As stock in the Confederate flag is falling faster than Donald Trump for himself, some far-right conservatives have decided to counter this movement by equating the Confederate flag to the rainbow flag, insinuating that the two are equal, and if liberals can take down Confederate flags, conservatives should be able to take down the rainbow flags.
John Nolte, Breitbart writer, posted these tweets on the matter (@NolteNC), with all of the posts featuring a picture of a rainbow flag:
- "When will this symbol of anti-Christian hate come down?"
- "The hateful symbol of bigots who smear Christianity as hate speech must come down..."
- "Anyone who doesn't think the gay flag has become a symbol of bigotry and hate hasn't been paying attention."
Nolte followed these tweets with a writing entitled, "Take Down The Fascist, Anti-Christian Gay Pride Flag," where he wrote this:
"Under the banner of what is dishonestly called a gay pride or gay 'rights' flag, hate, fascism, and intolerance has festered for years, specifically against Christians and conservatives. Under the auspices of a 'rights and equality' symbol, Leftists have been on a rampage to take way the rights of others through bullying, lies, and online terrorism."
On his radio show, American Family Association's Bryan Fischer said this:
"If we are going to remove symbols of oppression from our culture, if we come to the point where we say any flag that represents bigotry, any flag that represents hatred, any flag that represents slavery or oppression needs to be removed, then I want to suggest that the next flag to go ought to be the rainbow flag of the Gay Reich. The rainbow flag represents the gay lobby, it represents Big Gay, it represents what I'm calling for the first time today, I'm introducing the new term: the Gay Reich. They've got a flag just like the Nazis had their flag."
These have to be two of the stupidest comparisons, if not the two stupidest comparisons, I've ever heard. John Nolte and Bryan Fischer, allow me to differentiate the rainbow flag from the Confederate and Nazi flags.
The Confederate flag symbolizes: Slavery, oppression, hatred, and intolerance
The Nazi flag symbolizes very similar things
The rainbow flag symbolizes: A group of people who have been fighting oppression, intolerance, and attempting to garner equal rights
In other words, the rainbow flag is as similar to the Confederate and Nazi flags as Bryan Fischer and John Nolte are to Albert Einstein. In other words, they're polar opposites.
I have a couple of questions for Nolte and Fischer: When have gays enslaved Christians? When has the LGBT community exterminated millions of Christians? Good luck answering with anything but "never."
Earth to John Nolte and Bryan Fischer, Christians are not the ones being oppressed by homosexuals; homosexuals are being oppressed by Christians. Straight heterosexual Christians have the right to marry nationwide. Homosexuals do not have that right nationwide, and yet it's the LGBT community oppressing Christians by trying to garner equal rights as those straight heterosexual Christians, while many of these straight heterosexual Christians are attempting to prevent that from happening?
The LGBT community's goal: To attain equal rights as heterosexuals nationwide
John Nolte and Bryan Fischer's goal: To legally be able to discriminate against homosexuals - in other words, be bigots
So, just like blacks have been offended by the Confederate flag and its connection to slavery and Jews have been offended by the Nazi flag and its connection to the Holocaust, John Nolte and Bryan Fischer are offended by the rainbow flag and its connection to them not be legally allowed to be (publicly and professionally) bigoted toward the LGBT community. If that isn't an example of false equivalence and of bass ackwards thinking, I don't know what is. I suggest John Nolte, Bryan Fischer, and their ilk enjoy the rights that African-Americans didn't have during slavery, that Jews didn't have during the Holocaust, that homosexuals don't fully have today, realize how lucky you are, and stop trying to oppress others from the rights you've taken for granted for so many years.
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/conservatives_demanding_government_buildings_take_down_fascist_anti_christian_gay_pride_flag
John Nolte, Breitbart writer, posted these tweets on the matter (@NolteNC), with all of the posts featuring a picture of a rainbow flag:
- "When will this symbol of anti-Christian hate come down?"
- "The hateful symbol of bigots who smear Christianity as hate speech must come down..."
- "Anyone who doesn't think the gay flag has become a symbol of bigotry and hate hasn't been paying attention."
Nolte followed these tweets with a writing entitled, "Take Down The Fascist, Anti-Christian Gay Pride Flag," where he wrote this:
"Under the banner of what is dishonestly called a gay pride or gay 'rights' flag, hate, fascism, and intolerance has festered for years, specifically against Christians and conservatives. Under the auspices of a 'rights and equality' symbol, Leftists have been on a rampage to take way the rights of others through bullying, lies, and online terrorism."
On his radio show, American Family Association's Bryan Fischer said this:
"If we are going to remove symbols of oppression from our culture, if we come to the point where we say any flag that represents bigotry, any flag that represents hatred, any flag that represents slavery or oppression needs to be removed, then I want to suggest that the next flag to go ought to be the rainbow flag of the Gay Reich. The rainbow flag represents the gay lobby, it represents Big Gay, it represents what I'm calling for the first time today, I'm introducing the new term: the Gay Reich. They've got a flag just like the Nazis had their flag."
These have to be two of the stupidest comparisons, if not the two stupidest comparisons, I've ever heard. John Nolte and Bryan Fischer, allow me to differentiate the rainbow flag from the Confederate and Nazi flags.
The Confederate flag symbolizes: Slavery, oppression, hatred, and intolerance
The Nazi flag symbolizes very similar things
The rainbow flag symbolizes: A group of people who have been fighting oppression, intolerance, and attempting to garner equal rights
In other words, the rainbow flag is as similar to the Confederate and Nazi flags as Bryan Fischer and John Nolte are to Albert Einstein. In other words, they're polar opposites.
I have a couple of questions for Nolte and Fischer: When have gays enslaved Christians? When has the LGBT community exterminated millions of Christians? Good luck answering with anything but "never."
Earth to John Nolte and Bryan Fischer, Christians are not the ones being oppressed by homosexuals; homosexuals are being oppressed by Christians. Straight heterosexual Christians have the right to marry nationwide. Homosexuals do not have that right nationwide, and yet it's the LGBT community oppressing Christians by trying to garner equal rights as those straight heterosexual Christians, while many of these straight heterosexual Christians are attempting to prevent that from happening?
The LGBT community's goal: To attain equal rights as heterosexuals nationwide
John Nolte and Bryan Fischer's goal: To legally be able to discriminate against homosexuals - in other words, be bigots
So, just like blacks have been offended by the Confederate flag and its connection to slavery and Jews have been offended by the Nazi flag and its connection to the Holocaust, John Nolte and Bryan Fischer are offended by the rainbow flag and its connection to them not be legally allowed to be (publicly and professionally) bigoted toward the LGBT community. If that isn't an example of false equivalence and of bass ackwards thinking, I don't know what is. I suggest John Nolte, Bryan Fischer, and their ilk enjoy the rights that African-Americans didn't have during slavery, that Jews didn't have during the Holocaust, that homosexuals don't fully have today, realize how lucky you are, and stop trying to oppress others from the rights you've taken for granted for so many years.
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/conservatives_demanding_government_buildings_take_down_fascist_anti_christian_gay_pride_flag
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