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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMichele Bachmann: ‘The gay community have so bullied the American people’
Still reeling from the demise of Arizonas right-to-discriminate bill, Michele Bachmann said last week that she is tired of gay people bullying her and the American people.
The Minnesota congresswoman told talk show host Lars Larson in an interview at CPAC that the gay community distorted the Arizona bill by making it about gay rights even though the bills sponsor himself said it was about same-sex marriage.
Theres nothing about gays in there, but the gay community decided to make this their measure, Bachmann said. And the thing that I think is getting a little tiresome is the gay community have so bullied the American people and they have so intimidated politicians that politicians fear them and they think they get to dictate the agenda everywhere. Well, not with the Constitution you dont.
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2014/03/michele-bachmann-the-gay-community-have-so-bullied-the-american-people/
I guess I'm just a mean old bastard!
P.S. Her picture not posted here purposefully.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)William769
(55,148 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)There's a joke there, I'll let everyone else proceed....
William769
(55,148 posts)But I promised to be nice this evening.
Dollface
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hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Mirt it is time now!
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Good riddance to another freepbag.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)She hates me so I always say hello but she went over a line with this post.
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Logical
(22,457 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)glinda
(14,807 posts)Archae
(46,359 posts)Charging umpty-thousand $$$ to right-wing nutso groups to spew her word salads, just like Sarah Palin is right now.
And she'll be at least a semi-regular on Faux "news."
Cha
(297,808 posts)her pic, William.. Thank you!
Don't know if you've seen this..
This is one writer who did post her pic but it's an excellent commentary on one michele bachmann. I have it on my FB page..
"Fuck Your Religious Beliefs, Sincerely An Open Letter to Michele Bachmann -"
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"There are very few words that can accurately describe just what malady you have made yourself on the United States of America. You are a symptom of a great illness that has always managed to make life insufferable for one group or another. Americans it seems have always had to grapple with a group among their ranks that just cant keep their God out of everybody elses lives, and while some have been able to play the role of theologian-cum-politician with at least some grace and an empathetic ear, you are simply the card-carrying bigot of your time; the female George Wallace, and Im sick and tired, madam, of having to genuflect to the First Amendment every time you let forth from your mouth hole with the kind of backwards, antiquated and just plain mean pabulum that you try to pass off as intellectual dialogue. So Im going to call upon my own First Amendment privileges now, and while I harbor no delusions that this letter will reach your dead eyes, nor that it will be comprehended in that vacuum that rests upon your neck, but I write this letter on behalf of everyone who is fed up with God, Jesus and the Holy Scripture being used both as a cudgel to bludgeon people with, and as a shield against any criticism, no matter how justified or earned. -
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The point Im trying to make is a simple one religious beliefs have never been, nor will they ever be an acceptable basis for hurting other people or infringing on their basic human rights. Religious beliefs that dont promote hurting a whole class or subset of people right on, no problem there. But oppressive policy is oppressive policy, and it doesnt matter whether you use God, Jesus, or Yoda to justify it. -
Much MORE..
http://www.politicalgarbagechute.com/fuck-your-religious-beliefs-sincerely-an-open-letter-to-michele-bachmann/
I posted on his site that it was excellent and thanked James Schlarmann and he wrote back.. "Thanks for reading, James".
William769
(55,148 posts)I love the closing.
Cha
(297,808 posts)bachmann dead to rights. And, can be a little bit funny while he's doing it.
"And you know what? Youre in luck! Theres a place like that, here on Earth, and we even have a ton of frequent flyer miles to and from that country, so you might be able to get your ticket cheap or free, if you dont mind parachuting in."
sheshe2
(83,955 posts)A special thanks to James Schlarmann.
Beautifully put.
mdbl
(4,976 posts)I would not have been so eloquent. When I hear names like Bachmann I just want to cuss. James Schlarmann did it soo much better.
Cha
(297,808 posts)You're Welcome, mdbl
Behind the Aegis
(54,014 posts)Thank you EarlG!
rppper
(2,952 posts)I like to tell the Bachmans of the world to re-read Matthew...
