# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**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, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/41 "2016-06-13T21:44:17Z")
I looked at the graphic, then checked the posts in my business profile that had been scheduled days before. Each showed a last modified time around the time they were posted, not when they were scheduled. It may be dependent on whatever scheduler is used, I don’t know that. I would call that person’s Facebook post, at best, inconclusive. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/42 "2016-06-15T20:00:57Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > I was wondering what the Hell [Dan Patrick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Patrick) had done, he seems like a nice, thoughtful guy. Wrong Dan Patrick. Our Lite Gov was also a sports commentator on radio–with an assumed name. (He used to be Dannie Scott Goeb.) Then he started talking about politics. Then he actually got _into_ politics. Alas. He’s managed to distinguish himself among Texas Republicans. Not in a good way. He’s the subject of this month’s _Loon Star State_–the _Texas Observer_’s cartoon. [(At the bottom of the page.)](https://www.texasobserver.org/) Which was drawn a couple of weeks ago but is relevant. As in, he’s a “Christian” who’s only pretending. Dan Patrick doesn’t get up every Sunday morning & meditate to find a suitable verse for the day. It’s all computerized. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/43 "2016-06-15T20:05:25Z")
And the Lord said, Be not like the Pharisee, who makes public display of his prayers and piety, but retire to a quiet room and tweet out your worship, for, verily, there is an app for that. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/44 "2016-06-15T20:13:53Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > And you can spare some for the inevitable and disgusting [“false flag” conspiracy theorists](http://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=40106), too. Jesus Christ. Humans are disgusting. Scrap it all and give it to the dolphins. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/45 "2016-06-17T16:01:33Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > What possible legitimate reason would there be for any politician (or anyone, really) to tweet bible verses? … One word: Texas. Actually the large part of about a dozen states, so make that two words: Bible belt. Of course you have to give the word “legitimate” a broad interpretation here, one in which the hypocrisy of appealing to the fundies in order to get and stay elected is deemed “legitimate”. > [@Doug\_K](#): > > … What possible legitimate reason would there be for anyone to single out any book as one that must never be shared publicly? Start with something in the Constitution about not shoving any particular religion down anyone’s throat. The principle of separation of church and state. The avoidance of offensive hateful bullshit like the offensive hateful bullshit that is the subject of this thread. Any one of those is plenty good enough. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/46 "2016-06-19T03:57:38Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > I was wondering what the Hell [Dan Patrick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Patrick) had done, he seems like a nice, thoughtful guy. My thoughts went to Danica Patrick, but they typically need more of a reason to NOT go to her. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/47 "2016-06-19T05:10:00Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > One word: Texas. Actually the large part of about a dozen states, so make that two words: Bible belt. Of course you have to give the word “legitimate” a broad interpretation here, one in which the hypocrisy of appealing to the fundies in order to get and stay elected is deemed “legitimate”. > > Start with something in the Constitution about not shoving any particular religion down anyone’s throat. The principle of separation of church and state. The avoidance of offensive hateful bullshit like the offensive hateful bullshit that is the subject of this thread. Any one of those is plenty good enough. It comes across as pandering, too. Christians don’t typically tweet Bible verses through a scheduler either. They might tweet one that had appeal to them in their lives at that moment. And a church or specialty account might do it. But not the laity. It always comes off pretty pharisaical–proclaiming your righteousness to the world. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/48 "2016-06-19T05:49:16Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > 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? By definition, there is nothing in any famous quotation that hasn’t been said and repeated before. The reason to proclaim (by tweet or otherwise) well-worn words–really the only legitimate reason–is when they perfectly encapsulate one’s feelings or message in a specific time and context. The purpose is not exactly to ‘say’ the thing, in the sense of providing a new insight, but rather to refer to memetic content people already know. To invoke the resonance. So, yeah, scheduling random quotes of anything, days in advance, is brain-dead. ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/49 "2016-06-21T05:46:15Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > It comes across as pandering, too. Christians don’t typically tweet Bible verses through a scheduler either. They might tweet one that had appeal to them in their lives at that moment. And a church or specialty account might do it. But not the laity. > > It always comes off pretty pharisaical–proclaiming your righteousness to the world. > [@Peremensoe](#): > > By definition, there is nothing in any famous quotation that hasn’t been said and repeated before. > > The reason to proclaim (by tweet or otherwise) well-worn words–really the only legitimate reason–is when they perfectly encapsulate one’s feelings or message in a specific time and context. The purpose is not exactly to ‘say’ the thing, in the sense of providing a new insight, but rather to refer to memetic content people already know. To invoke the resonance. > > So, yeah, scheduling random quotes of anything, days in advance, is brain-dead. Yep. In addition to the point about expressing your own feelings by surfing the resonance of Biblical quotes, I get that in small religious Christian communities like local churches, sharing Bible verses is perceived as giving little gifts of inspiration, sort of like a philosophical origami. At the level of small communities, doing that _is_ a thought-out gift, and is targeted at the like-minded. The practice of distributing Bible verses is defensible on that limited basis, no matter how much the rest of us might find it indistinguishable from glurge. But automating the process so that a) that crap is spammed to the Universe and b) the initial thoughtfulness and giftiness is completely lost is just…nauseating. Some things don’t scale. Sometimes hand-made can’t be industrialised. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208/50 "2016-06-21T13:10:57Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Start with something in the Constitution about not shoving any particular religion down anyone’s throat. The principle of separation of church and state. Agreed - the law forcing everyone to subscribe to the Texas lieutenant governor’s Twitter feed should be rescinded. Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recreational-outrage-dan-patricks-tweet/757208.md?page=2)