Idiot Of The Week #2

Just when you begin to hope that the extremely prejudiced and clearly moronic people of the world are a dying breed another one comes centre stage and slaps you in the face with reality. Enter: David Silvester.

A relatively unknown councillor in Britain, he defected from the party currently in power (The Conservatives) to Ukip (the UK Independence Party) over he disagreement with the PM’s decision to legalise marriage for gay people in Britain – so already the clues he’s a total prat were there – but now he’s come out to claim that David Cameron’s decision was the cause of the Christmas and new year’s floods in Britain.

I really wish I were making it up. Or that he said the entire thing as a joke to highlight how ridiculous such backward views are. Alas no, and I quote:

“The scriptures make it abundantly clear that a Christian nation that abandons its faith and acts contrary to the Gospel (and in naked breach of a coronation oath) will be beset by natural disasters such as storms, disease, pestilence and war”

Adding further stupidity to the already teetering pile of right-wing, religious nut-bag horse shit, the homophobic ass hat has also claimed that gay people are suffering from a “spiritual disease” and can be “healed”.

If he believes so strongly in the word of the Bible then I hope his entire wardrobe is free of blended fibres, his jewellery collection is devoid of any gold and his diet entirely shellfish free. After all, if you try to impose one rule on people, you must be following them all, right?

Please note – I am not against the principal of faith, I think it can be a wonderful thing, but I also think that religion is the cause of an abundance of hatred, oppression and war and forcing your beliefs on other people is never a good thing.

Idiot Of The Week #1

First on the board is Mayor of London, Boris Johnson.

He has perfected his image of blonde-mopped, harmless, foppish, bumbling, Tory boy and as a consequence appears politically impotent to many (most, probably) in the UK. And I’m not buying it.

This week he has come under fire for a sexist “joke” where he claimed

the high number of female university entrants was because they “have got to find men to marry”.

I really wish my mother had told me this before I went to university. I thought it was about education, both in the academic and personal sense; figuring out your future; beginning a career; gaining independence and seeing how long you could last on a diet of honey, toast and vodka. Clearly I was doing it all wrong. And I’m still unwed! When will the pain end?!

The fact that a high-profile politician in a position of power (alliteration, ahoy!) felt it was okay to make such a statement at the World Islamic Economic Forum where they were discussing the role of Islamic women in society shows where his stance on women lies. Most people would never have been aware that such a meeting happened, and instead of taking the chance to do something useful, he reminds us all of his sexist views. Boris must’ve known a soundbite like this from him would always have spread like wild-fire. (You can listen to the full exchange and get other details here.)

No doubt there will be a large section of society who claim feminists are blowing it all out of proportion. “It was only a joke for Christ’s sake! What’s the matter with you love, that time of the month?” Actually, it is. But I would’ve found his comments moronic, regardless of the date in the calendar. I hope he never decides to bumble* his way further up the political ladder.

 

*purposefully scheme and plot