Dave Silverman Defends Atheist Billboard Against Sean Hannity’s Whining

I love how he says there is somebody greater than him that created him so he likes going to church. As if it’s just so obvious that if somebody greater than you creates you, then you go to church. He just expects everyone to take the non-sequiturs for granted. (Assuming we believe one word he says.)

There is a Yiddish word for Hannity’s demeanor: Putz.

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Not a dime for you, AA!

What is it with Fox, their commentators ask questions then proceed to talk over their guests when they attempt to answer………..and then say they’re all for freedom of speech.

Holy God Hannity is a douchebag. Why do atheists even go on Fox News? They can’t even get a word in. Not exactly “fair and balanced”. All Christians do when confronted by differing opinions is put their fingers in their ears and say “LA LA LA”

There are two pieces of shit that I loathe and despise. I wish magic was real.

On the radio Hannity constantly mutes callers, it is frustrating and why I do not call him anymore.

David Silverman would get my respect even if I didn’t agree with him. Those two are toxic.

Silverman has improved his on-screen skills immensely in the last couple of years. He used to make me cringe. Now he’s smooth and unflappable. I can only assume he treats it as a job, accepts criticism, and prepares.

The unfortunate thing is Fox mixes news and opinion without differentiating. Although I don’t trust their “news” either.

Hannity does nothing but contradict himself. He invites Silverman onto the show to berate him for offending Christians, and then concludes the segment by telling him that atheists need to grow up and stop being so easily offended.

These pundits just cannot handle having their privilege challenged. And, in their tiny minds, to do so equals persecution.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smIZVe9eqUY

Why are these all screaming matches?

Right, like (ins)Hannnity believes ANYTHING is greater than himself.

The xtian taliban is always pissed off when anyone tries to enforce them obeying the law. They have been privileged for so long they think it is their right.

I’ve seen Dave in a number of interviews and he is very good.

And a Spanish (Mexican version) word too: Ojete. [Pronounced “O-heh-teh”]

I hear ya! I can’t stand it either. I kept wanting to say to Hannity, “Would you shut the hell up for a minute and let Silverman finish his sentence!” But that is how wingnuts debate. They just talk over you and never listen to your response. You try to clarify your position on one point while they are already yelling at you about something else. Idiots.

What’s actually really ironic, is when Hannity accuses Silverman of ‘believing that this universe “magically” appeared into existence from nowhere’… Rrriiiight… 😉 But I have to applaud Silverman for keeping his cool in this discussion (if you could call it that…).

After watching this, yeah, I am pretty pissed off at the ignorance of Christians.
But what makes me even more unhappy is the way that religion seeks to divide people so fiercely. The “privileged” sheep from the “heretical” goats.

There is now proof for Jesus we Better a stop giving to the poor stop the wise men just got lucky using astronomy to find the birth of Jesus we better tell all the Japanese cristians who helped tsunami victims more then the government it was for nothing that the bible said the earth was round long before man new even though the universe is mathmatically laid out it probably all happened on accident stop telling missionaries to stop feeding hungry kids worldwide and educating them it was just an accident that the most technological country has the most amount of cristians that’s an accident just like ther is more evidence for Jesus then ceaser existing the fact that the mention of Christ I sites violence against cristians u can look at the numbers it’s fact better tell all the addicts that have turned there life around for Jesus to find another reason to quit and most if all the man that freed slaves in America Martin Luther king junior was stupid for believing in Christ see why it’s hard for me to not believe wisdom comes from god and is different then knowledge hence why the wise men where wise astrologers

Punctuation isn’t enough to save that one.

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Like Hannity, they are all for freedom speech, but only their own. If they can’t hear themselves prattle, they feel their rights are being violated.

I enjoyed Hannity complaining that Silverman is poking people in the eye all the while that he is agressively pointing his finger, even his pen, at Silverman. One thing Hannity got right was at 1:26, “There’s somebody greater than me in the world.” I guess that includes almost everybody.

First mistake: There is no proof that Jesus existed. The language mistakes are too many to mention. I guess you must be home-schooled.

In a Cheech and Chong routine, a ex-addict knocks on their door to spread the good word. He says, “Hey, man, I used to be fucked up on drugs, now I”m fucked up on Jesus.”

“Jesus is the reason for the season”. Where do these idiots come from? Seriously… I’m fairly certain most any 10 year old can tell you the winter solstice has NOTHING to do with Jesus, and that Christianity HIJACKED the season/holiday and attached the whole Jesus birth story/MYTH to it. Jesus has as much relevance to Christmas as the Easter Bunny has to Valentine’s day.
And Hannity is proof that monkeys can indeed speak. That guy puts the simple in simpleton.

My favorite was when aha nitty said “atheists believe something same from nothing, like magic”. The answer to that one is, no Sean, you believe that a man in the clouds made it appear out of nothing, that’s magic. Bonehead.

That’s about all you can do. Besides, they’re in it for the money. None of them really give a crap about any of it, they just maintain appearances and do their acting bit on the TV and collect the monies.

I have to chime in with the idea that Silverman and anyone who would be going on to these Fox News shows with the opposing viewpoint, should no longer appear on Fox News. FNC is right leaning, yes, but it’s apparent that they are all about the arguing. They, of course, welcome Silverman or anyone like him to be able to say, “See we are presenting both sides”, but what does it ever accomplish? The viewers who agree with Hannity will still agree with him, the left leaning viewers, watching just to argue with their TV’s will still agree with Silverman at the end and the only thing it accomplishes is to get Hannity and Fox more ratings. Let’s stop acknowledging FNC altogether. Starve the beast and it will die.

There are always the lurkers to be lured down from the fence. And the side with the best apples gets the most lurkers. That is why we do these debate on TV and in the social media. In fact, I would take a random guess and suggest that you ginalex where one of those lurkers we won over because of our shiny apples, amiriht?

Right, Hannity watchers will see Silverman and think to themselves “This atheist guy says I don’t have to go to church anymore! Whoohoo!”

It’s obnoxious to go on national TV and declare that you know what these Christians are all about and by god, they don’t really want to go to church, so I’m here to break their chains. Of course Christmas was appropriated from pagan Rome and the solstice is ultimately “the reason for the season”; on the other hand, Christians have celebrated the 25th for over fourteen hundred years. They have a claim.

What I see is Silverman getting played by some of the most despicable characters in the media. He’s just red meat for their base. I’ll bet the Fox producers can’t wait to get Silverman back on.

I do apologize for confusing you and commend your keen insight. Of course that is my position, that atheists should never say anything to anybody about anything.

Mehta can trot out any old junk under the atheist banner, and you can count on the choir to come out singing Hallelujah. Suddenly the much-ballyhooed superior atheist faculties of reason and freethinking are abandoned because after all we’re a persecuted minority so it’s all good. Silverman can engage in a self-defeating campaign for atheists, and we are expected to cry Praise the Lord. No, I don’t think so.

Malcolm, I wish adults had as much sense as you suggest many 10 year olds have; unfortunately, I have not found this to be the case where I live. I am constantly telling the “Christmas story” to anyone who’ll listen–the one about how the tree has nothing to do with the biblical account, how christians stole the meaning of the holiday from the pagans and its roots in celebrating the solstice, and how all the evergreen decorations are used as a symbol of the “sun” returning to the earth once more, enabling life to continue. I often don’t stop with Christmas. I then go on to Easter, Halloween, etc. They look at me as if I just landed a spaceship in their back yards. I don’t believe many people ever think about it; they grew up seeing a big pine or spruce tree erected in their church and they just assume that it somehow fits into the story about Jesus. It never occurs to them to call it into question. It has been my experience that if someone has the wherewithal to actually investigate these things, they usually end up coming to the same conclusions we have about religion in general. This is why I love the billboards, interviews with people like Silverman, and other publicity; if nothing else, it can be the beginning of doubt for some folks who may not ever have gotten there on their own.

The Xian god definitely does not exist, as it posits specific qualities that clearly are not present in reality. Possibly, something that could be called “god,” in an extremely vague sense might exist, but it’s disingenuous to present that as the same god people who go to church are talking about.

Because that’s all Hannity knows how to do. If he’s louder, he must be righter, right?

Sean? Is that you?

“By now, you’re all probably very sick of hearing Fox News and “War on Christmas” stories…”

Are you kidding? I love this stuff! It’s now my favorite part of the season.

I actually watch them. I am a republican and an atheist, strange I know!! I believe in limited government, which has nothing to do with my lack of belief in the supernatural.

“I must live in an alternate reality from the rest of you.”

Apparently.

Hannity accuses Silverman of just wanting to poke people in the eye. Then says that running an ad against Ramadan would piss of a lot of people, and wonders why Silverman doesn’t do it. He destroys his own point.

Why does anyone listen to a moron like Hannity?

He should’ve said “no, I’m not offended” right off the bat. A lot of Christian groups claim that people remove their nativity scenes because they’re “offended.” We need to get across that it’s not about offense, it’s about legality.

I wish he’d stay there.

Lately I have been very impressed with American Atheists Fox News appearances. Amanda and the Daves have all been doing a great job.

Hannity is a tool.
What a minute…tools are useful.
Hannity is a waste of space.

Silverman seems to be getting better at this, as one would expect with all the practice Fox is giving him. His early appearances are not as good, but this year he’s hitting it out of the park and it seems to me that only the most ideologically biased fan of Fox conservatism could fail to agree that the Fox hosts are coming off looking like idiots and assholes compared to Dave.

And failing to address my point again. What a simpleton.

Checkmate… really?