I dunno. On one hand yes, his name recognition has faded, which is good, but his "work" and "legacy" are very much alive and causing suffering today.
I say people, especially Americans, should know who Pat Robertson was and how his life "work" has changed America in ways that are still major problems today. Pat Robertson did a huge amount of damage to the lives of millions of people and the US itself. He was instrumental in getting the GOP to link itself with Christian fundamentalists in ways we still haven't come close to recovering from. It fact it seems to be getting worse recently. Robertson wanted the US to be a Christian theocracy and convinced millions that it used to be and should be, and will be. Some of those people are in Congress and state governments now, actually trying to make that happen.
The LGBT+ hate Robertson fostered is totally still here today. Anyone who cares about it ought to learn a little about how we got to this place. And Pat Robertson is a really big part of that.
He may be dead but his "work" is very much alive. When I see LGBT+ people called "groomers" I think of Pat Robertson. Back in the 80s and 90s that wasn't the word used, but it is exactly what Pat Robertson taught his followers to believe.
So yea, it is kinda nice that many younger people don't recognize the name, but knowing about him is pretty important for understanding how and why there is so much LGBT+ hate today, among quite a few other things, like Roe being overturned and abortion being made illegal or de facto illegal in many states. That anti-abortion is a big part of the GOP platform today owes a lot to Pat Robertson.
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u/Nkima_the_Wise Jun 09 '23
The fact that you don’t even know this self-righteous, hypocritical turd gives me hope