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“”All I do is take a position that is counter to what the establishment is thinking, and I know the truth of my position because it's based on what the average person really believes
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| —Eugene Delgaudio[1] |
Public Advocate of the U.S., or just Public Advocate, is an American slush fund organization run by Eugene Delgaudio,[2] part-time representative on the Board of Supervisors of Loudon County, Virginia, and full-time homophobe.
As far as anti-gay wingnut sites go, it's not the most batshit insane, but its frequent usage of the phrase "radical homosexual lobby", the most obviously loaded surveys that ever existed,[3] paranoid tales of homofascists stalking his family,[4] and incessant e-begging/fundraising gimmicks[5] all earn him a pretty high ranking on the relative craziness scoreboard.
Newsletter[edit]
About once a week (or more frequently, in some instances) ol' Eugene sends out an e-mail to all who signed up for his newsletter, probably unwittingly. In these he likes to do two things: rant about how the perverse radical homosexual lobby is destroying America, and ask for your generous donations -- about twenty times. Often these are accompanied by delusions of paranoia and grandeur, simultaneously ("...before every radical homosexual activist holds a copy of Public Advocate’s financial records in his conniving hands").
Various claims[edit]
- There's a very powerful radical homosexual lobby in America that has literally unlimited funds that is working to destroy The Family© by legalizing same-sex marriage (gasp!), and sodomy (double gasp!) and bestiality in the US military.[6]
- The Gasparilla Pirate Festival in Tampa is infiltrated by “radical homosexuals” seeking to exploit unsuspecting college students; complete with fully fictional and imaginary anecdotes.[7] (This one went viral in 2010.)
- On the TSA's full-body security scans: “It's the federal employee's version of the Gay Bill of Special Rights ... That means the next TSA official that gives you an ‘enhanced pat down’ could be a practicing homosexual secretly getting pleasure from your submission.”
- "As homosexuals die off due to AIDS, the remaining AIDS carriers prey on children to replenish the Homosexual Community.”[8]
- “I absolutely must find $73,575 before the end of next month to pay for printing, telephones, research, and postage.” (Repeated, with minor modifications, ad nauseam, every month, every year).
In the blogosphere[edit]
PZ Myers, of Pharyngula, has blogged about them twice: once about their "survey,"[9] which is so biased it's not even funny hilarious, and another time about one of their newsletters.[10]
Ed Brayton has also highlighted Delgaudio's constant appeals for money, and where it goes,[11] as well as the Jack Chick-esque content of his newsletters.
External links[edit]
- The site in question.
- See the Wikipedia article on Eugene Delgaudio.
References[edit]
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20040405174637/http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A10885-2002Apr7?language=printer
- ↑ Washington Post on Eugene Delgaudio
- ↑ Seriously, look at these
- ↑ http://www.traditionalvalues.us/lawyer_nd_con.htm?r=0
- ↑ "Urist, you have done so much for our cause. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. Today, I’m asking you to dig even deeper. I hope to count on you for at least $50 -- $100 or even $200 if you can afford it."
- ↑ U.S. Military degraded again
- ↑ http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2011/02/loudoun_supervisors_comments_o.html)
- ↑ http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2011/10/27/disturbing-rainbow-blood-image-posted-by-eugene-delgaudio/)
- ↑ Calling all radical homosexuals: take this survey!
- ↑ I get email
- ↑ Eugene Delgaudio's Perfect Scam