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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums7 Odious Right-Wing Statements This Week: The Ignorant Bash Gays in Even New Ways, Edition
http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/7-odious-right-wing-statements-week-ignorant-bash-gays-even-new-ways-edition1. Rick Perry: Homosexuality = alcoholism. Same thing.
The Texas GOP unveiled an all-out crazy platform this week, which includes climate denialism, appointment rather than election of senators, and a repeal of the states hate-crimes law. It also includes support for reparative therapy and treatment to patients who are seeking escape from the homosexual lifestyle, which has, of course been completely discredited.
***READ PAUL RUDNICK'S DRIVING WHILE GAY RESPONSE
2. Laura Ingraham: Now that same-sex marriage is legal, polyamorous marriages are next.
Laura Ingraham took time out from bashing immigrants and celebrating her anti-immigration, libertarian boy Dave Brats upset victory over Eric Cantor this week to bash gay marriage. First, she aired an interview with a young boy being raised in a polyamorous family, a household which the boy described as having two dads, one mom, and two other people dating each other.
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3. Accuracy in Medias Cliff Kincaid: Pot not guns made Vegas shooters kill.
The Daily Beast's John Avlon wrote a rather convincing piece about Jerad and Amanda Miller, the couple who murdered two Las Vegas police officers last week, being right-wing Alex Jones fans and anti-government nuts. But, of course, this little nugget of truth about hatriot politics sent the right-wingnuts scurrying for another explanation.
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4. Pat Robertson to kid: Dont call the cops on your gun-wielding dad. You wouldnt want to get him in trouble.
The doddering 700 Club preacher gave some highly questionable advice to a terrified child this week. The kid wrote in:
Whenever my parents fight, my dad threatens my mom with his gun. Fortunately, this now means nothing to my mom, and she never goes nuts about it; she is very calm. But as a child, I get nervous and worried when this happens. Even my younger brother saw this incident. What should we do about it and him?
"Well, you don't want to get your father busted... but you could," Robertson replied.
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7 Odious Right-Wing Statements This Week: The Ignorant Bash Gays in Even New Ways, Edition (Original Post)
xchrom
Jun 2014
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(50,983 posts)1. Kicked and recommended a whole bunch!
shenmue
(38,506 posts)2. Oh boy
In any sane country, people like Robertson and Ingraham would be dismissed as quacks, not given TV and radio shows.