The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), an outfit which bills itself as the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization should called on sex columnist and creator of the “It Gets Better” video project Dan Savage to come out against the kind of anti-LGBT bullying and name-calling sadly typified by his tweet two weeks ago. Willow Palin deleted her Facebook page (on which she had used the same slur Savage did) and Bristol Palin has apologized for that type of behavior, but Dan Savage has neither deleted his tweet nor apologized.
“Sarah Palin’s daughter seems to know when an apology is in order, why doesn’t she?” said HRC Vice President of Communications Fred Sainz. “As an adult gay man,” added another gay man in the spirit of Sainz’s commentary, “Savage should know not to make such hateful remarks, particularly in this cyber age. Anti-LGBT bullying needs to stop and Dan Savage should be a part of making that happen.”
According to media accounts, a gay conservative group, GOProud, endorsed presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney even while disagreeing with him on some issues. That prompted Savage to respond by saying, “The GOP’s house faggots grab their ankles, right on cue [sic]”.
That language is unacceptable. Over the past year a number of teenagers have taken their own lives after being the victims of anti-gay bullying or harassment by other teenagers. Mr. Savage himself has drawn attention to such suicides with his “It Gets better Videos.” He thus seems aware that words hurt. And still he has spoken as he had.
Given his recent tweet, Savage now has a prime opportunity to give the nation’s children — indeed to give all Americans — a lesson in tolerance – to let them know it is wrong to use such hateful language, but has so far remained silent.
In speaking about one person’s use of the term, Sainz once said: “Don’t squander this opportunity. Apologize for the behavior and make it clear that you stand against hatred and bullying. The teenagers of this country are listening. So are we.”
Unfortunately, neither he nor anyone else at HRC has yet to direct these — or similar — words to Mr. Savage.
Whoa. Savage can’t behave himself even as well as a teenage girl?
“It Gets Better” only applies if you’re a liberal. If you’re not, then you get what you deserve. That’s what I’ve learned from Dan Savage.
He’s a bigger bully, hiding behind his “protected class.”
Is that all it really is? Sounds like you are willing to give them more credit than you let on.
He is an evil man.
Dan Savage is a higher up in an organization who has this other evil man as a high-profile member: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/06/m-moral_relativism_and_the_plight_of_a_pedophile.html
I still don’t get why anyone should care what Savage says. Aren’t there more important things in this world to be concerned about?
As more and more people decide to stop hiding the fact that they are gay, Savages importance to “the community”, especially when he goes on these silly tirades becomes less and less pertinent. This week a 22 year old R & B artist / rapper just revealed he’s gay. Ten years ago there is no way that happens. Savages role in this? Probably not much. I would say Ellen DeGeneres and Neil Patrick Harris have much more to do with people being comfortable with gays than, save maybe the “IGB” youtube campaign (and that is more the respondents who made the vid than Savage himself), anything Savage has ever hoped to contribute. He’s a clown that plays to his audience..
I agree with most of what sonic said.
As far a Arizona RE: #5 >> If Brinkin’ is found guilty, I’m pretty sure everyone at GP, on the left and right, would individually judge his behavior to be immoral.
For the record, just because there are sickos who claim the mantle of Christian leaders doesn’t soil all Christian leaders. Just sayin’. He’s also 66. The socially repressive effects on a generation of gay men who weren’t allowed to live out is going to produce more demented guys like Brinkin is accused of being, then today’s generation, who are being mainstreamed into society. Also, just sayin’. And, just so you understand me correctly, I am not excusing Brinkin’ (if he’s guilty, but who are we kidding, right?) or giving him a free pass. I’m highlighting that, duh, you’re going to find more of these NAMBLA types in his generation than you are going to find today.
The article also confuses human rights and sexual deviancy while incorporating one of Helio’s favorite terms: moral relativism. The conspiracy theory author (hey, she was editorializing!) also mistakenly asserts that the drive for human rights includes destroying traditional marriage and heterosexuality as well, all in the name of making perserve behaviors the norm (like the devil is running HRC).
News Flash: White men wiped out Native Americans to build this great country we live in. Next.
OMG, the author is Jeannie DeAngelis. Need more be said?
Again, a shining example of the type of colossal hypocrisy that is prevalent in the GayLeftLib borg today.
Regards,
Peter H.
Sorry, I misread Az Mo to be Arizona. I’m partially dyslexic. Didn’t intend any rudeness.
Snatch, I pray for you.
Really, Az Mo. Really? That’s all you have to say.
