet, but that his media team pulled the post down. He doesn’t explain why his “media team” wasn’t on top of things this morning. Perhaps they were chasing the Smoke Monster. > **[My Facebook Statement Regarding This Morning's Bible Verse Post - Dan...](https://www.danpatrick.org/facebook-statement-regarding-mornings-bible-verse-post/)** > > This morning, as every Sunday morning for the past several years, we post a verse from scripture. Those posts are chosen in advance and scheduled in advance. As noted to the media earlier, the post from Galatians, that received many hateful comments,... Of course, Dan Patrick doesn’t disagree with the Galatians quote. It’s Holy Script and that’s all there is too it. However, Patrick is so sorry about all the hateful comments that were aimed his way in response. He deeply regrets the hatefulness that people tweeted at him and prays for an end to the divisiveness: > [@Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick](#): > > In the public policy arena there are differences of opinion from many viewpoints. Too often there is hate surrounding those differences. Whether it’s political parties, Presidential politics, or one of the many policy issues being debated today, our country is becoming more divided every day. > > The hateful comments today following my post of a simple scripture verse, totally unrelated to the terrible killings last night, that were directed at me and God’s word, is another example of that hate. I pray these divisions will end. > > Just as we saw the nation come together after 911 we need to come together again after the largest mass shooting in our history. > > If some insist on hate speech as a response, that is their decision, not mine. The enemy is ISIS, not each other. We must come together to fight them. ISIS believes in the killing of gays. America does not and Christians do not. Let’s focus on the real enemy. Weird how he doesn’t mention the non-Islamic white kid who wanted to blow up the LA Parade. Weird too how he doesn’t see that right-wing Christian efforts to promote homophobia in the name of religion contribute to hate and anger. OOOPS! There I go being divisive again! ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/25 "2016-06-13T00:29:55Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Perhaps between Thursday, when the tweet is prepared, and 7am on Sunday, when it’s issued, someone ought to review it to make sure it’s still appropriate? > > Just why does a tweet need to be prepared three days in advance? And why can’t the governor just refrain from tweeting Bible verse? Not weighing in on Dan Patrick, but lots of people and organizations with social media strategies will plan these things out in advance so the feed is never inactive. It’s child’s play to use a scheduler, and one can always interject live without messing up the scheduler. I do this, planning 5 days of posts at a time, and while I’m no politician, I certainly don’t memorize every tweet and facebook post that is going out. Usually, I’ve forgotten whatever I’m posting by the time it hits my feed. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/26 "2016-06-13T00:38:16Z")
So Christians, including presumably Patrick, don’t believe in death to gays. Why don’t they? The Bible clearly calls for it. Is he second guessing God? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/27 "2016-06-13T00:41:13Z")
What possible legitimate reason would there be for any politician (or anyone, really) to tweet bible verses? I assume everyone who wants a Bible already has one and can consult it any time they wish. What a dick thing to do, even in the absence of telling gays they deserve to die for mocking someone’s idea of a god. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/28 "2016-06-13T00:48:31Z")
> [@digs](#): > > _This_ is what I’m outraged about. How dare you make me go back and read your old stories for the dozenth time and not give us any new material? Precisely! ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/29 "2016-06-13T02:43:47Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > What possible legitimate reason would there be for any politician (or anyone, really) to tweet bible verses? I assume everyone who wants a Bible already has one and can consult it any time they wish. > > What a dick thing to do, even in the absence of telling gays they deserve to die for mocking someone’s idea of a god. Does that apply to anyone who tweets quotations, or only quotes from sources that you don’t like? What possible legitimate reason would there be for anyone to single out any book as one that must never be shared publicly? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/30 "2016-06-13T03:14:18Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > Does that apply to anyone who tweets quotations, or only quotes from sources that you don’t like? What possible legitimate reason would there be for anyone to single out any book as one that must never be shared publicly? I don’t subscribe to twitter, so I’m no expert. I can’t think of a reason to tweet any quotations. But, in the case of the Bible, it’s pretty much in anyone’s home who wants one. So tweeting bible quotes seems particularly ridiculous. Quoting Mark Twain or Thomas Jefferson might be interesting, but the fucking Bible? There’s nothing in there that hasn’t been said 1000 times. Why on Earth would this son of a bitch think we are interested in his selective quotes from the Bible? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/31 "2016-06-13T03:27:02Z")
