Though the noise has faded a bit, members of the right are still attacking Obama appointee Kevin Jennings.
I've been pretty much ignoring the new attacks because they have gotten stupid.
The right-wing site Big Government has continuously attacked Jennings with a series of National Enquirer type articles filled with bad
innuendoes and
lies.
And the site makes sure to give each attack the clever name of "Fistgate
(choose your number here), making reference to the original attack on Jennings, i.e. that he supposedly taught children how to "fist" - a charge that has been
continuously refuted.
Now you will remember the
huge ado about the suggested reading list that GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network - the group that Jennings founded) had suggested for students.
That's the reading list which contained some books with mature themes; so much so that GLSEN advised that adults peruse the list of books and make choices regarding reading material for students.
Well the website Big Government isn't letting the pseudo controversy over the list go without putting it to good use. The website seems to be intent on taking every book from the reading list, outlining some of the most graphic material, and then presenting what it found as a "new controversy."
Choices from the suggested reading list have been the basis for several recent "Fistgate" "articles."
We are up to
"Fistgate 13," the most pathetic of them all.
