tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12708098.post2659553599860090265..comments2023-07-02T11:05:42.711-04:00Comments on Godless Liberal Homo: Carl Paladino Is Another Teabagger Bigotlibhomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537213558568338561noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12708098.post-72145305108964780832010-10-16T01:00:46.247-04:002010-10-16T01:00:46.247-04:00Don't you wonder about people like this who &q...Don't you wonder about people like this who "doth protest too much?" Might I mention Ted Haggard?<br /><br />This Tea Party homophobia seems to be just part of a huger bigotry against blacks, hispanics (& other aliens), women (especially "uppity" feminists), the godless (or anyone of any religion other than their own), gays, liberals, and anyone else who doesn't fit into their own narrow, conservative Christian mold. And, of course, they can justify anything from passages in the Bible.<br /><br />I heard an interview on NPR's Fresh Air (years ago) with Floyd Cochran, a former recruiter for the Neo-Nazi, Aryan Nation. He said that when he tried to recruit people, he didn't start out talking about race because by then, people didn't openly admit to being racists. He would start out by talking about homosexuality, because it was still "OK" to be anti-gay. After he had his recruits agreeing with him, then he would turn to racist talk. <br /><br />Cochran left the Aryan Nation in 1992 after being told that his son would have to be killed because his cleft palate made him a "genetic defect." He now speaks against hate groups, in an attempt to rectify his years of advocating the elimination of other races, ethnic groups and gays.<br /><br />Cochran says silence and apathy are the biggest allies for hate group recruitment. <br /><br />I don't doubt that Tea Partiers talk so much about homosexuality because it is still "OK" (in some circles) to be anti-gay. Then they can move on to all the other groups they hate. The possibility of having even one Tea Party member elected to public office scares me to no end.C Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13053858627632648020noreply@blogger.com