Jane Lynch Quotes Churchill In Gay Fight Against the 'Puritan Roots'
Glee star Jane Lynch won't be the first gay activist to host the Emmy awards show on Sunday night (Ellen DeGeneres did in 2005). But in the October cover story of the gay magazine The Advocate, Lynch misquoted Winston Churchill in taking the fight for "progress" against America's "puritan roots."
Lynch isn't above some real-life track-suit bullying of the "anti-gay" adversaries either, repeating the classic assertion that "A lot of the people who are the loudest voices going against gay rights are fighting an inner gay within."
ADVOCATE: Do you think that we'll be able to crack that lead actor slash romantic love interest barrier?
LYNCH: Oh, yeah, absolutely. I think everything's just a matter of time. As much as we have our puritan roots in this country, and we kind of fight progress, we end up making the progress [happen]. What is it Winston Churchill said? Americans will always do the right thing after they've failed at everything else?
Not exactly. It's "The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives." I don't think Winston was thinking of critics of Glee's wooden and politically correct plots or "pronoun bigotry" against Chaz Bono.
ADVOCATE: One of the more touching stories in your book is about your best friend, Chris, who you break up with essentially because he's gay. That's a tough story.
LYNCH: Right. And the reason I tell the story is I want people to know I wasn't above it. It's condemning that which you're not expressing. It's going on all over the place: A lot of the people who are the loudest voices going against gay rights are fighting an inner gay within. Chris is very open, and he was basically, F you if you don't like me. He dressed the way he wanted to dress, he dyed his hair, got a perm, he was wearing parachute pants - and I had such a hard time with that. I was like, You don't flaunt that stuff. Since we had never come out to each other, this was just so unconscious on my part, hating that which is inside of you that you haven't accepted.
This is a bit of a repeat from the end of last year, when Lynch sat alongside bully/sex columnist Dan Savage and threw insults for Newsweek magazine:
Savage: F--k John McCain—put that in NEWSWEEK.
Lynch: Yeah, I say it too, to the second power.
Savage: Really, when it comes to gay rights, there’s two wars going on. The first war is political. But the culture war is over. Between Glee and Ellen and how integrated and accepted LGBT adults are, that’s done. So it’s very frustrating to be steeped in how culturally accepted we are and know that there’s all these legislative things that we just can’t seem to make any progress on.
Newsweek: How long until there’s an openly gay president or Supreme Court justice?
Savage: Scalia isn’t gay?!? I always think the biggest homophobe in the room is clearly a c--ksucker!
Lynch: Totally! The next religious person who tells you there’s something wrong with being a homosexual, start the countdown. It’s Psychology 101—the people who are the loudest and hate it the most hate something in themselves.
This is the gay equivalent of "I know you are, but what am I?" It's not exactly how people against "hate" usually talk.
UPDATE: The U.K. Guardian adds some more wisdom from Jane Lynch:
You're not going to change people's minds about bullying and homophobia. But you can tend to the people who are at the brunt of people's abuse or neglect. That's what Glee does. Hang in there, it gets better. Look for your people. You gotta find your people, just like those kids found glee club. I'm thrilled to be part of it. It's very empowering...
Sexual orientation doesn't mean anything out here in Hollywood. Ellen [DeGeneres] and Melissa Etheridge and Rosie O'Donnell – everybody before me who had the courage to stand up and say: "America, you love me, but I'm also gay" – I love that they did that. It made it easy for me. But here I know tons of gay people, so when you get out there and you hear about people suffering at the hands of homophobia, it's shocking.
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so....
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 4:24pm.
Lynch: Totally! The next religious person who tells you there’s something wrong with being a homosexual, start the countdown. It’s Psychology 101—the people who are the loudest and hate it the most hate something in themselves.
So by her own logic she is fighting her inner religious puritan self.
Since homosexuals can't
Submitted by robert108 on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 5:11pm.
Since homosexuals can't reproduce, they must be constantly recruiting. The worst thing they do is to try to recruit children.
Actually, I think many people
Submitted by redfish on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 10:33pm.
Actually, I think many people who very liberal about sexuality tend to have a repressive attitude that they're hiding, and treat sex as a way to get over their inhibitions so to speak.. In other words, I don't think you're far off. I think it works both ways.
They also tend to be very moralistic while preaching open-mindedness and tolerance. They try to hide the fact that they have moral beliefs and judgments, and this comes out 10-fold in moral preachiness for tolerance.
As for Ms. Lynch, she fits that bill. She thinks everyone who disagrees with her is obsessed by virtue of disagreeing with her.
Bingo, Mid!
Submitted by drsamherman on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 4:45pm.
The misuse of psychobabble by Hollyweirdo liberals like Jane Lynch always comes back to haunt them. The mantras of "self-hatred" and "closeted [fill in the blank]" are tired, overused and disregard professional practice standards. Liberals, who falsely paint themselves as the epitome of tolerance, are always the most intolerant. The most recent example is the rumors about Michelle Bachmann's husband and all of the liberals saying he sets off their "gaydar". Unless they can prove that "gaydar" even exists as a verified conclusion of a research study, it is all tripe and driven out of a desire to denigrate--hardly the tolerance in which the left wraps itself to cover their true intent.
