tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post4293554728564052749..comments2024-03-28T06:33:02.061-04:00Comments on Encyclopedia of American Loons: #215: Gordon KlingenschmittG.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-91060697967376909442014-11-06T01:01:32.062-05:002014-11-06T01:01:32.062-05:00And guess who got himself elected to the Colorado ...And guess who <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/meet-dr-chaps-gordon-klingenschmitt-colorados-new-anti-gay-demon-hunting-state-legislator" rel="nofollow">got himself elected</a> to the Colorado state legislature.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-57337307352782790052014-04-08T18:08:17.887-04:002014-04-08T18:08:17.887-04:00Of course, his insanity extends well beyond his bi...Of course, his insanity extends well beyond his bigoted focus on sexuality. <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-has-no-intention-ceasing-his-war-against-our-youtube-account" rel="nofollow">His feeble war on rightwingwatch's youtube account</a> is a case in point. He also responded to the Hobby Lobby case at the Supreme Court by <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-how-dare-president-obama-order-christians-kill-children" rel="nofollow">warning that</a> President Obama is forcing Christians to kill children as part of "a spiritual war to save or destroy unborn babies and the elderly."<br /><br />But it is mostly about gays. For instance, Gordo evidently <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2014/02/07/gordo-thinks-only-those-going-to-heaven-get-benefits/" rel="nofollow">believes that</a> only those who go to Heaven should get benefits in the US.; hence, the government should not prevent discrimination against gay people because gay people aren’t going to heaven and “If they’re not going to get eternal benefits in Heaven, why should we give them government rewards here on this earth? I don’t think we should.” Which is one of the most extreme theocratic suggestion we have encountered in a while - nonetheless, Klingenschmitt, who is currently running for the state legislature in Colorado (partly because he is opposed to the legalization of pot, which Gordo - as we mentioned earlier - <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/paranoia-rama-obamas-brown-shirts-homophobia-russia-threat-demon-pot" rel="nofollow">thinks is (literally) demonic</a>, tries to <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2014/02/12/klingenschmitt-im-the-anti-theocracy-candidate/" rel="nofollow">portray himself </a> as the anti-theocracy candidate in the race. His reasoning is a bit unclear, but it may have something to do with not imposing religious rule on people being imposing religious rule on them nonetheless. <br /><br />He has also presented <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2014/02/13/gordo-thinks-gay-soldiers-wear-diapers/" rel="nofollow">a new argument</a> for not letting gay people serve in the military: because they’re always “taking breaks on the combat field to change diapers all because their treacherous sin causes them to lose control of their bowels.” <br /><br />But <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-gays-have-something-unhuman-inside-them" rel="nofollow">this</a>; this may be the most extreme one yet (just think for a moment about what he is actually saying).G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-82250905670984767262014-04-08T17:56:28.351-04:002014-04-08T17:56:28.351-04:00Klingenschmitt has recently turned his attention t...Klingenschmitt has recently turned his attention to gays and LGBT rights ... oh. Like so many fellow wingnuts, Klingenschmitt is not reluctant to promote various fake stories and myths; <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-transgender-co-student-visually-raping-girls-using-locker-room" rel="nofollow">here</a>, for instance, he promotes claims made by the Pacific Justice Institute about a transgender student in a Colorado high school who had supposedly been harassing other girls in the locker room and restrooms. According to Gordo, the student - under the influence of a "demonic spirit" - was "raping, at least visually, these teenage girls." Similarly, he fervently promoted the fake story about "Obama's unisex uniforms" for the army - US soldiers would be forced to wear girl hats and skirts, according to Gordo - and <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/11/15/klingenschmitt-explains-fake-story/" rel="nofollow">long after the story had been thoroughly debunked</a>. At least he also explained why Obama had ordered this: demons.<br /><br />Indeed, demonic spirits seem to be his new schtick. "There is a demon of rape inside of [the LGBT] movement," <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-there-demon-rape-inside-movement-violate-your-daughters" rel="nofollow">says Gordo</a>, "to violate your daughters." And not only the LGBT movement. Demonic spirits are everywhere. For instance, relying on his knowledge of medicine and chemistry, as well as thorough investigation, <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-drug-induced-hallucinations-are-demonic-spirits" rel="nofollow">he has conlcuded</a> that drug-induced hallucinations are demonic spirits.