Comments on: Op-ed: Freedom is fabulous

By: dv8

dv8 — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:13:16 +0000

Don’t think anyone has clearly listened*

Sheesh, an edit button would of been helpful at this point.

By: dv8

dv8 — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:11:34 +0000

The response comments on regarding this article are nauseating and go to show that gays have a long way to go in maturity and reasoning.

I guess people like to twist her facts; she opposes this so she must align with “that”. i don’t think anything clearly has listened to her shows on a consistent basis. Obviously if you have, you wouldn’t come to immature conclusions. Bruce is about fairness, facts and experience.. and she is intellectually brilliant.

She is right.. Hate Crimes was never about “fairness” as much as about special treatment and controlling how you think/behavior. This “trait” has nothing to do with it. A murder is a murder is a murder is a murder. Sure you can single someone out for being different, but doesn’t negate the fact hate crimes is seen as overzealous and hurts more than helps.

By: volpi

volpi — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:54:18 +0000

If you don’t support hate crimes laws because of principle you should ask the repeal of all hate crime laws(racial ,religious, anti-military and other). The anti-gay lobby in fact disseminates the lie that hate crime against gay are less serious than other bias- motivated crimes.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:08:01 +0000

That chick is crazy after all she called Michelle Obama a B!TCH on her radio program. I have NO RESPECT FOR HER AT ALL!

By: Doctor Whom

Doctor Whom — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:31:43 +0000

Freedom is fabulous, but Tammy Bruce’s defense of it isn’t. While I have my issues with the concept of hate crimes, the factually incorrect notion that they make some groups more important than others isn’t one of them. Also, while I have my disagreements with the standard-issue gay left, I don’t call them the thought police just because they disagree with me. Further, as for gay male misogyny, it seems that yet again, the misandry of the politically correct Pat Robertson clones gets a free pass. Finally, in her closing paragraph, Bruce reveals herself to be yet another hanger-on who conflates conservatism with libertarianism when it suits her.

By: Fausto Fernandez

Fausto Fernandez — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:52:17 +0000

If Tammy Bruce gets raped to satisfy the lust of the rapist, that’s a very serious felony. But if she gets raped to punish her for being a lesbian, that’s a crime against all of us for being queer.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:19:35 +0000

Also, Tammy’s comments about left-wing gay male misogyny is irrelevant and indicative only of her personal misandry.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:15:13 +0000

I don’t think that Tammy’s argument holds water at all. The distinguishing feature of a hate crime is that the individual is the victim of a crime *because* they are a member of a particular group. If two people are battered, there should be no distinction if one of them happens to be gay. But if a person is targeted for no reason other than their homosexuality, the crime has a motivation based in bigotry and xenophobia. I’m guessing that lesbians are not as often the victim of hate crimes against homosexuals as gay men, but even today this happens regularly. I’m in my mid-twenties and live in a large city, and know several people who have been “jumped” and beaten on the streets for appearing homosexual.

I’d also like to point out that Tammy’s reference to Animal Farm is misguided, and she needs to read it more carefully herself.

By: Boo

Boo — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:13:51 +0000

Would it be too much to ask for Ms. Bruce to actually have some clue as to what she is talking about before she opens her mouth? Hate crimes laws do not, in fact single out any specific portion of the population. Hate crimes laws covering sexual orientation, for example, cover, well, sexual orientation. They do not single out gays or lesbians or bisexuals or any other particular group, they cover a TRAIT. A trait which every single person in the world has. Heterosexuals are covered under sexual orientation hate crime laws just as much as homosexuals. This fact nullifies her complaint. Now it’s certainly true that LGBTs are much more likely to be attacked because of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity than non-LGBTs, but that’s sort of like claiming that laws penalizing people for stealing cars discriminate against those who don’t own cars.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:44:26 +0000

Oh, and what about her opposition to marriage equality? Of course she doesn’t think donating to Prop 8 is bad when she supports it and still references her 2004 article denouncing equality.