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Bluenorthwest

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6. See, that's a right wing meme in itself, one that good people reject...

Reply to Hells Liberal (Reply #3)

Sat Aug 25, 2012, 08:40 AM

Aug 2012

Your theory that he could not be heterosexual AND a rotten rat fink so that he MUST be closeted is just so fucked up, so old and tired, that few on DU will accept such bigoted and backward crap.
I mean, let's be specific. What about him 'sounds' as if he's really gay? You claim he sounds like another of them. What elements in this story preclude his heterosexuality?

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Lawmaker who thinks gays a threat to children crashes boat into children [View all] Ichingcarpenter Aug 2012 OP

For the USCG the limit is 0.04 Turbineguy Aug 2012 #1

Maybe for a commercial licence, but for recreational watercraft it's still .08 Brother Buzz Aug 2012 #33

du rec. Nt xchrom Aug 2012 #2

He was on the boat with another man, eh? Hells Liberal Aug 2012 #3

See, that's a right wing meme in itself, one that good people reject... Bluenorthwest Aug 2012 #6

He's a hypocritical republican? BlueToTheBone Aug 2012 #10

ummmm behrstar Aug 2012 #11

Oh yes they will accept it - TBF Aug 2012 #13

It was a bad call... I hope the poster removes or edits it Ichingcarpenter Aug 2012 #16

As is the same situation chervilant Aug 2012 #20

Yes - that is true as well. nt TBF Aug 2012 #28

Homophobic? Maybe You’re Gay Loudestlib Aug 2012 #22

Because two straight men have never gone out on a boat drinking together. yardwork Aug 2012 #18

That's quite a leap in conclusions Stinky The Clown Aug 2012 #23

It's no more a leap in conclusions Hells Liberal Aug 2012 #29

The passenger was John E. Moran IV, a former police officer who narrowly lost an election for madinmaryland Aug 2012 #27

I don't know if they were gay or not. Hells Liberal Aug 2012 #34

The irony is almost ferromagnetic. ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2012 #4

And that rocktivity Aug 2012 #14

Are the kids ok? The article says that one was air-lifted by helicopter to Johns Hopkins. yardwork Aug 2012 #19

Unfortunately the 5-year-old has a fractured skull LiberalEsto Aug 2012 #31

Was he arrested for Boating While Intoxicated? Ilsa Aug 2012 #5

Maybe his church helped him make bail Ichingcarpenter Aug 2012 #7

I'm sure he was arrested, nobody gets away with running down children while drunk, I hope. xtraxritical Aug 2012 #17

I wonder how mixing alcohol and a motor boat accident will not be found an offense... I suppose if midnight Aug 2012 #8

So, his boat sank. Big f'n deal. The kids - I hope they are all OK. mwooldri Aug 2012 #9

Wouldn't that be nice? Fingers crossed! Auntie Bush Aug 2012 #12

Well, he's safe ... they weren't fetuses ... zbdent Aug 2012 #15

I went to a different article: Ilsa Aug 2012 #21

Glad the kids weren't seriously hurt and Hopkins is a great institution... mike dub Aug 2012 #24

I am assuming at least one may have been seriously hurt. Did I Just Type This Aug 2012 #25

The 5-year-old has a skull fracture nt LiberalEsto Aug 2012 #32

Karma....... louis-t Aug 2012 #26

he can look forward to lots of lawsuits from the parents. no sympathy for a hate monger Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #30