my grand-daddy had a gate that swung like that. (this is an old southern axiom for that SASHAY!)
Alonzo
July 4, 2011 at 4:50 pm -
@Priya Lynn why don’t you take your advice to me and do the same and stop claiming, suggesting or imply that he’s gay.
James
July 4, 2011 at 5:43 pm -
Turd Blosson un-did Ann Richard’s re-election bid by asking Texas voters IF she MIGHT be a lesbian? Michelle Bachmann has to overcome VIDEO of her husband, Marcus, who comes off like “a butterfly in heat.”
Don’t get me wrong. I think Michele Bachmann is a moron, and what her husband does for a living is disgusting but I worked in gay rights organizations for years and have pretty good ‘gaydar’. From that video alone, he doesn’t look any more gay than most American men.
Besides, who cares if he is. She still won’t win the election. We’ll just have to hear her and idiots like Sarah Palin blathering on for another year. THAT’S what annoys me the most.
Wayne Besen
July 4, 2011 at 9:51 pm -
Reeves, your gaydar is obviously faulty or broken. It needs to be fine tuned. Think there might just be a reason everyone is talking about this?
[...] even before Michele declared she’s running for president, notes Gawker. Truth Wins Out posted a video of the mister last year, adding its own snide: “No comment necessary.” So does Marcus [...]
bc3
July 5, 2011 at 5:00 pm -
“…you can’t hold a candle to Bachmann or her husband…”
No need to hold a candle next to Bachmann– he’s flaming already.
The sound you just heard was my gaydar going off the charts.
To quote a friend of mine: “Two, Four, Six, Eight; How Do You Know Your Husband’s Straight?”
roflol :X
clyatonbigsby
July 6, 2011 at 10:08 pm -
My Gaydar is strong.
He’s gay.
Since he lives his life to fight against gay people that just confirms what my Gaydar has already told me.
It’s not that he’s gay. It’s that he fights against his own gayness. He hates himself.
It’s really sad.
It’s the same thing when a woman, African American or any minority becomes a republican.
How could you join a party that supports everything that is against your own self.
Women. Republicans stopped a bill that would have made it illegal to pay a woman less than a man for the same job.
What woman would ever be a republican.
We already know how they fell about Blacks, Latinos and gays.
Srlsy NotGay
July 7, 2011 at 10:52 pm -
Clang ,clang, clang went the trolley! Ding, ding, ding went the bell! Zing, zing , zing went my heartstrings!
Srlsy NotGay
July 7, 2011 at 10:53 pm -
WOW! just wow
PorchDog
July 8, 2011 at 12:41 am -
Hey Mucus! What are you a fuggin’ homo or something?
The Santoruminator
July 8, 2011 at 1:25 am -
WOW! I’m a gay republican, openly gay and in leadership. Hehehehe, Marcus Bachmann you make ME look good!!
Yeah, he definitely knows Dorothy….hahahahaaaa and probably sister Lindsay too. I’m glad I was out and honest about myself with the right-wing busy-bodies and didn’t turn into a Marcus, Larry, or a Lindsay.
Thanks for the vid…priceless. I’m still cracking up ;)
Mark
July 8, 2011 at 2:38 am -
This is the Left’s version of freedom, equality, and my personal favorite… “TOLERANCE.” Notice how quickly its members abandon those stated convictions when it’s convenient to have a laugh or build themselves up, all at others’ expense.
So, who’s the intolerant one now?
String
July 8, 2011 at 5:16 am -
Looks like we have more than a few homophobes here.
Richard Rush
July 8, 2011 at 9:47 am -
Mark said, “So, who’s the intolerant one now?”
You are – for crying “that’s not tolerant” when targeted people have the audacity to fight back against society’s bigoted bullies.
Edward Harper
July 8, 2011 at 10:48 am -
I really don’t get the strawmen arguments being made here. LGBT activists have fought for the right to marry and other equal rights as citizens, against bullying people for who they are and against quack “science” to convince people they can change their natures. When did any LGBT group demand we stop rolling our eyes at those society would call “flaming?”
