Friday, July 16, 2004

Simple Math: Folks espousing Traditional Values have launched a campaign to persuade everybody that homosexuals are all pedophiles deep down inside. (Hat Tip: Sullivan)

To support this claim, they cite statistics which purport that 32 percent of child molesters are homosexual. Yep, nearly a full third of child molesters are not heterosexual. Which, of course, means that 68 percent of child molesters are heterosexual.

But that's not important, the group says, because homosexuals make up only 2 percent of the population (their estimation). Ergo, there's a higher rate of pedophilia among homosexuals than among heterosexuals. So, it's the rate of pedophilia among an arbitrary group that's the key. Using this new formula, we can solve a whole bunch of problems.

For example, nearly 100 percent of rapists are heterosexual men. There's also a higher rate of white supremacists among whites than any other race, (the notable exception being Clayton Bigsby). And you may not have known, but most axe murderers are not confined to a wheelchair.

I could go on, but I'm trying to calculate the rate of right-wing nuts who are just plain nuts.