Can't EBAY and PayPal control their sites? Maybe we need to set a fire under their butts to get them once and for all to stop selling hate.A Mannequin that was used to hang Sarah Palin in effigy in West Hollywood is up on EBAY again, despite the fact that the symbol of hate is a clear violation of EBAY's policies and the item has been removed twice.
The EBAY user account that is ignoring the policy is "nevernbeforeneveragain." EBAY should suspend or close that account.
Chad Michael Morrisette and his partner, Milo Aviles, are the two creeps who caused such controversy at Halloween by hanging the mannequin by a noose from their front yard.
It was clear from the beginning that the gay couple was thrilled by the attention they were getting and they will not go away.
I have been encouraged that so many in the gay community find the duo as disgusting as the rest of us. This is a segment of the population that has fought a long and bitter fight to stop such displays of hate. And now one of their own makes headlines for this misogynistic display at a time when so many women are the victims of violence.
See the new EBay listing by clicking here. There is a "report this item" link at the bottom of the page. Tell EBAY to take more definitive action. Also, there is a link on the upper right side of the screen where you can "send a question to the seller." You can let the creeps know what you think of them.
Also, the item is for sale using PayPal. Here is Paypals policy -
PayPal is a worldwide company with account holders in many countries where the possession or sale of certain items associated with hate organizations is a criminal offense. To determine what goods and services should be prohibited, PayPal carefully considers the following factors: The promotion or glorification of hate, violence, or intolerance because of a person's race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation and any graphic portrayal of violence or victims of violence.
Write to PayPal and tell them that their service is being used to sell a symbol of hate.
But I am certan that the dim witted duo in West Hollywood still won't get. They have been chastised by their own community, by conservative and liberal TV commentators, by blogs and by their own neighborhood.
If they have been shunned across the board, why do they persist? The answer has got to be for their own self-interest. That is what makes them so despicable. They seem to not understand that hate begets hate. When you insist on clinging to these symbols and displays, hate rises in unlikely places. It may not be their intention, but once released hate is difficult to contain.
In other words, these cretins sit and giggle at the attention they are getting ignorant to the fact that once unleashed hate has unpredictable consequences.
I know you are blind to sincere appeals because of your own need to be noticed, but please stop.
7 comments:
I would recommend you stop trying to tie this behavior with their being "gay" and/or from West Hollywood.
They are doing it because they are a-holes and creeps, not because they are "gay" or from "West Hollywood".
I caught some other conservative trying to claim they're from "San Francisco"...I really wish you guys would stop hiding very thinly velied homophobia behind defenses of Sarah Palin.
I find her to be much more open-minded than a lot of her followers.
OHCRAPIHAVEACRUSH is absolutely right. Even Keith Olbermann called these two PEOPLE the WORST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD...and it´s isnt because they are gay.
On the other side of town during last Halloween in LA, Obama went up in effigy, as well. The are just AHOLE PEOPLE, with great insensitively that not too long ago REAL people were hanging from trees and tied to fenceposts.
Palin is a christian, christians believe homosexuality is to be FIXED, well, you can see where this came from...I just donñt know where it will go.
Also, Freedom of expression is part of the fabric of America. If it is against eBay rules, let them deal with it.
There is hate on both sides, stop fanning the fire with gay remarks.
I just have to say while I am here, that ALL the articles published on this blog have the same petty,nasty vibe. You accuse everybody and their grandmothers of HATE and FEAR, and every article is from the approach that the other guy is a simpleton and a creep. It´s always very ¨schoolyard¨ Your condescending verbage smacks of the very thing you accuse all others of. iT´s just not professional.
Let me respond to all of your concerns -
OCIHACOSP - It is relevant that this is a gay couple because the gay movement has done such a wonderful job of exposing hate.
If you read all of the posts, we have seperated these two creeps from the rest of the gay community and have commended the community for denouncing their actions.
Deosil - I don't agree that their actions have nothing to do with them being gay. I also believe they should know better because they are part of a bigger community that decries hate.
Deosil 2 - First, who has ever accused bloggers of being professional? Second, I have praised many, many people on this blog, including Barack Obama, who has been a favorite target of most Sarah Palin blogs. I think you are ignoring a lot of the work we do here to make your point.
Well, what I will GIVE you, and I have said it before. You will post things that you dont agree with and that are derogatory to YOUR CAUSE. Cudos for that.
Bloggers are, for the part, VERY professional, diarists are not. There is a differeence and I think Palin´s label of BLOGGER was erroneous. Palin is sharp on some things but dim or thick on other things, a real disparity. I digress...
The diarists kept her PREGNANCY story alive...blah, blah, blah.
If you read all of the posts, we have seperated these two creeps from the rest of the gay community and have commended the community for denouncing their actions.
Actually you haven't, because the only stories under your "gay" category are these.
"The gay community" is not a monolith. You are too focused on the fact that they are gay and you are holding them to a different moral standard because of it.
This is called discrimination.
They are not doing this because they are gay, they are doing it because they are jerkwads.
Don't hold them to different standards than you would anybody else.
You will post things that you dont agree with and that are derogatory to YOUR CAUSE. Cudos for that.
Yeah, they even link to me.
Not even the liberal blogs link to me lol
They will talk to one about the issues, too. Very different from any of the pro-Palin blogs.
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