Kate Kendal "Bitch Slaps" Karen Santorum

One thing that can always be counted on is the way the Christianists and hate merchants of the far right always want to pretend that they are victims even as the engage in a relentless campaign to denigrate and marginalize others. Former long term mistress to an abortion doctor, Karen Santorum (who like Newt Gingrich has found financial gain in moving to the far right), is a case in point as she sheds crocodile tears that liberals and gays are bullying her lunatic husband, Rick "Frothy Mix" Santorum. Unfortunately, too often these totally false cries of victim-hood go unchallenged. Not this time, however, as Kate Kendall does a great op-ed in the Advocate that basically bitch slaps Karen Santorum and rips her a new one. Here are some highlights:

Someone’s been using the extra bit of cash he got from his surge in Iowa to buy some spin doctor advice. Earlier this week, Rick Santorum, his wife, Karen, and their oldest daughter, Elizabeth, were all talking about how . . . gay activists were being “backyard bullies” in our attacks on her husband and his policies.

Karen, we need to talk. And by that, I mean that I need to talk and you need to listen. . . . . when you pretend that hate is love, that lies are truth, and that victims are oppressors, you have become inane.

Your husband believes that LGBT people cannot be trusted to serve in the military, raise children, form stable relationships or be fully respected under the law. According to you, Rick may love us, but honey, his love is killing us, and we want nothing to do with this abusive relationship. Our community has endured expulsion from family, mass firings, daily epithets, assaults, harassment, humiliation, death, and suicides. We know that if your husband becomes president of our country our long suffering will only deepen and magnify.

So yes, we are calling him what he is: a sanctimonious bigot who believes that we are dangerous, sick, and evil. We are telling the truth about his vision and his beliefs about us. That is NOT bullying, it's about saving our own lives. . . . . Given what so many of my brothers and sisters live through daily, you calling us bullies is contemptible.

In some ways, it’s very sad. In another two or three months, the cameras will be gone, and the press will not care about you or Rick. The march of justice will continue, leaving you and your family a forgotten footnote on the wrong side of history. . . . You and Rick are the haters. My community is the victim, and anyone paying attention knows the truth.

Amazingly well said. Frothy Mix and those like him are haters plain and simple. Religiosity is merely the veil they try to use to hide their contemptible views and actions.