Friday, August 12, 2005

Blindly Battling over Roberts

Jonathan Chait spreads it around. I love his description of some conservative activist named James Dobson:

How far out is Dobson? He disseminated a guide in one of his 2002 newsletters on how a father can prevent his son from turning gay. The advice included roughhousing with him, teaching him to throw and catch, showing him how "to pound a square wooden peg into a square hole in a pegboard" (No, I didn't understand that one either), capped off with this: "He can even take his son with him into the shower, where the boy cannot help but notice that Dad has a penis, just like his, only bigger."

The point here is that Dobson is not merely conservative, he's certifiable.

No doubt about that.

3 comments:

Tom said...

Hat tip to the Corner for this one.

Stephen said...

Dobson is from the Colorado Springs based group Focus on the Family. Those of us who live in Colorado get a big dose of him.

dcat said...

Dobson is, alas, a pretty big deal.