So we may see him stand there up front and center and hear him proclaim how pious he is and be impressed. As opposed to a vulgar sinner who’d be quietly beseeching mercy. [Luke 18:9-14](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+18:9-14) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/32 "2016-06-13T03:36:11Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > What possible legitimate reason would there be for any politician (or anyone, really) to tweet bible verses? They like the Bible and want to share it. Why does anyone tweet anything? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/33 "2016-06-13T03:37:49Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I don’t subscribe to twitter, so I’m no expert. I can’t think of a reason to tweet any quotations. Them maybe don’t hold such strong opinions on things you don’t understand. It’s exceedingly common to post quotes from whatever sources the poster likes. Personally, I don’t post them nor do I read them, but just because it’s meaningless to me doesn’t mean it’s meaningless to everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/34 "2016-06-13T03:42:48Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Them maybe don’t hold such strong opinions on things you don’t understand. It’s exceedingly common to post quotes from whatever sources the poster likes. Personally, I don’t post them nor do I read them, but just because it’s meaningless to me doesn’t mean it’s meaningless to everyone. I’d love to meet someone who says “I really appreciate getting Bible quotes tweeted to me, it adds meaning to my life.” Perhaps you’re right, though. Two things I don’t understand are twitter and religion. Put them together and I’m completely lost. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/35 "2016-06-13T03:59:17Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I’d love to meet someone who says “I really appreciate getting Bible quotes tweeted to me, it adds meaning to my life.” Perhaps you’re right, though. Two things I don’t understand are twitter and religion. Put them together and I’m completely lost. Hello. I’m not on Twitter, but I like quotes of all kinds, including biblical ones. So, here’s a party of one. How ya doin’? 😛 Oh, and Lt. Dan was better portrayed in “Forrest Gump.” ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/36 "2016-06-13T04:02:54Z")
> [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](#): > > Nitpick: Dan Patrick is Lieutenant Governor of Texas, not Governor. Oddly, his office may be more powerful than the actual Governor. _Is_ more powerful ultimately, although in a sort of unintentional way. Texas deliberately has a fairly weak Governor, and vests the power in the Legislature. The Lieutenant Governor is so powerful because he’s the guy who controls the legislative calendar for each legislative session. So he essentially has the power to single-handedly bury laws toward the end of the session and if they run out of time, they’ll never even see the light of day. I don’t think the post-Reconstruction designers of the Texas government had this in mind when they designed the state Constitution, but that’s how it’s turned out to work. All that said, Dan Patrick is a massive throbbing dick. He’s such a moron that he makes Ted Cruz look appealing by comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/37 "2016-06-13T04:06:11Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I’d love to meet someone who says “I really appreciate getting Bible quotes tweeted to me, it adds meaning to my life.” Perhaps you’re right, though. Two things I don’t understand are twitter and religion. Put them together and I’m completely lost. Unless you’ve lived a very isolated life you have met people who think that way, even if they haven’t said it. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/38 "2016-06-13T04:06:49Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > . There’s probably a list of generic messages and somebody posts the next one each week. \*I will pull your skirts up over your face so that your shame might be seen. — \*Jeremiah 13:26 \*"Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians handled your bosom because of the breasts of your youth. — \*Ezekiel 23:21 _“If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and detests her, and charges her with shameful conduct, and brings a bad name on her, and says, ‘I took this woman, and when I came to her I found she was not a virgin,’ … and evidences of virginity are not found for the young woman, then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones — Deuteronomy 22:13-14 Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks._ — Psalm 137 [COLOR=#8A7C3C][FONT=Museo] [/FONT][/COLOR] ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/39 "2016-06-13T21:04:53Z")
This Facebooker (who I’m not friends with- apparently it’s a public page) claims to have proof the tweet wasn’t a scheduled post. I don’t know enough about Twitter to gauge its accuracy (I don’t use or follow anyone on Twitter) but perhaps someone who does can give us an informed opinion. > **[Log into Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/notes/roddi-chambers-smith/dan-patrick-lt-gov-texas-reaps-what-he-sows/10153877258948271)** > > Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/40 "2016-06-13T21:18:03Z")
I was wondering what the Hell [Dan Patrick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Patrick) had done, he seems like a nice, thoughtful guy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208.md?page=3)