Kudos to Perez Hilton for having the decency and the courage to condemn Dan Savage's foul-mouthed, anti-Bible rant at a journalism conference attended by high school students. Some kids walked out when Savage insulted their faith.
Hilton writes:
Savage later called the walk-out "pansy-a**ed" which, from someone who helms an anti-bullying campaign, is obviously a very negative thing to say.
...Religion is certainly a tricky mistress!
Can't we just be good and kind to each other? Isn't faith in love and honesty and kindness all any of us really need?
Although Hilton's condemnation of Savage's bullying tactics is quite mild, he should be commended for at least admitting Savage's remarks were inconsistent with someone leading an anti-bullying campaign.
Ben Shapiro, Breitbart's Big Hollywood, writes:
Hilton has long been an advocate of anti-bullying, and it is heroic of him to stand apart from the rest of the media, which has buried Savage’s bully tactics or brushed them off as unimportant. Savage, as Hilton points out, has lost his credibility as an anti-bullying advocate with such actions. And yes, Hilton has cut a video on behalf of the It Gets Better Project.
It wasn’t any of the big time celebrities who have endorsed and supported Savage’s It Gets Better Project who stood up against him. It wasn’t folks like Jane Lynch or Neil Patrick Harris or Josh Duhamel or James Marsden or Janet Jackson or Jennifer Love Hewitt or any of the dozens of other stars who could have done so.
It wasn’t the folks in the mainstream media, who have completely ignored the story, or justified Savage’s behavior.
It wasn’t the elected leaders who have used government resources to direct traffic to Savage’s program who stood up to Savage’s bullying here. It wasn’t President Obama or Vice President Biden or Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack or the Department of Justice or the White House Staff or Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius.
It's pretty pathetic that Hollywood celebrities and government officials won't comment on Savage's hateful remarks. It's awful that Obama says nothing.
Why isn't Obama thinking about his daughters, Sasha and Malia, when it comes to Savage's rant?
Does he only think about them when Sandra Fluke is demanding a Catholic institution pay for her contraception?
Whatever.
It's unfortunate that doing the right thing takes a backseat to the political goals of Obama and his followers.
It shouldn't be that hard to admit Savage is a bully, with a long history of intolerance and cruelty. He's a terrible role model.
Don't bully?
Absolutely. Respect others.
In other words, don't be like Dan Savage.
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