Matt Serra: Matt Hughes Hides Behind Religion

1) It was a passage from the old testament… Bible Thumping generally refers to Christianity
2) It was a story about a Queen and the poor and a court case, blah blah, the point of the reading was the recognize leadership and teamworking rolls.
3) He never forced any of them to read it and I recall at least 2 people didnt
4) I can’t think of a 4 so I’m stopping

So you expect to post videos of people saying outrageous things, but not allow your readers to have that same discussion? When fighters say something controversial, it’s worth putting on the front page of the site, but when readers express the same thing it’s an offense? That’s a fine line, Luke.

I mean, those videos have a lot of stuff in them, but you pulled out that one line:

“You know, he’s such a dick of a person that he has to hide behind religion, you know, to make himself feel better.”

…and a) made that the centerpiece of a post about two of the most divisive figures in the sport, and b) paraphrased it to make it even worse:

“uses religion as a means to camouflage his vindictiveness”

That’s asking for trouble.

They also shouldn’t have to take responsibility for the hurt feelings of someone who read what some yahoo wrote. We’re all adults here… aren’t we?

You know how I avoid reading idiotic comments? By staying away from the comments at sites like Perez Hilton and Youtube. But what do those sites have in common? A LOT of idiotic content.

I’m just saying: when you post something controversial and disrespectful, you reap what you sow. If you don’t want to get that response, you shouldn’t put that stuff up. When Luke embedded those videos, he made an implicit statement that that’s the acceptable level of discourse. To say that it isn’t after the fact is disingenuous.

My gut hurts I’m laughing so hard!

(YES WE CAN!)

You know, I’ve seen several religious conversations start on the threads here, and I’ve never seen anyone get out of line with it. When someone believes you’re going to Hell, it’s kind of hard to get offended about anything else.

You’ll notice though that he was actually pretty careful:

So much for being "good christians". Don’t know if Hughes is hiding behind the bible but as with all these religious nuts, he’s a hypocrite and very confused.

He didn’t make fun of religious adherents in general or even Christians specifically. He made fun of “nuts.” Nuts who also happen to be religious, but nuts. Also, Matt Hughes, and who can blame him? :-)

Really? People hate the way he talks? What people? Your friends from the south?

Again, “from the south” may be (geographically incorrect) what you’re focusing on, but he’s talking about Matt’s friends, implying that only a guy’s buddies would say something like that.

On the other hand, olegb139’s formatting and paragraph construction are an abomination, and will CLEARLY condemn him to the pits of hell, but that’s another thread.