Nebraska Woman Offers Graphic Homophobic Rant During Lincoln's Anti-Discrimination Law Hearings

[Galraedia]

Source: Huffington Post

Video footage of a surprisingly graphic, homophobic rant has gone viral in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) blogosphere in the wake of this week's non-discrimination ordinance proposal hearings in Lincoln, Neb.

Originally featured on Towleroad, the clip features a woman identified as Jane Skrovota, who offers a series of bizarre observations on gay sex, HIV/AIDS, Hillary Clinton and even Judas Iscariot as she denounces the "Fairness Ordinance," a measure that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the city’s non-discrimination law, in her testimony.

"P-E-N-I-S goes into the anus to rupture intestines," Skrovota notes. "The more a man does this the more he'll be a fatality or a homicider."

After stating that "a huge percent of gay men in school grounds molest boys, partly because they don't have AIDS yet," she adds, "Hillary Clinton's roommate four years in college was a gay woman. To avoid going gay like Clinton did, college students need single rooms and single gender dorms...A college woman is seduced with illegal Rohypnol to go gay."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/11/nebraska-woman-homophobia-rant-video_n_1509580.html?ref=politics&ir=Politics

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Congratulations! I think we just might have found the dumbest person alive!

[CanonRay]

1. In the future, her behavior will be known as "Pulling a Skrovota"

It falleth trippingly off the tongue!

[BiggJawn]

2. Wouldn't same sex dorms only encourage Teh Ghey?

I know it's not nice to say bad things about the mentally challenged, but how does this moran remember to breathe?

[bluesbassman]

3. She's a writer for the Onion, right?

That'd be comedy gold if it wasn't for the fact that she's freakin' serious!

The guy in back of her was great though.

[BiggJawn]

4. No, the American Family Association Journal. n/t

[indie_voter]

5. The kid behind her with his reactions transforms this in to must see tv as they say.. n/t

[tosh]

13. Really!!

That young man is great - I would be absolutely losing it, LOL!

[wordpix]

35. +1, I just wish he had jumped up and down behind her---the woman is a nutcase

[Dash87]

22. He seemed to be groaning and facepalming the whole time,

which is really what we were all probably doing while watching this insane lady go off on her bizarre rant.

[47of74]

64. I turned the sound off and watched the whole video...

I did that to make it easier to pay attention to his reactions.

I noticed the lady seated next to him was trying so hard to keep a straight face throughout the whole video.

[Neoma]

6. Wtf?

[thelordofhell]

7. What's her freeper name?

[freshwest]

25. Exactly! Bet this is a feature film for Freepers... Who wants to go and look? Not me!

This was deeply disturbing. Add this to the attack on one of our members this week and you can see the crazy has gotten way out of hand...

[alp227]

79. which DUer got attacked?

[freshwest]

81. See this thread:

I was just physically attacked

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1137&pid=12180

[47of74]

41. Whatever it is RimJob's probably scrubbed her posts by now

[abelenkpe]

8. Someone needs to report this lady to a mental health facility

As she is in serious need of help. The guy's reaction to her speech was perfect.

[targetpractice]

16. She is mentally ill...

This person has created blog curating some of her flyers and writings...

http://crazyblueprotestinglady.blogspot.com

[alp227]

80. this blog seems to be written by an observer

[targetpractice]

83. Right... Sorry for the lack of clarity. n/t

[justice1]

46. Someone who is suicidal, or violent, would have a difficult time getting a bed in the area.

Most mental health facilities have shut down, in the last 10 years. There isn't even any social service offices anymore, it's been contracted out.

[Jkid]

9. The same thing about penises goes into the anus to rupture intestines applies to hetrosexuals...

as well. There are plenty of hetrosexuals who perform anal sex as well. So really she's just being irrational.

But then again, people like her hate logic and reason.

[MisterP]

40. reminds me of a song

And some others inspired by paranoid schizophrenia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toynbee_tiles
http://mjt.org/exhibits/letters/alice.html
http://mjt.org/exhibits/letters/edward.html
http://mjt.org/exhibits/letters/lamb.html

[jerseyjack]

63. If this guy doesn't wanna learn English, he should go back to where he came from.

-- and take the horse he rode in on with him.

Signed, Sheriff Joe A.

[NickB79]

70. Reminds me of Wesley Wilis as well

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Willis

I saw him in the late 90's when he played a small stoner bar in St. Cloud, MN.

One of his songs was nothing but him screaming "Suck a dog's dick!" about 20 times in a row into the microphone. It was...different, to say the least.

[thelordofhell]

10. Michele Bachmann's mom is still alive?

Who knew?

[AlbertCat]

11. How do you follow an act like that?

Is she a fundie?

Any bets?

[christx30]

60. How do you follow an act like that?

with either a hook to pull her off stage and into a nice white coat, or reveal that it was a weird Candid Camera kind of thing.
I watched about 3 minutes of it and I wasn't offended. I had trouble following her "logic", if one were kind enough to call it that. It was like someone put a bunch of anti gay stuff on a dartboard and had a blind man throw the darts to craft the speech. Kind of wish they had gotten someone at least simi-literate to write it. That was just embarrassing.

