Oh, Joe!

I would have to imagine that no one has ever accused Joe Scarborough of being overly tolerant.  It is not his forte.  In fact, I think he takes pride in it.


And Joe is also so accommodating - he consistently provides examples of both his egocentricity and ethnocentricity.  Witness (an interesting choice of words given the topic) this exchange this morning with Jerry DeWitt.

What is remarkable is that he begins his interview with DeWitt by noting that, although DeWitt's book is called "Hope after Faith" he would consider the journey DeWitt has taken as one from faith to hopelessness.  In this we can see the usual snarky, know-it-all, disdainful Joe Scarborough approach.

Not unexpected!

However, then, in an example of his typical complete lack of insight, one of his initial questions to DeWitt was whether if, having gone from faith to hope, was he now disdainful of those who still had faith.  Joe, in fact, asserted that most atheists were openly hostile of those who still believe and, by implication, that this was terrible.

So - Joe, being Joe - first shows his complete disdain for someone else's beliefs, then derides them for their perception of their seeming disdain for his.

Classic; stupid, but classic.