Episode Transcript: #522 - CJ Werleman
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My guest today CJ Werleman will definitely ruffle some feathers ladies and gentlemen if you are of the religious inclination if you are ultra sensitive if you have a problem with seeing Uncle Sam crucified on the cover of a book.
It says crucifying America and on top of it he's not even a fucking American. When you hear him talk you're gonna go hey pal you're not even from here. What's going on? Why are you shitting on us? What about your country man? Thanks for joining me man. I appreciate it.
Thanks Joe. Thanks for having me on mate.
Please I appreciate it. I watched a very fascinating interview today or conversation that you had today about the religious right and how much hate do you get on a daily basis?
Cause like you're going hard here man. You got Uncle Sam crucified on your book.
Mate I always tell people when they ask me where do you live I always say Southern California and I never give the exact address because there is a fatwa put out on me.
Actually the and no joke the Westboro Baptist Church which we all know very well.
When my first book was released in 09 the title is God Hates You Hate Him Back.
They saw the title without understanding what the content of the book was and thought that I must have been on their side.
And they thought hey we got somebody who's written a book in pro of our mission.
Once they took a look at my book they realized how off base that was and I was attacking them for some of their beliefs.
And Fred Phelps actually issued a public fatwa to have me killed.
So I want to leave my address to Southern California because I do have kids.
But he's dead right? Does that fatwa have any teeth?
I don't know. Do you inherit a fatwa?
That's a good question.
Does it get passed down? I'm not sure.
But whatever happened to Salman Rushdie? He's around now.
Yeah he's now out in the open.
I think that maybe people who want other people dead particularly literal people is they have short memories.