FMJRA 2.0: Policy Of Truth

If I wanted to insult Stephen Colbert, I might have called him a lot of things, but “cock holster” probably wouldn’t have come to mind. By the standards of Stephen Colbert, however, there are no standards, so I can call him any slang synonym for homosexual and still hope to get a network TV contract.
Alas, my phone isn’t blowing up with return calls from CBS executives, which probably means you won’t see “The Stacy McCain Gay Joke Show” on their fall schedule. And I had so much material ready . . .
Being almost as notoriously heterosexual as President Trump, I wouldn’t be much offended at being targeted by an anti-gay slur. It’s an odd thing about what are commonly called “homophobic” insults: Who’s insulted?
If you’re not actually gay, why would someone call you a faggot? Is he trying to start a fight? Aren’t anti-gay insults, when aimed at a target who is not even suspected of homosexuality, just a way of saying, “I don’t like you”?
OK, you don’t like me, so you call me a faggot. And then what?
How am I expected to react to this non sequitur? Call the Civility Police and report you for violating the law against homophobia?
Oh — wait a minute! Homophobia is not actually against the law. It’s a free country, and you have a right to your own opinion. . . .

Read the whole thing at The Patriarch Tree.

“Of Hypocrisy and ‘Homophobia’”?—?@PatriarchTree https://t.co/xvEHnqdNH4 pic.twitter.com/pONi0JWYZB

— The Patriarch Tree (@PatriarchTree) May 4, 2017

That article was funded by readers who contributed in support of what I promised would be a 2,000-word “sledgehammer blow” against liberal orthodoxy, to be delivered by noon today. Actually, when I hit the “publish” button on the article, it was 2,097 words at 12:04 p.m. ET, so I was four minutes late and nearly 100 words beyond my proposed length. There were a couple of ideas I had in mind when I began writing that I didn’t get around to addressing specifically — e.g., isn’t “homophobia” more or less a prerequisite to heteroseuxality? — but we can hash out some of those points later. Please go read the entire article and let me know (either in responses there, or in the comments here) what you think of my work. Did I deliver on my promise? Did I focus attention on the proper response to the #FireColbert controversy? Did I raise the right questions and suggest the right answers?

Thanks to those who hit the tip jar: Leslie W., Jeffrey H., Steven J., Steve W., Cheryl B., Jennifer N., Louis M., Randall S., Whitney G., Philip M., David G., Peter S., Jonathan D., Stephen S., Laurel L., and Jason B. One reason I’m late in posting this acknowledgement is that the cable company decided today would be a good time to call my attention to my past-due bill by suspending my Internet service. So I called the service number to remedy this neglect and, checking my balance after I’d gotten the service restored, I was happy to discover that the Pay Pal contributions received in the preceding 12 hours were about $50 more than what I owed on the cable bill. Your donations were like answered prayer to a need I didn’t even know I had. God moves in mysterious ways, and all I can hope to do in gratitude is to try to give readers their money’s worth.

Category: Celebrities, Culture, Gays, Media Bias

In The Mailbox: 05.04.17

Posted on | May 4, 2017 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 05.04.17

— compiled by Wombat-socho

OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Quick Draw Colbert
Twitchy: @mkhammer’s Epic Personal Tweetstorm About Obamacare Is A Must-Read
Louder With Crowder: Cruz Spanks Comey For Letting Huma Slide

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: An Argument With A Lefty
American Power: Code Pink Protesters At Sessions Hearing Could Face Year In Jail
American Thinker: Obama, The Anti-President
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Daily Imperial Spending Spree News
Da Tech Guy: What Will It Take To Get Abortion Providers Out Of The Budget?
Don Surber: When It Comes To Trump, Don’t Freak Out
Dustbury: Mathroom Break
Fred On Everything: The Marine Corps, 1966 – Not Too Many Snowflakes
The Geller Report: Paris Migrants Blame Europe For Refugee Crisis – Not Enough Free Stuff
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post Of The Day
Jammie Wearing Fools: Shocker! Person Who Vandalized Church With “Heil Trump”, “Fag Church” Graffiti Is Gay Church Member
Joe For America: NC House Passes Bill To Protect Motorists Who Hit Protesters While Driving
Power Line: Our Low Energy Media At Work
Shark Tank: House Passes Spending Bill, Democrats Are All Smiles
Shot In The Dark: Now That All Of Minneapolis’ Problems Are Solved
STUMP: Here We Go – Puerto Rico Tries For Legal Federal Bankruptcy
The Jawa Report: Sandcrawler PSA – Antifa Are Nazis, also, Message In A Bottle
The Political Hat: Choosing Gender, Forcing Gender, And Fluidity Of Gender
This Ain’t Hell: Thursday Morning Feelgood Stories
War Is Boring: Trump’s Syria Strike Fell Short
Weasel Zippers: Susan Rice Refuses To Testify Before Senate On Russian Meddling, also, Hispanics Give Trump Higher Poll Ratings Than Other Ethnic Groups
Megan McArdle: In France’s Centrist/Populist Debate, Deja Vu For Americans
Mark Steyn: Comey, Colbert, And Cultural Genocide, also, Duking It Out

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Category: Linkagery

#FireColbert? How Much Do You Want ME to Explain Why This Is Hypocrisy?

Posted on | May 3, 2017 | 1 Comment

As everybody on the planet now knows, LGBT activists have launched a #FireColbert crusade after CBS Late Night host Stephen Colbert — a liberal in good standing, I hasten to point out — make a gay joke about Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. This is “homophobia,” and is intolerable, the anti-Colbert forces insist, and it occurs to me that Colbert and his enemies have therefore raised the question: What do we mean by “homophobia”? And furthermore, why is “homophobia” so wrong?

