Lorne Gunter: “Not a single news source I have found has sought to refute Spencer's claims about homosexuality -- not one. All have merely seen fit to denounce him for daring to express such beliefs, which have been variously described as "appalling," "outrageous," "antediluvian," "dangerous," "ignorant," "bigoted," un-Canadian and a host of other names.”
I had the same problem seeing the reaction to Spencer on the news. When I saw Spencer's quotes splashed across the screen, I laughed out loud thinking "man, people like that still exist?" but a gay rights activist was visibly and audibly appalled. There's no need to distance myself from Spencer, because I've never liked the Reform/Canadian Alliance/whatever-they-call-themselves-now (except possibly on foreign policy, but they have domestic policy all wrong), but distancing myself too far makes it look like I take whatever those assholes say seriously. I'm surprised this is as big a story as it is. I mean, haven't we gotten to the point where we expect that kind of thing from them now? Point is, there's such thing as being reflexively intolerant like the Reform/Alliance/whatever party, but is being reflexively tolerant (or, more accurately, reflexively intolerant of intolerance) much better?
