Hate in the Mainstream
A collection of quotes regarding race and hate
鈥淸W]e are going to have an HIV epidemic if this passes.鈥�
鈥� SAM TROMBLEY, a GOP legislator from Clinton County, N.Y., discussing that state鈥檚 bill legalizing same-sex marriage on June 22, two days before it passed
鈥淸T]he homosexual movement is the tip of the spear. They鈥檙e the ones who right now are beating down the door, have their foot in the door, trying to tear down the moral fiber of America.鈥�
鈥� Oklahoma GOP State Rep. SALLY KERN, on July 27, promoting her new book The Stoning of Sally Kern on American Family Radio
鈥淪o far as what鈥檚 happening is concerned and who鈥檚 making it happen, I鈥檓 on the same page as Anders Breivik.鈥�
鈥� Columnist JOHN DERBYSHIRE, giving a nod to a Norwegian mass murderer of perceived liberals in a July 29 National Review podcast and arguing that the 鈥渆thnic masochism鈥� of 鈥渓eftist white elites鈥� is a threat to 鈥淓uropean civilization鈥�
鈥淚 think the Antichrist is Islam.鈥�
鈥� Evangelical PAT ROBERTSON, the founder of the Christian Coalition, during an Aug. 22 broadcast of his 鈥淭he 700 Club鈥�
鈥淥ne of the reasons that God brings earthquakes to the world is because of the transgression of homosexuality.鈥�
鈥� Rabbi YEHUDA LEVIN, who has also blamed gay people for 9/11 and a Haitian earthquake, in an Aug. 23 YouTube video discussing the earthquake that rattled the East Coast that day
鈥淢辞迟丑别谤蹿------ think they can live in this country and pledge allegiance to another country. 鈥� [I]f you love Mexico, b----, get the f--- over there!鈥�
鈥� Comedian KATT WILLIAMS, arguing with a Latino heckler during a standup performance in Phoenix on Aug. 27
鈥淭he ground zero mosque will offer courses in Shariah Law and will doubtless spawn hundreds of new terrorists eager to pick up where the 9-11 hijackers left off.鈥�
鈥� Political commentators DICK MORRIS and EILEEN McGANN, in an Aug. 29 blog post at dickmorris.com, attacking an Islamic center in lower Manhattan without any supporting evidence at all
鈥淢elanin is thicker than water.鈥�
鈥� Conservative radio host RUSH LIMBAUGH, asserting on Aug. 29 that former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who in 2008 crossed party lines to support Barack Obama but has not said if he will do so again, will vote for the president in 2012
