Hypocritical bigot demands that YouTube censor videos

Now there's a face that looks made for inducing vomiting.

William Donohue, who heads a hate group called the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, got a Conservative Fool Of The Day entry because of his unending bigotry and censorship efforts.

Donohue is a vicious anti-Semite who complained, "Hollywood is controlled by secular Jews who hate Christianity in general and Catholicism in particular." He also bullies radio and TV stations that broadcast material that offends him. Donohue's Nazi-like followers threatened to burn down a theater that featured a play that Donohue deemed offensive. Donohue also made baseless accusations that John Edwards is anti-Catholic.

Some have reported that Bill Donohue was the founder of Domino's Pizza, but this is incorrect. This misconception comes from the fact that Domino's was founded by Tom Monaghan, who sits on the board of Donohue's organization.

Donohue claims to be a great civil rights champion, even as he runs roughshod over the rights of others. Donohue's latest campaign is his attempt to browbeat YouTube into yanking videos he doesn't like.

I had involvement with the Catholic Church for years. But quite frankly, I'm not even familiar with some of the ideas that Donohue put forth in his recent complaints. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention in Mass all those years ago, but in all honesty, I don't follow some of the man's grievances.

If a video on YouPube is offensive...don't watch it! It's that simple!

Are we even sure that the users who posted the offensive videos have never been members of the Church themselves? If they were, doesn't that give them authority to criticize the Church's bureaucracy? If they were not, why does Donohue think Church doctrine should govern them? Articles praising Donohue's crusade seem to espouse the view that the Catechism of the Catholic Church should apply to people regardless of whether they are Catholic. That's nothing short of theocracy.

The guards at Guantanamo Bay tearing pages out of the Qur'an and flushing them down the toilet would be considered just as blasphemous as anything you'll find on YouTube. But those who defend Bill Donohue's crusades never raise a peep about that scandal.

The Church's bureaucracy is considered by Donohue and the theocrats who admire him to be above criticism even by Catholics.

If Mr. Donohue was worth a shit, he'd spend his time and energy on efforts for the needy instead of firing off illogical harangues every time he gets offended over something he sees on TV or YouTube.