"Fox and Friends" and Pagans

I think there are a number of people out there who seem to have missed the point of why Wiccans and Pagans are upset at the views expressed on the "Fox and Friends" morning show. In a lot of forums I see a number of Pagans (mostly non-Wiccan) who seem to see this as nothing more than general ignorance from a Christian based, biased news service, and this should be expected so we should just let it go.

Let it GO!?!!? If you were to be in amongst a group who were talking about Paganism and Wicca, and started saying "All the Wiccans I ever met were nothing more than Dungeons and Dragon's players" and "smelled of incense", would you not be offended? Would you not state abruptly "Excuse me? I find that offensive, and I ask that you apologize"? Absolutely! You wouldn't just stand there and say, well you're ignorant on the subject, and biased because of your upbringing so I'll just let what you said slide because you  just don't know any better. That's more or less what I'm getting from those in the recent forums have been saying in regards to "Fox" news. We need to have the thicker skin and just let offensive material slide. NO WAY!!! I reiterate that if it were any other religion out there, say Christianity or Islam, there would be SCORES of people out there in EVERY avenue of communication DEMANDING an apology, BUT...because we're Wiccans and Pagans we're supposed to just ignore it because Fox News is irreputable. Bullshit, I say.

I'm not one to keep my mouth shut (well, most of the time). I stated in my previous post on this subject, that I made my own response to ignorant information...in fact, I think it has it's own post, however, rather than have everyone have to sift through all my posts, I will post the link to it:
http://theunbeathenpathsbookofshadows.blogspot.ca/2010/12/how-to-spot-witch-srsly.html
It's almost the same kind of ignorant view expressed by "Fox and Friends".

The sad thing that people seem to be ignoring here, is the fact that there ARE people out there who DO take FOX news seriously, and think they give realistic information, and for a journalist to input their own PERSONAL opinion into their story, change that story into something it shouldn't be. If a journalist were to make an opinionated statement while on the front lines of Afghanistan or other hot spot about how they dislike the war and and don't support it, or how an abortion clinic is bombed, and they personally think it was "good" that it got bombed, they would be fired or made to make a retracting statement. Journalists should remain UNBIASED! Sure they internally can have whatever opinion they want, but keep it private and share it perhaps with their friends and/or family, but it should NOT be broadcast over live air. They're influencing the opinion of their viewers. If they as journalists see Wiccans and Pagans as these reporters stated, then they're influencing their viewers to think the same way, whether or not they already had the idea in their head.





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