You have probably seen this video already. But if not, God help you for watching it.
The following is not a joke. It is testimony at a Lincoln Nebraska City Council hearing this week to review a proposed LGBT protection ordinance. There is nothing I can say which will prepare you for this, but I will say that sometimes homophobia is so bad that it's funny:
Hat tip to AKSARBENT
Editor's note - Reportedly the woman on this video has mental health issues, something which was not known at the time of its posting. This piece of knowledge should cause further discussions when it comes to mental health, but in all honesty, how many times has the lgbtq community heard these statements - albeit in a more coherent fashion - from religious right organizations and figures? Us laughing at this woman's testimony should be not be seen as insensitivity on our part. For one thing, we didn't know she mentally ill when the video was originally posted. For another, many of us saw her statements as "here they go again."
The following is not a joke. It is testimony at a Lincoln Nebraska City Council hearing this week to review a proposed LGBT protection ordinance. There is nothing I can say which will prepare you for this, but I will say that sometimes homophobia is so bad that it's funny:
Hat tip to AKSARBENT
Editor's note - Reportedly the woman on this video has mental health issues, something which was not known at the time of its posting. This piece of knowledge should cause further discussions when it comes to mental health, but in all honesty, how many times has the lgbtq community heard these statements - albeit in a more coherent fashion - from religious right organizations and figures? Us laughing at this woman's testimony should be not be seen as insensitivity on our part. For one thing, we didn't know she mentally ill when the video was originally posted. For another, many of us saw her statements as "here they go again."
10 comments:
I understand she's well-known around her town for posting incoherent rants on flyers taped to telephone poles. It's sad, the state of mental health in this country. She needs help, lots of it.
This lady is probably the most uneducated and sheltered individual that I have ever seen in my life. She is going to die in the next 20 minutes if she doesn't pull her head out of her A S S .
The kid behind her had me laughing so hard lol
The guy on the left is hilarious!
She is the one who is deranged!
Wow. Just... wow.
Let's also appreciate AKSARBENT's posting of the video.
Here's the blog post
(For non-midwesterners, AKSARBEN -- no "t" -- is Nebraska spelled backwards.)
Enzo covers Iowa and Nebraska LGBT (and other) issues effectively, efficiently.
So, the AKSARBENT blog deserves full credit, but beyond this nutjob video, check out the clips of other bizarre testimonies from a clinical psychologist and a physician.
She probably doesn't like her grandchildren, either. Poor demented thing.
Yes AKSARBENT deserves a serious shout out for this. Thanks for the catch, Bose in St. Peter MN.
Apparently, according to Pink News, she's a diagnosed schitzophrenic who is well known around Lincoln. The University of Nebraska students call her "the crazy blue protesting lady."
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/05/12/update-homophobic-woman-from-nebraska-has-mental-health-problems/
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