This gay dad was called a 'pervert homo' by a right-wing talk show host. Now, he's suing
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100% of presidential-candidate assassination attempts were performed by conservatives.
was jfk only a candidate at the time? til
That’s why I deleted it?
hmmm interesting. my instance is still displaying it. sorry!
The FBI was liberal?
Seems pretty weird to me.
Sounds weirdly like projection, or maybe the bigot is just jealous about a father's "access to at least 4 kids around the clock" - which is a super weird take, and likely a confession.
Otherwise known as being a parent. I dread to think why this persons mind went here and what they would do with access to children. Projection all the time with these freaks.
Because, Stupid Peters, those things are not against the law.
I know, I know, you conservatives have a real hard time with that concept.
I mean, taking a kid to a drag show is illegal in TN, right now. The GOP is actively working to make these things illegal.
Does the law say "drag show" or does it say something like "performance of a sexual nature" which the GOP is intentionally conflating with drag shows?
https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0003.pdf
So just like I called it: conflating drag performances with actual adult entertainment.
Do people actually take their kids to drag shows or is that just a right wing talking point? I'm not really sure what kids would get out of it, aren't those aimed at adults?
I've never seen a kid at an adult-oriented drag show, fortunately, but I've seen Pride events occasionally offering a kid-friendly show, and there's the drag story hours that are a perennial conservative lightning rod. Drag queens are good at interacting with crowds and they're generally really colorful - they're probably quite entertaining during story hour.
I would be very surprised if this doesn't fall under "every accusation is a confession."
Yeah, I'm wondering what the over/under is before that host is outed as a sex pest.
You know who's a real piece of shit? You with the microphone. I'm sick of these assholes inciting (or trying to) violence and getting away with it. I hope this guy takes his ass to the cleaners.
He sounds jealous. He'd want access to 4 kids 24/7.
All of Conservative Media is built on lying. I think it might have started with Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck with a straight line to Tucker Carlson. Everyone lies, all the time.
It is good to see them being held to account by people, though. Defamation is notoriously hard to prove here, yet people who fight back seem to be winning.
Gay dad is about to become richer.
Good. Take him to the cleaners and then some so any "donations" get vacuumed up as fast as they come in.
This is rhetoric to start labeling LGBTQ individuals as sexual predators that are harmful to children.
Wow what a coincidence, Florida just passed a law that allows the death penalty for sexual predators against children.
It's enraging because I'm sure if you asked them if child marriage should be illegal in this country, they'd probably say no. What happens for all those adults who marry 17 year olds legally in Florida? Should they be given the death penalty?
Also fyi many times child spouses can't divorce, and once married they become a ward of their adult spouse, not their parents. Imagine how fucked up that is. There is no lower limit to child marriage in 4 US states. Statutory rape laws in most states make exceptions for spouses, even if one spouse is a minor and one is an adult.
https://www.governing.com/policy/states-rethink-child-marriage-in-2024
Aka Warren Jeffries types of predators. Fuck these people with their faux concern for their victims. Bunch of shitbags
They started years ago.
They are going to run out of priest and youth pastors.
The scourge of outrage politics, outrage “news”, is even bigger than this instance. I really hope to see not just this guy win, but an endless stream of vilified people.
Sure, free speech is a good thing but no one ever promised you would be free of consequences for your speech. I wish all these hate-mongers to be held responsible for the harm their hate speech does
Oh, Stew Peters. What a surprise. Fuck that bigot.
Influencers don't register on my radar and I actively ignore them. But bigots... oh... f*ck them. Let justice be had and this dad prevail.
I dont understand why "homo" is used as an insult
Of course he is part of the Homo genus, its not hard to tell
The most confusing part is that the one who says this as an insult dont know that they are also insulting themselves. Homo habilis is part of the Homo genus too
Well meaning, but sort of intentionally obtuse. You know very well homo is a slur to those people as shorthand for homosexual. What's the point in pretending that's not what it obviously means in this context?
Check out what Homo Habilis actually is and you'll understand the comment.
Edit: the top comment was using the 'homo' slur as a way to call the right winger a monkey essentially.
Those people's brain hasn't really evolved past the australopithecus stage, cut them some slack
I was asking myself about that the other day when watching some coverage or whatever about Laura Loomer and all the hateful shit she tosses out there. Like why hasn't anyone just brought libel charges down on her? Are they too busy doing other things to allow themselves to be distracted by it?
That could lead to an amusing court case, as one of the common defenses against slander is truth, so it'd probably be a route for the defense attorney to try.
https://www.findlaw.com/injury/torts-and-personal-injuries/defenses-to-libel-and-slander.html
Defense Attorney: "Your Honor, clearly Exhibit 11 demonstrates that the plaintiff is a pervert homo!"
Probably not what you thought you were gonna be doing at mid-career after going to law school.
Key word there is pervert.
Using homo as a derogatory term for a gay man may in fact be totally legal, if morally foul. But calling a father a pervert who has interest in his children is the real defamation here, and the real point of what this idiot was saying.
As long as it is true that this father never abused his kids, then it’s kind of a slam dunk defamation suit. You can’t just go around calling people perverts towards children, those kind of accusations do serious harm to social lives and job prospects.
Projection every time
Pervert homophobe right-wingers just doing perverted, homophobic right-wing shit. Fucking weirdass perverts.
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