Peter LaBabera runs an anti-gay hate group—officially designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center—and he follows me on Twitter. When Peter isn’t fantasizing aloud about my sex life, he’s accusing me of engaging in anti-Christian hate speech. (The Gospel According to Peter: Any gay person who refuses to stand perfectly still while religious bigots punch ’em in the face has committed an anti-Christian hate crime.) This morning I woke up to a tweet from Pete that accused me of “scrubbing” a video from YouTube. The video was apparently being discussed by some other Christian haters shortly before it disappeared from YouTube:
I discovered that a Savage video I had referenced in an earlier article has been removed also. That one was titled “How to Come Out to Your Evangelical Family.” Since multiple videos in which Savage discusses perverse sexual practices in obscene language remain on YouTube, it appears that the videos that have been removed are those in which Savage expresses virulent anti-Christian bigotry using language so hateful, he makes Reverend Fred Phelps look like a choir boy.
I searched for “How to Come Out to Your Evangelical Family” on YouTube and got a page that said “removed by user.”
Here’s the thing: I don’t run my own YouTube account. Hypomania Content, a production company based in Los Angeles, records, edits, and posts videos of my college appearances on YouTube. They also manage my YouTube account. I couldn’t remove a video from YouTube if I wanted to because I don’t have the password to “my” account on YouTube. So I emailed the kids at Hypomania this morning and asked if they had yanked “How to Come Out to Your Evangelical Family” from YouTube. And it turns out that they had.
“A number of videos were removed in the last 48 hours for quality control issues, not for content,” Brian Pines of Hypomania Content writes in an email. “Five of the six videos mentioned in the article are still up and the sixth has now been restored.”
So thanks to Peter my “hate” video “How to Come Out to Your Evangelical Family” is now back up on YouTube. Please note the video’s poor quality, which is the reason it was removed (the podium is in the light, I am not), and then see if you can detect hate speech, “virulent anti-Christian bigotry,” or “language so hateful” that I make “Reverend Fred Phelps look like a choir boy” in my advice to gay kids with evangelical Christian parents:
Dan Savage is a liar and anyone that actually believes his crap deserves what they get. Just look at the Mars Hill Church incident. Gay extremists so badly want to play the victim card but they use detestable tactics themselves. I understand the gay community is upset about religious zealots (especially Westboro Baptist Church) but that doesn’t mean that the gay community isn’t attempting to use political correctness and random acts of vandalism to bring attention to their cause. Gays hide behind hate crime just as much as Phelps hides behind religion. I won’t support Fred Phelps or Dan Savage on anything. I think the country would enjoy seeing a gladiator type of bout between these two knuckleheads. To the death.
Yes! Great idea! Tough fighting! Wouldn’t you like it more though if they greased up for battle and then wrestled… naked… in some mud?!?
Will you support Fred Savage?
It’s good to see hatred and threats of violence are alive and well and living in the comment section. I was worried this place was getting too fluffy and sentimental since I, Anon started siphoning off trolls.
I can’t support Fred Savage after that incident in Austin Powers. Ah hell. Fuck it. Go Fred Savage!!!!
Who threatened violence, Fruit Cup? Or are you just a typical lying sheep for the “cause”? lol
We all know how much Dan “let’s attack Iraq” Savage hates free speech.
If by lying sheep, you mean a member of the LGBT community. Then yes. I am. I fail to see how you’ve disproven my point.
Your failure lies not in how I’ve “disproven your point” but in your argument to begin with. I didn’t threaten any violence against anyone. I don’t care who think you are. You’re not special for being gay. I don’t hate you or anyone. I just enjoy calling gay people on their collective bullshit. That pile has risen high. Flies buzz around it. Sheep graze around it. In fact, I just took a giant, steamin’ Dan Savage and added to it. So when you see that the grass is greener, eat up sport! Pretend it’s wiener!
Does describing shit in extreme detail bring joy to your life? Asking for a friend.
“… [T]he gay community is[] attempting to use political correctness and random acts of vandalism to bring attention to their cause.”
Looney-Tunes.
good to see that trolling is alive and well on the Merc blogs
@12, I am, too. It was touch and go there for awhile.
Other places where crazy up there didn’t make any sense:
Acting like Dan Savage had anything to do with the Mars Hill vandalism
…Then acting like “political correctness” and “vandalism” were somehow equivalent
Also acting like “hate crime” is something one can “hide behind”
So anyway Badsteed, if you want to not be dismissed outright due to shit arguments, you gotta try a lot harder. Pretend it’s wiener.
I don’t know if I’m just recognizing it or it’s new, but false equivalence seems to be the new idiocy. Don’t know much about a subject? Blame both sides for the same sins! It’s intellectually lazy and shows how much of a moron you are. Just because Fred Phelps or Peter LaBarbara are hate-filled extremists, does not make Dan Savage one.
“…something, something because of gays… suck a dick!”
Wow, this whole time I assumed Fruit Cup was a guy that liked sweaters and shitty weather. The more you know, and that.
I enjoy both sweaters and shitty weather! Those are actually two of my favorite things…
Yes, but do you enjoy shitty sweaters?
14: You have serious comprehensions issues. Probably a learning disability. Poor guy.
15: “False equivalence” my ass. Dan Savage is a liar. So is Sam Adams. Most gay people lie. Why is that? Because the ultimately know their lifestyle is wrong.
16: Quit braggin’. But you’re alright. Just form an opinion and carry on with your bad self.
17: Probably true.
18: Yep.
19: Fruit cup is probably into sweaty shitters. Just a guess here.
OH SHIT HE GOT THE LAST WORD ON ALL OF US!
And he adds another one:
Thing that isn’t true somehow “proving” other thing that also isn’t true. (“Most gay people lie…Because the[y] ultimately know their lifestyle is wrong.”) I believe this is the ‘bread into stones’ logical fallacy, and it’s a classic.
So, I’m pretty sure it’s not me with the “comprehensions” issues there. I’m saying you can’t make a coherent argument to save your life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN2U5wkhRWc
@22 rich bachelor: I say comprehensions as a joke because someone else wrote that in a post. I’m comprehensions just dandy. Now, since you’ve stepped up to the plate, allow me to type directly to you. Using the trendy term “fallacy” doesn’t make you look intelligent. You haven’t refuted any of my wild claims. I DID, however, make a very coherent argument. Just because you would rather ignore a side on an issue doesn’t mean other people should or will. Dan Savage is a liar and he gives terrible advice to people.
Also, if my comments about gay people being liars isn’t true, why the term “in the closet”? The “closet” represents living a life of lies. That is something you can’t deny. Dan Savage is a proven liar. So is Sam Adams. It is a disturbing trend and these so-called liberal leaders have no business dispensing any advice or leading any sort of public office considering that public trust is of utmost importance for both. They are extremists that have ruined society lately and I’m just calling them out on it. You don’t like it? Aw, man. I’m sooooo sorry. I’m sorry that I offended your delicate sensibilities. I don’t expect you to like what I have to say but I have a right to state my opinion. Educate yourself on both sides of an issue and please offer an opinion instead of a toothless attack that only makes you look like an irrelevant sheep. I stand behind my statements and I will make it a point to educate people further on issues that interest me. The gay lifestyle is dangerous and gay people lie and mislead people enough to warrant my clarification. You’re welcome.
@23: I have zero ambition to click on any link that you have to offer. Not because I’m lazy. I’m just not interested in anything you have to say or post because you are not intellectually stimulating in the least.
I knew I could get three paragraphs if I fed you long enough.
“Fallacy” is a word, not a “trendy term.” People use it when confronted with crap arguments and poor reasoning.
I haven’t refuted any of your wild claims because they pretty much refute themselves.
Just saying that you made a coherent argument isn’t the same as making a coherent argument.
Sam Adams is indeed a proven liar. I’m pretty sure he’s not a liar because he’s gay, though. Savage? I’d need an example.
“They are extremists that have ruined society lately” is a hilariously bad sentence.
Acting like my fucking feelings are hurt is a silly dodge. I like to ridicule people who make spurious claims in public, that’s all.
At no point did anyone claim you don’t have the right to state your opinions, whiner.
