Theodore Shoebat

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{{hatnote|Not to be confused with the shit tree this particular shit apple fell from, [[Walid Shoebat]], Randy.}}
'''Theodore Shoebat''', real name '''Theodore Salameh''',<ref>http://powerbase.info/index.php/Forum_for_Middle_East_Understanding</ref> a self-admitted "Christian Militant," is an extremist [[dominionist]] [[Homophobia|anti-gay]], [[misogynist]], [[Islamophobia|islamophobic]] member of the "[[American Taliban]]" who manages to make his [[Walid Shoebat|father]] seem relatively sane in comparison. He is so extreme that even other [[Matt Barber|radical]] [[Peter LaBarbera|Christian]] [[Michael Brown|homophobes]] [[Stopped clock|want nothing to do with him]].<ref>http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/in-the-line-of-fire/55191-no-theodore-shoebat-jesus-would-not-have-killed-gays</ref><ref>http://www.joemygod.com/2015/09/28/matt-barber-quietly-deletes-all-columns-by-gay-death-penalty-advocate-theodore-shoebat/</ref> His ''modus operandi'' includes [[Poe's_Law|over-the-top]] articles and videos in which he calls for the [[capital punishment|execution]] of homosexuals and people who even slightly disagree with his worldview. Unsurprisingly, he is an out-and-proud [[fascist]] who admires Generalissimo [[Francisco Franco]] (who is still dead).<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2015/12/08/shoebat-admits-to-being-a-proud-fascist/ Shoebat Admits to Being a ‘Proud Fascist’] by Ed Brayton, ''Dispatches from the Culture War''</ref>

==
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===On non-Christians===
Shoebat openly opposes [[freedom of religion]], has called for [[atheist]] [[Book burning|books to be burned]]<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-wants-freedom-religion-outlawed-and-atheist-books-burned</ref> and believes [[Blasphemy|blasphemers]] should be "burned at the stake" (thus proving Heine's famous quote about book burning at least in words).<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-wants-blasphemers-burned-stake-prevent-cannibalism</ref> In 2016, in the US.

Shoebat has seemingly inherited radical [[islamophobia]] from his fraudulently "ex-terrorist" father. In reality, Shoebat's views on homosexuals are even more in line with radical [[Islamist]]s than those of his father ever were. Nevertheless, Shoebat has attempted to justify this [[hypocrisy]] by [[Argument by assertion|groundlessly claiming]] that Islam and [[ISIS]] are "[[Not even wrong|homosexual cults]]". He does this by [[cherry picking]] the LGBT accepting parts of Islam, whilst completely ignoring the parts of Islam which argue for the same policies he does regarding gay people (i.e., death).<ref>http://shoebat.com/2015/03/03/islam-is-a-homosexual-cult-that-wants-to-bring-the-world-into-a-homosexual-pagan-empire/</ref> Shoebat also believes that, after the fall of Yugoslavia, Christian Serbs were being persecuted by Bosnian Muslims, and calls Western intervention in the Bosnian war "terrorism". Despite this, Shoebat has praised ISIS for murdering "[[Satanic Panic|Satanists]]" in Paris.<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/shoebat-those-killed-paris-rock-concert-were-devil-worshippers-who-got-what-they-deserved</ref>

He also once called for an invasion of [[India]] (presumably by the US) to forcibly convert the predominantly [[Hinduism|Hindu]] population to [[Christianity]], and for SWAT teams to shut down yoga studios...<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-wants-government-send-swat-teams-shut-down-yoga-studios</ref>

===On homosexuals===
Shoebat's views on Islam are puzzling, considering how he and radical Muslims agree on the vast majority of issues. Like Islamists, he supports his religion [[Caliphate|dominating the world]], and also like them, he routinely calls for the execution of homosexuals and anyone who falls outside of his worldview. He also [[hypocritically]] speaks about "gay sharia" and "homo tyranny."<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-calls-global-inquisition-put-gays-death</ref> 

Shoebat idolises [[medieval]] views on homosexuality, supporting an "inquisition" with the goal of exterminating them.<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-calls-global-inquisition-put-gays-death</ref> He also openly supports vigilantes in Eastern European countries who attack [[LGBT]] people.<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-supports-violent-vigilante-attacks-against-gay-rights-activists</ref>

