Young Republican Writer: ‘Obama’s America’ Has Become ‘United States of Gaymeria’
A writer for the New York Young Republican Club is angered that “Obama’s America” has become “Gaymeria,” all because a friend of his sent him a photo of the rainbow pride flag being flown at the U.S. embassy in London.
William Palumbo apparently isn’t happy about America’s increasing support for the LGBT community. When a friend sent him a conveniently cropped photo — showing the LGBT pride flag hanging alongside either door of the U.S. embassy in London — he went ballistic, penning what the Huffington Post labeled an “epic rant.”
In “United States of Gaymeria? U.S. Embassy in London Flies Rainbow Flag,” Palumbo writes,
Can I pose a serious question? At what point does replacing the American flag with the rainbow flag, a symbol of gay/LGBTQ(RSTUVWXYZ) pride from embassies abroad become an impeachable offense in itself?
Last time I checked, the official flag of the country was the Stars and Stripes, not the same rainbow that is found on the doors of gay bars downtown.
He explained that there was no American flag in sight. Here’s a previous picture of the embassy, from a wider angle. Notice the flag on the roof. According to my friend, the only flags visible on that day were the rainbow flags.
Now, note what Palumbo — angered that not only was the gay flag was flying but the U.S. flag (supposedly) was not — didn’t do. He didn’t call the U.S. Dept. of State, or Google “US embassy London gay flag.”
But why would a low-information uber-conspiracy-pushing blogger with an axe to grind bother to do his homework when it’s so much easier to scratch an anti-Obama itch with a dubious blog post?
Dubious, because a simple Google search turned up this image, posted to Instagram, of the U.S. embassy in London flying the gay pride rainbow flags — with the U.S. flag proudly flying on the roof.
That photo was reportedly taken June 9 of this year.
The “dog ate my homework” excuse aside, or, in this case, the easier, “my friend was mistaken” excuse which Palumbo might want to pony up, here’s what else he claimed.
Barack Obama has a “strange relationship with the Emir of Qatar.” In other words, Palumbo seems to be saying that Obama is gay.
That “relationship” link comes up blank — the story seems to have been taken down, just like the New York Young Republicans Club took down Palumbo’s “United States of Gaymeria? U.S. Embassy in London Flies Rainbow Flag.”
Wonder why?
According to Palumbo, he’s the victim of “censorship” by the New York Young Republican Club president.Â
Fortunately, Google preserved his “epic rant.”
Other concerns Palumbo chose to unleash?
Mohamed Atta, a 9/11 hijacker from Egypt, was also gay, and this is not so uncommon among jihadis.
And then this.
The “U.S. Department of State puts social policy ahead of rational and effective diplomacy,” and so, “we are all put in danger.” Â
We are all punished. And that includes anyone in the United States that may own and fly their very own rainbow flag. We are lab rats to the Obama administration, like we are to their best buddies at Facebook, who use us for psychological experiments.
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Hat tip: Business Insider
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