And Dan Savage calls himself an advocate for anti-bullying?
Sex advice columnist Savage started the "It Gets Better Project" as a way to “inspire
hope for young people facing harassment.”
The website asks people to honor this pledge: “I'll speak up against hate and
intolerance whenever I see it.”
But
while speaking to students recently, Savage denigrated Christians, the
Family Research Council, and Tony Perkins. Savage’s hate speech included a joke that the Catholic
Church was not anti-gay, rather it was run by gays.
In a presentation at Winona State University in Minnesota, Savage went on another vulgarity-laden tirade in front of students this time saying that "every dead gay kid is a victory for the Family Research Council" and that "Tony Perkins sits on a pile of dead gay kids every day when he goes to work."
Hey Savage, when does It Get Better for young people facing harassment for their religious beliefs?
You're not harassed for your religious beliefs and you cheapen the suffering of LGBT kids every time you claim to have been harassed. LGBT kids have been physically bullied. things like being tortured and tied to a fencepost until you die (Matthew Shepard), shot to death while attending school (Lawrence King), shot to death for being transgender (Moses King), committing suicide by hanging due to repeated bullying and taunting (Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover), shot to death and burned while standing military guard (Seaman August Provost), stabbed to death after serving in the Vietnam War (James Zappalorti) – every single one of these attacks because of the victim’s sexuality
ReplyDeleteSo tell me, Fran, when was the last time you were tied to a fencepost because you were Christian? Shot at? Burned? Or any young Christian you know?
You conflate harassment with torture and murder. I oppose them all, but there is a huge difference between harassment and murder. When Dan Savage ridicules the beliefs of young people, that's certainly not physical torture, but does it show open mindedness or foster tolerance? Does it lead to a more civil and educated conversation? Or is it rather a deliberate put down from someone who considers himself an anti-bullying spokesman?
DeleteI am sorry if you or people you know and love have been harassed, shot at, or burned for any reason, whether religious or sexual.