Niceguy1
(2,467 posts)Needs to get a life
sakabatou
(42,186 posts)africanadian
(92 posts)Gothmog
(145,666 posts)Bachman is an idiot
Faux pas
(14,698 posts)Great minds and all that jazz
Gothmog
(145,666 posts)Her claims do not make any sense
Faux pas
(14,698 posts)in an alternate universe and they seem to like it there . Guess it's all soft, warm and fluffy. lol
Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)And it's really annoying to those of us trying to live in the real world.
Faux pas
(14,698 posts)The only thing I'd change is annoying, that seems too tame a word for the insanity.
Swede Atlanta
(3,596 posts)the 1% minority has done a bang up job "bullying" the majority of the American people. So it is possible.
The only problem here is the LGBT minority is not bullying anyone by choice but pushing hard and not allowing ourselves to be bullied by the majority anymore. This is about EQUAL protection under the law, NOT special protection under the law.
She is an idiot. As a gay man every time I see her husband my gaydar goes off telling me he is at best bisexual and has engaged in same gender sex more than once in his life.
But the ones that are the most homophobic are usually the closet cases.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)They are only a minority by a head-count.
In terms of dollars -- which clearly is the only thing that matters to Americans these days -- they're still in the lead.
sibelian
(7,804 posts)not quite sure your sense of proportion is totally square on here.
Sort of thinking you might be full of crap.
Sort of thinking you're equating "running out of bullshit" with "being shut up".
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)catbyte
(34,485 posts)Baggers just looooooooooove playing the victim, don't they?
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Aristus
(66,478 posts)Remember when Matthew Shepard tied a bunch of guys to a fence post and beat them unconscious and left them to die?
Oh wait; that was the other way around, wasn't it?
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)Fortunately, she has a hat (with a propeller) to cover it up.
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)You crack me up Lizzie..
sheshe2
(83,955 posts): not having or showing any of the qualities and feelings (such as sympathy and kindness) that make people appealing
: having or showing no special or interesting qualities
: having no soul or no greatness or warmth of mind or feeling
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soulless
Yes...Souless.
dionysus
(26,467 posts)NYtoBush-Drop Dead
(490 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)picture it cracked my screen!
BeeBee
(1,074 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Itls all about I got the money. This is one piece of work. Known her for many years,watched her change with the Political ebb and flow,she is a person who has remade her image as the landscape changed in Region 6. Talk about a Soulless creature,she is one. Her Hubby is another real Fake. Take a look around the country,you will see were ever the Mega-Churches flourish,the local area,for the most part,are represented by some Funndie-Rethug-Bagger. Bachmann's District is one of the areas that has three of these groups with an average of 38k per. And on the West side,mostly Catholics and very conservative Evangelical Lutherans.
Talk about the Church Ladies,this Region has more than it's fair share. And as for the Bachmann's,it's all about the money. In Minnesota,when you leave political office,you keep all of your campaign funds. Ding Ding!!!!
tclambert
(11,087 posts)Why, in the 1860s they bullied us into setting them free. And it caused a big ass war. It cost like $79 billion. https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RS22926.pdf
argyl
(3,064 posts)If I were a .1 percenter I guess I'd really have it rough.
Stupid woman. Glad you're leaving the House after this session. Should be interesting seeing you and Sarah Palin competing for First Lady of the Teabagger twits.
liberalhistorian
(20,821 posts)I am not gay and don't have any close family members who are gay (unlike you, you insensitive, inconsiderate, hypocritical ignorant clod), and I do NOT feel "bullied" whatsoever. The only people who should feel "bullied" by your and your party's hateful outdated bigoted bullshit are the GLBT people you and your ilk are targeting and going after. You know, like your own stepsister of the past forty-five years who's written you an impassioned, poignant letter about how horrible your stance makes her feel.
