Leftwing Intolerance
August 16th, 2008 at 07:32pm Mark Noonan
Rather strange world we live in:
The executives of a gay sex site are apparently more concerned about the perception that they’re associated with John McCain than McCain is about the association with them.
The chairman of the board of Manhunt, the Cambridge-based hookup site, was forced to resign after reports that he gave $2,300 to McCain.
Manhunt co-founder Larry Basile e-mailed the blog Towleroad:
It should be known that Jonathan Crutchley’s donation to McCain left the entire Board in disbelief. I am disappointed that we have lost some customers, and I understand the anger. It is too bad for the web site if we lose customers, but PLEASE never refer to me as a Republican. I consider it an offense.
Earlier today, at the request of the Board, Jonathan has stepped down as Chairman.
McCain’s campaign hasn’t responded to questions about the $2,300 contribution.
Crutchley defended it on similar grounds to those McCain has offered on other hot-button social issues: They agree on national security issues, and can argue domestic policy later.
Being a Republican is offensive, but running a gay sex site is peachy keen? Interesting.
Outside of the rather odd view of morality, the more important issue here is the rank intolerance on the left - I mean, it doesn’t appear that the guy was advocating for McCain on the website…he was just exercising his right to support the candidate of his choice, and for the leftwingers who run the site, that was a crime (how do I know they’re lefties? Oh, come on….). This is the hatred we refer to when we speak of the “hate filled left”…the intolerance is astounding, as if politics is the most important thing which happens.
Entry Filed under: Campaign 2008, Kook Left, Popular Culture, Republicans, Social Issues
21 Comments
1. Ricorun | August 16th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Mark: Being a Republican is offensive, but running a gay sex site is peachy keen?
Considering multiple instances in the recent past, I presume this wasn’t intended as an either/or question.
2. Faceplant | August 16th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Uh, or just maybe his stepping down had nothing to do with “leftist intollerance” and EVERYTHING to do with business. I doubt many viewers of gay porn are going to be too happy doing business with someone who gave money to the party of gay hate.
Just a thought.
Oh, by the way since you didn’t mention it, John McCain returned the contribution.
3. JPL | August 16th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
In other words, faceplant, you’re perfectly OK with blacklists, as well as they’re compiled and enforced by leftists. How enlightened of you.
Oh, and “by the way since you didn’t mention it,” as of this moment, whether or not McCain returned the contribution is about 4th or 5th generation hearsay. Granted, he may well return it eventually, but I’d wait for confirmation from a responsible grown-up before reporting it as fact.
4. gotbrains? | August 16th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Why wouldn’t the owner of a gay sex site contribute to Republicans? After all, Republican politicians are their best customers…
5. JPL | August 17th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Why wouldn’t the owner of a gay sex site contribute to Republicans? After all, Republican politicians are their best customers…
And your assinine comment justifies the gay blacklist…how?
6. kjstrouble | August 17th, 2008 at 12:55 am
JPL - assinine comments are all that so many on the left have. They do not want to contribute to a real discussion.
I have to admit, I have no idea why it would be anyone’s business what a private person gives to whom as long as the contribution is legal. What he did/does for a living should not apply. But then when my father was living he gave to Republicans quite often, and he owned adult bookstores and theaters.
7. uffy | August 17th, 2008 at 1:05 am
So, are we bashing gay sex sites, gay Dems who go to the sex sites, or gay Repubs who go to the sex sites? Is it okay if you are a gay Dem to go to the gay sex site, but not okay if you are a gay Republican? Does the gay sex site have some sort of disclaimer like: Please be advised that this site does NOT cater to gay Republicans! Isn’t the goal of a gay sex site errr ummmm…..gay sex?
Maybe the name Manhunt should be changed to Drama Queens.
8. Mark Noonan | August 17th, 2008 at 1:32 am
uffy,
No, what we’re bashing in leftist intolerance - I will bet money that the people who forced the guy out pride themselves on a supposed sense of tolerance and open-mindedness…that is what is at issue.
As for the website - I’d return the money; but, then again, I believe that pornography should be illegal. I don’t know McCain’s exact position on that.
9. Faceplant | August 17th, 2008 at 2:55 am
JPL,
Would you have a problem with George Bush firing a cabinet secretary who showed public support for a democrat?
I don’t have the slightest problem with a business making a completely legal business decision, and I wouldn’t have a problem with it if the tables were turned.
This has nothing to do with tolerance (which was the original topic, in case you forgot).
10. Faceplant | August 17th, 2008 at 3:00 am
“I will bet money that the people who forced the guy out pride themselves on a supposed sense of tolerance and open-mindedness…that is what is at issue.”
No, it’s what you want to pretend is the issue. In reality, most people who aren’t idiot followers of yours, can see that this was strictly a business decision.
