Media Matters has a question for wannabe Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty:
In light of Fischer’s history of outrageous rhetoric and penchant for pushing known falsehoods, I wonder what former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty was thinking when decided to appear on [Bryan] Fischer’s AFA radio show to promote his new book and announce his desire to reinstate “Don’t Ask , Don’t Tell” — a policy that 77 percent of Americans and 70 percent of white evangelicals supported repealing.
Media Matters points out, of course, that Bryan Fischer is the primary reason that the American Family Association is now listed as an SPLC-certified hate group, due to his history of bigoted statements about basically anyone who isn’t a white heterosexual Christian male, including his propagation of Scott Lively’s lies about the Nazis being a primarily homosexual movement.
If Tim Pawlenty wants to reach that ever shrinking segment of the American population which thrives on bigotry and ignorance, that’s his choice, but he should remember that an ever increasing percentage of the American population is repelled by that which is spewed forth on a daily basis by the likes of Bryan Fischer.
Here’s the interview if you want to see it:
“due to his history of bigoted statements about basically anyone who isn’t a white heterosexual Christian male,”
Including orcas and grizzly bears.
Like the new design.
I’m all for Tim Pawlenty going after the crazies. It will just marginalize him further down the road. Let them all fight to out “right” each other, and may the furthest rightwing nutjob win!
I wish progressives would resist the temptation to resort to percentages, to justify their position on a particular issue.
Galileo did not need the support of a majority of inquisitors to determine that the earth spins around the sun; we do not need a majority vote to work out that gay people are not a threat in the showers! Evidence is not determined by a popularity contest. Who the f**k cares what 77 percent of the people think? Evidence is all that matters.
Darwin: Actually its the conservatives who keep yapping about voting on the rights of GLBT people because they know the majority of the voters still will not support us on most issues. They frequently cite polls in their favor and whine that the people aren’t given a say when deciding on our civil rights.