And frankly, the more I think about it, the more I realize that WE, the American people, are the ones being bullied by the likes of you and your damned party.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)(unless, of course, they're directing that word toward someone else; then it's an expression of godliness)
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)the American people.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)I keep reading international stories where people speak as if LGBT citizens are not part of the people. It is really, really bothering me. I am glad to see your comment, thank you.
Demoiselle
(6,787 posts)The gay community HAVE so bullied the American people? Community takes a singular verb, i.e., "the community HAS". I know, I know, it's the least of her sins
but let me have my little snark.
spanone
(135,900 posts)Dollface
(1,590 posts)I would say that women is an idiot but I don't want to insult idiots.
maced666
(771 posts)Michele, please. Adults listening. Don't be so silly.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)3catwoman3
(24,071 posts)...the one who either ran screaming into or out of a ladies' room because there were gay women in it?
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)Bachmann is fucked up.
Deep13
(39,154 posts)Oh, wait, that's the exact opposite of what happens.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Deep13
(39,154 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,867 posts)a person in my life, as these Republicans continue to become bolder and bolder about their prejudices. Seriously, I don't know how this woman butters her toast in the morning without the use of rubber safety knives.
LuvNewcastle
(16,860 posts)Every time the assholes want to have some fun, we have to come in and ruin it. Why can't we tolerate their intolerance? See what hypocrites we are?
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)kentauros
(29,414 posts)and I've love to see the same standard applied to Sara Palin
So, are y'all going to bully them some more? Because I think they're just this close >||< to mental breakdowns
nyquil_man
(1,443 posts)I doubt Batshit Bachmann will enlighten us.
skepticscott
(13,029 posts)Substitute "religious" for "gay" everywhere in her little tantrum, and you'd have a much more accurate picture of things.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)about who the bully is!
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)I can't wait for her to get out of politics.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)What she speaks for is a handful of fundie xtians who want to warp the bible in a way that allows them to hate. These people are welcome to hate but their hate should not infringe on others.
Lex
(34,108 posts)She's a disgrace to this country.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)Yavin4
(35,450 posts)Wow. That's a whole heap of stupid there. I need to watch "Cosmos" tonight in order to reboot my brain.
TNNurse
(6,929 posts)She really is a hopelessly stupid bigot isn't she?
Scout
(8,624 posts)Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)for you not posting the picture of her. She always raises my blood pressure in a bad way.
I guess us fighting back against discrimination and murder and being beaten to a pulp and/or raped is considered "bullying" simply because we are tired of it and standing up for ourselves more now....according to her warped logic. She needs a reality check.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)The one I heard the other day is that it was not about the gays, but the rights of religious people to live their lives as they believe it to be, and this is an attack on religion.
And after all, they can go to another baker.
The retort, it was on NPR and I could not take notes, was brilliant.
We have gotten over separate but equal.
OnionPatch
(6,169 posts)Does she really believe the things she says? I already had her pegged for the most ignorant politician in America but she continues to blow me away with the things that come out of her mouth.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)Last edited Wed Mar 12, 2014, 08:01 PM - Edit history (1)
And the face hears a voice whimpering from the darkness beyond the boot - presumably from the person wearing it: "Stop bullying me!"
liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)Said no one of sound mind, ever! Bachman and Palin may very well cause me to get tombstoned, all in one week after 14 years with a clean record on DU. I've found that I can no longer remain tolerant of this much ignorance coming from women who should damn well know better.
Blue Owl
(50,529 posts)n/t
Zorra
(27,670 posts)Bachmann and the Christian Right: "Stop bullying us, we have every right to deny you your Constitutional Rights!"
These people are so totally fucking stupid it hurts to think about it.
the_working_poor
(34 posts)what were we thinking to be bothered by that. those poor, scared little straight boys!
we should really pay them reparations, the trauma of being found not guilty must have been hell on them. that trial, all those nasty things the librul media said. Just because they were true doesn't mean they should have been said!
dear sweet god what is this country doing?
How can the "right" keep getting this insane and no one in the media bats an eye?!