At least try not being a hack
Egalia notes some good news in that Fred Phelps and his merry band of zealots were essentially chased out of town. Good. However, she posts an annoying little graphic in the top right of the post that says:
Ban Republican Marriage! Hatred is Unnatural
The problem I have with this image is that it is irrelevant. Fred Phelps, after all, is a Democrat who campaigned for Al Gore. Now, I am not suggesting that his views represent the whole of the Democrat party (or even a small part of it). In fact, any sane person would oppose Phelps’ views on gays. Still, Egalia singles out Republicans. Why? I commented on it at her site and she replied:
I’ve heard that. Obviously he’s in the wrong party.
He’s such a nutcase that you have to wonder if someone isn’t paying him for his performances.
Seriously? I think being a nutcase transcends party lines. If they hate gays, they must be Republican. Must score cheap political points, even if we are wrong and must mislead.
Shameful.
September 1st, 2005 at 8:58 am
Yet another reason to abandon political parties. Any group with even the barest qualifications for membership would refuse Rev. Phelps, but there are no membership qualifications whatsoever for being a Democrat or a Republican. Obviously if someone whose life revolves around the idea that God hates fags calls himself a Democrat, the word means nothing, and particularly when you are talking about individuals, as opposed to professional politicians, it does mean nothing. I know a loyal Republican who wants government-enforced vegetarianism. wtf? Are there any labels more useless than “Democrat” and “Republican”?
September 1st, 2005 at 9:05 am
Good point. Also, politics is local. A republican in NYC is different from a republican in Maryville, TN.
Honestly, with respect to Ds and Rs, just pick the level of stupid you want to deal with.
September 27th, 2005 at 11:45 am
[…] When Egalia isn’t busy lying about the state of North Carolina giving women who apply for restraining orders guns or trying to associate nutjobs like Fred Phelps (a registered Democrat) with Republicans, she resorts to misleading quotes about one of Knoxville’s state reps. Egalia says that Rep. Stacey Campfield’s decidedly small and selective blogroll includes a link to Staghounds, a white supremacist blog which features these repulsively racist statements. As supposed proof that Staghounds is a white supremacist blog, she quotes them as saying: “Desperation? Yeah, right. I am beginning to believe that black people, no matter where in the world they are, are cursed with a genetic predisposition to steal, murder, and create mayhem.” […]
November 4th, 2005 at 11:10 am
[…] Egalia is usually a disingenuous, dishonest political hack. But even a broken clock is right twice a day (unless it’s a military clock). She was right once before, wrong a bunch, and now is right again on a Right To Privacy Amendment: Because the right to privacy is the basis of the Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) ruling, which found that married women are too allowed to use birth control, and since said ruling was used as precedent in Roe v. Wade, conservatives are forced to forever argue that American citizens do not, and should not, have a right to privacy. […]