“I just flew in from California, where they made homosexuality legal. I figured I’d better get out before they made it mandatory.” - Bob Hope
The Nation? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_nH8Caz3uY
In the universe of The Nation, being criticized for a comment from the right is the same thing as being denied employability from the left.
Mr. Hope did a lot for the military, but he also cheated on his wife. I remember the Anita Bryant situation (and she was right about the pedophiles) but don’t recall Hope being targeted by his enormous fan base. Weak-kneed corporations who had too many homosexuals in key positions were probably additionally influenced by his age making him less attractive as a television ratings grabber.
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The writer is insane. Typical liberal douche peddaling BS lies.
The Statue of Liberty/Staten Island ferry joke is a good example of how a joke could otherwise be funny, but I’d avoid simply out of respect for humanity. It might land differently from Sam Kinisson (sp?) (see, for instance, his proposed cure for anorexia). OTOH, isn’t it ironic that in this article about the right’s alleged “cancellations,” the only time Hope apparently actually felt threatened with cancellation was when he was attacked from the Left? (Even if his apology was sincere as I expect it actually was.)
“Bryant routinely lied about the gay community, linking it to pedophilia.”
What lies btw?
Harry Hay—founding member of the Mattachine Society, 1st gay rights group in US, was a NAMBLA supporter.
Harvey Milk—the 1st gay politician elected to office in US had a penchant for underage boys.
Allen Ginsberg—celebrated gay author/activist; & NAMBLA member
You know when I heard of Dylan Mulvany, I immediately thought of Bob Hope. No. No I didn’t. Please.
Ben Schwartz is a lying sack of crap, Homo loving Degenerate, just like Biden, Blinken and Zelensky.
You’re right...big barf alert. Hope’s biggest gig besides entertaining the troops overseas, was hosting the Academy Awards every year. It wasn’t the right that controlled those awards, and it wasn’t the right that stopped him from hosting them again.
I see it time and time again.
As soon as a family member comes out of the closet, they get all squishy.
“Being gay CAN’T be bad/sinful...my son/daughter/sister/brother is gay and they aren’t bad/sinful!”
Because your judgement is better than God’s. Right.
God doesn’t ask you to stop loving your gay relative. But you are to gently, lovingly try to discourage them from acting on their gay nature. If they chose to not have a relationship with you, that is the evil in them choosing sin over love.
And one of their first targets for repeated cancellation was— of all people—Republican icon Bob Hope, a comedian who (unlike today’s generation of streaming comics) did not think it was his job to offend anyone.Here's another comedian from that era that "did not think it was his job to offend anyone".... onstage.
I was wondering who wrote this trash, so I looked and it was the IDIOTS from the Nation...
Half inuendo, half outright made up. Typical Nation agitprop.
I met Bob Hope when I was a kid, he was VERY nice!