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In reply to the discussion: Mr. President, the GayTM is no longer in service. [View all]JoeyT
(6,785 posts)Why did they have to use *THIS* specific guy? Why couldn't they get another priest/preacher? Or a dozen of them? A hundred of them, even.
The only possible reasons are someone just flat out didn't think about it (Dumb), caved to the idea that Fox might be mean to them (Cowardly) or just didn't think potentially offending gay people was a big deal(Bigoted). It's not as if Obama personally handpicked the man to speak, so I'm not sure why people are even defending it. The best solution would be to say "Yeah, it was a stupid thing to do, and was probably unintentional.".
All defending the indefensible does is make the people that are rightfully offended dig in their heels that much harder. People wouldn't have been nearly as angry at Obama over Rick Warren if there hadn't been a constant chorus of "STFU homoz!" in response to their very valid complaint. It does far more harm than it does good.
I wonder if we'd be seeing these defenses if they'd let the Grand Dragon speak.