After he claimed that [[Jesus]] would personally kill gay people, numerous anti-gay activists (including former allies of his) [[stopped clock|denounced him]], which caused him to allege a supposed "[[Psychological projection|inquisition]]" targeting him [[Persecution complex|in order to make him renounce his views]].<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-says-anti-gay-activists-are-carrying-out-inquisition-get-him-renounce-his-e</ref> Walid came to his son's defense by declaring that it was actually Jesus who destroyed [[Sodom and Gomorrah]]. Therefore, Teddy was only being biblically accurate in stating that Jesus would personally beat homosexuals to death, if given the chance.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/jesus-killed-sodomites-walid-shoebat-furiously-attacks-anti-gay-activists-who-criticized-his 'Jesus Killed The Sodomites': Walid Shoebat Furiously Attacks Anti-Gay Activists Who Criticized His Son]</ref><ref group=note>To be fair, this is [[Trinity|orthodox Christian theology]], so Papa Shoebat is technically correct.</ref>

Without any sense of irony, Shoebat has complained of homosexuals sending him death threats, and in the same article claimed that 'All' homosexuals wanted to kill all Christians.<ref>http://shoebat.com/2016/03/28/homosexuals-tell-christian-bakers-to-make-them-a-cake-the-christians-refuse-the-homosexuals-then-tell-the-christians-we-will-burn-your-house-down-we-will-take-your-son-and-sodomize-him/</ref>

Theodore believes the 2016 [[Orlando massacre]] was wrong because 'The State', not Omar Mateen, should have 'killed the sodomites,'<ref>https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=theodore+shoebat&rlz=1C9BKJA_enGB670GB670&oq=theodore&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j69i60l3j5.3708j0j7&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8&hl=en-GB#</ref> this time by firing squad.<ref Name=HMehta>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/06/15/christian-extremist-theodore-shoebat-the-state-should-kill-the-sodomites-with-a-firing-squad/ Christian Extremist Theodore Shoebat: The State Should “Kill the Sodomites” with a Firing Squad]</ref> It appears more than one method of execution excites him.

===On transgender people===
Shoebat wants the publishers of ''National Geographic'' tortured because they featured a nine-year-old transgender girl on their cover and Shoebat called the girl "[[Godwin's Law|Little Nazi Hitler]]".<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/12/21/christian-extremist-transgender-girl-on-cover-of-national-geographic-is-little-nazi-hitler/ Christian Extremist: Transgender Girl on Cover of National Geographic is “Little Nazi Hitler”]</ref>

Shoebat has called transgender children "utterly wicked". He believes that parents who are accepting should be executed, and the children should be forced into [[conversion therapy]] and then stoned to death if they don't stop identifying as trans. <ref name=transkids>[https://shoebat.com/2017/07/10/children-in-britain-are-being-sent-to-clinics-to-be-told-that-they-are-transgender/ Children In Britain Are Being Sent To Clinics To Be Told That They Are Transgender]</ref>

===On women===
Shoebat has stated women should be banned from voting and holding office.<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/i-dont-believe-women-voting-theodore-shoebat-declares-women-have-no-place-politics</ref> 

===On other Christians===
When Theo learned that the tacitly Christian fried chicken franchise Chick-fil-a distanced themselves from anti-gay marriage statements made by the chain's owner, as well as sponsored an LGBTQ film festival, Theo declared that all employees of Chick-fil-a should be (you guessed it!) "burned at the stake".<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-everyone-chick-fil-should-be-burned-stake</ref> To be fair, Teddy thinks that ''all'' Christians who don't believe that every LGBTQ person should be killed should themselves also be executed.<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-execute-gays-and-gay-accepting-christians</ref> Theon called [[Peter LaBarbera]] (a warrior against "homofascism" and head of ''Americans for Truth About Homosexuality'') a "filthy pig" and "demonoid" after LaBarbara rebutted that [[genocide]] might not be the most Christian thing to do.<ref name=demonoidpig>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-blasts-peter-labarbera-and-other-anti-gay-activists-filthy-soulless-pigs]</ref> Shoebat is also probably a lot of fun at dinner parties.

=== Donald Trump ===
He was a [[Trump]] supporter, and stated he wanted Trump to execute Muslims.<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-hopes-president-trump-will-institute-christian-supremacist-society-where-mu</ref>

Shoebat wanted [[Donald Trump|Trump]] to enact legislation to have gays executed (despite [[Mike Pence|Mike "Your One Stop Shop for Lopping off Fops" Pence]] being far more likely to be the actual mastermind behind such a plot if it were to somehow happen). <ref name=Mehta10/11/2016>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/11/10/christian-extremist-theodore-shoebat-i-hope-donald-trump-executes-sodomites-and-abortionists/ Christian Extremist Theodore Shoebat: I Hope Donald Trump Executes “Sodomites” and “Abortionists”]</ref>

After [[Donald Trump|his idol]] called for the punishing of women who undergo [[abortion]]s, Shoebat was quick to outdo him by calling women who undergo abortions "sluts", and, in true Shoebat fashion, called for their execution<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-sluts-who-have-abortions-should-be-put-death</ref> by firing squad.<ref Name=HMehta/> Shoebat wanted Trump to enact legislation to have abortionists executed.<ref name=Mehta10/11/2016/>  

