You tube has a Sascha Cohen video of a character named Bruno who is a "gay" news guy interviewing a conservative pastor from Little Rock. Cohen as he does with a lot of his "interviews" designed them to make fun of this guy. But as you watch it the video says a lot more. Cohen's attempt at ridicule falls flat to all but the most narrow minded bigots of the left. The pastor presents his views on Christian doctrine relating to homosexuality. They are views that I would not agree with. But they are sincerely held beliefs. Cohen attempts to camp this guy in all sorts of ways. With off the wall questions designed to make Cohen look good rather than to elicit the substance of his beliefs. Some of Cohen's bits a mildly funny but a lot of them are simply pathetic attempts to show how cool he is.
A good deal of TV today starts with that premise. Rather than trying to build a dialogue between people of differing beliefs there is a conscientious attempt to run the other side down. That is where narrow minded bigots, of all shapes and types, come from.
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