As I have widely proclaimed in this blog, I have a crush on Rachel Maddow and I was thrilled when she got her own show on MSNBC. I am less thrilled with the rest of MSNBC, which, although it proports to be the 24 hour news station with a 'liberal' bias, in reality has very little liberal bias but rather reflects the same media corporatism that the other 24-hour news stations adhere to. But anyway, back to RM, who truly is liberal and DOES consitently reflect my progressive values.
So, here she is interviewing a behavioral 'therapist' (unlisenced and kicked out of his professional affliation for fraud years ago. This therapist is gay but hates gay people. It's a problem for him, as you might imagine.
Anyway, he has started his own unlicensed practice where he helps 'ungay' people who come to him for help. He also writes books about getting rid of gay tendencies (which he assert come a variety of factors including divorce & race). He, alongside many other American conversatives, has flown to Uganda to influence Uganda to bring forward new legislation introducing the death penalty for those found engaging in homosexual sex (this afternoon, the death penalty was removed but prison sentences remain within the law.)
In fact, the Uganda bill was heavily influenced by American religious policy makers. Think about that for a minute.
Back to Rachel. I love her commitment to research, her intelligence and Monster & I thoroughly enjoyed this interview when we watched it this morning.
Glenn Greenwald discusses her interview here. His point is that, although the interview is satisfying to watch, it also reminds us of what we so often don't see when people with power get interviewed: a real interview with hard hitting questions and follow-ups.
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What amazes me is that such a crazy person would get any media attention at all that is not focused on completely slamming him for unlincensed quackery.
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