Defining Spiritual Intelligence Down
By Increasingly frequently is the question asked: what is the most unintentionally hilarious piece of unreconstructed dumbass wingnuttery to emerge from the less-than-robust mind of the Washington Post‘s new star blogger, Ben Domenech? Sure, his creationist wankery provides some real gems. Still, I’ve got to vote for this:
Antonin Scalia openly questioned the Catholic Church’s opposition to the death penalty today, proving once again that he is a man of deep spiritual intelligence, a modern St. Augustine of jurisprudence.
Yes, if there’s any one characteristic I would look for in a latter-day Augustine, is that he would believe that the teachings of his church should be revised to be in perfect accordance with the platform of the Republican Party in 2004. (I guess that’s why Scalia can have a clear conscience about subverting every legal principle he’s ever espoused when dealing with the most important decisions of his judicial career. After all, not having the correct religious leader in power would probably constitute “irreparable harm…”)
…it gets worse. Wow. It’s an amazing body of work. Hollywood made Lord of the Rings for church audiences! Morning-after pills are an “abortifacient” !
In a sense, this proves that some right-wing whines about the post are true–if the Post sees this moron as a representative of “Red America”, they really are condescending…