"I think - there's always going to be a percentage of people who maybe aren't as good as others"
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A masterclass in saying something harsh while sounding almost tender, Jim Bakker’s line wraps a hierarchy in the soft gauze of “I think” and “maybe.” The grammar is doing the ethical laundering: the dashy, hesitant cadence performs humility, as if the speaker is merely noticing a sad fact of human nature rather than smuggling in a value judgment. “Always” is the keystone. It presents inequality as permanent, not political - a law of gravity rather than a product of choices, systems, or power.
The phrase “a percentage of people” turns humans into statistics, a chilly bit of distancing that lets the speaker discuss winners and losers without naming who gets put in which pile. And “aren’t as good as others” is deliberately vague: good at what? Morality? talent? faith? worthiness? That ambiguity is the point. It invites listeners to fill in the blank with whatever prejudice or pecking order they already carry, while giving the speaker deniability.
Coming from Bakker - a celebrity televangelist whose career has orbited prosperity-gospel spectacle, scandal, and redemption branding - the line reads as more than a throwaway observation. It hints at a worldview where status and success can be framed as evidence of virtue, and where the “not as good” become a convenient explanation for why some people don’t thrive, don’t belong, or don’t deserve. The intent isn’t merely descriptive; it’s permission-giving. It normalizes sorting, then calls it realism.
The phrase “a percentage of people” turns humans into statistics, a chilly bit of distancing that lets the speaker discuss winners and losers without naming who gets put in which pile. And “aren’t as good as others” is deliberately vague: good at what? Morality? talent? faith? worthiness? That ambiguity is the point. It invites listeners to fill in the blank with whatever prejudice or pecking order they already carry, while giving the speaker deniability.
Coming from Bakker - a celebrity televangelist whose career has orbited prosperity-gospel spectacle, scandal, and redemption branding - the line reads as more than a throwaway observation. It hints at a worldview where status and success can be framed as evidence of virtue, and where the “not as good” become a convenient explanation for why some people don’t thrive, don’t belong, or don’t deserve. The intent isn’t merely descriptive; it’s permission-giving. It normalizes sorting, then calls it realism.
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| Topic | Wisdom |
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| Source | Help us find the source |
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