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It’s hard to imagine comic Ricky Gervais as anything more than a caricature of a European intellectual. Bloated, pompous and forever attired in black t-shirts, he fills the role to a T. Add to this image a difficult accent and an unpleasant sexual persona, and we have some sort of cross between alleged Wikileaks rapist Julian Assange and the character Dieter from the late night comedy skit, “Sprockets.”
Would you trust an exotic dancer to diagnose cancer? Do you hand over your tax returns to a pop singer? Of course not! Those decisions would not only be wrong, they could be criminally negligent. Why is it, then, that so many people today look to Hollywood celebrities for spiritual advice? Madonna has traveled far and wide to promote the fringe Jewish cult of Kabbalah. Tom Cruise sang the praises of Scientology from Oprah’s couch while Oprah herself launched the careers of a thousand booksellers and potion makers who promised soulfulness through credit card purchases.
Mr. Gervais is a unique case. With the assistance of his suspiciously slender sidekick Stephen Merchant, he catapulted to fame by stealing the concept for the popular American televisions series “The Office” with his own British version. It was a crudely crafted effort, with unsteady cameras and clumsy close-ups. The actors on the show looked uncomfortable before the lens and there were far too many stream of consciousness diatribes that a better production company would have edited out. From there, Gervais came to Hollywood with a cable series entitled “Extras.” It was quickly cancelled due to lack of popular interest. Left with no mainstream outlet, this megalomaniacal media addict has taken to broadcasting his thoughts through internet podcasts and anti-American newspaper editorials. A recent column had Mr. Gervais preaching that he was better than most Christians because (he claimed) he had violated none of the Ten Commandments. In summation, he proudly stated, “Not bad for an atheist!” As Dr. Robert Johnston, professor of theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminar promptly responded in the Christian Post, “Ricky has chosen to be reductive in defining Christianity as an ethic rather than a relationship with God that includes ethics but is much broader and wider than that.”
“For they have forsaken me and made this a place of foreign gods; they have burned sacrifices in it to gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.” –Jeremiah 19:4.
Despite these deep character flaws, many teens seem drawn to Ricky Gervais. He is that queer dirty uncle who tells blue jokes and wants to show you the magazines he keeps in his motel room. His foreignness gives him a pass in American culture. We do not hold him up to the same moral and societal standards as we would someone from our own country. His rich accent allows him to get away with far too much vulgarity on late night interview shows. Some interpret his English brogue as a sign of intellectualism, while others find him delightfully rebellious. In a particularly disturbing display, he made an incredibly offensive and expletive-filled appearance on the children’s program Sesame Street. One can only wonder how the kids watching absorbed the disgusting spectacle.
Mr. Gervais’s atheistic Richard Dawkins-inspired worldview is not only hollow, but also culturally insensitive. He seems to have little understanding of the global fight against capitalism and democracy happening all around us. He willfully attacks our greatest spiritual institutions from the comfort of his Hollywood compound while reaping millions for his efforts. Somehow this garrulous foreigner has been allowed to remain on our soil, despite his avowed hatred of our values. Marketing studies have shown that older women are the least likely to be among this Gervais’s fans. He exudes the aura of a slimy charlatan, a sexual predator who not only violates women but robs them as well. Yet he is still here, flashing his funky wares in full view of the American populace on a regular basis.
As a society, should we not stand up to such a reprehensible sexual propagandist? Ricky Gervais represents everything that is wrong with European socialism and carnal liberation. His sweaty and nervous personality in front of the camera is a sly trick. It draws in the socially awkward who find fraternity in his lumbering ways. Most critics note that the man can’t truly act. He is simply playing the character of himself over and over again. Surprisingly, all this has helped Ricky become the patron saint of disaffected teens in their long trench coats, pimpled girls yearning for the touch of an older man and all those who fool themselves into believing that atheism offers scholarly superiority. Yet beneath Mr. Gervais’s carefully constructed visage lurks a man with dangerously selfish intentions. He is really nothing more than a bigot here to profit maliciously from the confusion of our multicultural times.
2:26 pm
“Bloated, pompous”
…said the pot to the kettle.
“he catapulted to fame by stealing the concept for the popular American televisions series “The Office” with his own British version.”
