Reply #96: i strongly disagree [View All]

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the rw didn't decide to attack gay people and their rights in the last election because the community outed someone.
they did that because they knew two things:
1) they knew they could exploit exisiting homo-hatred
2) they knew that democrats would be too mealy-mouthed to fight back with an effective opposing strategy....because of exisiting homo-hatred and the need to at least appear to pander to it. "marriage is between a man and a woman" is an example.
they were right on both counts.

foley is exploiting homophobia in a pathetic attempt to excuse his abuse of power, decency and common sense. most adults (gay or otherwise) do not use their positions of authority to seduce teenagers, so his "coming out" is actually an insult to gay people...as if he "revelation" somehow explains his disgusting behavior. i am not even sure he is gay (though there have been rumors for years) but he does seem to have a penchant for young boys...that could be a totally different animal. the bastard deserves no sympathy or "special rights." what other class of politician should be protected from their own (and their party's) hateful rhetoric and amoral behavior? being gay has ZERO to do with it.