Sometimes, this is how I feel
Just because you like something in a book doesn’t mean that you can have the thing in the book happen in real life. That’s what crazy people want! I can’t go to the White House with a bunch of Green Lantern comics and go, “I want a Green Lantern ring…I saw it in a book I liked! Make the thing in the book I like be here, now!” I would be justifiably tazed if I did that. Nobody would go, “Hey, we have to respect his beliefs. You know? You know, you gotta respect everybody’s beliefs?” No you don’t! That’s what gets us in trouble. You have to, look, you have to acknowledge everyone’s beliefs. Then you have to reserve the right to go, “That is fuckin’ stupid! Are you kidding me? I acknowledge that you believe that, that’s great, but I’m not going to respect it.” I have an uncle who believes he saw Sasquatch, we do not believe him, nor do we respect him… -Patton Oswalt
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