Bigotry is alive and well

Back in 2002, I started this libertarian-oriented blog in what I naively thought might be a way to counter bigotry, especially anti-gay religious bigotry emanating from  social conservatives on the right.

I’ve gotten tired of blogging, but the election of religious bigot extraordinaire Roy Moore is enough to awaken me from the grave — at least to eke out another pointless blog post. Pointless because I have learned that blog posts do not matter. Nothing is changed by them. People think what they think and do what they do. People who agree will agree, and people who disagree will disagree. Unless that is a turn-on, there really isn’t any point to it. In this case though, I guess the “point” involves personal pride; if I didn’t say anything about the victory of Roy Moore, I’d be better off just shutting down the blog and devoting more of my energy to doing what I have been doing.

So I have to say that I am vehemently, bitterly, opposed to Roy Moore.

And I have to ask, just what the hell is wrong with this country, anyway?

The man will be elected, and he’ll be the most bigoted member of the senate.

The problem is that while I hate the right wing as never before, I still hate the left more.

It is utterly depressing. Beyond words.

While I am not a supporter of Trump (and never have been), I do think it is fair to say that to his credit, Trump didn’t support Moore.

But now he probably will.

In which case fuck them all. (As if a little thing like that matters…)


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5 responses to “Bigotry is alive and well”

  1. Bernie Avatar
    Bernie

    If you surmise that Judge Roy Moore will be the most bigoted member of the Senate, you haven’t been paying attention.

  2. Kathy Kinsley Avatar
    Kathy Kinsley

    Have to agree with Bernie.

  3. Zendo Deb Avatar

    One sad thing is that if the idiots in Washington hadn’t gotten involved and endorsed Strange, he could have won. (Polls were even until McConnell opened his mouth.)

    And that is because the it seems that everyone associated with the Republican Establishment® is incapable of doing anything that the country wants them to do. So they’ve become political Kryptonite.

    Just hold to your libertarian ideals. The country didn’t get into this mess overnight, and it will take a long time to get out of it.

  4. Simon Avatar

    He is a dominionist and into Christian Reconstruction.

    i.e. Turning America into a Christian theocracy.

    http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/09/mike-pence-gently-fights-old-christian-right-ally-roy-moore.html

  5. Eric Scheie Avatar

    The question of who is more bigoted can certainly be debated, but bigotry on the left does not excuse bigotry on the right, or vice versa. Moore thinks homosexuality should be a criminal offense. Communists think property should be a criminal offense. I’d rather live under a Moore regime than under Communism, but that is not my point here.