Periodically some outrageous clip from Media Matters comes my way. I try to resist looking at them. Unless they are cushioned by the humor of The Daily Show or The Colbert Report, they just depress me. But every once in a while I can’t resist and I look at them. They are hilarious! That is until you realize these pundits are serious and people take them seriously.
Is he really serious? Someone who is a fan, tell me. Does he really think that families in which both spouses work they do so just to keep up with taxes and not the rising costs of gasoline, health care, groceries, education, utilities, bank fees and who knows what else? I’m single, so maybe I don’t understand at all. If your married and your spouse works, is it because of taxes? His final thought is that gay men are getting married for the same reason, the economics of it. If your gay, male and marred and reading this, is that why you’re married? If you can’t get married where you are but would like to, do you want to because you want to marry up?
I wonder why he thinks lesbians marry. I’m not sure what “feminazis” are, anyway. When does a feminist become a feminazi in his world? And if you’re a man who, like me, generally holds feminist views, are you a feminazi? IDIOT!
Then there’s this guy, Jim Quin, touting the benefits of AIDS:
Damn, I want a maid and free transportation! How come no one told me that? Is this guy really so stupid that he doesn’t understand the difference between a disease like tuberculosis that is airborne and a disease like AIDS which is difficult to transmit and requires an exchange of bodily fluids? What about the difference between a visa and a green card? Does he not get that either?
I believe the right to free speech is absolute, but guys like this certainly try my patience. He makes contracting AIDS seem like winning the lottery and issuing visas like election strategy. I can think of no liberal or left wing public figure that makes such reckless and irresponsible claims. Certainly none that is given a voice on the people’s airwaves and speaks with such impunity.