Sharpton Asks Followers If They Think TX Flooding Is ‘God’s Rebuke’
Al Sharpton posed this question to his followers today: does the flooding in Houston have to do with climate change or is it God’s rebuke?
And if you think those last two words are just an exaggeration, no, that’s literally what he said:
#KeepingItReal QOTD: Do you think the #TexasFlooding is related to climate control or God's rebuke?Call 8775325797 or tweet me your thoughts
— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) May 27, 2015
This set off quite a lot of Twitter mockery of the same variety when Pat Robertson talks about God’s involvement in the weather:
GREAT question. We're really getting to the bottom of things. And come to think of it, where does rain come from anyway? @TheRevAl
— R. Brock Olson (@rbrockolson) May 27, 2015
So @TheRevAl Are you saying you think #Katrina was "God's Rebuke" too?
— BiasedGirl (@BiasedGirl) May 27, 2015
.@TheRevAl Do you think The Rev's dumb questions are related to a broken education system or just plain idiocy? Call 8775325797 or tweet me
— Eric D. Silver (@RealEricSilver) May 27, 2015
Whoa.
I thought I knew what "Keeping it Real" meant. Now I'm not so sure. https://t.co/xNjzBpwWsC
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) May 27, 2015
I'm sure the media who denounce Pat Robertson for claiming disasters are divine punishment will jump right on this. https://t.co/hTNRi14h8O
— Popehat (@Popehat) May 27, 2015
If Pat Robertson suggested it was “God’s rebuke," it would be front-page news https://t.co/DziW1stUku
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) May 27, 2015
@WraithKenny @Popehat @TheRevAl 9/11: Bad Foreign Policy or God's Rebuke to America over homosexuals? Hey, I was just asking!
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 27, 2015
@WraithKenny @Popehat @TheRevAl I think the mere suggestion that innocent people are killed due to God's "rebuke" is repulsive.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 27, 2015
And, of course, Sharpton got a few callers into his radio show who talked about a connection between God and bad weather. You can listen to one of those calls here, via Keepin’ It Real with Al Sharpton:
[image via Al Sharpton]
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