<br /><br />He is also (still) absolutely convinced that gay people are all pedophiles, and that they <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/11/07/klingenschmitt-perkins-slander-gay-people/" rel="nofollow">just want to get married so they can have access to children</a> (he also argued that homosexuality is wrong because the species would die out if everyone were gay, which by the same token would make being a man immoral as well, one assumes). Therefore, when gay couples raise children <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/gordon-klingenschmitt-says-gay-couples-raising-children-child-abuse" rel="nofollow">it is child abuse</a> by default, and child molestation is, <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-child-molesting-favorite-recruiting-tool-adult-homosexuals" rel="nofollow">as Gordo sees things</a>, the favorite recruitment tool of adult gays.<br /><br />It is not only the gays. It is also their allies, the liberals. Thus, <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-warns-frankens-no-child-left-unmolested-amendment" rel="nofollow">he argued that</a> a non-discrimination bill backed by Sen. Al Franken and Rep. Jared Polis should be called the "No Child Left Unmolested’ amendment," warning that the lawmakers are "recruiting your kids" and "bullying public school kids aggressively." He also, tastefully, accused Franken (who is Jewish) of being a Nazi. Expanding upon his accusation, <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-al-franken-wants-require-pedophilia-all-public-schools" rel="nofollow">he claimed</a> that Franken is really trying to require pedophilia in all public schools. <br /><br />I dare you to find anyone significantly more unhinged and delusional than Gordon Klingenschmitt.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-29674159868221412022013-10-14T13:54:28.539-04:002013-10-14T13:54:28.539-04:00But returning to politics in general, Gordo has ex...But returning to politics in general, Gordo has expressed concern over <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-obama-creating-atheist-military-attack-christians" rel="nofollow">Obama’s present efforts to create an atheist army</a> to <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/08/20/klingenschmitt-obama-building-atheist-army/" rel="nofollow">attack Christians</a> (only he – and perhaps Bryan Fischer – has noticed, apparently). Obama is not only an atheist, however – he is also a Muslim. But the main reason he is constantly and deliberately<a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/pratt-obama-consistently-helping-al-qaeda-because-he-hates-country" rel="nofollow">helping the al-qaeda</a> is that he hates America. Just look at Obamacare. It <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-obamacare-causes-cancer" rel="nofollow">causes cancer</a>, Gordo asserts. Apparently it does so because it is so hideously ungodly, and everyone knows that apostasy is one of the main causes of cancer.<br /><br /><a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/09/06/klingenschmitts-clever-legal-plan/" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is Gordo coming up with a clever legal plan, which indeed is so clever that it would have qualified Gordo for an entry in our Encyclopedia on its own. And no, he doesn’t <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/lesson-dr-chaps-how-internet-works" rel="nofollow">have the faintest clue</a> how the legal system works. Nor the Internet.<br /><br />But <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/09/09/klingenschmitt-and-mainstreaming-the-fringe/" rel="nofollow">this</a> is scary.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-43993515291023023612013-10-14T13:53:02.025-04:002013-10-14T13:53:02.025-04:00It’s almost fascinating to follow Gordo’s descent ...It’s almost fascinating to follow Gordo’s descent from raving lunatic to whatever is even more abysmally below that in his raging against gay rights. I suppose his furious assertion that <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-jesus-will-strike-down-sodomites-and-throw-them-hell" rel="nofollow">Jesus will strike down sodomites and throw them in hell</a> is to be expected. As is his claim that “what gays do behind closed doors is not love; <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-what-gays-do-behind-closed-doors-not-love-its-lawlessness" rel="nofollow">it is lawlessness</a> (yes, he still thinks homosexual behavior is illegal – it contradicts the Old Testament, and to Gordo the Old Testament and the Constitution look exactly the same). More novel is his claim that gay activists are <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-gay-activists-are-trying-force-christians-participate-their-sodomy" rel="nofollow">are trying to force Christians to participate in their sodomy</a> (also <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/10/10/dear-gordon-gays-dont-want-you-participating-in-sex-life/" rel="nofollow">here</a>).