# Look, out in left field-- an atavistic idiot. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 29, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469 "2003-08-29T17:43:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/1 "2003-08-29T17:43:38Z")
Yeah, it’s just another fundamentalist loon, hosting a [pitiful online petition](http://www.protestgayday.com/) to collect names from people who want to ban “Gay Day” at a Texas ballpark. > [@](#): > > This petition will be delivered to the Texas Rangers, the Mayor of Arlington\_Robert Cluck\_& the President of the United States George W. Bush (Warning-- if, for some reason, you feel compelled to use his petition script to editorialize, you will be treated to an inline image of the Goatse man, which was put there by some wag who got there before you did.) Anyway, I’m off to [petitionsonline.com](http://petitionsonline.com) to see if I can drum up support for people who want to be able to enjoy a ballgame without being offended by the sight of gormless morons with no neck and shapeless sweats. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/2 "2003-08-29T18:09:54Z")
I thought having a gay day at the ball park was but one of the many joys of being an American… ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/3 "2003-08-29T18:21:19Z")
I got a harcore gay sex site when I clicked to sign the petition (under an obscene name, of course). Do not open the petition at work. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/4 "2003-08-29T18:25:39Z")
I notice how their boycott and protests of Disney have brought that corporation to its knees. ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/5 "2003-08-29T18:26:55Z")
Whoa! That gay sex site was unexpected. I wonder if that’s intentional. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/6 "2003-08-29T18:33:46Z")
Um, the redirect to the gay porn site wasn’t there before. The mickey-mouse script allowed people to put lengthy stretches of HTML in the name field, and lots of folks were having fun with that – could someone have exploited that to this effect, or was there a more elaborate hack here? Not nearly as much fun as it was before, anyway. I like the disclaimer, though. “I am seeking out Gay Male Pornography for my own personal pleasure and agree to release \ and discharge \ the providers, owners and creators of this site from any and all liability which might arise \.” ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/7 "2003-08-29T18:38:56Z")
I love the name “[Soldierofcock.com](http://Soldierofcock.com)” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/8 "2003-08-29T18:43:08Z")
Me too. I have a healthy respect for the importance of maintaining a standing army. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/9 "2003-08-29T19:12:48Z")
[Dallas Voice:](http://www.dallasvoice.com/articles/dispArticle.cfm?Article_ID=3256) > [@](#): > > The Rangers donated a suite for the organizations to meet and organize the event. > All seven groups will sell tickets. The goal is to sell 1,000 seats. > If 1,000 tickets to Gay Day are sold, a company has volunteered to donate T-shirts, said Flores, and the T-shirts will be in all six colors of the rainbow. > The seats will be blocked off in one section, so the group can make a giant rainbow flag in the stands, he said. Oh, the unimaginable horror. (Faints from shock.) ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/10 "2003-08-29T19:31:38Z")
So gays have their own unit of organization now? 1,000 gays equals a rainbow? The Gay Agenda churns on unchecked! ---
**Author:** ![G.I.Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6a8cbe/32.png) [@G.I.Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.I.Joe)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/11 "2003-08-29T19:34:34Z")
I would sign the petition if I lived in Texas. I don’t know why the Texas Rangers are joining the gay agenda. Gays can do what they want behind closed doors, but I don’t agree with their lifestyle and I don’t think the rest of us should be forced to support it. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/12 "2003-08-29T19:36:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > Um, the redirect to the gay porn site wasn’t there before. > > The mickey-mouse script allowed people to put lengthy stretches of HTML in the name field, and lots of folks were having fun with that – could someone have exploited that to this effect, or was there a more elaborate hack here? Heheh. I just did a view source on it, it looks like someone stuck a Javascript redirect (to the gay porn site) in the name field. Clever. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/13 "2003-08-29T19:44:00Z")
Maybe they should push a petition for the Rangers to get some pitching. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/14 "2003-08-29T19:54:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by G.I. Joe \* > \*\*I would sign the petition if I lived in Texas. I don’t know why the Texas Rangers are joining the gay agenda. Gays can do what they want behind closed doors, but I don’t agree with their lifestyle and I don’t think the rest of us should be forced to support it. \*\* You’ve read the post, now [own the action figure](http://216.232.71.251/~larry/gijoe/cracker.html). Seriously, though, Joe, it really _is_ scandalous how decent, god-fearing Texans are being forced to buy a ticket and wear coloured T-shirts. Keep fighting the good fight. ---
**Author:** ![G.I.Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6a8cbe/32.png) [@G.I.Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.I.Joe)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/15 "2003-08-29T20:02:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > \*\*You’ve read the post, now [own the action figure](http://216.232.71.251/~larry/gijoe/cracker.html). > > Seriously, though, Joe, it really _is_ scandalous how decent, god-fearing Texans are being forced to buy a ticket and wear coloured T-shirts. Keep fighting the good fight. \*\* I don’t know what that KKK guy has to do with anything. I like black people. What the gays are asking us to do is approve of a lifestyle that most of us are uncomfortable with. That’s where I draw the line. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/16 "2003-08-29T20:05:49Z")
> [@](#): > > What the gays are asking us to do is approve of a lifestyle that most of us are uncomfortable with. That’s where I draw the line. Hey, your insecurity about your sexuality is no reason to deny basic civil rights to gay folk. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/17 "2003-08-29T20:10:18Z")
Actually, I think this more in the right field. ---
**Author:** ![G.I.Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6a8cbe/32.png) [@G.I.Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.I.Joe)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/18 "2003-08-29T20:12:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gobear \* > \*\*Hey, your insecurity about your sexuality is no reason to deny basic civil rights to gay folk. \*\* Hey, I’m not insecure about anything. And I support basic civil rights. I just don’t see why the Texas Rangers have to celebrate homosexuality. ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/19 "2003-08-29T20:14:14Z")
Looks like others have attempted to redirect to GLAAD, Fark and CNN. Heh heh. ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/20 "2003-08-29T20:16:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by G.I. Joe \* > \*\*I just don’t see why the Texas Rangers have to celebrate homosexuality. \*\* _shrug_ Why not? Who cares? It’s really not a big deal. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469.md?page=2)