Priya Lynn
July 8, 2011 at 11:32 am -
Alonzo said “@Priya Lynn why don’t you take your advice to me and do the same and stop claiming, suggesting or imply that he’s gay.”.
Because I don’t subscribe to your belief that one’s mannerisms and demeanor isn’t evidence of one’s sexual orientation.
Alonzo
July 8, 2011 at 11:39 am -
Priya your way of thinking is one of the many reasons teens are bullied everyday.
Edward Harper
July 8, 2011 at 12:03 pm -
Alonzo, teens are bullied because of the garbage this man spews. This creature, whatever he is, is an adult, not an immature, vulnerable adolescent. Comparing laughing at a grown fool to children bullying each other is ridiculous.
Priya Lynn
July 8, 2011 at 12:17 pm -
Alonzo said “Priya your way of thinking is one of the many reasons teens are bullied everyday.”.
Nonsense. No one is bullied because someone thinks they are a particular sexual orientation, they are bullied because some people think its wrong, or shameful to be of a particular sexual orientation.
Alonzo
July 8, 2011 at 12:39 pm -
Priya – Are you suggesting no one has ever been bullied simply because of their perceived sexual orientation?
Alonzo
July 8, 2011 at 12:46 pm -
@Edward – Let it be known that I have expressed over and over that what Marcus Bachmann does for a living is repugnant and harmful and he should be called to task for it. However friend or foe I find no pleasure in making assumptions about someone perceived or real sexual orientation.
Alonzo: You’re missing what Priya’s saying…she’s saying that they’re not doing the bullying simply because they’re different, they’re being bullied because that difference is seen as (and has been taught to be seen as) wrong by those doing the bullying. If it wasn’t seen as “wrong” to be or look a certain way, it’s doubtful that the bullying would commence…
Priya Lynn
July 8, 2011 at 1:01 pm -
Alonzo said “Priya – Are you suggesting no one has ever been bullied simply because of their perceived sexual orientation?”.
Yes – read what Cody said and read what I said again. If one does not believe gayness to be a justification for abuse one never bullies. Its the belief that its wrong that causes the bullying, not the mere belief that someone is gay.
Alonzo
July 8, 2011 at 1:05 pm -
Cody I do understand that but that wasn’t my point. My point is there are people who are in fact bullied because of the perception of their difference regardless if that perception is true or not.
Alonzo
July 8, 2011 at 1:15 pm -
My apologies, I set up a needless straw-man argument. My original point is call Marcus out on his hypocrisy and the harm that his “therapy” causes people but to label him gay without evidence that isn’t based on a stereotype of gay men is stupid and childish.
The fact is because we don’t like the guy it’s suppose to be okay to make fun of him – I just don’t get that kind of mentality.
Priya Lynn
July 8, 2011 at 1:21 pm -
I didn’t make fun of him Alonzo. I remind you that at least one study has shown that people can pick out a gay man by the sound of his voice more often than would be expected by chance. Also, the stereotype exists for a reason – many gay men fit that stereotype. In fact I would say there is no such thing as an effeminate man who is 100% heterosexual.
Alonzo
July 8, 2011 at 1:32 pm -
@Priya I never accused you of making fun of him.
“In fact I would say there is no such thing as an effeminate man who is 100% heterosexual.”
How can you make such a blanket statement without any evidence aside from one study to back up such a claim?
Priya Lynn
July 8, 2011 at 2:02 pm -
Based on personal experience, you can take it for what its worth.
Priya Lynn
July 8, 2011 at 2:03 pm -
Alonzo, everyone has beliefs for which they don’t have absolute proof.
Alonzo
July 8, 2011 at 2:19 pm -
“Everyone has beliefs for which they don’t have absolute proof.”
Doesn’t make them right.
Priya Lynn
July 8, 2011 at 2:24 pm -
Doesn’t make them wrong either.
Alonzo
July 8, 2011 at 2:55 pm -
“Doesn’t make them wrong either”
If you actually believe that you wouldn’t have made the statements you’ve made on the subject of Marcus Bachmann perceived sexuality.
Priya Lynn
July 8, 2011 at 2:57 pm -
Of course I would have. You’re not making any sense Alonzo.
