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NeoGreen

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Mon Jun 26, 2017, 07:25 PM Jun 2017

Christian Who Harassed Atheist Lawyer: Im Man Enough To Stand Behind My Words

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/06/26/christian-who-harassed-atheist-lawyer-im-man-enough-to-stand-behind-my-words/




Christian Who Harassed Atheist Lawyer: “I’m Man Enough To Stand Behind” My Words
June 26, 2017 by Hemant Mehta

Last week, I posted about how Christians in Florida were harassing Monica Miller, the attorney for the American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center who had successfully won her case to take down a giant Christian cross in a Pensacola public park.


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A smarter person would’ve apologized. Lou Cobb isn’t a smart man.

Just because he didn’t mean to cause harm doesn’t mean anyone should let him off the hook. What part of calling Miller an “idiot,” urging people to “make her famous,” and calling for everyone to “run her out of town” was supposed to be anything but harmful?

Even if she was local, how petty is it for someone to go after an attorney because a judge ruled in her favor? There are defense attorneys who represent clients accused of murder. If a judge finds the client not guilty, it’s not a reason to condemn the lawyer. The whole point of the legal system, at least in theory, is to go where the facts lead. Just because Cobb doesn’t understand the First Amendment doesn’t mean Miller should be run out of town for winning her case. (If anything, it’s all the more reason to hire her. She got the job done.)

And those last remarks confirm every awful stereotype people have of men, don’t they? Cobb will stand behind his comments, dickish as they are, because removing his post would somehow be an attack on his manhood. He’s not just an asshole. He’s a proud asshole. In his mind, it’s okay to call for people to harass a female lawyer as long as it’s his “personal opinion.”

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Christian Who Harassed Atheist Lawyer: Im Man Enough To Stand Behind My Words (Original Post) NeoGreen Jun 2017 OP
Anyone who says "I'm man enough" Mr.Bill Jun 2017 #1
And we know who he voted for. Duppers Jun 2017 #2
A proud asshole. mountain grammy Jun 2017 #3
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