I just saw this little bit of awfulness over on Towle Road today and thought I should share it with all you kossacks.
Apparently, for some, bigotry starts at a very young age as is evidenced by the video that I've posted below the Itzl.
This is kid is 14 years old. FOURTEEN FUCKING YEARS OLD!!!
I do not even know where to begin with this. I can respect the fact that he's a raging conservative, we've got plenty of those and we're used to what they've been telling us - used to it but still frustrated.
But I find it really, really disturbing and horrifying to see a 14 year old has become Alex Keaton on steroids.
According to The New Civil Rights Movement, young Caiden Cowger has written a book ("Being a Young Conservative") that has been praised by the likes of Rudy Giuliani and Glenn Beck's chief of staff, he's become famous enough to interview Hermann Cain and a few other luminaries from the right.
But what seems to be his main stock in trade, based on my cursory examination of his Youtube page, is a festering homophobia that permeates pretty much every video he's posted.
According to young Cowger, "homosexuality is a decision" or a belief (this is stressed in the first few seconds in the above video) He bases this on friends of his who are were once not homosexual and now, suddenly are. Apparently, no one bothered to tell him about the challenges and frightening aspects of the coming out process and that people who have been gay their whole lives might find it difficult to gain the confidence or courage to do so when they are adolescents.
And now he's claiming that President Obama, by voicing support for marriage equality is making young people gay.
We are continually wondering how low the right can sink. Watching Caiden Cowger and listening to him voice his hideous opinions makes me fear that we have a ways to go before we hit the bottom.