If you thought rightwingers hated homosexuals before......

[Harper_is_Bush]

this Foley thing will make them hate gays more than ever.

They don't consider this pedophilia, they consider it a gay issue.

[cynatnite]

1. They don't know the difference...

but, I do think you're right. They'll aim their frustrations at gays.

[MannyGoldstein]

2. Amazing, Isn't It?

The fact that the Rethug leadership knew that Foley was gay is just as bad to those folks as them knowing Foley was a pedophile.

I think this will swing the last group that can be swung away from the Rethugs.

[stepnw1f]

3. I Believe You are Correct

Their bigotry and homophobia has been effectively exposed as lunacy to the extreme. Who the hell could trust a bunch of over-reacting paranoid spazzes to keep them safe?

[Justyce]

4. Agree. They are totally missing the

point. It's irrelevant whether he was propositioning boys or girls.... he was propositioning KIDS. I have come to the conclusion that there's no point in trying to get them to open their eyes to anything though. They see/hear/believe what the voices in their head tell them apparently & there's no getting through to them....

[bowens43]

5. They know it's pedophilia

but they have to turn it it into a gay thing in order to defend it. That in itself is hilarious.

[Harper_is_Bush]

7. I find 16 year old girls sexually attractive. Am I a pedophile?

I have never, nor would I ever act upon it. Any hetro guy who says he has never looked lustfully at a 16 year old is a liar though.

I guess the definition hinges on whether you ACT on it.

[mac56]

11. That is entirely the difference.

We're hardwired to be attracted to attractive people.

When it moves from thought to action, though, that's where the troubles begin.

[mitchtv]

13. pedofilia is attraction to pre pubescent children

the word is being misused. Predator might help those who don't know what other nasty word to use. the appropriate term is something like Hebefilia or something. It is natural to be attracted to young adults(teens)until they start talking

[C_U_L8R]

6. that's my suspicion

that this whole thing is a reichwing frame-up to "blame the gays"
I turned on Scarborough and he was ranting about Gary Studds
and flipped over to Faux and they were ranting about Barney Frank

So I changed channels to Bob Woodward on CNN... ahhh much better

[NashVegas]

8. And We Should STOP Ignoring the Gay Issue

If Foley was at home in his own shoes, as a gay man, he wouldn't have likely been hitting on teenagers at the age of 50!


In another thread I started, I asked if I was alone in perceiving that the Repubs and the media were shying away from using the gay factor. You know why? Because they know if they play up the gay factor, they are fucked even more.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

9. Some do I'm sure

But in smallville where I live they are calling him an internet pedophile, and they're pissed off. At least that's what they're saying to me.

If we don't let it become a gay issue then it won't, we have more power then some realize.

[Harper_is_Bush]

12. It's going to be a gay issue to the repubs, regardless

but the pure facts are that the guy commited a crime when he solicited a minor, gay or not.

That truth will shine through.

[Old and In the Way]

10. Hmmm, maybe a few more closeted Republicans ought to be getting

nervous. They're comin' to getcha!

[mitchtv]

14. up to and including David Drier

He is , by most accounts Happily partnered, but who knows, he is , after all a gay conservative, so you know already there is something seriously wrong with him

[Harper_is_Bush]

15. And not his lawyer has said he's gay and mollested by a clergyman.

These announcements are entirely political.