Greenwald, a few days ago: “the right-wing has an unhealthy obsession with the concept of manliness”

Some wingnut I haven’t heard of: “…FAGGOT!!  You’re a FAGGOT!!  Did I mention you’re a faggot, faggy fag fag?”

Reynolds: “um…co-sign?  Yeah, that’s what I’ll do, I will co-sign that, because I approve of the concept Greenwald criticized, even though I’m allegedly all tolerant an’ stuff”.

Sullivan: “WTF?”

Yup, that’s how they think, folks.  An analysis and critique of the type of stuff floating around in politics that psychologists would be concerned about in an individual person gets re-read as “Hah!  I, a gay man, will accuse you of being gay to piss you off, even though I obviously don’t see anything wrong with being gay so it’d be a completely nonsensical insult!  Why?  Because it’s funny to me!”