<br /><br />The same goes for politics. <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/08/10/klingenschmitt-sell-your-clothes-and-buy-a-gun/" rel="nofollow">”sell your clothes and buy a gun,”</a> advices Gordo. “It’s time. The government persecution will be coming against you and you need to arm yourselves and defend your family when that time comes.” He has read it in the Gospels. Just look how politicians have lost their direction. For instance, few of the recognize that <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-wendy-davis-ruled-demon-murder-and-should-be-prosecuted" rel="nofollow">Wendy Davis is ruled by a “demon of murder” and should be prosecuted</a> (also <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/08/18/klingenschmitt-davis-ruled-by-demon-of-murder/" rel="nofollow">here</a>; it is unclear why he thinks that it is illegal to be ruled by demons). Indeed, demons have become a mainstay of Gordo's "thought". <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/08/16/klingenschmitt-sees-more-demons/" rel="nofollow">Here</a> he sees some more. Madonna, for instance, is <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-madonna-possessed-demonic-spirit-adultery" rel="nofollow">possessed by a demonic spirit of adultery</a>. (There are some more examples <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/08/24/klingenschmitt-spots-more-demons/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.) And, indeed, <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/08/26/demons-are-raping-your-children/" rel="nofollow">demons are currently “raping your children”</a>. At least he is not afraid of ridiculous hyperbole. <br />G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-33933896418071243172013-08-04T15:39:55.696-04:002013-08-04T15:39:55.696-04:00Here is Klingenschmitt valiantly standing by a rep...<a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-stands-report-he-knows-be-false" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is Klingenschmitt valiantly standing by a report he knows to be false. All in the name of partisanship, of course. And <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/05/21/demons-to-blame-for-incident-that-never-happened/" rel="nofollow">here</a> he claims that demons are to blame for the reported incident that never happened.<br /><br />It might be rather superfluous to see what <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/07/10/klingenschmitt-on-the-marriage-rulings/" rel="nofollow">he has to say about the Supreme Court marriage rulings</a>, but at least he claims that they are “absurd”, a “profound injustice” and that the day of the DOMA decision will go down as a <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/religious-right-responds-doma-decision-absurd-profound-injustice-shameful-day-american-histo" rel="nofollow">”shameful day” in American history</a> – not the least since gay marriage apparently <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-gay-marriage-increases-inflation-and-undermines-national-security" rel="nofollow">increases inflation and undermines national security</a>. <br /><br />It’s not only gay marriage, though. As a true wingnut’s wingnut, Klingenschmitt also thinks that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-enda-promotes-bestiality-there-demonic-spirit-inside-sen-jeff-merkley" rel="nofollow">promotes bestiality</a> and that there is a demonic spirit inside Senator Jeff Merkley. Such are the underlying fabric of politics and the causal mechanisms in political decisions according to Klingenschmitt’s mind.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-78322312244629831892013-05-15T19:21:46.736-04:002013-05-15T19:21:46.736-04:00According to Klingenschmitt ENDA is the end of the...According to Klingenschmitt <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-enda-end-world-christian-employers" rel="nofollow">ENDA is the end of the world for Christian employers</a>.<br /><br />And the demons are everywhere. They are, for instance, <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/04/17/klingenschmitt-demons-behind-nfl-players-coming-out/" rel="nofollow">behind NFL players coming out</a> as gay - indeed, such affairs show that <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-allowing-openly-gay-nfl-players-demonic-use-sporting-industry" rel="nofollow">demons are using the sporting industry</a> for their nefarious purposes.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-61465638635273553462013-04-10T18:43:16.032-04:002013-04-10T18:43:16.032-04:00On Jesus the biologist.On <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/04/10/jesus-the-biologist/" rel="nofollow">Jesus the biologist</a>.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-89441795325453012052013-02-16T14:21:26.406-05:002013-02-16T14:21:26.406-05:00Klingenschmitt on his claim that Obama pushing “de...Klingenschmitt on his claim that <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-obama-pushes-demonic-rule-backing-gay-rights" rel="nofollow">Obama pushing “demonic rule” again</a>. Apparently it becomes plausible if you repeat it a sufficient number of times.<br /><br />Another mainstay of Klingenschmitt's worldview is his contention that <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-gay-rights-lead-discrimination-against-heterosexuals" rel="nofollow">gay rights inevitably leads to discrimination against heterosexuals</a>. (Also <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/02/12/klingenschmitt-and-discrimination-against-heterosexuals/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.) His reasoning is less than ... what one would associate with rationality, insight, sanity or being a normally empathetic human being.