Other way around, moron. The British “Office” preceded the American version. Just more proof that you don’t thoroughly research your topics.
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10:47 pm
You’re an idiot. It’s called satire.
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12:56 am
Claire knows she is an idiot and doesnt care
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2:12 am
Susan, is Claire getting on your nerves already? I knew I shouldn’t have sent her down to you for her Christian Housewife Boot Camp training so soon. I am so sorry, but at least she didn’t bring her 402 cats, I am “taking care of them” while she is gone.
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2:12 pm
I luled.
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11:15 pm
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=christwire
Fourth entry down. Click it. Easy peasy!
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1:19 am
Stop the spam, Jenny. It doesn’t help anyone.
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4:51 pm
I’m trying to enlighten Claire! I figured I’d have to try multiple times, since she has trouble seeing the obvious. But alas, I think Susan is right. Claire is indeed an idiot and doesn’t care. At least I tried!
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2:31 pm
British tv is droll and like watching America, circa 2001. They are probably just rounding out there Seinfeld replica series.
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9:04 am
Yes Adam Nelson. We can’t get enough of the Jewish shit that you’re country spews out on a seemingly constant basis.
Stick to drama. HBO makes great television. But Seinfeld? Please. What a load of old shit. Even Curb your Enthusiasm would be greatly improved witha British touch and less fucking music.
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2:32 pm
An essential expose. This man needs to learn to keep his haughty European attitudes inside Europe, or better yet, keep them inside his own fat mouth.
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2:58 pm
Very well thought out journalistic piece. I knew something had ruined Sesame Street, I just didn’t know this criminal was responsible for it.
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3:25 pm
Gervais created the series The Office, which was a British show, the format of which was later sold around the world, including America.
Reading this piece, I’m struggling to find anything that is factually correct, which is hilarious and also slightly worrying, as the author is described as an Investigative Journalist!
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3:51 pm
I don’t believe your information is correct. The American one has been on for years and is far more successful.
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7:12 pm
You’re the one with the incorrect information. The British “Office” began in 2001; the American “Office” began in 2005. The British version had a much shorter run, which the producers had originally planned, as they didn’t want it to run for years and then fizzle out. They wanted to end it on a high note. Once again, RESEARCH YOUR TOPICS.
http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=the+office
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11:16 pm
Here Claire:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=christwire
Fourth entry down. Click it. Easy peasy!
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12:58 am
Please stop trying to upload malicious software to this site!
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1:59 am
I hope you’re joking, look anywhere and you’ll find that The Office was created by Gervais and Merchant in the late 90′s, and the original aired in the UK in 2001. The US version started a couple of years later, with G and M as executive producers. This information is not hard to find, I would imagine an “investigative journalist” cold do it blindfolded, or even blinkered.
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7:15 pm
Billings claims to be an Investigative Journalist but he is not one. He has no credentials (he refuses to provide them when asked and generally beats around the bush when the subject comes up). He has essentially admitted that he has no formal education in journalism.
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7:28 pm
Just like you claim to go to a real school?
I enjoy his journalism very much. And I think it’s very investigative. As far as you complaining about these “credentials”. Does one need to have credentials to get a job in a field? Sure some jobs yes like Dr. Nelson, but does one have to go to school to write a novel, or to get hired by the Times, or to act, or to direct?
Certainly being good at something is what authenticates you in your field. To me his “credentials” is the good integrity-filled investigative journalism I put in here all the time. He may have more credentials than this, but I don’t need to see them.
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7:46 pm
I DO go to a real school, dickwad.
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11:15 pm
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=christwire
Fourth entry down. Click it. Easy peasy!
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8:25 am
Try studying satire at your “school”. You might “learn” something.
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7:56 pm
Silly girl. Journalism does not require a license or a degree! Good journalism does, however, require a writer of noble convictions working for the public good to expose the truth. And that writer is Stephenson Billings.
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7:58 pm
Then why does Billings always claim that he’s either “fully credentialed” or “certified”?
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8:19 pm
I can’t claim to be an expert on Billings’ resume, but I do know he is in fact a certified truth-speaker in the eyes of Jesus Christ.