Alonzo
July 8, 2011 at 3:11 pm -
I don’t need to justify myself to someone who believes it’s okay to make judgments about a person based on stereotypes.
Priya Lynn
July 8, 2011 at 3:16 pm -
I never said you did although it would be nice and considered courteous if you’d make sense.
What I said is that there is some evidence that he is gay although admittedly not a lot of it. That’s a fact.
Alonzo
July 8, 2011 at 3:22 pm -
How do you know he’s gay? He could be bi-sexual, he could be an effeminate heterosexual man there is no evidence whatsoever except that he possesses mannerisms of a stereotypical effeminate man.
Priya Lynn
July 8, 2011 at 3:25 pm -
I never said he was gay, I said there was some evidence that he is. There’s a difference between saying there is evidence of something and saying that something has been proven. I agree that its possible that he is not gay but that there is evidence to the contrary.
I think there’s a high probability that he’s bisexual but don’t confuse my belief in a possibility with me believing its a certainty.
Priya Lynn
July 8, 2011 at 3:27 pm -
And as I’ve pointed out to you repeatedly there is evidence he’s gay despite your repeated unsupported assertion that “there is no evidence whatsoever”.
Alonzo
July 8, 2011 at 3:33 pm -
The only edvidence you offered was the mention of a study (which you supplied no link to) as a means to back up your baseless claim.
Priya Lynn
July 8, 2011 at 3:35 pm -
Normally when I come across such a study I paste a link to it and the text in a Wordpad document. Unfortunately I did not do that in this case. I tried to do a search for it but my computer has a bug and the searchs keep taking me to an MSDN error site or some shopping site.
You’re free to take my word for it that it exists or believe I’m lying, whatever strikes your fancy, frankly I no longer give a damn what you think.
Alonzo
July 8, 2011 at 3:43 pm -
Priya who’s not being nice and courteous now…
Richard Rush
July 8, 2011 at 4:24 pm -
Priya, could this be the study you were thinking about:
Cognitive psychologists from Ohio State University have completed a study that suggests people’s sexual orientation can be determined by the way in which they form vowels when they speak, reports Health Day. The study findings, which will be presented May 23 [2011] at the Acoustical Society of America meeting in Seattle, indicate that a majority of test subjects could identify which speakers were homosexual based on sound samples via telephone alone. . . .
Priya Lynn
July 8, 2011 at 4:39 pm -
That might be the one Richard, I’m not sure, perhaps there’s more than one such study.
Alonzo
July 8, 2011 at 5:07 pm -
I actual knew of the study when Priya first mentioned it –I just choose to ignore it as I believe it’s immaterial to Marcus Bachmann and it reinforces stereotypes.
Wayne Besen
July 8, 2011 at 5:28 pm -
Alonzo:
Marcus appears sterotypically gay, even though he and his wife have built a career on homophobia. I’m sorry, but we are not going to burry our heads in the sand and not state what we and others plainly see because of your discomfort with the reality of the situation.
What we have observed is real. We are obligated to report it and offer our opinions on this matter. What you essentially want is for everyone to either lie our muzzle their thoughts. It ain’t gonna happen.
Alonzo
July 8, 2011 at 5:42 pm -
Wayne I have said over and over call him out on his hypocrisy, call him and his wife out on their heterosexism and the harm that Marcus Bachmann “therapy” causes people. What I don’t see is what is to gain by reinforcing stereotypes.
Well, see that you don’t.
my grand-daddy had a gate that swung like that. (this is an old southern axiom for that SASHAY!)
@Priya Lynn why don’t you take your advice to me and do the same and stop claiming, suggesting or imply that he’s gay.
Turd Blosson un-did Ann Richard’s re-election bid by asking Texas voters IF she MIGHT be a lesbian? Michelle Bachmann has to overcome VIDEO of her husband, Marcus, who comes off like “a butterfly in heat.”
Doesn’t look gay to me. Sorry. And I can’t stand Michele Bachmann, but she has a guy husband? I’d want more proof than a really badly filmed video.
Wow, this is mean-spirited.