People do have the right -however- to call you on them.
Trying to tell me what to do isn’t going to get you very far, nor is calling anyone “an irrelevant sheep.”
I love that you think you’re “educating people.”
And finally, an actual statement: “the gay lifestyle is dangerous.” Okay. How so? “Educate” me.
Nice. thebadsteed just got “rich bachelor” tramp stamped on his lower back.
Thank you, Cup. If he’s gonna keep pitching the slow ones, I’m gonna feel obligated to hit ’em. Until I get off the computer, of course. I’ve got a life to go live.
I’m starting to miss luckybulldog13
Aw. You two are soooo cute. I don’t need a tramp stamp but I’m sure Fruit Cup is up for “Rich’s Bitch” on his lower back.
Gay men are 50 times more likely to spread AIDS than heterosexual men. That is what they call a dangerous lifestyle. That is what I meant. Don’t be lazy, Rich. Look up the CDC report yourself. Fruit Cup is your bitch, not me. Second, do your own research on Dan Savage. This goes back to you being lazy. The only help I’m willing to offer you is for you to google “Dan Savage liar” and see what comes up. Other than that, you really don’t have anything of much value to say, do you? I have made my points and there are many people who agree with me. The Merc is generally a liberal rag so I’m sure you feel like a stud because Fruit Cup and all the other Fruit Cups out there seem to agree with you. That’s great. I still think you’re a sheep but what the hell do you care, right? So go on with your bad self and rock out with your cock out. Just be careful of Fruit Cup, unless you’re into that kinda thang.
I’m glad I could help you provide Blogtown readers with a cohesive picture of what homophobia looks like in 2012. I take solace in that, like fear of communism, racism and overt sexism, the narrow window for your belief system being accepted in society is closing. You are on the losing side of history, and I have nothing but remorse for you. Hatred is no less than a cancer of intellect, creativity and love.
This is the last thing I will say to you. Good luck in life and in your future career as a Blogtown troll.
Please stop this, I can’t stop myself from coming back to this post to see what this idiot has to say next. Phrases such as “is your bitch” “rock out with your cock out” and the word “thang” should indicate the caliber of brain you are dealing with.
I hope I didn’t make you cry, Fruit Cup. I don’t hate you. I have a profound disdain for liars and people who try too hard to be a victim. I want peace in this world but liars like Sam Adams and Dan Savage only perpetuate division. I’m merely calling them and all their supporters out for it.
@32: How is that for creative writing? Just because I don’t fit in your boring little liberal mold doesn’t mean I’m wrong on this issue. You can tell I’m educated yet you attempt to denigrate me because you disagree with me. Well, I’m not alone in saying I’m sick of liars and those who support them. So if I’m getting under your skin then I’m getting through to people like you on some level. Liberals like you better understand that the media is a very good tool to learn both sides of issues and I’m stating my side. I think your comments are extremely lazy and typical of liberals today. You can’t argue the basis of my claims. Instead you want to attack those that don’t believe as you do. You don’t have a leg to stand on. Call me names all you want. I’m right and deep down beneath that bullshit facade you know it. Don’t be afraid to take a stand even if the subject is controversial and your opinion might be unpopular. I may not agree with you but I will respect your right to say it to anyone who will listen. In the end, compromise is all that matters. That won’t happen when you follow dividers like a good little sheep. Then all you have is just like your previous comment. Nothing of value. Just nothing.
Wow, looking a this guy’s comment history, he sure does pipe up vociferously when it comes to gay themes. I wonder why someone would be so animated by the topic of homosexuality. Hm….
Nope, can’t imagine!
You can’t imagine, 34, because you have no imagination. It really shows in your post.
@35- I think what The Beans is alluding to is that you are a self-hating queer. Christ, even your avatar is making jazz-hands.
@36: Quit projecting your lifestyle onto others. Christ, even your avatar is lazy and unoriginal.
I’ll bet this guy has all kinds of hangups. I mean Jesus, what the fuck is going on with his comment history. It’s amazing, the sheer amount of vitriol and defensiveness that spews forth at every corner of the world. I mean just fucking hang yourself and leave us alone if you hate everything so much, dummy.