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3:19 pm
It’s easy to tell ones own version of the truth when one is ignorant to the facts. I could say that snow, for example, is neon purple and if I had never seen snow before I would be telling my own version of the truth.
Truth is a very abstract concept.
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8:23 pm
“Blah blah blah blah, I hate Ricky Gervais, he’s British and famous and waaaaaaaaaah!”
That’s you Stevie, that’s all you sound like right now.
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8:25 pm
For a “comedian” you are completely unfunny. You’re just a most liberal whiner.
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8:46 pm
That’s a very good impression of Billings, Comedian.
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9:03 pm
Claire, I know you are of weak morals, and from your picture, I assume you are a lesbian. Quit taking your butch rage out on Mr. Billings.
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9:15 pm
I would say thank you, but to be quite honest, I think a new born baby could do a better impression of Stevie.
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10:50 pm
Does nobody here understand satire?
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11:09 pm
Zack, most of the “christian” commenters are playing along with the joke. As for Claire and The Comedian… They’d be morons if they don’t know it’s a parody by now. Perhaps they’re playing into it as well? Eh, I find that doubtful.
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2:26 am
Jenny, have you accepted Jesus as your own Personal Savior?
As for your nasty little links, that smear campaign was thoroughly discredited long, long ago.
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2:42 am
Same with yours, but you don’t seem to stop.
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4:49 pm
I’m not even sure what that means. Does this mean you KNOW its a parody site and you continue to argue with them anyway? Stupid.
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5:05 pm
Jesus as my own personal savior? Sigh. To be honest Mr. Billings, I’ve been trying to let Jesus into my heart… but I’ve been struggling. I think it was probably because I was raised by gay parents and thus without any morals. Do you have any advice?
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1:29 am
Listen Jenny, you clearly got your information from the wrong source. I don’t know why you feel it so vital to go around posting your insipid “warnings” all over this site anyway. What do you hope to gain from it? In any event, you could not be more misguided. Here is a great article that addressed this very old controversy:
Satire, Poe’s Law and The New York Times Campaign to Discredit the Evangelical Message of Christwire
God bless my friend.
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1:33 am
Ya know Stevie, you can’t go around acting as if the shit you said before is true, since it’s nothing but, well, shit.
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1:38 am
Comedian, you repeat the same nonsense again and again yet you have never solidly refuted ANYTHING I have stated with fact or solid spiritual advice. You are an bitter little man who simply hates freedom and righteousness. I worry for your mental state, I honestly do. There seems to be some intense issues happening in that head of yours. Please talk to me! I want to know more about YOU!
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1:59 am
Actually Stevie, I’ve refuted just about every single point you’ve ever made. You just keep making the same points like a parrot that it gets boring having to repeat myself.
//You are an bitter little man who simply hates freedom and righteousness. //
This coming from the person who wants to lock up anyone who thinks for themselves and thinks everyone is the devil in disguise. Yeah, don’t call me a bitter man who hates freedom and righteousness.
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1:04 am
I commend you sir on finding a topic other than gays, great piece. These British are really a threat to modern Christianity!
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2:30 am
He is just not funny compared to any other successful comedy.
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5:18 pm
This webpage is the greatest peace of sarcasm I have ever found. Or does anyone really take one word serious?? this is so funny.
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1:26 am
I know! This is the funniest shit ever! I do wish I could tell who all was really in on it and who isn’t. I am actually feeling a little sorry for the claire girl. she seems frustrated to no end. Anyway, I liked “Extras” better. Short and sweet, with the end tying right back in to the office.
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2:12 am
Everyone should watch this sinner try to mock the great American comedian Garry Shandling. Gervais is outclassed in every way possible
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2:16 am
I find Ricky Gervais offensive because he picks on the mentally handicapped people. Have you seen his “An Idiot Abroad” show? They send a mental patient around the world and expect him to report on the 7 Wonders of the World. This man is pure Evil and very disturbed.
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9:30 am
I can’t tell if this whole website is Poe, but if it is, it’s absolutely brilliant. Granted, self-righteous Jesus-creepers are not exactly difficult to parody, but this is still a sterling effort!
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5:41 pm
You guys are nearly to Colbert-status, in terms of staying in character.
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