Tonight, I’ll pray for you too.
Yes. It is impossible to argue with someone like you who twists and lies and diverts, so I pray for you and love you because that’s all I can do.
Those are some heavy accusations there, Az Mo. It sounds like you didn’t even weigh the words that were written. Too bad I did the such with DeAngelis. My mistake. Won’t happen again. I assure you.
If applying the double-standard card worked on Liberals, the world would find peace. A twenty-something student once told me, “We’re Democrats. We can do whatever we want.” And he’s right. They face no consequences and are invited on the Tonight Show. Their careers aren’t destroyed and they always find work. Liberals are natural bullies and feed off criticism of others. Conservatives protest yet always accept party invitations to Georgetown and Hollywood. Conservatives would never offend their host. Never speak the truth. That’s why the Left wins and hangs conservatives from lamp posts. Once the bleeding stops, they destroy everything else and the process begins anew.
Exactly, Exleftist.
Conservatives need to recognize something: despite all their shrieking about racism, intolerance, misogyny, and homophobia, the Obama Party left pays absolute deference to, and finds massive amounts of government subsidy for, radical Islam.
Why? Because radical Islamists scream, riot, and cut off heads.
Conservatives labor under the delusion that adherence to morals and standards have some value for liberals and the Barack Obama Party. They do, in the sense that the Geneva Conventions have value for al-Qaeda; if you know that there are certain things that your opponent will not do, you can exploit said things to your own advantage.
Hamas puts missile launchers in schools and hospitals; the Obama Party screams about how things will hurt “the poor”. No difference. In both cases, the welfare of either is irrelevant and not in the least a concern of Hamas or the Obama Party; the point is using them as a means to force the enemy to hamstring itself.
“He’s also 66. The socially repressive effects on a generation of gay men who weren’t allowed to live out is going to produce more demented guys like Brinkin”
The simple fact that you play the victimhood card here is telling.
Also heterosexual man could have experienced sexual repression in their life but i’ve never heard anybody bringing up such a thing…
Susan, If you’ve never heard anybody bringing up such a thing … (the sentence finishes itself).
Not really.
Susan is used to the heterosexual world, in which someone claiming that society forced them to have sex with children would be met with nothing but derision.
She hasn’t yet realized that the gay and lesbian community is capable of rationalizing and blame-shifting on an epic scale, and that it is not only acceptable, but actually encouraged, for gays and lesbians to blame their problems on “society” and insist that the problem is not their choice, but that “society” doesn’t accept their choice.
Dan Savage is a far left liberal, and therefore is perfect and should never be questioned. How dare Dan ever scold such a God-like man, who in his infinite wisdom, tells it like it is. Liberalism is never ever ever wrong, and conservatives are always, always racists, sexists, homophobes, bigots, fascists, ageists. Did I leave out any other ism?
Speaking of, how’s that government run health care (and everything else) working out for them?
“This great country” was not used facetiously, but earnestly. It illustrated, like anything in life, with the good, comes the bad.
ND30 >> Here is link, there is a link, everywhere a link, link. Gay blogs are reporting on the arrest. He hasn’t been tried yet. What else would you like them to do at this point? (Check out the comment in the last link where a lib cries about being held to higher standards … sounds familiar)
From earlier:
Also, if you lock a kid in a closet throughout his childhood, what are the chances of him being as well-adjusted as the average kid.
And, you forgot to mention, well-founded.
TGC points out that even with the blood of Native Americans on the hands of our forefathers, the choice was worth it. As I’m removed from the late 1500/1600s, I have to agree. Despite my reservations, we as Americans have it pretty good, as goes yesterday’s reminder.
And, at least, in their early days, the HRC did a lot of great work, despite the arrest of Larry Brinkin. Brinkin’s arrest doesn’t nullify their contributions any more than destroying a nature-spirit-based culture negates the merits of American society.
And, to go back to my earlier point, I would like to hear Az Mo (or Susan for that matter) argue otherwise.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiight.
P.S. I am a native American (that is, native-born). I also that Elizabeth Warren is a native American- although she claimed it more in the racial sense, a lily-white woman claiming Cherokee racial heritage. But my point is: There would be at least 2 of us “native Americans”, right there, who were NOT wiped out. Possibly more of us… as many as a several hundred million in total, I think.
Typo, “I also -hear- that Elizabeth Warren…”
P.P.S. If historical bloodshed is going to be brought up (and there’s no reason it should be… what an incredible diversion from what should be the topic, namely Dan Savage’s asshole-ry, and HRC’s hypocrisy… but I’m happy to ‘play along’): Indians have quite a bit of European settler blood on their hands. King Philip’s War, anybody?
