When you mess with the LGBT community, you mess with ME, Bristol Palin

[stevenleser]

The below is a transcript from my Dec 30-31 show that can be heard at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lesersense/2013/12/30/special-on-snowden-and-bristol-palin-replay-of-pat-buchanan-and-bill-richardson . The Bristol Palin piece airs starting at somewhere between 8-11 minutes. It's worth hearing the radio version for the humorous sound effects I added.
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http://steveleser.blogspot.com/2014/01/my-statement-on-bristol-palins-blogpost.html

Weighing in on the Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson’s homophobic statements, Bristol Palin said in a post on her blog:

““Everyone needs to leave Phil Robertson alone for expressing his beliefs, I think it’s so hypocritical how the LGBT community expects every single flippen person to agree with their life style. This flies in the face of what makes America great – people can have their own beliefs and own opinions and their own ways of life.”

Bristol continued saying:

“I hate how the LGBT community says it’s all about ‘love’ and ‘equality.’ However, if you don’t agree with their lifestyle, they spread the most hate. It is so hypocritical it makes my stomach turn. They need to learn how to respect others’ opinions and not just jump to the conclusion that everyone who doesn’t support homosexuality and gay marriage is homophobic.”

Folks, I want to remind you of a couple of things about Bristol Palin. First, she goes on paid speaking engagements to promote abstinence to teens. She and those who believe like she does want abstinence stressed instead of safe sex and birth control in order to combat teen pregnancy. They think that emphasizing safe sex and birth control encourages teens to have sex and that’s bad.

Bristol made $260,000 speaking on abstinence in 2010 alone.

Oh yeah and one other thing, Bristol became pregnant in high school at age 17, having had sex with her boyfriend, Levi Johnston.

That is who is calling gay people hypocritical for not wanting someone to say bad things about them.

A highly paid abstinence advocate who got pregnant in high school.

You can’t make this stuff up.

[VanillaRhapsody]

1. and even uses the word "hypocritical"

and apparently doesn't know the meaning of that word.

[stevenleser]

2. I thought so initially as well until I figured out how she meant it. It's not wrong, just bigoted.

The way she said it is so convoluted, I would be surprised if anyone got it right away.

She is basically comparing the fact that those of us who are in favor of LGBT equality call homophobia "hate" and we are supposedly "hating" on Phil Robertson for not believing in LGBT equality.

Since we are 'anti-hate' and 'hating' on Robertson, we're hypocrites according to Palin. Of course, this ignores the fact that there is nothing wrong with hating an individual for specific actions and that has nothing to do with generalized hate for an entire large group of people for being who they are.

[dlwickham]

3. will the Palins just fuck off and die

I'm so sick of them

I rather read about the Kardashians

[Zorra]

4. i actually feel sorry for the kid. She's not very bright, and she's not quite bright enough

to understand the fact that she's not very bright.

unfortunately, she will continue to embarrass herself until she learns how to think before she speaks.

[NCLefty]

5. Title almost made me think Bristol was saying what you were.

But yeah... daughter of paid loudmouth and moral busybody also becomes paid loudmouth and moral busybody... story at 11...

[closeupready]

6. You are very correct - with her, the jokes just write themselves.

K&R