<br />G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-57325366248382821832013-01-15T16:25:04.789-05:002013-01-15T16:25:04.789-05:00Klingenschmitt, with his exceptional capacity for ...Klingenschmitt, with his exceptional capacity for obtaining evidence and interpret subtle signals, by pure bigoted intuition, warns us that <br /><a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/12/26/klingenschmitt-military-encouraging-abuse-of-christian-soldiers/" rel="nofollow">the military is currently encouraging the abuse of Christian soldiers</a> by encouraging gay soldiers to force themselves on said Christian soldiers. Apparently Newt Gingrich is currently <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-gingrich-under-influence-demonic-voice-gay-marriage-statement" rel="nofollow">under demonic influences as well</a>, since he seems to recognize that the wingnuts are currently on the losing side in the battle over marriage equality (also<br /><a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/01/07/wingnut-on-wingnut-crime-klingenschmitt-vs-gingrich/" rel="nofollow">here</a>).<br /><br />Indeed, the insiduousness of the powers that be knows no limits. Obamacare, for instance, <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-obamacare-will-exterminate-elderly-systematically" rel="nofollow">is a ploy to systematically exterminate the elderly</a>, presumably through the death panels who make decisions regarding treatments based in part on balancing costs and perceived efficacy of the treatment – as opposed to today’s insurance companies, who [measure only the costs] in their altruism would never mix care for people with financial considerations. <br /><br />(I am apparently unable to use the crossout effect in the comments section)G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-52722106919738500692012-10-20T13:31:32.156-04:002012-10-20T13:31:32.156-04:00If you send him some money Klingenschmidt will als...If you send him some money Klingenschmidt will also explain to you how he uses his spiritual discernment to determine that <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/10/15/gordo-obama-controlled-by-50-demons/" rel="nofollow">Obama is controlled by 50 demons</a>.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-78810046339856322132012-05-21T19:25:31.993-04:002012-05-21T19:25:31.993-04:00Here's Gordo insisting that gay demons can inf...<a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/18/former-navy-chaplain-insists-gay-demons-can-infect-animals/" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> Gordo insisting that gay demons can infect animals.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-75028592103186635742012-04-23T22:53:26.673-04:002012-04-23T22:53:26.673-04:00Gordo goes moron again.Gordo <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-student-non-discrimination-act-sexual-assault" rel="nofollow">goes moron</a> again.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-16444723233379843492012-03-27T21:15:12.619-04:002012-03-27T21:15:12.619-04:00From the department of when everything else fails:...From the department of when everything else fails: <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/03/27/klingenschmitt-gays-want-higher-taxes-on-us/" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> Gordo claiming that the gays want to raise taxes on us all (apparently to support their deviant lifestyles). You can't make this shit up.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-83683947778409826142012-02-29T17:54:09.543-05:002012-02-29T17:54:09.543-05:00Poor Gordo. Reality just sails him by and leaves h...Poor Gordo. Reality just <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-raises-money-block-judicial-nominee-who-was-already-confirmed" rel="nofollow">sails him by</a> and leaves him behind shrieking with insanity and rage.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-16162601010442818262012-01-09T20:04:47.912-05:002012-01-09T20:04:47.912-05:00Here's Klingenschmidt being his usual self (as...<a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-likens-al-franken-kim-jong-il-accuses-him-homosexualizing-kids" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> Klingenschmidt being his usual self (as per diagnosis).G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-3043683112451302292011-12-29T17:37:31.566-05:002011-12-29T17:37:31.566-05:00Here's Gordo on how Ron Paul is an undercover ...<a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-ron-paul-does-not-have-any-republican-support" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> Gordo on how Ron Paul is an undercover Democrat.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-69460731586088555132011-11-16T16:41:27.181-05:002011-11-16T16:41:27.181-05:00And just to remind everyone that we haven't fo...And <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-repeal-dont-ask-dont-tell-desecrated-chapels" rel="nofollow">just to remind everyone that we haven't forgotten him</a>.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.com