(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . LGBTQ Republicans pick virulent gay-basher as a spokesperson - why? [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-02-20 Why would an LGBT group pick an unabashed homophobe as a spokesperson? I do not know. And yet the Log Cabin Republicans , who describe themselves as “the nation’s largest Republican organization dedicated to representing LGBT conservatives and allies,” have picked a virulent gay basher as a spokesperson. Every year the group picks “ Outspoken Ambassadors ” — whom they celebrate as “anti-left free-thinkers [who] are ready to inform, inspire, and amuse as they join the only media outlet dedicated to pushing back against radical gender and alphabet nonsense.” In 2023, one of their select ambassadors is Isabella Riley Moody. It seems an odd choice for a pro-LGBT group. Moody is an attention addict. Her stock in trade is saying outrage and reaping the social media hits it nets her. Here is an example from her live stream show ‘Moody with Isabella’ . She was reacting to an essay by Noah Berlasky in which he celebrated his bisexual, nonbinary wife; and his transgender daughter. “Hey faggot, are you being serious right now? You’re going to say that our society is a homophobic dumpster fire? Our society literally puts faggots on a pedestal and worships them as God. The rainbow flag is everywhere. We love it. It’s such B.S. to say that we’re a homophobic society. I wish we were a homophobic society, and that’s the goddamn truth!” She is not a nice person. Whatever. There are more where Moody came from — it is the nature of the beast. However, it raises the question, why would a group — which claims it exists “to reach out to mainstream gays and lesbians looking for a common-sense community ready to support one another, not pit one faction against another” — break bread with a person who lives for divisive factionalism? Who is also as far from the mainstream as you can get? Perhaps they think Moody is kidding. Why not? She has tweeted such. “No one can handle jokes these days. Luckily, offending people is one of my FAVORITE things to do.” Log Cabin calls itself “the nation’s largest Republican organization dedicated to representing LGBT conservatives and allies.” Fair enough. Although the GOP seems to oppose all the aims of LGBTQ activists, no law says sexual orientation or gender identification should direct your political allegiance. If you are a rich gay, gun-owning lesbian, immigrant-averse trans, or the like, you may well believe that the GOP stance on taxation, 2A, or immigration is compelling enough to paper over the party’s institutional sexuality/gender bigotry. You may also believe that as bad as Republicans are on LGBTQ, the Democrats are even worse. I am not a member of the community, so I have no standing to say what their motivation is. However, it is hard to understand why an organization representing sexual/gender minorities would associate with a woman whose stock in trade is unrepentant, high-volume gay-bashing. Is it a feature of every conservative — no matter their journey — to put publicity over decency? Is their need to back assholery so great that they will ally with any bigot so long as they is far enough right on the political spectrum? Moody is not just a homophobe. She is also anti-Semitic. In an interview with a white nationalist, she used the “I’m just kidding” defense to ‘excuse’ her “Heil Hitler” sign-off. (Note: she cannot even pronounce “Heil”) x Isabella Riley Moody conducted a friendly interview with white nationalist Dalton Clodfelter and attempted to use jokes to downplay Clodfelter's virulent antisemitism, even ending the interview by declaring "Heil Hitler." pic.twitter.com/HY2eAaVLlW — Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 9, 2023 To give them credit, the Log Cabin Republicans have achieved equality — of a kind. They are on par with every other flaming bigot in the ultra-right sewer. And I congratulate them for having the discipline to take the worst bigotry that MAGA can offer — and ask for more. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/20/2154060/-LGBTQ-Republicans-pick-virulent-gay-basher-as-a-spokesperson-why Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/