A YouTube “Rant” in Defense of Gay Republicans

By LUCAS GRINDLEY

In defense of gay Republicans, 22-year-old Ethan Sabo unleashed a self-described “rant” addressed to the rest of the LGBT world on his YouTube channel that is sure to draw blowback.

“You guys suck, to be honest,” he said, “and it hurts my heart to see such hateful people.”

Sabo seemed to be reacting to comments from an earlier video in which he explained why he’s a gay Republican.

In the follow-up, Sabo first defends Republican presidential candidates for their antigay beliefs and then criticizes glitter-bombers and other protesters as ineffective “idiots” who “spray-paint rainbow crap all over the place.”

“You say that Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann and Newt Gingrich — you say that anybody who disagrees with gay marriage or disagrees on gay rights — are bigots,” he said, dismissing the Republicans’ views as “their opinion.”

Then Sabo arrives at his “main thing,” which is that LGBT people are dominated by liberals, whom he describes as “disgusting” and “rude.”

“Here’s my main thing with gays,” said Sabo, who has launched a blog about his conservative views. “You want people to accept you, you want people to give you rights, and you want people to be nice to you. And yet when I go out in public, you guys are the most sickest, nastiest people I’ve ever seen. You make sure you flaunt your gayness in front of everybody.”

Sabo is especially disturbed by Pride parades and says he’s attended only one in his hometown of Austin. But he unloads on behavior at clubs as well.

“I’ve never met a gay person on the right that goes to a gay pride parade, gets naked, or puts little bootie shorts on and walks around,” he said. “Never seen that.”

YouTube has a long tradition of video “rants.” Chris Crocker, who is gay, made one of the most famous with his passionate defense of Britney Spears. Sabo appears in his video in a bathrobe, holding the iPad that he’d been using to read responses, and he saves his biggest slam for last.

“You wonder why people hate you, you wonder why people don’t like you, you wonder why people spit on you and beat the living crap out of you all,” he said. “You wonder why? That’s why.”