Andrew Bolt Floored To Learn Highly Offensive Bigots Make Up A Large Portion Of His Readership

The Orstrahyun have penned a rather interesting piece about the response from readers of Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt’s blog to a suggestion from Andrew that allowing gay teens to take a partner of the same sex to their school formals “makes sense”.

Dingbat Andrew Bolt pretends he never knew that a fat slice of his blog’s readership are bigoted fuckwads. He posts on the decision Victorian schools to allow students to take gay partners to the formal dance, and gets bombarded with slabs of bile and disgust :

Some of the people against this idea should be ashamed of the way they express their opinions in comments below. Any young gays reading this would be horrified and intimidated by such gleeful mockery and hatred. Could the worst offenders reconsider the way they’ve expressed themselves, and post a clarification or even, dare I hope, an apology?

Yes, I’m sure there are just oodles of young, gay Australian conservatives reading Bolt’s blog everyday. You know, all those pro-war, pro-Howard, anti-gay marriage, anti-gay rights, young gay men.

The Orstrahyun then goes on to list some of the “highlights” from Andrew Bolt’s comments, which reveals – SHOCK HORROR – that many of his devotees are, in fact, complete morons (”If you are born gay then you must also be born a paedophile.” anyone?).

As strange as it feels to type the following words, we are pleased that Andrew publicly declared his disapproval, as too often on the interwebs folk are happy to allow their blog readers to make vicious and revolting comments regarding the object of the writer’s particular post, quietly sitting back and watching it all unfold whilst saying nothing – and then later if questioned about the issue, throw their hands up in the air and say “Oh, it wasn’t me saying those things, but how on earth could I possibly stop my pack of socially retarded internet bullies from making such statements? Are you suggesting I pipe up and announce this sort of behaviour is not okay? ARE YOU MAD, SIR/MADAM?”

We’re not suggesting people censor their blog comments, but if something you’ve written inspires numerous responses along the lines of “gay men like having sex with children” or “I hope someone rapes her” and you wholeheartedly disagree with the sentiments being expressed, it might – might – be worth locating another two cents in your back pocket and throwing it into the pot once more in order to clarify your personal position.

Oh god, where were we before that stupid rant? That’s right. Congratulating Andrew Bolt. This may be one of the signs of the apocalypse.