Shoebat fully supported Trump when he said that he wanted to murder the families of members of ISIS to strike at them emotionally. <ref name=isisfamily>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/its-biblical-solution-theodore-shoebat-says-trumps-plan-kill-isis-families-exactly-what-god]</ref>

Despite how awful Donald Trump is and was, there was no indication that he intended to execute gays, Muslims, or women who have abortions. Trump in fact waved a rainbow flag (or in Shoebat's words, "that faggot flag") at one of his rallies, to which Shoebat responded by renouncing his endorsement. You can probably guess what he said he wanted after that. <ref group=note>Trump's execution.</ref> <ref>https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/10/31/former-trump-supporter-now-wants-him-executed-for-waving-rainbow-flag/</ref> <ref name=faggotflag>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/theodore-shoebat-donald-trump-should-be-put-to-death-for-holding-up-that-faggot-flag Theodore Shoebat: Donald Trump Should Be Put To Death For Holding Up That Faggot Flag]</ref>

===Sir Theodore Shoebat===
As said before, he greatly admires medieval Christianity, and seems to justify (among other things done by the medieval Catholic Church) the genocide of Cathars, Waldensians, and other heretical Christian sects by the Catholic Church on account of their 'false beliefs', and he chides evangelical Christian leaders for condemning the genocide.<ref>[http://shoebat.com/2013/10/25/john-hagee-tim-lahaye-john-macarthur-know-nothing-history/]</ref>

Shoebat seems to support a full return to the [[Middle Ages]], praising it for its lack of a 'fag problem', even supporting a return to absolute [[monarchy]].<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-calls-global-inquisition-put-gays-death</ref><ref group=note>Cue [[irony]]/[[History|historical]] [[ignorance]] alert: {{wpl|Absolute monarchy|}} was, at least in a [[Europe]]an context, typically a feature of the {{wpl|early modern period}} — i.e. post dating the Middle Ages.</ref> In a post which only he could have made, Teddy called for a new 'crusade' against Islam,<ref>http://shoebat.com/2015/04/20/a-new-crusade-must-be-declared-against-islam-and-christendom-must-rise-again-to-have-the-cross-crush-the-crescent/</ref><ref group=note>'Cause that worked well in Medieval times…</ref> claiming {{wpl|Deus vult|'God wants one'.}}<ref>http://shoebat.com/2013/11/18/defense-christian-holy-war/</ref>

Shoebat also believes [[Witchcraft#Christianity and witchcraft|'witchcraft']] is a serious problem, and (surprise surprise) wants its 'practitioners' to be put to death. He has also hosted claims on his website about [[Hillary Clinton]] using black [[magic]] to gain popularity<ref>Andrew Bieszad, [http://shoebat.com/2016/11/04/shock-wikileaks-emails-reveal-hillary-clinton-campaign-chairman-invited-to-participate-in-satanic-blood-and-sex-magic-rituals-with-devil-worshipping-artist/ SHOCK: Wikileaks Emails Reveal Hillary Clinton Campaign Chairman Invited To Participate In Satanic Blood And Sex Magic Rituals With Devil Worshipping Artist] from ''Shoebat.com'', November 4, 2016.</ref> and wants her to be put to death.<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/08/15/theodore-shoebat-hillary-clinton-is-a-lesbian-satanist-christian-killer-who-should-be-executed/ Theodore Shoebat: Hillary Clinton is a Lesbian Satanist Christian-Killer Who Should Be Executed]</ref>

=== Ukraine and Russia ===
Theodore supports the [[Russia]]n invasion of [[Ukraine]], and has posted articles and videos absolutely filled with Russian [[propaganda]].<ref>https://shoebat.com/2022/03/01/the-nazis-of-ukraine-are-rising-up/</ref> <ref>https://shoebat.com/2022/03/12/putin-is-right-ukraine-does-have-a-nazi-problem/</ref> Given his history, it is highly likely he would like to see all Ukrainians executed.

