Erstwhile NME bright young thing Julie Burchill is inducing coffee sprays the length and breadth of the land with her blog about God. Words which have particularly riled, in addition to her harping on in the same blog about her voluntary work, are:
“I believe in the God of the Old Testament, whom I understand as the Lord of the Jews and the Protestants.”
Is He not also the god of the Catholics and Muslims? Ahem, being a socialist feminist and believing in the God of the Heebs are mutually exclusive.
“… the wretched Church of Rome.” Easy, girl.
“I shall doubtless continue to give away money like a sailor on shore leave.” The third (!) such mention of her generosity, not to mention the self-serving link to a Telegraph article detailing her charidee.
Burchill’s judeophilia is amusing considering it’s minority activity. She was highlighted in the Jewish Chronicle for being a friend of the Joos and penned a piece for Israeli daily Haaretz bashing the Guardian for its “virulent antisemitism.” So from a Jewish point of view, I guess we should be glad she’s in the pro camp. That aside, this is the worst article ever given the oxygen of publicity on Cif’s now hallowed pages. Her article has already racked up close to 500 vitriolic comments from the site’s most vociferous followers, in what’s becoming Mike Read marque II.
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