FROM PEREZ HILTON: JUNE 1, 2007:

(Does anyone remember the reverse argument put forth by the right wing back in the day of the first AIDS cases? [how AIDS was God's revenge on the Gays?] This Moby thing is an interesting twist on that/those theories..also, check out the last paragraphs. Same type of thing!)

I'm kind of digging Moby right now!


"Moby: God Destroys Right-Wing Republicans With Tornados, Hurricanes"

Hmm. Inneresting! CLICK HERE to read the article accompanying this headline.

Moby: God Destroys Right-Wing Republicans With Tornados, Hurricanes

Moby 'believes' God destroys Republicans with natural disasters. The musician - who is a staunch Democrat - is enraged by religious extremists who suggest hurricanes and earthquakes are sent by God to destroy sinners, and has come up with a new theory about why the tragedies might occur.
Moby wrote on his personal website: "You know how the religious right will every now and then say that some natural disasters - hurricanes, earthquakes, etc - happen because God is angry at secular sinners?

"I mean, personally, I tend to think that things like hurricanes and tornadoes happen for non-anthropocentric reasons and are, actually, just examples of extreme and arbitrary weather.

"But if natural disasters are, as the evangelicals maintain, a sign of God's wrath, then what does it mean that 90 per cent of the damage caused by tornadoes and hurricanes in the US happen in right-wing, Republican states that are heavily populated by evangelicals?

"Again, I'm of the 'weather tends to happen because of climatological factors' school of thought.

"But the evangelicals have on plenty of occasions tried to maintain that natural disasters are the products of God's wrath. For example, they said that Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans because New Orleans was hosting a gay pride weekend.

"I'm not making light of the damage done by natural disasters in the US, I'm just trying to point out another small logical inconsistency on the part of our evangelical pals."

love that the headline has no interest in the nuanced irony of his argument

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Do you mean my headline or the one in the press?

I personally love how he's turned the tables on the right-wing bastards!

Hey tracy!

While I sort of understand his argument I am kinda pissed at him. He assumes everyone in the South is super right wing? 'Cuz I'm certainly not, and I had to deal with plenty of hurricane messes in 2004 - 2005.

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Hi Em!!

I know what you're saying...there's no such thing as all or nothing, and I know how it feels to be lumped into the "absolute" like that. I'm in a very "red" part of CA...exactly of the type in which Moby is referring. In fact, he would likely assume I'm one of THEM, just like he's assuming that you are.

However, in this town, all these neocons think I'm a fag-lovin' commie because I'm disgusted with everything they stand for. No matter what, people need to label others I guess.

So, I know what you're saying. I'm just finding it amusing that it's being heaped onto the right wing for a change. I mean no offense to people such as yourself (and even me for that matter!) whatsoever.