==Irony==
Theodore has attacked noted critic of Islam [[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]] for suggesting that Christian fundies can be just as bad as Muslim ones. Teddy is, nevertheless, the living proof that this is true.<ref>http://shoebat.com/2014/10/22/theodore-shoebat-debates-ayaan-hirsi-ali/</ref>

==A full list of people Ted wants put to death==
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* [[Homosexuals]]<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-calls-global-inquisition-put-gays-death</ref>

* Anyone who doesn't fully agree with him (especially on executing all homosexuals) <ref name=demonoidpig>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-blasts-peter-labarbera-and-other-anti-gay-activists-filthy-soulless-pigs]</ref>

* [[Muslims]]<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-hopes-president-trump-will-institute-christian-supremacist-society-where-mu</ref>

* Women who receive abortions<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-sluts-who-have-abortions-should-be-put-death</ref>

* Doctors who give abortions<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-women-who-have-abortions-should-be-lined-firing-squad-and-shot</ref>

* Gay Priests<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-gay-priests-should-be-put-death</ref>

* Families of ISIS <ref name=isisfamily>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/its-biblical-solution-theodore-shoebat-says-trumps-plan-kill-isis-families-exactly-what-god]</ref>

* Victims of ISIS<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/theodore-shoebat-victims-of-manchester-bombing-were-pro-sodomite-sluts-and-whores/</ref>

* Blasphemers<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-wants-blasphemers-burned-stake-prevent-cannibalism</ref>

* Satanists/Rock bands<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/shoebat-those-killed-paris-rock-concert-were-devil-worshippers-who-got-what-they-deserved</ref>

* Witches and Wizards<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-hillary-clinton-should-be-put-death-witchcraft</ref>

* [[Hillary Clinton]]<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-hillary-clinton-should-be-put-death-witchcraft</ref>

* [[Milo Yiannopoulos]]<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-says-milo-yiannopoulos-and-gavin-mcinnes-should-be-put-death</ref>

* [[Gavin McInnes]]<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-says-milo-yiannopoulos-and-gavin-mcinnes-should-be-put-death</ref>

* Everyone who works at [[Chick-fil-A]]<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-everyone-chick-fil-should-be-burned-stake</ref>

* [[Pamela Geller]]<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-pamela-geller-worthy-death-associating-gays</ref>

* Donald Trump <ref name=faggotflag>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/theodore-shoebat-donald-trump-should-be-put-to-death-for-holding-up-that-faggot-flag Theodore Shoebat: Donald Trump Should Be Put To Death For Holding Up That Faggot Flag]</ref>

* [[Stefan Molyneux]], [[Stephen Bannon]], Bill Whittle, [[Jared Taylor]], [[Richard Spencer]]<ref>http://shoebat.com/2016/11/15/steve-bannon-is-absolutely-evil-he-is-working-on-creating-a-social-darwinist-nazi-homosexual-and-anti-christian-world/</ref> (though he might actually have something here)

* Transgender children and their parents <ref name=transkids>[https://shoebat.com/2017/07/10/children-in-britain-are-being-sent-to-clinics-to-be-told-that-they-are-transgender/ Children In Britain Are Being Sent To Clinics To Be Told That They Are Transgender]</ref>

* All organisms except him, and his dad, yes including you, your cat, and your dog {{Citation needed|joke}} 
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== Telling quotes ==
''"In the most national prayer breakfast, Obama diverted the subject from ISIS and began to express his hatred against the Christian Crusades. The reason for this is because Obama hates Christians and Christianity, and is himself a Muslim jihadist. He continues to support Islam while hating Christianity, and heavily funds and supports the jihadists in Syria. His own family are Muslims and work with terrorists."''<ref>http://shoebat.com/2015/02/06/obama-hates-crusades-crusades-go-everything-stands-since-muslim-jihadist/</ref>

''"Do I believe in democracy? Hell no"''<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/theodore-shoebat-calls-global-inquisition-put-gays-death</ref>

''"Democracy. More like Demon crazy. The first attempt at democracy was in the Heaven [sic], when Satan and the demons wanted to reform the government and oust out the King, God. God believes in monarchy, Satan believes in democracy. Hence democracy is demon crazy."''<ref>https://www.facebook.com/theodore.shoebat/posts/870699422990364</ref> (A false analogy, false etymology, or a play on words? We're still not sure what to call this one.)

''“I really have no sympathy for [the victims of the Ariana Grande bombing], the people who died, the people who were injured, the people who were scared out of their minds, who ran away [screaming], I really don’t care. The types of people who go to these concerts are the same types of people who are responsible for the degeneracy that you see in society. They go to these concerts dressed up as whores, dressed up as sluts, they’re pro-sodomite, they’re pro-divorce, they’re pro-infidelity, they want evil, they want decay, they want sodomy, they want Sodom and Gomorrah.”<ref>http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/theodore-shoebat-victims-of-manchester-bombing-were-pro-sodomite-sluts-and-whores/</ref>

==See also== 
*[[Kevin Swanson]]
*[[Bradlee Dean]]
*[[Rousas John Rushdoony]]
*[[Traditionalist Catholicism]] (which Teddy promotes an extreme version of)
*Dostoyevsky's ''{{wpl|The Grand Inquisitor|The Grand Inquisitor}}''; it's easy to imagine Ted in the role of the title character

==Notes==
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==References==
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