Now back to our regularly scheduled blogging about the fucking scary movement conservatives that are taking over the GOP. TPM reported on Sharron Angle’s affiliation with the Independent American Party, which TPM describes as “Christian conservative-cum-libertarian”, which is wingnut-ese for a co-commitment to patriarchy and white domination. Unsurprisingly, these are folks with high level fears of contamination from all sorts of scary Others. And they aren’t afraid to advertise it!
Independent American Party supporters could buy “Homophobia - No | Homonausea - Yes” bumper stickers for the special low price of $1.
To you or I, this may seem like a distinction without difference. But this is a very big deal for the Real American Men of the wingnutteria. To suggest that they experience “homophobia” is to suggest that they experience fear, and that is basically saying they aren’t men, but 6 foot tall vaginas with legs. So that breathless hysteria about homosexuality they express that looks exactly like fear is totally not fear.
To digress a bit, this mentality is basically an inescapable trap. When you fear being exposed as someone who has fears because this makes you less of a man, you’re in a constant state of fear, i.e. non-manhood. Which you have to desperately cover up, which creates more fearful behavior that you have to cover up. It’s a vicious cycle.
It’s been well-established the Angle is objectively pro-cavity and has resisted fluoride in the drinking water. People who are freaked out about this may be publicly cagey about why, but it’s well-known that they fear that fluoridation is a communist mind control plot. But the fear of invisible agents in the water out to get you doesn’t stop there! IAP published a 16-page advertising insert in various Nevada papers in 1994 that is basically a hate tract against gay people. If you follow this link, you can see the whole thing. TPM’s description: