What happened
when this antigay wingnut was exposed on YouTube? She saw
it as her big break.
Thanks to
youtube, anyone anywhere who does something idiotic can
become famous whether they deserve it or not. Behold
the Miss Teen USA contestant who mangled a question
about maps; Chris “Leave Britney Alone!”
Crocker; or hapless beauty queen Stacey Hedger, who
innocently and ineptly played “Star
Wars” on her trumpet at a pageant years ago and
was probably sitting quietly at home when she suddenly found
herself dealing with online threats. Surprise!
You’re famous -- and so untalented we want you
to die!
However, all of
these instant stars are just fluff, unlike new Internet
sensation Sally Kern, a hitherto unknown Oklahoma state
representative and religious nut who was recorded
while speaking to a tiny group of
God-Knows-Who-in-God-Knows-Where, Okla. She decided to take
a break from her pothole-filling and garbage
collection duties and grace her listeners with her
vast knowledge of homosexuality, making statements like
“the homosexual agenda is destroying this
nation—OK, it’s just a fact”;
declaring gays worse than terrorists; and confiding,
“I think we’ve been suckered by this lie
of separation of church and state.”
I can hear the
loudspeakers now: “At tonight’s performance
the role of Moron, usually played by the dead Jerry
Falwell, will be played by Sally Kern.”
Rather than
retreating into hiding after her YouTube moment, Kern was
more than ready for her close-up. She’s working her
newfound notoriety like Monica Lewinsky on Saturday
Night Live. At first Kern claimed her comments
were taken out of context, but you couldn’t mistake
the meaning of “the biggest threat our nation
has, even more so than terrorism or Islam” even
if it was a lyric from Sweeney Todd. And
I’m over the “out of context” excuse,
which is always made when the speaker should simply
say “Open mouth, insert foot, swallow.”
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