If a journalist student can't handle criticism of the Bible, walks away from such criticism, they are a wimp and should not be a journalist.
Didn't I already say that? Yeah...I did.
Controversial subjects and speakers will be something they will face if they want to stay in that line of work, better they learn it now whether they can handle it.
every person has a different tolerance level for **** they don't want to hear.... don't be so arrogant as to feel you are the judge of that level for anyone but yourself.
there were quite a few Christian kids there.. and they were told this was an anti-bullying lecture... that is what they expected, and that is NOT what was delivered.
what was delivered was an attack on their beliefs and their holy book.. an attack that you characterize as a "criticism".. even if it was jsut a criticism, criticism of their beliefs was not on the menu for that day.... anti-bullying was... not an attack on the bible.... anti-bullying..... not his insults of asshatery.... anti-bullying.
this speaker, supposedly an anti-bullying activist, then decided that Christians should just ignore the "bs in the bible" that he doesn't feel should be paid attention to... he goes from gay anti bullying activist to some sort of ecumenical authority throwing out mandates on which parts of the bible need be ignored.
these high school kids are just that, kids...he isn't speaking to adults who can fight back or debate him, they are just kids.... kids whose beliefs system he put down as bs..... it is not the place of the kids to decide what parts of the bible to ignore and what parts not to... generally speaking, those decision come from theologians and ecumenical authorities.
practically speaking, those kids probably don't know about the bible to the degree that Savage does.. and certainly not to the degree of many devout adults.... so they probably see the attack as an attack on the bible as a whole.. an attack on their belief system as a whole.
his underlying message may have been correct and his intent, noble..., but he is , for lack of a more fitting term.. and absolute asshole in his presentation.
this isn't the first time i've seen Savage.... he's the same everywhere he goes " accept me , love me for who i am.. or i will ****ing tear into your ass and call you names".. that's his style... and that is the idiocy of Savage.
some people like that... some people don't..
you will never find acceptance being being a supreme asshole... you defeat your own purpose and the purpose of all others who share that cause when you do so.
in any event, it matters not what Savage says.. he may spout wisdom for days and weeks, and sorry to say, I simply won't accept him ... not because he's gay, but because he's an asshole.