Pedophilia and Hypocrisy
May 8, 2001

by Joe Sobran

     I guess I hit a nerve. When I wrote, a few weeks 
ago, of my disgust with the homosexual movement, I got a 
barrage of mail accusing me of being "ignorant." One 
correspondent spelled it "igorant."

     Oddly enough, nobody bothered telling me exactly 
what I was ignorant of. None was able to point out 
factual errors in what I'd written. These were just 
people who assume that anyone who disagrees with them, or 
disapproves of their sanitation-defying deviancy, must be 
"ignorant." (Or "igorant.")

     My chief point was that the major homosexual 
organizations have never repudiated pedophilia. On the 
contrary, the North American Man/Boy Love Association 
(NAMBLA) is a regular participant in "gay" events.

     This stands to reason. On what grounds would one 
category of perverts oppose another -- especially when 
the two categories overlap?

     If I am "ignorant," it must be because I overlooked 
a multitude of "gay" denunciations of child molesters. 
But if such denunciations have been forthcoming over the 
years, why has nobody called them to my attention?

     One could easily get the opposite impression. Why 
have the "gay" groups been so avidly targeting children? 
They want little kids to be taught homosexual propaganda 
and even sexual techniques in public schools -- remember 
the notorious HEATHER HAS TWO MOMMIES? Under homosexual 
pressure, one liberal private school in Manhattan has 
just announced that it will no longer observe Mother's 
Day or Father's Day. The principal explained to parents 
that "families in our society are now diverse and varied" 
and therefore "the recognition of these holidays in a 
social setting may not be a positive experience for all 
children." Such as Heather.

     The homo groups, who demand "tolerance" for 
themselves but show very little toward others, harbor a 
particular animosity toward the Boy Scouts. Can't they 
leave anything alone? No. Especially children. They make 
homosexual scoutmasters a top priority, with no 
consideration -- with, in fact, sheer contempt -- for 
parents who worry about their young sons. You could 
almost get the impression that these groups want boys 
exposed to homo men, couldn't you?

     Just as homo literature equates the normal aversion 
to homosexuality ("homophobia") with bigotry, it equates 
opposition to pedophilia with "racism." In England, homo 
groups constantly militate for lowering the age of 
consent for sexual acts. The movement's bible is the 
Kinsey Report, which vastly overstated the number of 
homosexuals in the population -- preposterously putting 
it at 10 per cent -- and offered detailed research, from 
direct observation, on sexual experiments on children.

     Meanwhile, the "mainstream" news media, which play 
down even murders of boys by pedophiles, never mention 
the pedophile component of the movement. That would be 
"reactionary," like pointing out Communist participation 
in "liberal" causes a generation ago. The "progressive" 
etiquette code forbids noticing such things. (It does 
however permit, even require, reporting the participation 
of, say, white supremacists in conservative causes.)

     As NAMBLA attests, pedophilia is no longer a love 
that dare not speak its name. But NAMBLA's allies are 
still slightly restrained by discretion and don't yet 
want to advertise the entirely predictable connection 
between homo militancy and pedophile militancy. And as 
long as the media won't deal with Pedophilia, Inc., they 
are doing their part to keep the public ignorant. There's 
no need for the pedophiles to stay in the closet when 
ignorance is sustained by the people who are supposed to 
be dispelling it.

     For many years I was indeed ignorant. I am somewhat 
less so now, having opened my eyes to the obvious. And 
I'm sure that if I spent more time reading the homo 
literature, I'd notice many more things that aren't meant 
for prying eyes.

     As Samuel Johnson once observed, "No man is a 
hypocrite in his pleasures." But many men are hypocrites 
when it comes to defending their pleasures, especially 
the illicit ones. The porn consumers used to insist: "I 
only buy it for the articles." The pedophiles insist that 
they only want children to be sexually "liberated" for 
the kids' sake.      

     Far more often than polite society wants to admit, 
stereotypes and cynical suspicions are correct. Some of 
the worst liars afoot are those who, in the name of 
fighting "ignorance," want to "raise your consciousness."


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