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Mail: People who complain about homophobia are Nazis

It seems simple enough, in Mail land. If you complain about people's attitudes towards homosexuality, then you are a 'Nazi'. A 'Nazi' in the Littlejohn/Gaunt mould, that is, ie someone who has views that you don't can be called a Nazi. As the man who led to the end of Gaunt's career in radio pointed out, though, you need to put something in front of 'Nazi' to be able to get away with it - the Mail has chosen 'adoption' this time. Because the Nazis were so fond of homosexual people, weren't they? It's a really good analogy, Mr Mail.

But Gaunt was making a point against adoption services too, calling them Nazis for not allowing smokers to adopt. Anyone who's been watching the recent series of documentaries on Channel 4 about adoption (and I'm guessing that excludes the entirety of the Mail workforce) will have seen just how hard it is to adopt a child, even if you *do* pass all the criteria and tests, and even if you've done all the training - and yes, especially if you happen to be a same-sex couple.

People like the Mail and Gaunt ignore all the evidence. In their minds, adoption agencies hand over children like sweets to gay couples and ignore nice middle-class folk. There's no evidence for this, but this is what they think, so this is what they describe as being the truth.

And there's another point worth making. The Mail described people who complain about homophobia as 'Nazis' in one story, but guess what? When the 'homophobia' in question comes from their nemesis, then it's perfectly acceptable to be offended on behalf of the gay community:

Those folk who complained about Ross aren't 'Nazis' at all, of course. They're perfectly acceptable individuals. And look at the irony:

Ross was involved in a light-hearted discussion about prizes in a competition themed around the fictional teen pop star when he joked: ‘If your son asks for a Hannah Montana MP3 player, you might want to already think about putting him down for adoption before he brings his...erm...partner home.’

Up for adoption, Wossy? But as we already know, adoption agencies are infiltrated by evil forces designed to make children gay and favour gay couples over nice straight ones. And the people who enforce this are NAZIS.

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