The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Fri, 01 May 2009 09:03:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Hate Crimes Bill Opportunity For High Comedy If You're A Moron http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/hate-crimes-bill-opportunity-for-high-comedy-if-youre-a-moron http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/hate-crimes-bill-opportunity-for-high-comedy-if-youre-a-moron#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 09:03:45 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/hate-crimes-bill-opportunity-for-high-comedy-if-youre-a-moron

View more news videos at: http://www.nbcwashington.com/video.

The joke here is supposed to be that Florida congressman Alcee Hastings is reading out a list of sexual fetishes on the floor of the United States House of Representatives, but the more serious point Hastings makes is that these were all part of an attempted amendment to the hate crimes bill that just passed in the House. Now, sure, "toucherism" is funny and all, but this is exactly the kind of shit that shows how homophobic and juvenile opponents of the legislation actually are. Disgusting.

---

See more posts by Alex Balk

2 comments

]]>

View more news videos at: http://www.nbcwashington.com/video.

The joke here is supposed to be that Florida congressman Alcee Hastings is reading out a list of sexual fetishes on the floor of the United States House of Representatives, but the more serious point Hastings makes is that these were all part of an attempted amendment to the hate crimes bill that just passed in the House. Now, sure, "toucherism" is funny and all, but this is exactly the kind of shit that shows how homophobic and juvenile opponents of the legislation actually are. Disgusting.

---

See more posts by Alex Balk

2 comments

]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/hate-crimes-bill-opportunity-for-high-comedy-if-youre-a-moron/feed 2