[sarcasmo]

12. I blame religious brain washing for most of the hatred, this women is vile.

[struggle4progress]

14. Anyone, who regularly attends public hearings, encounters folk like this

I doubt if she influenced anybody: she's not coherent enough

She's not really the appropriate target of our political anger

And I don't find it amusing to laugh at her: she's really rather sad

[yardwork]

24. I agree. She's obviously mentally ill.

Unfortunately, slightly watered down versions of her rant are delivered from pulpits every Sunday. It makes them no less insane. It's depressing to understand how prevalent these views really are, though. That's why the amendment passed in North Carolina last week.

[cali]

54. I've been to a lot of public meetings including

the public meeting here in VT first on Civil Unions 15 years ago and more recently on Marriage Equality- and I never heard anyone this deranged or hate filled.

I don't find her sad. Yes, she's insane, but she's a bag of hate filled insane.

[boppers]

15. Judas was a homo!

So many wrong things in such a short time period...

[Doremus]

17. Fruitbat needs meds and protective custody.

It's like listening to a Manson diatribe. Nonsensical but extremely scary.

[MrMickeysMom]

61. I think that gives too much credit to the Manson family

She appears to have two arms and two legs and a chalk board of broken insanity above the shoulders.

[hifiguy]

18. Holy shit. That woman is clinically insane.

I've seen more coherent people screaming at clouds and talking to invisible friends.

That's truly epic kookery right up there with the ravings of Francis E. Dec, Esquire. See link:http://home.pacifier.com/~dkossy/dec.html

[ellie]

19. We really need

to do something about getting people the mental health counseling they need.

[rurallib]

20. Mitt - we've found your Vice-President!

[loudsue]

26. HAHAHAHA!!!! Good one!

.....................


............................................ooops.....you were serious!!!

[crunch60]

27. Na, I think she would make a good speech writer for him. Hey lady, Romney need you!

[sakabatou]

57. PFFFFTT!

[Odin2005]

21. Schizophrenic word salad. Jesus!

[Iris]

86. Literally. She is indeed schizophrenic.

ane Svoboda, whose anti-gay rant at a Lincoln, NE, City Council meeting went viral last week, isn’t the crazy conservative she’s been made out to be in the media, but a schizophrenic who lives at an assisted-living facility, says her family.

Svoboda is listed as a protected person, according to court documents, and her brother, Patrick Svoboda, is her conservator because she is incompetent. He said their family has tried to get her help multiple times, but there’s little they can do unless she becomes a danger to herself or others.

He said he’s disappointed that the video was so widely shared when people didn’t know his sister’s back story.

http://thedailywh.at/2012/05/14/follow-up-of-the-day-theres-more-to-the-story-of-the-anti-gay-ranter/

[targetpractice]

23. Here's an entire blog of her writings, by an observer...

From the "Crazy Blue Protesting Lady" blog...

I don't know this person, but I must admit to being fascinated by her many flyers, which she posts all over Lincoln, NE on an almost daily basis. Obviously she has some kind of mental problem--reading even a few of these flyers is enough to establish that. Keeping that in mind, this site isn't intended to make fun of her on a personal level. I'm just interested in the bizarre internal logic of her flyers. They form a weird "art brut" kind of narrative when viewed as a body of work.

http://crazyblueprotestinglady.blogspot.com/

[maddezmom]

55. another Ted Kaczynski in the making?

[nolabear]

28. Paranoid delusional. And about to be famous.

I kind of hope they stay away from her. It won't do anybody any good to have her used.

[Yavin4]

29. So, When Does Her Show on Fox News Debut? n/t

[Jack Rabbit]

30. I could only get part way through this

That rant was more fact free than a Bush Junta report on Iraq.

Except, unlike the Bushies, she probably believed every word of it.

[pnwest]

34. yeah, i coukdnt listen to the whole thing either, even WITH

the entertaining facepalmer behind her.

[cali]

53. I only made it to P-E-N-I-S

I don't care if she's batshit crazy.

She's a pos hater.

[Brickbat]

31. I hope she gets the help she clearly needs. That's really actually very sad.

[Swede Atlanta]

32. I always have to ask myself in these situations....

Is the person a troubled sexually-suppressed individual, gay or straight, that simply has never experienced the joy and satisfaction of a healthy, loving, human relationship? As a result she lashes out at anyone who is attempting to assert their rights to a loving, acknowledged life?

Or are they so filled with hate because they had a father that beat them, a preacher that smacked them and told them the fags would go to hell?

Somewhere, absent mental illness, one of these conditions must exist within this clearly passionate but delusional individual.

I doubt her ranting made any positive points for her viewpoint. Sadly I think it underscores the emptiness of the anti-gay rhetoric. And I do hope she gets the mental assistance she needs. Maybe a strong lesbian attendant could help her.

[shanti]

33. Bizarre!

she needs help badly.

[Javaman]

36. I like the guy in the background. nt

[Marthe48]

37. This woman is obviously mentally ill

but it is a shame she was allowed so much time to smear people who aren't.

