“A CACTUS pear,” I responded immediately, when the group in the pub turned to me for an answer.
It’s extremely prickly on the outside and has a bloody thick skin.
Then I remembered how much I loved prickly pears as a child (they grew wild in South Africa where I grew up) and suggested instead gooseberries, which I loathe with a passion. They are green and sour and not at all pretty (think Stephen “Birdshit” Green who has just come out of a lengthy coma to lambast the British Museum in London for agreeing to participate in LGBT History Month on November 19.)
It never occurred to me that some fundies may actually see themselves as thin-skinned tomatoes – squashed!
Eh?
It’s true – just take a look at the cover of Christian Bashing written by paranoid US loon Dr Gary Cass, founder the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission (CADC), a new(ish) organisation “that aims to counter threats to millions of Christians’ First Amendment rights”.
Yep, folks, THAT Dr Cass – the one who’s organising a gathering of bibullies in Washington DC tomorrow to publicly defame gay people. The object of the exercise is to challenge the new anti-hatred Matthew Shepard Act, a Congressional Act which protects citizens against hate crimes committed because of a victim’s perceived sexuality.
According to Christian Newswire it’s not gays who are under threat in America, but
Christians around the country who are met with violence and marginalization. While the overwhelming majority of Americans are professed Christians, it has become routine for the media and elites to openly mock and trivialize Christians because they choose to express their faith.
In his book Christian Bashing and the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission, (suggested donation $25) Dr Cass, former Executive Director of the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ, examines:
The threats, slurs and violence being perpetrated against Christians – and the apathetic reaction of American society.
The blurb for Christian Bashing says:
Christian bashing, the last acceptable form of bigotry in America, is alive and well and growing more intense and hysterical by the day. For decades, desperate secularists and cultural elites have stereotyped and marginalized conservative Christians in an effort to stop their growing influence on American culture. And the defamation of Christians by “progressives” is only getting worse.
Says Cass:
When controversial statements are made against certain groups, there is a demand for an immediate apology. When anti-Christian sentiments flow from the media, there is never a response – until now.
When a group known as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of radical homosexual agitators, recently disrupted a Catholic mass in San Francisco, the reaction from the entire religious community was a big yawn. It is time for Christians to stand up and call bigotry by its rightful name and to fight back when defamed.
Here is just one examples of Christian bashing in Christian Bashing:
Christopher Hitchens, on the day [televangelist] Jerry Falwell died, appeared on CNN and referred to Falwell as, “a little toad … a horrible little person… an evil old man… a conscious charlatan and bully and fraud”.
(Hitchens sure missed a trick when he failed to point out that Fatwell was also a lard-assed shit of the first order. But this blogger more than made up for the oversight.)
The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
November 15th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Rotten Apples
November 15th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
…or Durian fruit, only not quite as tasty.
November 15th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
“If yew study a well-made banawnuh….”
November 15th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Dr Cass would be upset to be labelled as any sort of ‘fruit’…
Too much?
November 15th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Sour Grapes.
November 16th, 2009 at 12:24 am
dangleberries, arse grapes etc.
November 16th, 2009 at 1:21 am
In answer to the question, Deadly Nightshade – because whilst on the surface they might seem attractive if you did not know any better, they will most certainly fuck you up.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:17 am
plums
November 16th, 2009 at 5:25 am
oh yeah lemons …..for when life isnt bitter enough.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:45 am
magic mushrooms… to outsiders it appears all happy and loving but when you chew , it stops making sense
November 16th, 2009 at 8:13 am
After being reminded of the appalling Anne Widdecombe on the Intelligence squared debate, it’d have to be an Ugli fruit.
Aythengyew!!!
Also Cass’s singling out of Hitchens’ attack on Falwell shows just how wrong-headed these ‘new’ persecution junkies are. Hitchens didn’t attack Falwell because he was a xtian, he attacked him because he was a cunt.
November 16th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Boletus satanas
Those gay bashers aren’t more christian than a lice on Gary C.’s ass
November 16th, 2009 at 10:47 am
In Stephen Green’s case either a peach (frequently ends up looking like an arse and has a heart of stone) or a garden-variety berry (small, nasty, at risk of birdshit).
November 16th, 2009 at 11:34 am
I’d say vomit fruit (noni), if it weren’t for the fact they have some nutritional value.
November 16th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
They call themselves “christians”, but I’m sure Jesus won’t approve guys who
- continually spread hate and slanderous lies against a category of citizens who are harming no-one;
-blackmail the entire citizenship of a town by menacing to withdraw aid to the poors on the ground that they may be forced to do charity to an homosexual spouse, if gay marriage is approved;
-insult God and Jesus by saying that god would cause hurricanes and tsunamis to harm populations who tolerate homosexuality;
- oppose legislation against violence towards GLBT people;
- some of which have been found to partake clandestinely of those pleasures they so vociferously condemn
I think Jesus would say: “Christians? They are more like Caiaphas and Pilate. I disown them!”
November 16th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Rog’s Deadly Nightshade is spot on and hard to beat.
OK how about chestnut, technically not a fruit but those moronic christians have again come out with the same tired old “chestnut” about being persecuted.
Angelo, you don’t seem to realise that your mate jesus is a long time dead so wouldn’t care about his moronic followers.
November 16th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Whatever fruit they are, I’m sure it’s well past the sell-by date.
By the way – do you think the Anti Defamation League have some sort of case for copyright theft? It could be quite fun to see the ‘defenders’ of two faiths have a go at each other in an expensive court case.
November 16th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Stuart, one’s a “league”, Cass’s is a “commission”, so I guess he’s in the clear. Shame really.
November 16th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Angela, you don’t seem to realize my phrase was hypothetical. And, anyway, if you “follow” someone, living or dead you act inaccordance to his/her words.
November 16th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
No fruit should be compared to christians. Fruit is a triumph of nature and even rotten fruit is useful as food for insects and birds. Christianity is not useful for anything apart from laughing at.
Also fruit makes alcohol which is one of my favourite things!
November 17th, 2009 at 3:14 am
Christians are tosh headed bullies. I dont like them,no I dont
like them at all.
November 17th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Christian bashing in America? Hah! We wish!
There are some parts of the country where you can do that, but in heavily Christian areas, you wouldn’t dare. You can bash Christians in California, but try doing it in Oklahoma…