Civility in Politics? Not in MY America!

I don’t know if you’ve heard of him, but Rick Santorum is an anti-gay former US senator. I love him already. For the ‘former’ part, not the anti-gay part. Anyways, some of his remarks offended one Dan Savage (I love him too, but because he’s awesome). Dan proceeded to get some internet based revenge.

Now if any of you are motivated enough to Google search ‘Santorum,’ you’ll be hilariously surprised with the first definition that pops up. I actually prefer it to #2: Rick Santorum, former US senator. I warn you however, the first definition is not for the weak of heart (or those with weak constitutions).
I am not writing this to glory over the humiliation of a homophobic jerk though. I’m here to comment on his words.

“It’s one guy,” Santorum told Roll Call. “You know who it is. The Internet allows for this type of vulgarity to circulate. It’s unfortunate that we have someone who obviously has some issues. But he has an opportunity to speak.”
Santorum added, however, that the phenomenon is an indication of “incivility” in politics. “You want to talk about incivility,” he said. “I don’t know of anybody on the left who came to my defense for the incivility with respect to those things.”

Yes Rick, it’s very unfortunate that a homophobe like you can actually be heard on the internet. Such is the price we pay for the freedom of speech. Incidentally, comparing homosexual relationships to man-dog sex or pedophilia isn’t a great way to make friends. It’s not very civil either, so I dunno why you feel you should be treated civilly when you’re not treating others civilly. I am not into bestiality, nor am I a pedophile. I would like to remind everyone that you reap what you sow, and Santorum is reaping a lot of shit (and shit-related definitions of his last name) right now.