Cliff Kincaid, Accuracy in Media:
It's one of the worst congressional scandals ever. A top House Republican who denounced sex predators as "animals" stands accused of acting like one. Mark Foley had served as a Deputy Majority Whip in the House and co-chair of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children. His forced resignation, after being exposed as a homosexual pervert who talked dirty to young boys, has done more damage to the GOP than George Soros could ever think of doing. But it remains to be seen whether the liberal media and the Democrats can successfully exploit this scandal.
Nice how he works in a dig at George Soros, who has absolutely nothing to do with any of this, isn't it? But that's just the obligatory 'look over there!' paragraph. Kincaid's argument develops pretty early in the piece. Emphasis mine:
The failure to use the word "homosexual" in describing Foley's dirty talk is likely due to fear over being labeled "homophobic" or biased by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), which exists to make sure that only positive portrayals of homosexuality are permitted in the media. Plus, the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association previously warned the media, in connection with sexual abuse by Catholic Priests, to avoid linking homosexuality to pedophilia.
The questionable line we already see emerging in the media is that Foley is guilty of inappropriate behavior toward young people but that it has nothing to do with his "sexual orientation."
The thing is, I haven't heard anyone say that -- although a lot of people should start. Besides, what is the logic here -- that it's only unacceptable because it was a sixteen year old boy? I suppose that if Foley had been sexually harrassing teenage girls, Kincaid would applaud. But the truth is, it really doesn't have anything to with his orientation. It's not the fact that he's hitting on male pages that's the problem, it's that he's hitting on pages at all. But again, Kincaid pretty much asserts that there's nothing wrong with sexually harrassing teenage girls by excluding the age of the victims from the discussion...
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