So, I’m itching to write about 2,000 words about this, because there is a profound hypocrisy behind the anti-“homophobia” crusade, and this Colbert joke has finally pulled the pin on this grenade.

What’s it worth to you, readers? Would you kick in $5 for the pleasure of watching me smash this smug bit of liberal orthodoxy to smithereens? Is it worth $10? Maybe $20? Just hit the tip jar for whatever you think it will be worth, and by noon tomorrow, I’ll deliver the sledgehammer blow.

Please, hit the freaking tip jar!

UPDATE: OK, that was a quick $160 — thanks to all who contributed — and as of 11:30 pm. ET, I’m 1,400 words into my sledgehammer blow against the hypocrisy involved in the #FireColbert crusade. So by noon Thursday, I expect to have it finished and then — WHAM!

UPDATE II: The promised WHAM! has been delivered.

Category: Gays, Media Bias

In The Mailbox: 05.03.17

Posted on | May 3, 2017 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 05.03.17

— compiled by Wombat-socho

OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Brigitte Bardot Says Le Pen Is Like Joan Of Arc
Michelle Malkin: A Thinking Mom’s Message For Jimmy Kimmel
Twitchy: And Now We Know How Hillary’s Classified E-Mails Wound Up On Weiner’s Laptop
Louder With Crowder: Construction Worker Delivers Verbal Beatdown To Antifa Thugs

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: It’s Either Sport Or Revolution
American Power: Mark Moyar, Strategic Failure
American Thinker: Bill Nye The Eugenics Guy
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Hump Day News
Da Tech Guy: Baldilocks – Profile In Faith
Don Surber: Never Apologize Again, Conservatives
Dustbury: Baby, You Can Fix My Car
The Geller Report: C Of E Spokesman Says Children Should Be Forced to Learn About Islam
Hogewash: Prevarication Du Jour
Jammie Wearing Fools: It’s Open War Between Trump And CBS
Joe For America: Texas Concealed Carrying Student Stops Slaughter At UT Austin
Power Line: The Trump Ad That CNN Won’t Run
Shark Tank: Trump’s Government Shutdown Tweet Upsets Top Republicans
Shot In The Dark: The Machine Lives On Forever
STUMP: Catch-Up Week – Let’s Turn Around Connecticut!
The Jawa Report: Nancy On Yamen, also, Sandcrawler PSA – Canadian National Center For Truth And Reconciliation Is The Borg
The Political Hat: British Judge Channels Herod, Orders Slaughter Of An Innocent
This Ain’t Hell: You Couldn’t Make This Shit Up If You Tried, also, Leo Thorsness Passes
War Is Boring: Watchdog Tells Congress To slow Down New “Frigate” Program
Weasel Zippers: Conservatives Fume Over Complete Surrender To Democrats On Budget Deal, also, Obama Proposed To White Woman Before Meeting Michelle, But Dumped Her As Political Liability
Mark Steyn: The Meaning of The Blues, also, The Politicization of Everything

Sarah Hoyt, Darkship Revenge
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Category: Linkagery

Woman Gets 25 Years in Prison for Her Role in Florida Teen Sex-Slavery Case

Posted on | May 3, 2017 | Comments Off on Woman Gets 25 Years in Prison for Her Role in Florida Teen Sex-Slavery Case

Marie Johnson (left) and Rob Johnson (right).

Marie Johnson was sentenced last week to 25 years in prison for helping her husband keep a teenage orphan as their sex slave for five years.

The victim, apparently a relative, was 13 when her mother died and she was sent to live with Rob and Marie Johnson in Port St. Lucie, Florida:

She was told she had to have sex with the Johnsons to be accepted into their family, according to court records. The victim is now 22 and lives out of state.
Rob Johnson cited Old Testament references to men having multiple wives and he called her his second wife, according to testimony.
She was threatened with foster care, not allowed to use the phone and had to rehearse explanations to give if doctors asked about her sex life. She was home-schooled and not allowed out of the house, according to court records.
She escaped the house when she turned 18.

According to police documents, Marie Johnson pushed the girl against a wall and held her by her throat until the girl agreed to the couple’s sexual demands. The girl said she had to have sex with the couple twice a week. She was told to call Rob “master,” and was beaten when she didn’t follow the couple’s directions or complete her chores. In February, Rob Johnson, 46, was convicted by a jury on 87 counts of sexual battery on a child age 12 or older by a person with familial or custodial authority. Prosecutor Brandon White called it “one of the worst cases of sexual abuse ever to come into this courthouse.” Judge James McCann sentenced Rob Johnson to 87 consecutive life terms in prison.

According to testimony, Marie Johnson took the girl shopping at Wal-Mart to purchase matching negligees for them, and asked the girl what music she would like playing as she lost her virginity. Marie Johnson pleaded guilty to 88 counts — one charge more than her husband, to include a sexual encounter she had with the girl when her husband was not present — and provided corroborating testimony against her husband. Testifying by telephone at Marie Johnson’s sentencing, the victim, now 22, said: “Marie should have protected me like one of her own children. She did not do that at all. In fact, she did quite the opposite.”

The prosecutor recommended that Marie Johnson be sentenced to 12 years in prison and 20 years’ probation, saying, “It was pretty clear that Rob Johnson was the mastermind and brainwashed both the wife and the victim.” However, Judge McCann exceeded the prosecutor’s request, sentencing her to 25 years in prison and 25 years of sex-offender probation. Judge McCann noted that Marie Johnson had threatened to put the girl in foster care if she didn’t submit to the couple’s sexual demands. Marie Johnson’s participation in the abuse of the girl “was nothing short of complete,” the judge said. “That’s completely unforgivable. Even the brainwashing doesn’t excuse you.”

Category: Crime, Florida