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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 11:54 AM Jun 2015

Weekly Standard Freaks Out Over Gay Marriage: 'You Will Be Assimilated'

To its supporters, the legalization of same-sex marriage is now immortalized in the image of a rainbow flag — to the conservative Weekly Standard magazine, however, the moment is best depicted by a rainbow kill-dozer.

Tweeting out a 2,000-word piece from Monday anticipating that the Supreme Court would uphold the right of same-sex couples to marry, the neoconservative magazine simply tweeted: "You Will Be Assimilated."

Attached was a visual aid — an image of a giant rainbow steamroller apparently destroying a small town. Driven by a handful of shadowy and presumably gay men, the machine was drawn rolling over small businesses and places of worship under an ominous sky with a dash of lightening.

The casualties of the giant gay steamroller: a church, "Bob's Bakery," "Dom's Deli," a joint labeled simply, "Pizza," Smith & Smith Law Offices, a photography studio, and "St. Jude's Christian Academy." "Corner Cafe" remained intact across the street, but appeared to be the next target in the path of the rainbow juggernaut.



http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/weekly-standard-gay-marriage-scotus-assimilated

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Weekly Standard Freaks Out Over Gay Marriage: 'You Will Be Assimilated' (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2015 OP
Wow. Agschmid Jun 2015 #1
"Neo-conservative weekly magazine." Betty Karlson Jun 2015 #2
They don't know what to do with themselves if they don't have someone to discriminate against. Viva_Daddy Jun 2015 #3
After the whining subsides a bit, The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2015 #4
FOr most of the populace, I believe that will be precisely the case. hifiguy Jun 2015 #12
I, for one, welcome our new steamrolling overlords Cirque du So-What Jun 2015 #5
this is like Guernica for American homophobes 0rganism Jun 2015 #6
Sorry, Weekly Standard. The Oatmeal already did that bit. Hong Kong Cavalier Jun 2015 #7
Literally! hunter Jun 2015 #8
I see what you did there. Hong Kong Cavalier Jun 2015 #9
Um, wouldn't Bob's Bakery be getting extra wedding cake business? KamaAina Jun 2015 #10
Pond slime that walks and types. hifiguy Jun 2015 #11
 

Betty Karlson

(7,231 posts)
2. "Neo-conservative weekly magazine."
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 11:57 AM
Jun 2015

If only all neo-conservatives appeared only once a week. Can we assimilate them to the Weekly Standard, please?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(116,021 posts)
4. After the whining subsides a bit,
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 11:59 AM
Jun 2015

and people get on with their lives and same-sex couples get married and settle down and live like all the other married couples - going to work, mowing their lawns, maybe raising kids (who turn out just fine) - at least some of the haters will see they were all in a lather for nothing. In a few years, when the world has not collapsed from all the gayness, hardly anyone will remember why they objected so strenuously.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
12. FOr most of the populace, I believe that will be precisely the case.
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 03:08 PM
Jun 2015

But the mossbacks and hard-shells in the fundy/reichwing community aren't going away anytime soon.

Unfortunately for them, most people will not respond well to the notion of "unmarrying" the countless couples whose rights have been affirmed.

0rganism

(23,996 posts)
6. this is like Guernica for American homophobes
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 01:16 PM
Jun 2015

complete with distorted perspective

and yet, somehow, i am also reminded of Monkey Jesus

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
10. Um, wouldn't Bob's Bakery be getting extra wedding cake business?
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 02:47 PM
Jun 2015

And the photography studio from all those gay weddings? And Smith & Smith from the prenups?

And how do we know the church at the left isn't an MCC or UU?

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