Monday, April 20, 2009

Pat Robertson gnaws on his anti-gay bone

As always Pat Robertson manages to distort any discussion to gnaw on his ideological bones. His response to last week's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warning that Obama's election and the latest capitalist crisis (and the concomitant rise in unemployment) are providing extreme right-wing groups with meat for organizing is as usual a distortion of reality:
It shows somebody down in the bowels of that organization is either a convinced left winger or somebody whose sexual orientation is somewhat in question. But it’s that kind of thing, somebody who doesn’t think that we should have abortion on demand, is labeled a terrorist! It’s outrageous!
In addition to being horrified by the deep seated bigotry in this typical comment, I can't help but wonder what "somebody whose sexual orientation is somewhat in question" could possibly mean.

What's most interesting about the conservative response to this DHS report is how they are all distorting the report to make it seem as if it's about them. I guess even they think they are extremists. But I didn't think they would admit it.

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