Eye on Winer

Now that Dave “I am a racist” Winer has settled the long-standing problem of race in America, he’s turning his attention to religious discord with a series of tweets:

Okay next subject. I find it weird that any candidate believes in a Christian god. Do they really think the world was created in 7 days? 02:20 PM April 10, 2008

When their preachers start saying that nutty shit, why don’t they walk out? 02:20 PM April 10, 2008

Come on, everyone knows that Jesus was just a random guy, not the son of god. 02:21 PM April 10, 2008

Y’all know what I’m saying. How loony toons is it for people to ask why Obama didn’t quit Wright’s church for saying nonsense about the US. 02:35 PM April 10, 2008

When (to lots of people) the whole gospel stuff is loony toons. Ignore the elephant in the room. You’re all talking about fairy tales! 02:36 PM April 10, 2008

We’ve lost our fucking minds. 02:36 PM April 10, 2008

@AndruEdwards — I’m tolerant of people with beliefs other than my own. I have to be, every candidate has to say he or she loves christ. 02:56 PM April 10, 2008 in reply to AndruEdwards

I happen to think that’s lunacy. But I look the other way. It’s time for people who don’t like Rev Wright to learn a little tolerance too. 02:57 PM April 10, 2008

You Jesus-lovers are real bullies. You need to take a look at how you push everyone else around. I, for one, am tired of it. Fed up actually 02:58 PM April 10, 2008

@chicofelipe “The bullies are the ones who call themselves Jesus-lovers in order to excercise power and control.” Amen brother. 03:07 PM April 10, 2008 in reply to chicofelipe

can say Amen. It’s not owned by Jesus Christ. The point is Rev Wright’s religion is what it is. No nuttier than your religion or mine. 03:08 PM April 10, 2008

But if the Christians make an issue of Rev Wright, I’m going to make an issue of Jesus Christ. 03:09 PM April 10, 2008

That’ll at least get all you Christians on the same fucking page. 03:09 PM April 10, 2008

For more on Winer’s contempt for Christians, read his Christmas rant fueled by a 30-minute wait at a Berkeley post office during the holiday season.

… I’m a pretty friendly guy, and that’s 365 days a year, and most of these people are bastards most of the time, but could they really be this nice for a few days a year? … Why are they so happy for one week, and so pissed off the rest of the time? And for what it’s worth, I don’t believe the happy bullshit for one second. I’ve had the privilege of being inside on a few of these Christian Christmases, with shicksa women I was dating, and let me tell you, if you haven’t had a chance to see the inside of the holiday, it’s pretty pissy and angry, you know, like people really are, not like they pretend they are.

Check out TweetScan to see how some of his followers on Twitter received the attack on their religion. Winer sees himself as friendly “365 days a year,” unlike Christians whose phony holiday cheer masks their true anger and unhappiness. Since of course, friendly people often start unprovoked arguments by mocking the religious beliefs of other people as “fairy tales.”

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