Don’t get me wrong. I think Michele Bachmann is a moron, and what her husband does for a living is disgusting but I worked in gay rights organizations for years and have pretty good ‘gaydar’. From that video alone, he doesn’t look any more gay than most American men.
Besides, who cares if he is. She still won’t win the election. We’ll just have to hear her and idiots like Sarah Palin blathering on for another year. THAT’S what annoys me the most.
Reeves, your gaydar is obviously faulty or broken. It needs to be fine tuned. Think there might just be a reason everyone is talking about this?
Hmmmmm
[...] even before Michele declared she’s running for president, notes Gawker. Truth Wins Out posted a video of the mister last year, adding its own snide: “No comment necessary.” So does Marcus [...]
“…you can’t hold a candle to Bachmann or her husband…”
No need to hold a candle next to Bachmann– he’s flaming already.
DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING!!!!!!
The sound you just heard was my gaydar going off the charts.
To quote a friend of mine: “Two, Four, Six, Eight; How Do You Know Your Husband’s Straight?”
roflol :X
My Gaydar is strong.
He’s gay.
Since he lives his life to fight against gay people that just confirms what my Gaydar has already told me.
It’s not that he’s gay. It’s that he fights against his own gayness. He hates himself.
It’s really sad.
It’s the same thing when a woman, African American or any minority becomes a republican.
How could you join a party that supports everything that is against your own self.
Women. Republicans stopped a bill that would have made it illegal to pay a woman less than a man for the same job.
What woman would ever be a republican.
We already know how they fell about Blacks, Latinos and gays.
Clang ,clang, clang went the trolley! Ding, ding, ding went the bell! Zing, zing , zing went my heartstrings!
WOW! just wow
Hey Mucus! What are you a fuggin’ homo or something?
WOW! I’m a gay republican, openly gay and in leadership. Hehehehe, Marcus Bachmann you make ME look good!!
Yeah, he definitely knows Dorothy….hahahahaaaa and probably sister Lindsay too. I’m glad I was out and honest about myself with the right-wing busy-bodies and didn’t turn into a Marcus, Larry, or a Lindsay.
Thanks for the vid…priceless. I’m still cracking up ;)
This is the Left’s version of freedom, equality, and my personal favorite… “TOLERANCE.” Notice how quickly its members abandon those stated convictions when it’s convenient to have a laugh or build themselves up, all at others’ expense.
So, who’s the intolerant one now?
Looks like we have more than a few homophobes here.
Mark said, “So, who’s the intolerant one now?”
You are – for crying “that’s not tolerant” when targeted people have the audacity to fight back against society’s bigoted bullies.
I really don’t get the strawmen arguments being made here. LGBT activists have fought for the right to marry and other equal rights as citizens, against bullying people for who they are and against quack “science” to convince people they can change their natures. When did any LGBT group demand we stop rolling our eyes at those society would call “flaming?”
Alonzo said “@Priya Lynn why don’t you take your advice to me and do the same and stop claiming, suggesting or imply that he’s gay.”.
Because I don’t subscribe to your belief that one’s mannerisms and demeanor isn’t evidence of one’s sexual orientation.
Priya your way of thinking is one of the many reasons teens are bullied everyday.
Alonzo, teens are bullied because of the garbage this man spews. This creature, whatever he is, is an adult, not an immature, vulnerable adolescent. Comparing laughing at a grown fool to children bullying each other is ridiculous.
Alonzo said “Priya your way of thinking is one of the many reasons teens are bullied everyday.”.
Nonsense. No one is bullied because someone thinks they are a particular sexual orientation, they are bullied because some people think its wrong, or shameful to be of a particular sexual orientation.
Priya – Are you suggesting no one has ever been bullied simply because of their perceived sexual orientation?
@Edward – Let it be known that I have expressed over and over that what Marcus Bachmann does for a living is repugnant and harmful and he should be called to task for it. However friend or foe I find no pleasure in making assumptions about someone perceived or real sexual orientation.