Hmmm does she realize that her last name is a racial epithet?
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 4:47pm.
Just kidding but in all seriousness she is another one of those gay mafia agenda types that just bulldoze over anyone not condoning her being a sexual deviant. Maybe the new version of Megyn Kelly can have her for a discussion of violence against gays, whether fabricated or not shouldn't matter.
Jane Lynch, another reason to not watch the Emmy's.
Submitted by UpNorth on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 4:56pm.
That would have been 3 hours out of my life that I could never have gotten back.
And, while I'm at it, kudos to the moron that figured that she'd be a good draw for the show. I guess your audience has not been dwindling fast enough for you? I wonder, will you beat the Simpsons and Family Guy?
I guess that means these
Submitted by Average_JoeMN on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 4:56pm.
I guess that means these people are secret conservative Christians since they hate them so much.
What is an Emmy?
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 5:12pm.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Dave, an Emmy is the first thing out of---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 5:18pm.
Obama's mouth, every time he opens it.
"Em, my, er, I, me, uh--"
MD
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Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 5:54pm.
Yeah, ain't that the truth.
I knew an Emmy back in the 11th grade. She was blonde - the no dark roots kind, and not a little hot. Actually, she was drop-dead gorgeous. Every guy in my class was after her - including me.
Only problem was, she was so stuck up she squeaked when she walked.
We later found out she didn't actually like boys even a little bit.
LOL - She probably would have fit in perfectly with the Hollywood crowd.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Not to worry, Dave.
Submitted by UpNorth on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 9:30pm.
Today, she probably has a short haircut, tattoos on both arms and weighs in at about 250lbs and bears a remarkable resemblance to Chaz Bono.
I dated a girl in high school who had a sister like that, two years older. Turns out, she didn't like boys, or girls. She only liked herself. I guess that no one else measured up, in her estimation.
An overated, obnoxious, preachy, self-righteous actress...
Submitted by Phryj1 on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 6:11pm.
...from an overrated, obnoxious, preachy, self-righteous show.
Hey, remember when TV was allowed to be entertaining and didn't have to shoehorn in politically correct, Hollywood liberal approved nonsense?
Progressives seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.
ooooooooohmygosh I do NOT miss my television at all.
Submitted by kata on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 6:26pm.
from the prosti-tots to bill who? and this drivel... yeah.
Lynch Quote
Submitted by pcnav on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 6:55pm.
"Lynch: Totally! The next religious person who tells you there’s something wrong with being a homosexual, start the countdown. It’s Psychology 101—the people who are the loudest and hate it the most hate something in themselves."
I'm not very religious but every time I picture the gay lifestyle in action the only thing I feel is revulsion...the same kind of revulsion most feel toward pedophiles. If you're going to be gay...don't ask, don't tell. Live your life like you want to but don't expect me to accept it. I might tolerate it but I will NOT accept it as the norm as these gays are pushing for.
Gay is defective behavior, mental illness.
Lynch: Totally! The next
Submitted by Sockpuppet Politic on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 6:37pm.
If it's "Psychology 101," then there should be plenty of documented examples. Know of any?
the hypocrisy of "gay" insults
Submitted by SaseboSailor on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 7:58pm.
It's clear to me that many homosexuals are just seething with hatred over anyone that fails to slobber all over their lifestyle. Their hateful mindset requires them to insult those straights with the worst insult they can muster - which is -
ACCUSE THEM OF BEING GAY !!!
It is most revealing in it's irony...
The pendulum swings
Submitted by nkviking75 on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 10:55pm.
Seems to me the pendulum is swinging toward bullying, abuse, and eventually persecution of evangelicals. The radical gays believe they have to destroy Christians who oppose them.
“Always love your country — but never trust your government!" -- Bob Novak (1931-2009)
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
Yikes!
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 12:45am.
I don't know what it is about this Lynch woman that I every time I see a picture of her in that damned track suit, I flinch. She gives me the same willies that Rachel Maddow does. It isn't that she's gay - I don't get the same revulsion when I see a picture of Ellen DeGeneres. I suppose it's just that Lynch always looks so hard and aggressive, while Rachel Maddow always looks so smug and smarmy.
Um, who?
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 2:53am.
Who is this dude anyway?
Gay rights is a joke. What
Submitted by jessieH on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 7:32am.
Gay rights is a joke. What about the rights of the normal people?
Homos try to normalize their freakish behavior by claiming
Submitted by johnsonl on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 9:15am.
"everybody is gay inside."
No, they're not.
Nobody cares about homos. Homos want attention. If they just shut up and went home and lived their lives, they (and we) would be much happier.
Careful Jane...
Submitted by gobnait06 on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 11:16am.
you might be 'Dixie-chicked'. Push the American people too far and we push back in our own non-violent, hit-you-in-the-moneymaker-where-it-really-hurts kind of way. And I don't mean that bitchy.
Speaking of Dixie Chicks
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 11:24am.
Is it true Paul Krugman is joining them?
Cool---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 6:40pm.
I heard Krugman will play his usual role - second fiddle.
MD