Comments on: SFL Causes CPAC Controversy

By: Paging The Lesbians At Smith College « Around The Sphere

Paging The Lesbians At Smith College « Around The Sphere — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:27:46 +0000

[...] Caplan: Ryan Sorba, author of The “Born Gay” Hoax, was recently booed at the CPAC convention. Since I recently read all of the main twin and adoption studies of sexual orientation, I [...]

By: Good news for gay rights and fiscal sanity from CPAC - E.D. Kain - American Times - True/Slant

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:44:21 +0000

[...] Sorba, if you don’t know already, is the author of The Born Gay Hoax. And he was, indeed, booed off stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC. This is big news – much bigger [...]

By: CPAC Just Got Real! « Incessant Dissent

CPAC Just Got Real! « Incessant Dissent — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:12:45 +0000

[...] Here’s the story. Alexander McCobin, founder of Students for Liberty, spoke yesterday at CPAC about activism and [...]

By: Tom G. Palmer

Tom G. Palmer — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:55:49 +0000

Good for SFL! Not only for speaking out for liberty and equal rights at a conservative meeting, but also for attending and making the same case for liberty and equal rights at liberal and leftist meetings. Good on ya!

By: Brendon

Brendon — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:17:35 +0000

What better place to promote liberty? Many neocons went were positively influenced by Paul's speech today. One guy who booed him at the outset, who sat right in front of me, was giving him a standing ovation at the end, and some guy behind me in line to meet Dr. Paul afterwards bought End the Fed and said he wanted to know more about him (and therefore liberty) because his speech was good.

I suggest coming to CPAC 2011. This CPAC was awesome, we drowned out or matched the neocon voice on every point.

By: Brendon

Brendon — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:12:09 +0000

I am just angry the liberal blogs are deliberately twisting this story. Why do they have to exagerrate the truth when the real story is much better? The fact is, McCobin got WAY more APPLAUSE. He only got a few boos. He was only heckled be a couple of neocon's. The overall response for McCobin was POSITIVE, he had a lot of applause!

As for Sorba, he got booed off the stage, even by neocons. It wasn't a "split" or a "civil war" like liberal blogs are claiming. Sorbin got outright booed off stage form the get-go. Besides the Ron Paul speech it was the most amazing moment of CPAC as conservatives united to denounce this psycho. I really wish YAF would apologize for this Sorba guy's psychotic behavior. I know they're a bunch of neocons, but how can we respect YAF (we did at least respect them!) whatsoever when one of their most important members does this, and they don't condemn it? Hopefully they do very soon.

By: Angela Keaton

Angela Keaton — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:11:08 +0000

What Mr. Davidson said.

Peace,
Angela Keaton
Secretary of Outright Libertarians

P.S., Mr. McCobin and Mr. Frazee make me proud to be a libertarian today.

By: Jim Davidson

Jim Davidson — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:01:49 +0000

I did not attend the conservatives’ political action commissariat (CPAC) event. I chose not to attend because I am not a conservative. My political philosophy is a libertarian one, and therefore inconsistent with conservatives as they actually behave.

I am not now and never shall be a conservative in that I am not a racist, I am not a sexist, I am not a xenophobe, and I am not a homophobe. Most of all, I am not a war monger. Today’s conservative is, and has been for decades, all of these things. The neo-conservative movement is the culmination of all of these traditions.

Congratulations to those who, attending CPAC, got in touch with what it means to be a conservative today, and, in doing so, reject it. Freedom deserves better.

By: Corey S.

Corey S. — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:12:53 +0000

Of course, the TP post made no mention of the loud clapping for Alex, or the lack of clapping for Sorba.