What do these two men have in common? Apparently, more than just their choice of neck-wear.
Pictured on the bottom right, 19-year-old Philip Anderton Cooney, the son of former Bush aide and American Petroleum Institute oil lobbyist Phil Cooney, recently arrested for gay bashing in Washington DC.
In the top photo is 38 year old Tucker Carlson, host of MSNBC's Tucker with Tucker Carlson show, son of Richard Warner Carlson, a former banker, Los Angeles local news anchor, U.S. ambassador to the Seychelles, director of the U.S. Information Agency, and president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, admitted that while in high school, he and another friend bashed a gay man who “bothered” him in a men’s room in Washington DC.
Could this be a copy-cat hate crime?
Carlson is a public figure and very likely a cultural icon for impressionable young White, wealthy conservative males like Cooney. Perhaps Cooney saw the show where Carlson described committing violence toward a so-called "gay" man and realized he might like to try it too. After all, in the video, you can see that the other White, straight, wealthy men thought Carlson's story was funny. It stands to reason then that a young man who relates to a celebrity like Carlson would want to emulate him. Happens all the time.
Unfortunately for Cooney, times have changed -- at least in some areas -- and laws were passed to punish those who would single out a person for violence based on his or her sexual orientation.
No wonder Carlson and his ilk rail against hate crimes legislation -- calling them "special rights." In their minds, queers have no sense of humor and are generally whiny party poopers who are spoiling all the fun.
It seems they prefer to have the opportunity to lash out violently against LGBTQ people whenever the mood strikes.
Yesterday, we asked that readers of this blog to send an email to Carlson demanding that – on the air – he explain the discrepancy between his calls for non-violence from Black teens in Jena Louisiana and his own violent crime against a supposedly gay man!
This guy has had it made in the shade his entire life. It would be great to see him squirm and take some semblance of responsibility for using his bully pulpit to make outrageous and inaccurate statements about gay people and our "agenda."
We must stop Carlson and his gang of bow-tie wearing thugs before another privileged, wealthy, White-male, conservative/predator sets out on a hunt for fresh gay red meat.
The Internet offers a great way to GO VIRAL by calling Carlson out for the hypocrite that he is! After you send your email, post a comment below to let us know what you said.
Pass this on to all of your friends and supporters and ask them to do the same.
Maybe you'll be saving your own ass -- or possibly ours.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
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What ever happened to innocent before proven guilty?
That quaint little legal right went the way of the Geneva Conventions...
Besides, we didn't say he was guilty -- just arrested!
With his family connections, we are sure he'll get a better deal than the Jena Six or "enemy combatants" held in Guantanamo.
"What ever happened to innocent before proven guilty?"
What about the guy that was attacked?
How did his attacker KNOW he was gay?
According to a CNN report:
"Phillip Anderton Cooney of Southlake, Texas, is charged with simple assault with a bias/hate crime specification, according to police officials and an official in the U.S. attorney's office.
Prosecutors added the "bias/hate crime specification" to the case because the victim, a 19-year-old who is also a Georgetown student, said the attacker was yelling homophobic epithets during the attack.
The victim was attacked on September 9 just off campus near the intersection of 36th and O streets in the Georgetown neighborhood. Police said he suffered cuts and bruises to the face and a broken thumb in the attack."
You'll have to ask Cooney how he knew that his target was a gay person.
Perhaps Cooney has the gift of gaydar and he just assumed the victim was gay because he fit a stereotype (in Cooney's mind) that screamed "that's a gay guy!"
Maybe the victim was holding his boyfriends hand...
Or maybe Cooney overheard the victim say something "gay."
Whatever else we do or do not know, the victim was attacked and the police are taking it seriously.
I am confused... are you concerned that Cooney's civil liberties are being violated here?
If so, are you equally concerned about the victim's rights?
All of the evidence is in favor with cooney. This whole thing is some staged bullshit
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