Monday, May 04, 2009

Please stop covering this guy

I can't decide if I never want to see "Joe the Plumber" again or if I'd like this bigoted half-wit to continue to be a "spokesman" for the Republican party.
Christianity Today: In the last month, same-sex marriage has become legal in Iowa and Vermont. What do you think about same-sex marriage at a state level?

Wurzelbacher: At a state level, it's up to them. I don't want it to be a federal thing. I personally still think it's wrong. People don't understand the dictionary--it's called queer. Queer means strange and unusual. It's not like a slur, like you would call a white person a honky or something like that. You know, God is pretty explicit in what we're supposed to do--what man and woman are for. Now, at the same time, we're supposed to love everybody and accept people, and preach against the sins. I've had some friends that are actually homosexual. And, I mean, they know where I stand, and they know that I wouldn't have them anywhere near my children. But at the same time, they're people, and they're going to do their thing. Link

Really? You've had "homosexual friends" and they're okay with you "not letting them anywhere near" your children? They're okay with you acting like they have leprosy? Wow, those must be some good imaginary friends you have there because in most places of reality, if someone is so uptight about you that they won't let you near their kids, they usually don't consider you a friend. Typically, they'd think you were a total asshole douchebag.

And can you believe he gets away with that kind of language? He has the sheer nerve to call a white person a honky? Wow, "Joe", you've opened a can of worms there. That type of slander just really angers me. I am literally angry with rage over being called a honky. Why isn't the FCC looking into this?

2 comments:

Eric Haas said...

Interesting that he considers “honky” a slur when applied to white people, but “queer” applied to homosexuals is just a descriptive adjective, and doesn’t even seem to realize he’s being blatantly inconsistent.

Marc said...

I understand the partisan attraction of having people like Joe the Plumber representing the GOP but, for the country's sake, I would rather have two rational, moderate parties so that I don't have to cringe in fear every time there is an election. I don't want one of the major parties to be nothing but a collection of nuts. But I guess that's not going to change anytime soon.