Hoosier Hatin’

Pam takes on a Hoosier homobigot, and once again incisively knocks down the inane arguments of someone offended by the conflation of minority rights and gay rights. In response to the idiot claim, “To compare the plight of homosexuals to that of African Americans is an insult to my race,” Pam retorts:

How about she is an insult to my "race"? What about all of the LGBT people of color -- how do they fit into her argument? It's the same old, same old -- being gay is the "white man's perversion" and for someone like Torkwase Adande, civil rights are some sort of zero sum game where protections for gays are somehow going to have an impact on the rights she has gained.

To see these kinds of comments over and over is just sad. It's the reason why there is going to be a conference dealing directly with homophobia in the black community this month in Atlanta. It is sorely needed.

And let me just add, on behalf of progressive Hoosiers (a small contingent though we may be), that Jocelyn-Tandy Torkwase Adande is an insult to us, too. Luckily, Pam’s got some IndyStar letters to the editor that illustrate not everyone in this sorry state is as hateful (or ignorant) as she is.