Sen. Tom Cotton Says Gays Should Be Glad They’re Not Hung

[niyad]

(the comments are worth the read)

Non Sequiturd


Sen. Tom Cotton Says Gays Should Be Glad They’re Not Hung


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We could just drop gays on Iran. Or Tom Cotton.

Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Logan Act) has just about had it up to here with people fussing about “religious freedom” bills in Indiana and Arkansas, when we have far more important fish to fry, like undercutting the President on nuclear negotiations with Iran. Or, probably, Benghazi (Never Forget!).
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On CNN’s Wall Of Text Theater Situation Room Wednesday, Cotton told Wolf Blitzer that there’s nothing bad about religious freedom, and noted that former Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton had signed the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and nobody accused him of anti-gay bigotry (at least not until he also signed DOMA). Besides, said Cotton, people really need to understand that there are far worse things than not getting your gay wedding catered by a Christian pizzeria run by Irish people:
I think it’s important that we have a sense of perspective about our priorities. In Iran, they hang you for the crime of being gay.

That’s nice! We were sort of hoping Cotton would go on to point out that American feminists should be delighted they’re not required to wear burqas; that factory workers should be grateful they don’t live in China; that The Blacks should thank God their ancestors were brought here 400 years ago so they don’t live in Africa; and perhaps that Republican senators who don’t like the President should thank their lucky stars they’re not opposition lawmakers in Russia.

But perspective really is the important thing, Cotton continued, because a little domestic injustice ain’t nothin’. He doesn’t want Wolf Blitzer to ask dumb questions about The Gays, those lucky un-executed duckies, he wants to talk about Iran:
We should focus on the most important priorities that our country faces right now, and I would say that a nuclear-armed Iran, given the threat that it poses to the region and our interests in the region, and American citizens, is the most important thing that we be focused on right now.

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Hanged. "Hung" has an altogether different connotation.

And yes, Cotton is a disgusting lump of crap.

[niyad]

6. the article itself, as well as the comments, had a great deal of fun with it!

[Coventina]

2. *insert juvenile joke here*

I realize the OP is only quoting the source, but the correct grammar would be "hanged".


"Hung" implies something entirely different....

[niyad]

7. most of the commenters had a great deal of fun with it.

[Thinkingabout]

3. as soon as we get the haters hung the we will not have this problem, huh

[joeybee12]

4. How does Cotton know? Has he had every single gay man and none were hung?

He's apparently a tramp then.

[niyad]

9. maybe lyle can tell us?

[BlueCaliDem]

5. Tommy boy is challenging Ted Cruz for the crown of being the most idiotic Republican Senator

in our Senate.

This PoS is still trying to compare the 1993 bill President Clinton signed into law to that Jim Crow RFRA bill?? The two are similar but NOT exactly alike. He must really believe that the American people are really that stupid, and thanks to U.S. M$M, he might be correct.

[niyad]

8. the fact that this cretin is, not only a senator, but given considerable air time, shows he is

probably correct about the level of credulity (do they teach that word at harvard?)