WHITAKER CUTS YOU NO SLACK | 2005-06-01
The story of The Galloping Gourmet below has a direct relevance to me. I am ALWAYS being told, "Watch what you say around the Christians, they'll get offended."
No way.
I am a Christian and I was raised in the Bible Belt. If someone is a bigot and goes to pieces at what I say, I have no respect for them. And this happens to me a LOT more among Politically Correct people than it does among religious people.
When I entered college at age sixteen, I was immediately struck by how much less people spoke freely than they did where I came from. I wrote a letter to the Gamecock, the student newspaper, about it.
No, no one gets a pass from me. If they disagree they can say so, just like grownups.
I am not trying to convert you. I want you to stay exactly who you are and learn a little from what I say.
As for Christians being hurt by what I say, I have a humorous little dialogue in my head. This Christian who is being hurt by my words has a quick dialogue with one of the Christian Martyrs. He is talking to a man who is being roasted slowly alive and says, "This guy hurt my feelings."
The martyr being roasted slowly alive replies,
"Yea, tell me about it."