tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post8612520408232762401..comments2024-03-28T06:33:02.061-04:00Comments on Encyclopedia of American Loons: #206: Alan KeyesG.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-88468865590389297892014-03-20T12:03:57.946-04:002014-03-20T12:03:57.946-04:00According to Keyes, gay marriage is a social weapo...According to Keyes, gay marriage is a <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/keyes-gay-marriage-social-weapon-mass-destruction" rel="nofollow">social weapon of mass destruction</a>, and we (he) need to rebel against marriage equality as it <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/keyes-rebel-against-marriage-equality-it-harms-straight-people-leads-nations-demise" rel="nofollow">harms straight people and leads to the demise of the nation</a> (apparently you are just supposed to intuit the causal connection). Keyes also responded negatively to Obama's recent comments on pot, and never one to avoid a chance to take hyperbole as far into wingnut idiocy as it is possible to get, claimed that the comments made Obama <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/keyes-obamas-pot-comments-make-him-911-hijackers" rel="nofollow">just like the 9/11 hijackers</a> (also <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2014/01/31/keyes-obama-pot-comments-just-like-terrorists/" rel="nofollow">here</a>). So Obama needs to be overthrown. And who does Keyes call on to do that? Well, Keyes is kind enough to remind us that at least <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2014/01/14/keyes-jesus-can-get-obama-impeached/" rel="nofollow">Jesus can get Obama impeached</a>.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-47108495817271310352013-10-07T13:08:51.473-04:002013-10-07T13:08:51.473-04:00Keyes with Gohmert; hilarity and horror ensues. He...<a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/louie-gohmert-and-alan-keyes-tackle-gay-hedonism-cull-earths-population" rel="nofollow">Keyes with Gohmert</a>; hilarity and horror ensues. <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/10/03/another-awesome-keyes-rant/" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is a report on yet another attempt from Keyes at explaining how he sees the world.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-34156418265916342012013-07-29T14:00:48.289-04:002013-07-29T14:00:48.289-04:00Keyes's response to the Boy Scouts of America&...Keyes's response to the Boy Scouts of America's decision to lift the ban on openly gay scouts (gay boy scouts will force other scouts to be gay) made to Rightwingwatch's <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/letting-serial-killers-teach-preschool-top-5-religious-right-claims-consequences-lifting-gay" rel="nofollow">Top Five Religious Right Claims</a> concerning alleged consequences of this policy change. He <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/keyes-including-gays-boy-scouts-encourages-scouts-join-gangs-use-drugs-beat-people" rel="nofollow">later elaborated</a>, claiming that including gays in the boy scouts encourages scouts to join gangs, use drugs, and beat up people. "How?" is left unanswered of course.<br /><br />Keyes <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/keyes-bucket-brigade-will-impeach-and-remove-obama" rel="nofollow">also believes</a> the fringe group “Overpasses for Obama’s Impeachment” represents a popular wave that will elect congressmen committed to impeaching and removing both President Obama and Vice President Biden. More evidence that Keyes just believes what he wants to believe regardless of what evidence says - though none were strictly speaking needed in this case. Impeachment might work, though, since "Muslim Obama" himself <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/keyes-muslim-obama-knows-he-shouldnt-be-president" rel="nofollow">knows he shouldn't be president</a>. Because he is Muslim. And Muslims can't be president.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-4114206438805186412013-05-18T12:28:08.733-04:002013-05-18T12:28:08.733-04:00Here he shows that Obama is working with terrorist...<a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/keyes-obama-working-terrorists-introduce-martial-law" rel="nofollow">Here</a> he shows that Obama is working with terrorists to introduce martial law.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-61844421584767266302013-05-15T19:18:46.658-04:002013-05-15T19:18:46.658-04:00And he continues his bizarre way of being in the w...And he continues his bizarre way of being in the world. He has, for instance, pointed out that <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/keyes-us-may-be-preparing-our-military-forces-do-violence-against-christian-denominations-op" rel="nofollow">the US may be preparing military forces</a> to do violence against Christian denominations (also <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/04/29/keyes-obama-to-use-military-to-attack-christians/" rel="nofollow">here</a>). Obama is also <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/keyes-obama-pushing-slaughter-african-americans-represents-open-maw-charnel-house" rel="nofollow">pushing slaughter of African-Americans</a>.<br /><br />He has also pointed out that giving condoms to kids is <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/keyes-giving-young-people-condoms-giving-children-guns-game-russian-roulette" rel="nofollow">like a game of Russian roulette</a>. Indeed, Keyes has some problems with all things sexual - but only other people's sexuality, of course, such as the sexual inclinations of boy scout leaders. According to Keyes, gay boy scouts <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/keyes-gay-boy-scouts-will-force-other-scouts-be-gay" rel="nofollow">will force other scouts to be gay</a>, since that is exactly how things work.<br /><br />I have no words for <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/05/14/alan-keyes-plays-connect-the-dots/" rel="nofollow">this</a>, however.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-20965693887367940102013-04-16T15:42:37.065-04:002013-04-16T15:42:37.065-04:00Keyes continues, as expected, to try to consecutiv...Keyes continues, as expected, to try to consecutively top his previous insanity on gay marriage. He argues, for instance, that marriage equality <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/keyes-marriage-equality-archetype-all-crimes-against-humanity" rel="nofollow">is the archetype of all crimes against humanity</a>. Take that, genocide. <br /><br />The argument goes a bit further than his claim that <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/keyes-satan-using-gays-tv-destroy-america" rel="nofollow">Satan is using gays on TV to destroy America</a> (or perhaps not), and is more in the ballpark of his argument that gay marriage <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/keyes-gay-marriage-will-lead-communism-and-murder-masses" rel="nofollow">will lead to communism and mass murder</a>. The causal mechanism is apparently left at an intuitive level. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/keyes-gays-dont-have-right-marry-just-we-dont-have-right-pick-our-nose-and-eat-boogers" rel="nofollow">Here</a> he argues that gays just don't have the right to marry, just as he does "not have the right to pick his nose and eat the boogers", clearly oblivious to the fact that he does, indeed, have that right. What the argument shows, however, is Keyes's inability to distinguish between claims to the effect that "you don't have a right to X" and "I don't fancy X", or - more bluntly - "you don't have the right to do anything I don't like." <br /><br />We already suspected that Keyes lacked the ability to draw that distinction, however.<br />G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-16151787930819593822013-02-18T16:12:32.545-05:002013-02-18T16:12:32.545-05:00A recent rant from Alan Keyes.<a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/02/11/an-awesome-alan-keyes-rant/" rel="nofollow">A recent rant</a> from Alan Keyes.<br />G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-10385619325206592512013-02-08T14:49:37.685-05:002013-02-08T14:49:37.685-05:00Alan Keyes tries to make sense in the only manner ...Alan Keyes <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/alan-keyes-making-sense" rel="nofollow">tries to make sense</a> in the only manner in which Alan Keyes can make sense, which is none.<br />G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-20426186303426031322012-04-17T18:35:43.531-04:002012-04-17T18:35:43.531-04:00And he even claims that Santorum's candidacy i...And he even <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/04/17/keyes-santorum-was-plot-to-help-romney/" rel="nofollow">claims that</a> Santorum's candidacy in the 2012 primaries were just a conspiracy to help Romney. Seriously.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-62720047435402427192011-10-12T20:08:05.277-04:002011-10-12T20:08:05.277-04:00I suppose it comes as no surprise that Keyes has b...I suppose it comes as no surprise that Keyes <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2011/10/12/keyes-outs-socialist-republicans/" rel="nofollow">has brought in the crazy again</a>.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-73514241757734769702011-10-09T19:42:52.834-04:002011-10-09T19:42:52.834-04:00Aww, seems like his most recent birther suit had t...Aww, seems like his most recent birther suit had to <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2011/10/08/another-birther-suit-bites-the-dust/" rel="nofollow">bite the dust</a>.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-38183035533343496042011-05-28T22:13:52.172-04:002011-05-28T22:13:52.172-04:00See Keyes take on Palin here; and see him trying t...See Keyes take on Palin <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2011/02/keyes_lectures_palin_on_the_ev.php#more" rel="nofollow">here</a>; and see him trying to distinguish "freedom" and "liberty" <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2011/02/keyes_bizarre_conception_of_li.php#more" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Still, nothing beats <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2011/03/dumbass_quote_of_the_day_266.php" rel="nofollow">this</a>.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.com