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Thursday, 19 October 2006
Pink Purge

Hard to take any story seriously that quotes a person who is outing Republican gay people as the expert on what is going on in the right-wing base. What he is doing is hateful and yet he is treated like a trustworthy political commentator.

Update: this is a ridiculous argument in defense of outing gay (or allegedly gay) Republicans. Since when does bad behavior justify other bad behavior? "Their entire political movement over the last 20 years has been fueled by sleazy sexual innuendo; dragging private sexual behavior into the public arena..."

Oh ok! So, let's do it too! It's sleazy and disgusting...so by all means let's start outing gay people. And all the examples listed in this blog deal with extramarital affairs. The outing of gay people is about what exactly? What is their "moral" crime that is akin to adultery? Don't liberals believe that being gay is ok? Ahh...yes. But being gay and not thinking like liberals think is apparently "immoral." Who says so? The Liberal Police. Who will they target next?

Update: Ann Althouse rightly points out that besides being morally repugnant, the "outing campaign" will likely backfire and is unlikely to turn the conservative base away from the Republican Party. ...

[Read on. H/T: Michelle.] 

Posted by Bill Faith on October 19, 2006 at 03:46 AM in Dem Perfidy, Politics | Permalink

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