Pat Condell
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Pat Condell is an Irish-born "comedian", atheist and political commentator residing in the United Kingdom. He identifies himself as a "centrist," on the grounds that he supposedly dislikes the right (despite fawning over the wingnut UKIP) and has soured towards the liberal left because of its "widespread support" for Islam.[1] YouTube temporarily banned one of his videos that criticised Islam and threatened to suspend his account.[2] He looks like Walt off Breaking Bad when bald!
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[edit] Vehement opposition etc.
Condell has been accused of bigotry for his anti-Islamic views, a claim which he vehemently denies. He objects in particular to critics who associate him with the BNP, saying: "I believe the BNP has a racial agenda, and is therefore a racist party...I'd rather drive a garden fork through my own foot than vote for the BNP."[1] At the same time, however, he opposes Park51,[3] has spoken favourably of Eurabia propagators and is a fan of Geert Wilders.[4]
He is strongly opposed to the European Union, something which led him to vote for UKIP in the 2010 UK elections. He mentioned his support for UKIP in a video encouraging viewers to vote for small parties;[5] after facing criticism he clarified that he supports UKIP because it is the only party that shares his stance on the EU, and distanced himself from its other policies.[6]
Condell has also attacked certain elements of the atheist community. These include atheists who try to get nativity scenes removed from public display,[7] "politically correct" atheists who supposedly defend Islam at Christianity's expense,[8] and the Atheism+ movement, which he dismissed as "whiny selective feminism that ignores Islamic misogyny" ("I almost hope God exists so he can piss in their eye" he added). He actually argues that feminists are unwilling to oppose Islamic misogyny, saying that they "turn a blind eye to religiously endorsed wife beatings, forced marriage, honour killing, genital mutilation, organised rape gangs, Sharia courts that treat women as less than fully human."
Condell challenges portrayals of the English Defence League as a racist organization:
| I went to their website and read it quite carefully, looking for racism and fascism of course, because the media keep telling me that they are far right, but, well, I’m a little puzzled because I can find is a healthy regard for human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Not a whiff of racism or fascism and not a whiff of far-right politics of any kind.[9] |
His other targets include the UK-based Islamic extremist Anjem Choudary, the Palestinians and university students who Condell feels shouldn't be entitled to free speech.
[edit] See also
- Sam Harris
- Richard "The Dick" Coughlan, his sworn enemy
[edit] External links
- Pat Condell's homepage
- Pat Condell's YouTube channel
- Transcriptions of Pat Condell's videos on Dotsub
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://youtu.be/G4FpTvp0tgss
- ↑ Now Condell video is banned from YouTube
- ↑ No Mosque at Ground Zero
- ↑ Pat Condell Unleashed on Geert Wilders Trial, Front Page Mag
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krybvOx-8Dk
- ↑ http://youtu.be/2LTKzg1K7Es?t=2m31s
- ↑ "The intolerance of diversity"
- ↑ http://www.youtu.be/watch?v=j1N1zhUm84w
- ↑ http://www.alexgabriel.co.uk/post/57563528777/yes-richard-dawkins-your-statements-on-islam-are