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April 18, 2011 · 21:39 · 4 min

Westboro, the KKK joke, and religious defensiveness

The hosts call the Westboro Baptist Church 'a joke' and 'an abomination to the whole setup,' then run a satirical news bit about the Ku Klux Klan issuing a press release distancing itself from Westboro. The conversation turns to religious defensiveness: people who wrap their world around a belief system react violently when it is threatened, illustrated by first-century Jews who rejected Jesus. A discussion of genuine Muslims follows, arguing that hard-line Muslims hate America's vulgarity because they see it as a so-called Christian nation.

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