Dan Savage's Fake Apology
Sex columnist and gay rights advocate Dan Savage went on a rant against the Bible at the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalist Conference over the weekend that caused several students to walk out. How did Savage react? By calling the students who walked out "pansy-ass people".
It all started out innocently enough when Savage made what I thought was a valid point -- that some Christians have a tendency to cherry-pick which aspects of the Bible they want to follow/believe and which ones they don't:
People often point out that they can’t help it, they can’t help with the anti-gay bullying, because it says right there in Leviticus, it says right there in Timothy, it says right there in Romans that being gay is wrong. We can learn to ignore the bullshit in the Bible about gay people.
Which is true - the Bible says many things shouldn't be done that are done in modern times, like women cutting their hair or people of any gender wearing clothing with two blended fabrics (ex: cotton-poly blend).
Some students asked to leave the assembly as they felt Savage's words were an attack on their faith. If someone is uncomfortable in a situation, they should have every right to leave without being criticized. I think that's what most logic people teach children to do in a situation where they're feeling attacked.
Savage's reaction to the exiting students speaks volumes about his character and who he really is as a person:
You can tell the Bible guys in the hall they can come back now because I’m done beating up the Bible. It’s funny to someone who is on the receiving end of beatings that are justified by the Bible how pansy-ass people react when you push back.
That's right -- because several people chose to walk away, they're pansy-asses. How eloquent, Mr. Savage.
I've pointed out previously the countless times that Savage has said something stupid that damages not only his reputation, but the reputations of the anti-bullying and gay rights organizations with which he's associated, such as NOH8 and The Trevor Project.
Today, Dan Savage took to his own blog (via The Stranger, a Seattle publication) and posted his own apology, which was nothing but lies:
I would like to apologize for describing that walk out as a pansy-assed move. I wasn’t calling the handful of students who left pansies (2800+ students, most of them Christian, stayed and listened), just the walk-out itself.
Once again, Savage's own words were "It's funny to someone who is on the receiving end of beatings that are justified by the Bible how pansy-ass people react when you push back."
Then Savage said he wasn't attacking religion:
I did not attack Christianity. I attacked hypocrisy.
When you think about it, that's incredibly ironic considering the source.
If Dan Savage knew what was good for him, he would just walk away from the It Gets Better movement and all the other anti-bullying initiatives he's become a part of, because he clearly doesn't represent the message.
It all started out innocently enough when Savage made what I thought was a valid point -- that some Christians have a tendency to cherry-pick which aspects of the Bible they want to follow/believe and which ones they don't:
People often point out that they can’t help it, they can’t help with the anti-gay bullying, because it says right there in Leviticus, it says right there in Timothy, it says right there in Romans that being gay is wrong. We can learn to ignore the bullshit in the Bible about gay people.
Which is true - the Bible says many things shouldn't be done that are done in modern times, like women cutting their hair or people of any gender wearing clothing with two blended fabrics (ex: cotton-poly blend).
Some students asked to leave the assembly as they felt Savage's words were an attack on their faith. If someone is uncomfortable in a situation, they should have every right to leave without being criticized. I think that's what most logic people teach children to do in a situation where they're feeling attacked.
Savage's reaction to the exiting students speaks volumes about his character and who he really is as a person:
You can tell the Bible guys in the hall they can come back now because I’m done beating up the Bible. It’s funny to someone who is on the receiving end of beatings that are justified by the Bible how pansy-ass people react when you push back.
That's right -- because several people chose to walk away, they're pansy-asses. How eloquent, Mr. Savage.
I've pointed out previously the countless times that Savage has said something stupid that damages not only his reputation, but the reputations of the anti-bullying and gay rights organizations with which he's associated, such as NOH8 and The Trevor Project.
Today, Dan Savage took to his own blog (via The Stranger, a Seattle publication) and posted his own apology, which was nothing but lies:
I would like to apologize for describing that walk out as a pansy-assed move. I wasn’t calling the handful of students who left pansies (2800+ students, most of them Christian, stayed and listened), just the walk-out itself.
Once again, Savage's own words were "It's funny to someone who is on the receiving end of beatings that are justified by the Bible how pansy-ass people react when you push back."
Then Savage said he wasn't attacking religion:
I did not attack Christianity. I attacked hypocrisy.
When you think about it, that's incredibly ironic considering the source.
If Dan Savage knew what was good for him, he would just walk away from the It Gets Better movement and all the other anti-bullying initiatives he's become a part of, because he clearly doesn't represent the message.