File under: Unexpectedly! Self-proclaimed gay rights advocate and anti-bullying crusader Dan Savage laid bare his intolerance once again, this time hurling the f*ggot-bomb at gay conservative organization GOProud. GOProud, you see, had the gall to stray from the Gay Left’s plantation and announce its support for Mitt Romney:
“The Board of Directors of GOProud voted to enthusiastically endorse Governor Romney’s candidacy for President,” said Lisa De Pasquale, interim Chair of the GOProud Board of Directors and the former Director of CPAC. “GOProud is prepared to commit significant resources to help make Mitt Romney the next President of the United States.”
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“Most gay Americans – like their straight counterparts – are not better off than they were 4 years ago,” said Jimmy LaSalvia, GOProud Executive Director. “The truth is that gay people are living in the disastrous failed Obama economy too.”
“President Obama and his friends on the left want this election to be about divisive social issues, because the President’s record on jobs and the economy is indefensible,” continued LaSalvia. “At this critical juncture, we need a President with the experience and expertise to turn this economy around. Someone who knows how the free markets work – former Governor Mitt Romney is that candidate.”
“Not only does President Obama not understand how the free markets work – he is openly hostile to free market capitalism,” said LaSalvia. “President Obama’s repeated attacks on Governor Romney’s private sector record underscore this President’s fundamental lack of understanding of how our economy works. Instead of demonizing free markets, President Obama should be focused on creating an economic environment that encourages free market investments and creates jobs.”
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“For far too long, the gay left in this country has been allowed to dictate what they believe qualify as ‘gay issues.’ We think that jobs, the economy, healthcare, retirement security and taxes are all ‘gay issues,’ and on every single one of those issues, Mitt Romney is light years better than President Obama,” said LaSalvia.
Well, this just didn’t sit well with Savage at all. What? The Gay Right can’t have gay rights! Gay conservatives aren’t people. Somebody get them to reeducation camp stat!
Twitterers were disgusted by Savage, and they let flow the righteous indignation:
https://twitter.com/RailbirdJ/status/215500914725896193
#Tolerance RT @ChrisRBarron: Dan Savage calls gay conservatives "house faggots" https://t.co/wACbGUfw #ItGetsBetter? @GOProud
— Kemberlee Kaye (@KemberleeKaye) June 20, 2012
@fakedansavage @GOPROUD unfortunately "it doesn't get better" if you are gay Conservative
— Noble Prize Tweeter (@portdauphin) June 20, 2012
In the same media day, @fakedansavage has called babies "sexually transmitted infections" and gay Republicans "house faggots" @GayPatriot
— Dan Isett (@DanIsett) June 20, 2012
https://twitter.com/tricityjdw/status/215507791383769088
You're leading the fight against bullying? MT @fakedansavage GOP's house faggots grab ankles, right on cue: http://t.co/cuXg4PNz. Pathetic.
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) June 20, 2012
@Brand_Allen @fakedansavage @ChrisRBarron @GayPatriot If we're "house faggots," what does that make him?
— crouton crudup (@MavisGary) June 20, 2012
https://twitter.com/GayPatriot/status/215503399712591872
https://twitter.com/PatrickHenry999/status/215507032609013761
The face of tolerance, ladies and gentlemen. MT @fakedansavage: The GOP's house faggots grab their ankles, right on cue… athetic.
— Savannah (@thesavvy) June 20, 2012
https://twitter.com/UpperLowerClass/status/215509435597066242
@fakedansavage How does it feel to become the very monster you started out fighting against? That smell, bro, it's hypocrisy. #newtone
— ✥American Viking✥ (@PatrioticViking) June 20, 2012
https://twitter.com/br3nd0nM/status/215503481564446720
https://twitter.com/Capit0lism/status/215511427300077569
Shorter @fakedansavage: Angrily calling someone "faggot" is hateful unless they vote for the wrong person.
— Matthew DesOrmeaux ⚜ (@authoridad) June 20, 2012
@fakedansavage Glad to see you don't let politics get in the way of #tolerance. I just didn't know it was the same thing as #homophobic.
— Sarah Lise (@Saerise) June 20, 2012
I'm sure The Advocate will condemn Savage's slur like they did Alec Baldwin's gay slur yesterday … OH WAIT. http://t.co/X6VWHmHI
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 20, 2012
https://twitter.com/JoeSorberaIII/status/215506704203386881
@fakedansavage So, @GOProud doesn't conform to your narrative and you just call them nasty names? How big of you. @LadyLiberty1885
— ℒℴ?????? ? #WWG1WGA ???????? #IFBAP (@LoriGirl_Texas) June 20, 2012
https://twitter.com/NationalStella/status/215503952328933376
@fakedansavage wants it known that it only "gets better" for liberal gays, others will be harassed, ridiculed, and smeared by him
— Sean Galt (@RationalPrimate) June 20, 2012
https://twitter.com/TomMcCammon/status/215504549509734400
I am sure @MMFA will be all over the story of Dan Savage calling gay conservative "house faggots", right? http://t.co/BLN9AmyP
— Chris Barron ?? (@ChrisRBarron) June 20, 2012
Snowball, hell … you know the drill.
For his part, GOProud co-founder Jimmy LaSalvia took the high road:
Hey @fakedansavage, It's only going to get better after we elect a new President in November. #homocon
— Jimmy LaSalvia (@JimmyLaSalvia) June 20, 2012
Unfortunately, gay conservatives like those in GOProud still face an uphill battle when it comes to winning the respect they deserve from their ideological counterparts:
https://twitter.com/robdaemon/status/215507003114651648
https://twitter.com/Trocken/status/215511009878740993
@fakedansavage in addition to asking status/std info, its time we ask potential sex partners if they are GoProud & if so, NOT fuck them!
— xScruffyNerdx (@xScruffyNerdx) June 20, 2012
Twitchy stands with GOProud and condemns Dan Savage for his vicious bigotry. Put on your big-boy pants, Dan. It won’t get better until bullies like you man up and learn to disagree without resorting to base insults and verbal abuse.
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Update:
Remember when Savage bullied a room full of high school students? For anyone needing a reminder of just how despicable that man is, Ben Howe has put out a fantastic new video.
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