Robert Mugabe attacks gays in birthday rant

[paulnolan]

Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe used a speech at his 88th birthday party to attack the West and its promotion of equal rights for gays.

He appeared to add that his dog would be offended were it to be compared with British prime minister David Cameron following his support for equal marriage.

Mugabe was described by state media as “his usual

Comments

[wrestlingdog]

I'm happy to report that I'd almost forgotten about you, Mugabe.

[anjak_j]

Oh, hurry up and die, you hateful old bastard.

Funny, I saw his name in the title and these were my exact words.

Oh, and he doesn't get to talk about what the UK does with its aid money when he ran what was a prosperous African nation into the ground.

[toxic_glory]

I think it's because a lot of people see homosexuality as a Western invention. By rejecting it, some cultures see themselves as rejecting Western culture and keeping with their own morals and traditions.

[yamamanama]

For all his talk about casting back the shadow of British design, the extreme homophobia has roots in the British Empire.

[fightingwords]

Yep.

[kyra_neko_rei]

That I called [gays] worse than pigs and dogs because pigs know there are males and females.

Um, we know there are males and females too. That's kind of the point.

Also, not everybody wants to conceive a baby every time they have an orgasm, and none of us have ever interfered with the ability for straight people to get married and have babies, so stuff a nice big cork in it and go open your presents like a normal birthday boy.

[kalikahuntress]

Enjoy your bday you hateful POS, i don't think you have many left and I'm not sorry I said it.