Post 11

Well, trying to find something for this assignment was difficult without getting out of my usual BBC and LINK TV but I did find something that gives an example of how absurd rhetoric is still accepted by people. Here's his recent rhetoric concerning the possible future of the country: Gingrich’s latest warning came this week at the Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, and was picked up by Politico: “I have two grandchildren — Maggie is 11, Robert is 9,” he said. “I am convinced that if we do not decisively win the struggle over the nature of America, by the time they’re my age they will be in a secular atheist country, potentially one dominated by radical Islamists and with no understanding of what it once meant to be an American.” OK, this is mindboggling to me. I really don't understand how even people who follow this guy and agree with his biggotry and fundamentalist views can not stop and question this statement. This is a sentence full of fear factors put together but it doesn't make any sense. I really question the intelligence of people sometimes, come on, a secular atheist country ruled by radical Islamists? I usually make fun of Gingrich and his speeches, however, absurdity is another thing. I'm imagining his followers picking up this concept and fearing the worst without even thinking that this idea is ridiculous! Either you have Islamist rule or you have secular rule or you have atheist rule, a combination of the three just doesn't fit in my head!