Friday at the anti-gay Family Research Council run Values Voter Summit, “actor” Dean Cain blasted gays and Twitter users who objected to the fact that he, who constantly says he is pro-LGBT rights would be appearing before the arch-conservative hate group.
Asked the moderator of Cain’s panel: “Have you taken pressure on Twitter on Instagram — and I know the answer to this question but I want to hear you say it anyway.”
Replied Cain:
“Yesssss. Certainly. I take that sort of heat and abuse every single day but it doesn’t bother me in the least…it doesn’t make me mad, it just shows people’s intolerance towards listening to another opinion. Just the fact that I’m here, just the fact that I’m here people were blowing me up all day long with the most ridiculous things that you could ever here. Talk about intolerance. It’s ridiculous. I take heat. It doesn’t bother me, I welcome it, because I sleep well at night. I know I’m doing something that matches my convictions and my heart and I’ll happily defend the things that I say and I stand for.”
Pressure on Twitter. Oh, my. The pain of it all.
Feel free to exercise your Constitutional First Amendment rights. And then let folks exercise theirs. And feel free to complain about them as they exercise their rights. But, if you think you don’t pay a price for the association with the Family Research Council, you’re wrong.
Don’t pretend you’re an ally; that’s our decision to make, and you aren’t.
Next.
.@RealDeanCain talks about “taking heat” for @GosnellMovie – and for attending the Values Voter Summit #VVS18 @FRCdc @PJMedia_com #Trending pic.twitter.com/H0ZSAdTl6j
— Tyler O’Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) September 22, 2018