August 14, 2009
The stupidest people on earth. Or the best joke ever.
Look at this shit:
Okay. I remain unsure on the authenticity of this video. It could be a joke. There’s actually a really good chance it is but it still made me more angry than pretty much anything else I’d seen online this week. It’s not the geographic ignorance (“African country in Asia…”) although there is no excuse for that kind of stupidity. It wasn’t even the borderline racism (“why are you so dark?”). It’s the fact that they flat out tell the poor girl that being Hindu is wrong and tell her she “has to convert”. It has to be (again, if it’s real) the most vile and ignorant behaviour I’ve seen on a YouTube video. For the entire 9 minute duration I sat with my jaw agape in disbelief.
I’m an Atheist. Religion isn’t for me but as far as I’m concerned you can believe whatever you want. If you believe that space aliens created the earth and all life on it or that Star Wars is real and that makes your life better, then good for you! But the second you start telling others that they’re wrong and they should believe what you do, you’ve crossed a line. It works both ways too. I recently watched Religulous, a film by Bill Maher. What that basically is, is a guy going across America telling Christians they’re wrong and shouldn’t believe what they do. He’s rude, and insulting and just as bad as a Christian fundamentalist getting in an Atheist’s face telling them that what they believe is rubbish and they’re going to hell.
I have friends who are Christians. They’re some of my best friends. But let it be known; If I ever saw any of them pull any shit like in that video words would be had. Of course, I would never expect them to. They’re nice people with an IQ above 25 and a good amount of common sense, unlike Molly. No one has the right to forcefully impose their beliefs and doctrines on another. Ever. By all means, talk to me about religion I could talk for hours about beliefs and faiths. Just have the decency and respect to accept that people can believe different to you and that’s okay.
As I keep saying, my hatred of this video only applies if it is genuine. I’m still unsure if it is. If it’s a joke then Molly has one of the greatest senses of humour I think I’ve ever seen and is destined for a wonderful career in comedy. I hope, for all our sakes, that this is the case.
Edit:
Having done some more digging around it would appear that this video is definately fake. The tags on the YouTube video include “Poe’s Law” and “Henry Fielding” – Molly is more than a little bit intelligent. She clearly knows how to wind people up.
“Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won’t mistake for the real thing.” – Poe’s Law
Molly, as I said above you have wonderful career ahead of you.
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August 14, 2009 - 10:36 am
I’m almost speechless! Why on Earth is this girl friends with these ignorant assholes?
I am also Atheist. My Dad’s side of the family are pretty strong Catholics but that was never put on me at all. We were left to make our own decisions on things. I can’t stand when people try and push their religious beliefs on others, and I hate to say this, but I’ve only ever witnessed Christians doing that. I hope that if this is a genuine video, that that girl never spoke to her ‘friends’ ever again.
August 14, 2009 - 10:43 am
I watched this earlier on. The girl with the “normal” and Indian friends seems to be smiling pretty often just before the whole thing cuts.
I want to say it’s a joke, but I’m also suspect that it’s probably not.
People are stupid.
August 14, 2009 - 10:47 am
Its not a joke. Look at them.. there is no irony, no sarcasm, nothing. They mean this.
The story appears to be as follows. Asian girl who has no friends is invited to some christian fundamentalists house to have her religious views dismissed and her ethnicity questioned..
This is just ignorance and a perfect example of why religion is a bad thing.
August 14, 2009 - 10:54 am
@ Jason – When you look at it that way you’re probably right. I was thinking to myself “How did the indian girl end up talking to these backward oxygen theives?” But then I realised that she was probably a new student to their school or an exchange student.
@Jonny – I know what you mean but I think there are three main culprits; Christian Fundamentalists, Muslim Fundamentalists and, sadly Atheist Fundamentalists like Bill Maher and Pat Condell (Granted, they’re quite funny men but for Pete’s sake, chill with the religion based attacks! You are no better!)
August 14, 2009 - 12:26 pm
I think the main word here is Respect- whether it relates to something as simple as someones taste in music to their taste in religion.
Where would the world be if no-one rested until everyone everyone else believed in/liked/listened to what they did.
August 14, 2009 - 12:30 pm
Damn straight! The way i see it; they’re kids, like 13 or 14 tops. They have a lot to learn about how to behave and I hope that the backlash to their video will teach them that this kind of intolerance and ignorance is wildly unacceptable.
August 14, 2009 - 1:07 pm
This video makes me sick. I highly doubt it is a joke, there are plenty of these preaching fuckwits out there. Just yesterday I was walking down the street and some guy offered to “save me by accepting Jesus into my heart”, I shook my head and carried on walking with him shouting after me.
One of these days I’m going to turn around and start asking them if they want to be “saved from wasting their life by the power of free, intelligent thinking”. Not because I want them to stop believing but because I want them to at least understand how ignorant they are being by pushing their view upon others. How much do you want to bet they would get angry and carry on doing what they are doing? Just like everyone they try to “save”. I bet you they would be too stupid to realize the irony of the situation.
August 14, 2009 - 1:16 pm
I have to say it slightly winds me up when they use the term “save”. I know many of them don’t mean it that way but it still has connotations of a kind of smug, self-righteous superiority and as such rubs me up the wrong way.
August 17, 2009 - 6:59 pm
I agree with all of you that Christians should not push their beliefs on anyone. People who do that don’t really understand what being a Christian is about, which creates a negative impact, and as a Christian, only makes it more difficult to openly discuss Christianity without others having a bias against it. I believe people should have choice, which is why I discuss my beliefs when asked, or when the discussion is raised. It should be a clue to Christians that Jesus never shouted at or insulted people without reason, but spoke to them when they gathered around him instead.
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