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TexasTowelie

(112,131 posts) Mon Oct 4, 2021, 11:12 PM Oct 2021

Facebook & Instagram DOWN, Trump Battles Twitter & Brady Battles Belichick

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Facebook & Instagram DOWN, Trump Battles Twitter & Brady Battles Belichick (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2021 OP

He's "a fan of beans" and "towels can have AIDs" - and this guy was on TV for almost 60 years?? Rhiannon12866 Oct 2021 #1

I take that second quote personally. TexasTowelie Oct 2021 #2

Awww, geez! Sorry about that! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2021 #3

same here...glad to have seen thru the bigotry of religion PortTack Oct 2021 #4

Rhiannon12866

(205,237 posts)

1. He's "a fan of beans" and "towels can have AIDs" - and this guy was on TV for almost 60 years??

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Oct 5, 2021, 12:03 AM

Oct 2021

TexasTowelie

(112,131 posts)

2. I take that second quote personally.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 5, 2021, 12:33 AM

Oct 2021

Robertson should be corrected to say "don't forget to bring a towel."

Robertson was among several evangelical pastors that made me ambivalent about religion.

Rhiannon12866

(205,237 posts)

3. Awww, geez! Sorry about that!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 5, 2021, 12:40 AM

Oct 2021

And I've never thought of these guys as actually "religious," but using it as a grift. That said, when I first started working nights, I occasionally turned on Jim and Tammy Faye when I got home since that was literally the only thing on at that hour. Well, that or a "Bomba, the Jungle Boy" movie. And after listening to my coworkers talking, I learned that they had been watching, too...

PortTack

(32,757 posts)

4. same here...glad to have seen thru the bigotry of religion

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 5, 2021, 03:15 AM

Oct 2021

Not to say they are all bad, some are, others not. It’s just not for me anymore

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