Even your spin isn’t usually this pathetic. You must really be running dry.
11. Faceplant | August 17th, 2008 at 3:04 am
“I believe that pornography should be illegal. I don’t know McCain’s exact position on that.”
You vote entirely based on “moral” issues. Forgive me if I think you are absolutely full of crap when you claim that you don’t know McCains position on pornography.
12. Ray Ban | August 17th, 2008 at 5:41 am
I don’t get it. I would think only Republicans would use a gay hook-up site.
13. neocon | August 17th, 2008 at 10:00 am
“I don’t get it.” - Ray Ban
No truer words have ever been spoken.
14. yekepyt | August 17th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Faceplant, you need to translate some of the things that Bush/McCain supporters say. For example, when Mark Noonan says, “I will bet money that…” what he really means is “I have no evidence that….”
Bush/McCain supporters, and Mark in particular, frequently spin weird assertions from thin air, and then claim that they are truth and/or fact.
15. neocon | August 17th, 2008 at 10:25 am
yekepyt,
Do you mean like this?
“This war is lost” - Harry Reid
“The surge will not abate sectarian violence, in fact it will do the opposite” - Hussein Obama
I get it now
Thanks
neocon
16. Mark Noonan | August 17th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
face,
I said I don’t know his exact position - of course, given his overall worldview, there probably isn’t a lot of love for the porno industry in McCain, but there is a legitimate, libertarian argument to be made about it, and McCain might fall into that camp, rather than mine.
17. Mark Noonan | August 17th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
yek,
Whatever…but after many years experience, I think I’m on solid ground in my supposition here.
18. qskakaley | August 17th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Does no one else find it funny that we have people bashing the “intolerant left”? Isn’t that like saying, “I f*cking hate it when people swear!” Um, if bashing isn’t considered a sign of intolerance, then what is?
Look, I get it. Lefties are always claiming to be socially tolerant and what not, so their general intolerance of people (and ideas) who disagree with them is rather annoying, but the responses I’ve read here are certainly fine examples of the pot calling the kettle black…from both sides.
19. Kahn | August 18th, 2008 at 12:30 am
qskakaley - zeig heil!
1. The left controls all but one news network and most newspapers which they frequently use to push their agenda.
2. The left controls most of the entertainment industry, which they frequently use to push their agenda.
3. The left (with ironically, John McCains help) passed “campaign finance” laws that severely limit the speech of many Republican groups but exempted unions - who typically support Democrats.
4. The left still, yes admit it wants to disarm the American populace. WE think it’s so you can subjugate us. Prove me wrong.
5. The left practices blacklisting of conservatives in academia, journalism, entertainment, and now even adult entertainment.
6. Last presidential election cycle Republican offices were stormed and ransacked by AFL/CIO operatives. They were burned, ransacked, and shot into on multiple other instances. And in Milwaukee, the children of senior Democrats vandalized the vehicles Republicans were going to use in their “get out the vote” effort the night before the election. Thus making them unusable for the election.
So yah, the left is intolerant. Deal with it.
(Now I expect some clever replies like pasting my last sentence and retorting with nyah, nyah, nyah. That’s pretty typical.)
20. Kahn | August 18th, 2008 at 1:28 am
Oh, and here is an example of agenda based news and entertainment:
Did you know that we’ve won 2 Gold, 2 Silver, and 2 Bronze medals in ….. shooting events? Remember watching them at all? The shooting events are participated in by more countries than any other events. Guess NBC missed that.
21. JPL | August 18th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Would you have a problem with George Bush firing a cabinet secretary who showed public support for a democrat?
That’s a ridiculous analogy, faceplant. A cabinet secretary is by definition a political appointee. It’s been an accepted fact since the founding of the Republic that Secretaries of State, Defense, the Treasury, etc., are hired and fired based in part on political considerations. There’s nothing unfair or unjust about it.
But it’s something else entirely (and sometimes illegal) to fire someone from a non-political position because of how he choses to exercise his first-amendment rights. Leftists have been screaming about the injustice of the Hollywood blacklist for more than the past 50 years. The firing of the gay hook-up site Chairman because he contributed to a Republican is no different from the Hollywood balcklist. The only reason you have no problem with it is because the shoe is now on the other foot. No wonder so many reasonable people think leftists are hypocrites.
[M]ost people who aren’t idiot followers of yours can see that this was strictly a business decision.
No, you come off more as the idiot here. The co-founder’s quote makes it quite clear that the firing was based mostly on emotion and politics rather than business. Whereas the co-founder was only “disappointed” that the company lost “some” customers, the mere fact that Crutchley donated to a Republican “left the entire Board in disbelief….never refer to me as a Republican. I consider it an offense.” Sorry, but this is one of the purest examples of a leftist blacklist I’ve ever seen, period.