Alonzo: You’re missing what Priya’s saying…she’s saying that they’re not doing the bullying simply because they’re different, they’re being bullied because that difference is seen as (and has been taught to be seen as) wrong by those doing the bullying. If it wasn’t seen as “wrong” to be or look a certain way, it’s doubtful that the bullying would commence…
Alonzo said “Priya – Are you suggesting no one has ever been bullied simply because of their perceived sexual orientation?”.
Yes – read what Cody said and read what I said again. If one does not believe gayness to be a justification for abuse one never bullies. Its the belief that its wrong that causes the bullying, not the mere belief that someone is gay.
Cody I do understand that but that wasn’t my point. My point is there are people who are in fact bullied because of the perception of their difference regardless if that perception is true or not.
My apologies, I set up a needless straw-man argument. My original point is call Marcus out on his hypocrisy and the harm that his “therapy” causes people but to label him gay without evidence that isn’t based on a stereotype of gay men is stupid and childish.
The fact is because we don’t like the guy it’s suppose to be okay to make fun of him – I just don’t get that kind of mentality.
I didn’t make fun of him Alonzo. I remind you that at least one study has shown that people can pick out a gay man by the sound of his voice more often than would be expected by chance. Also, the stereotype exists for a reason – many gay men fit that stereotype. In fact I would say there is no such thing as an effeminate man who is 100% heterosexual.
@Priya I never accused you of making fun of him.
“In fact I would say there is no such thing as an effeminate man who is 100% heterosexual.”
How can you make such a blanket statement without any evidence aside from one study to back up such a claim?
Based on personal experience, you can take it for what its worth.
Alonzo, everyone has beliefs for which they don’t have absolute proof.
“Everyone has beliefs for which they don’t have absolute proof.”
Doesn’t make them right.
Doesn’t make them wrong either.
“Doesn’t make them wrong either”
If you actually believe that you wouldn’t have made the statements you’ve made on the subject of Marcus Bachmann perceived sexuality.
Of course I would have. You’re not making any sense Alonzo.
I don’t need to justify myself to someone who believes it’s okay to make judgments about a person based on stereotypes.
I never said you did although it would be nice and considered courteous if you’d make sense.
What I said is that there is some evidence that he is gay although admittedly not a lot of it. That’s a fact.
How do you know he’s gay? He could be bi-sexual, he could be an effeminate heterosexual man there is no evidence whatsoever except that he possesses mannerisms of a stereotypical effeminate man.
I never said he was gay, I said there was some evidence that he is. There’s a difference between saying there is evidence of something and saying that something has been proven. I agree that its possible that he is not gay but that there is evidence to the contrary.
I think there’s a high probability that he’s bisexual but don’t confuse my belief in a possibility with me believing its a certainty.
And as I’ve pointed out to you repeatedly there is evidence he’s gay despite your repeated unsupported assertion that “there is no evidence whatsoever”.
The only edvidence you offered was the mention of a study (which you supplied no link to) as a means to back up your baseless claim.
Normally when I come across such a study I paste a link to it and the text in a Wordpad document. Unfortunately I did not do that in this case. I tried to do a search for it but my computer has a bug and the searchs keep taking me to an MSDN error site or some shopping site.
You’re free to take my word for it that it exists or believe I’m lying, whatever strikes your fancy, frankly I no longer give a damn what you think.
Priya who’s not being nice and courteous now…
Priya, could this be the study you were thinking about:
http://www.newsytype.com/6716-gaydar-vowel-sounds-study/
That might be the one Richard, I’m not sure, perhaps there’s more than one such study.
I actual knew of the study when Priya first mentioned it –I just choose to ignore it as I believe it’s immaterial to Marcus Bachmann and it reinforces stereotypes.
Alonzo:
Marcus appears sterotypically gay, even though he and his wife have built a career on homophobia. I’m sorry, but we are not going to burry our heads in the sand and not state what we and others plainly see because of your discomfort with the reality of the situation.
What we have observed is real. We are obligated to report it and offer our opinions on this matter. What you essentially want is for everyone to either lie our muzzle their thoughts. It ain’t gonna happen.
Wayne I have said over and over call him out on his hypocrisy, call him and his wife out on their heterosexism and the harm that Marcus Bachmann “therapy” causes people. What I don’t see is what is to gain by reinforcing stereotypes.