Tag Archives: Bigotry

Bigotry Still Rules : The Special Suffering of Gay Americans

Civil rights pioneer Bayard Rustin was fired from the Friendship for Reconciliation, a pacifist group, for being gay. The way anti-gay bigotry works is that a great deal of the violence and suffering is conducted away from the public eye. … Continue reading

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Books / Ann Coulter’s ‘Guilty’ : Offensive as Charged

Coulter: ‘Liberals’ hysterical obsession with the “Republican Attack Machine” turns Democratic primaries into a contest of: “Who’s the Biggest Pussy?”‘By Greg Lewis / January 4, 2009 As Media Matters for America has noted, author and syndicated columnist Ann Coulter recently … Continue reading

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Those Wacky Republicans : "Magic Negro" May Actually HELP Candidate Saltsman

‘Four days after news broke that the former Tennessee GOP chairman had sent a CD including a song titled “Barack the Magic Negro” to the RNC members he is courting some of those officials are rallying around the embattled Saltsman.’By … Continue reading

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Tone Deaf GOP : Just Humming Along?

‘Chip Saltsman, pretender to the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee thought it would be funny to send a CD with 41 tasteless, demeaning racial parodies to his Republican buddies as a holiday gift.’ By Larry Ray / The Rag … Continue reading

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‘Magic Negro’ and ‘Star Spanglish Banner’ : Republicans are Equal-Opportunity Offenders

Chip Saltsman, who managed Mike Huckabee’s campaign, said the songs, produced for Rush Limbaugh, are just “light hearted political parodies.” ‘Republican operative Chip Saltsman distributed a CD containing “Barack the Magic Negro” as part of his campaign to be elected … Continue reading

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Homophobic Hip Hopper Trick Trick Promotes Anti-Gay Violence

Gay hater Trick Trick opens for Ice Cube at Texas clubs. “He goes both ways. Either way he’s gay. Ain’t no other way to say, he’s a f**king faggot so I’m lettin’ off my AK. Bust ’em in his forehead. … Continue reading

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Bob Jones University Says ‘No’ to Racism, Abercrombie & Fitch

Students at Bob Jones University becoming smart at the Bob Jones University Library, reading books by Bob Jones. Photo by Francis Miller / Life Magazine / 1948. ‘Finally, BJ University has issued a half-hearted apology for their racist past. They … Continue reading

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Sodomites! : Bigotry on the Bus

‘The bus driver surveyed the situation and exclaimed, loud enough for the passengers to hear, “sodomites!”‘By Dan Wentzel / November 24, 2008 A week after the election, I was riding the bus home in Santa Monica when we went past … Continue reading

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Read the Signs : Prop 8 Kickstarts a Movement

Charlotte rally against Prop. 8: Republican Reid Read (beard, backwards NASCAR cap, with sign): No hater. See brother Kirk’s sign below.‘It is ironic that the gay marriage issue has served as a launch pad for a militant protest movement.’By Jeff … Continue reading

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Thorne Dreyer: Intelligent Exchange on Gay Hate

Obbop: ‘Piss on the Gays’By Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog / November 16, 2008 I post most of The Rag Blog’s material to social networking site Reddit. Yesterday I sent a link to an article brother Richard Jehn placed … Continue reading

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Hate Radio Takes ’em All On: Women, Minorities, Gays, Autistic Children

Talk radio vitriol not just reserved for Obama. By Eric Boehlert and Jamison Foser / November 13, 2008 See Video montage of right wing talk radio, Below. As Media Matters for America documented, the nationwide network of conservative radio hosts … Continue reading

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Baylor : Obama Signs Burned; Noose Hung from Tree

Noose. Photo by AP.University officials denounce racial actions on election day. October 5, 2008 WACO — Baylor University officials said they are investigating an apparent noose hanging from a tree the day Barack Obama was elected the nation’s first black … Continue reading

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