[DreWId]

38. Instead of 2 girls, 1 cup

It's one bat, one rant.

The best part isn't watching the video, it's watching the reactions of people as they watch the video!

[Lint Head]

39. Is this Rick Santorums mother?

[mrmpa]

42. I was tramsfixed by her stupidity...eom

[freshwest]

82. Me, too. I watched the whole thing and read the blog. So detailed, who would think about that stuff?

It's exactly like a link to Freeperville I followed out on DU2. I thought I was going to have nightmares. This is where they're at, really, and it's scary.

[originalpckelly]

43. I don't think I've seen a schizo so cleaned up.

I wonder if she really is ill, or if this is another issue with the speech areas of her brain.

[jerseyjack]

44. I think she is trying out for the remake of Monty Python's Meaning of Life

where she is explaining to her husband how the Catholics have sex whenever they want.

It is comedy gold.

[HughBeaumont]

45. Hey, at least that wasn't fucked up beyond belief or anything.

Not even the sleaziest pornographer is that graphically descriptive. Telling.

[kag]

47. That was my reaction.

Anus licking? Seriously? Kills you within half an hour? If so, I know a bunch of people who've been walking around dead for decades.

She obviously has some repressed sexual issues. Sad. Very sad.

[AtheistCrusader]

48. This person is broken.

Very sad to see.

[blkmusclmachine]

49. Somebody's off their meds.

Mitt happens.

[Vinca]

50. (I'm speechless.)

[Citizen Worker]

51. I can't believe that I heard what I just heard. And I'll wager she votes too.

[cali]

52. bigoted old piece of dog shit, using up air. fuck her.

[Recursion]

56. Somebody needs to autotune this (nt)

[ibegurpard]

58. homicider?

[HangOnKids]

59. "They Cuss After Coupling?"

As in "Fuck yeah that was great?" or how about "Let's fucking do that again?" The HORROR! They might "PERISH." This nut bag is short more than a few cashews.

[0rganism]

62. 2:50 - "This is deranged thinking"

'nuff said

[PavePusher]

65. If someone has a P-E-N-I-S that can "rupture intestines"....

I see a lucrative movie career in their future.

[47of74]

68. Yes, yes indeed.

[24601]

71. The So. Cal "Movie" producers told me I'd need to have an 8" P-E-N-I-S to land a steady

job in their industry. Regrettably, I had to tell them than no job was worth hacking off 3 inches.

[47of74]

75. Very nice. Now put it back.

[24601]

78. On the down side, my wife said I was a lousy lover. I told her it's to unfair to make such an

important judgment like that in only 2 minutes.

Ba-da-bing!

[47of74]

66. The woman seated next to facepalm guy had her own chance to speak

[maddezmom]

69. she was wonderful

thanks for the link.

[alphafemale]

73. Speak Your Mind - Even if your voice breaks. nt

[Quantess]

67. That was pretty funny, actually.

Plus the guy in the audience thought she was a hoot, too.

[alphafemale]

72. Wait. She was for REAL? I thought that was an Act.

Are You Sure?

It really looks like a younger woman in an old lady wig and get-up having fun pushing the dialogue to the ridiculous.

I really think this was meant as a prank.

[8 track mind]

74. God what i'd give to be sitting behind her and do the Chevy Chase "Weekend Update" mocking routine..

Bahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lunasun]

76. Too many ruffies will confuse you .

that's her excuse , but look what it has done to her brain

[shcrane71]

77. Heard a lot of that hate-speech in Nebraska

Even progressive circles can be less-than-tolerant (i.e. using "gay" as a slur). It's rather pervasive, sadly.

For me, Obama's public support of marriage equality shows leadership, integrity, and courage. Although I admire the work that GLBTQ activists are doing, I'm dumbfounded by cynicism coming from some members of the LBGTQ community. I don't think anyone who is so cynical about Obama's comment has ever lived in such an oppressive place as Nebraska.

[4th law of robotics]

84. I'm curious about the guy that had to follow her

tough show to beat.

/it almost read like poetry.

[EFerrari]

85. As many of you surmised, turns out she does have mental health issues.

http://swimtrisailchicago.blogspot.com/2012/05/dont-judge-jane-skrovota.html

[Iris]

87. Yes. She does. And I hope people see this before posting other comments.

In this article, her brother says, “To me, it shows how little society really cares about people with mental health issues,” Patrick Svoboda said. “She does have a very tender heart… but anything she says is certifiably schizophrenic … she’s not some crazy conservative.”


http://thedailywh.at/2012/05/14/follow-up-of-the-day-theres-more-to-the-story-of-the-anti-gay-ranter/

[Odin2005]

88. Oh dear!

[EFerrari]

89. The good news is that it looks like she has a brother

who tries to look out for her.

[Iris]

90. Yes. That made me feel better.

Living in a city with a large homeless population has not desensitized me to the plight of the mentally ill and how bad things can be for those who don't have this kind of support from family.

[atddoug]

91. Here's a video that works

Fyi: The video has gone private, but you can replace it with this one that works: