I think that' s it right there. You don' t like his religious views so you' re turned off by him completely.
No, I couldn' t care less about his religous or political views.
One of my favorite comedians is Lewis Black, and he most
definitely doesn' t fit my moderate conservative Christian demographic. I disagree with certain things he says, but I still find him incredibly funny.
It really is a preference issue. I don' t like his delivery. There' s nothing wrong with what he states, but he' s like the guy in the office who has an opinion, and while what he presents is funny, kills it with the intensity in which it' s presented. I could go into greater detail on that, but I don' t think there' s much of a need unless you
really don' t get what I mean in that regard.
Secularism is but one leaf in the tree that is George Carlin.
I suppose I should rephrase. That' s my bad. Growing up in an
extremely conservative family, I tend to use the word secular in an overly broad fashion.
To put things in perspective, amongst my mum' s side of the family I' m a black sheep. I don' t give 2 shits about what gay people do, so long as they aren' t unfairly favored. I don' t support the current president' s administration or our direction in the middle east, I' m pro marijuana taxation/legalization, and I admit that we' re in a recession.
I' m the liberal wacko by comparison.
But I digress.
Let me scratch my entire line about secular non-counter-culture.
George Carlin' s viewpoints really aren' t a counterculture. 30 or 40 years ago, most definitely. Now? He' s not as overwhelmingly overwhelmed as it' s made out to be.
Also, on your comment about people being mindless drones, there are plenty of pro-choice democratic secular working-class morons out there as well. He really doesn' t get the broad scope of idiots our country has to offer.
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