That’s a good point, ILC. And, I’d even argue that some of those spiritually-based values of Native American culture have carried on in society in general.
Now, it’s not my job to convince you that I was not being facetious when I wrote “this great country.” And, considering how you’ve felt burned by me in the past, I don’t expect anything less than your skepticism. And, if this were five or ten years ago, or maybe even just a year ago, I’d venture to say I wouldn’t be caught dead using that phrase (or at least saying and meaning it wholeheartedly). But, for all intents and purposes, yes, I was being sincere when I used that term. While I still struggle with reconciling capitalism with reality (I’m being honest here), I do think this is a great country, or, at the very least, or started out to be one, but, most of all, strives to be the best it can.
No guilt by association there.
People have been killing people for land since people came into existence. Stop feeling guilty for something that happened over a hundred years and you had absolutely nothing to do with, idiots (that refers to anyone who actually feels bad about something that happened over a hundred years ago and they had nothing to do with).
Queerty direct quote: “We really want to believe this is the work of right-wing takedown artists, but it doesn’t look good.”
Towleroad’s comments consist of, “Buh-buh-buh-buh SANDUSKY MEANS HETEROS ARE ALL CHILD RAPISTS!”
JoeMyGod? “Buh-buh-buh SANDUSKY MEANS HETEROS ARE ALL CHILD RAPISTS!”
So in other words, all you did, Snatchy, was to point out how the gay and lesbian community shrieks that one person doesn’t represent the whole……by shrieking that one person does represent the whole.
You couldn’t have done a better job of pointing out what a bunch of hypocritical lying bigots gays and lesbians like yourself are. (golf clap)
And unless you can prove that Brinkin was locked in a closet throughout his entire childhood, your point is completely irrelevant.
But since you screamed and cried that sexual repression is to blame, perhaps you could explain how one of the most out and promiscuous gays in San Francisco was “sexually repressed”.
“Also, if you lock a kid in a closet throughout his childhood, what are the chances of him being as well-adjusted as the average kid.”
because a person’s brain revolves totally,100% of the time around sex and sexuality. And god forbid should he miss that, he is directly lead to the path of child molestation. Personal will bear no importance at all. Gay people are driven by their instincts and unlike hetero people they should get a well deserved pass…
I’m disappointed that the metaphor is lost on you and you’ve taken it so literally.
For manning defense his lawyers tried to build up such a crap ‘he is gay in a world that doesnt want him’… I dont remember the judges being impressed. I guess we should expect those sort of comments more and more in the future. I suggest a parallel legal system for gays because it is obvious you do not use the same standards
Re: wars.
I’m sure you can ask the Moundbuilders and the Hopewell how peaceful the Americas were prior to the Europeans arrival*.
I pointed out once that the difference between European colonization and previous migrations in the Americas is we left people alive.
*And various DNA tests and archeological studies on Atlantic tribes show connections to Europe prior to Columbus, or the Vikings for that matter.
Um… Never mind. Not going to bother. You pretty much think that all gays are pervs and deviants and child molesters anyway.
Take a lesson from the heterosexuals, Sonic.
In their world, someone claiming that society forced them to have sex with children, someone claiming that they were “framed” by a shadowy conspiracy out to get all heterosexuals, and someone equivocating that because gays do it, straights should too would be met with nothing but derision.
For some reason, they don’t worry that condemning the behavior of another heterosexual will make them bad heterosexuals or “self-loathing”.
As long as the gay and lesbian community wants to order its members what to think and tell them that they’re bad gays if they disobey, it can and should be held accountable for the behaviors of those it includes.
Three words… Penn… State… Sandusky.
No, four words…. Catholic… Priests…. Boston…… Cover-up.
or, maybe five words…. Catholic… Priests…. Los… Angeles…… Cover-up.
Yeah. The heterosexuals you so worship and who can do no wrong certainly did a bang-up job there, didn’t they sport. The only difference is that the heteros feign shock when each of the controversies broke into the news. Of course, it always ends up making them look even worse when it later comes to light that they knew all along, yet did nothing anyway.
But, again I ask – Why do you even care what the “gay community”, as it’s labeled, does or thinks? You’re not a part of it. I’m not a part of it. Who cares. If they want to make themselves look stupid, and write defenses for these characters, just as Penn State did and just as various members of the Church did… Well…. It’s a free country. They can do as they wish.