This is what we're coming to, folks.

[novapsyche]

Mirecki hospitalized after beating

Douglas County sheriff’s deputies are investigating the reported beating of a Kansas University professor who gained recent notoriety for his Internet tirades against Christian fundamentalists.

Kansas University religious studies professor Paul Mirecki reported he was beaten by two men about 6:40 a.m. today on a roadside in rural Douglas County. In a series of interviews late this afternoon, Mirecki said the men who beat him were making references to the controversy that has propelled him into the headlines in recent weeks.

"I didn’t know them, but I’m sure they knew me," he said.


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As someone at DailyKos said, "They claim we're at war against Christmas because we say Happy Holidays, then they beat us for not believing in intelligent design."

Comments

So, where are they handing out the Brown Shirts and armbands?

[pgdudda.livejournal.com]

WTF happened to "freedom of speech" and "freedom of conscience"?

Oh, wait, they went out the window when McCarthyism inserted "Under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance.

Le Sigh.

Re: So, where are they handing out the Brown Shirts and armbands?

[padpedpladuk.livejournal.com]

I'll say. And what happened to Christians following Christ's example? E.g., not beating people up on the way to work.

[droid-1.livejournal.com]

Ya'ah, I didn't know that Christmas was a Christian thing!

[kittenkissies.livejournal.com]

I dunno...our home paper presents him as a kinda attention whore and a drama king...the cynical part of me (is there any other...sigh) wonders if this is staged for sympathy.

[xterminal.livejournal.com]

I'm at war against Christmas, because I hate Christmas.

I'd really like to see someone attempt to beat me for not believing in intelligent design. Really. It's been too long since my gay-basher-bashing days, and I need a new target to provoke me into leaving them bloody and moaning on the sidewalk.