I’ve been pondering writing something about “there’s no hate like nerd hate,” based on the irrational blistering outrage expressed by many pop-culture-specific critics over the new “Batman V Superman” movie. Honestly, it’s not that bad of a flick… in fact, in parts it’s quite good and overall entertaining. But the fact that “they got *this* wrong,” or “so-and-so would never do that” seems to push some nerds directly over the edge. But the problem is… what I just wrote pretty much sums up all I have to say about it. Zealots be zealous. Batman is allowed to use guns, get over it.

But then I read something that renewed my interest in the general topic of zealotry. Gentlemen, behold this, dredged up for that hive of scum and villainy, Jezebel:

American Idol’s La’Porsha Renae Does Not ‘Agree With the LGBT Lifestyle’

Basically… who friggen’ cares. I don’t know who this person is. I watched a few minutes of that show somewhere beyond a decade ago and promptly lost interest. But what entertains me to no end about this piece is that the person in question made a few statements that boil down to “can’t we all just treat each other decently?” You wouldn’t think that that would be controversial. But oh no, here come the Social Justice Warriors, because she was insufficient vehement in her love of every damned body. She dropped a casual reference that she doesn’t agree with the LGBT lifestyle, whatever the hell that means, but she still thinks people should be treated fairly. And here, her statements like “We should just respect each other’s differences and opinions and move on” are literally compared to her just barely declaring that gay people aren’t animals. The writer drops hints that this should trash the woman’s singing career.

There are hundreds of responses to that, if’n you want to dive into the shallow and angry end of the gene pool.

The Batfleck haters got nuthin’ on the Diversity and Tolerance Fascists.