He speaks to people who know even less about economics and world politics than he does, so his audience will never stop believing him. Our only hope is that, through time and education, their numbers will diminish, i.e. they'll eventually die off and it'll be harder for him and all those of his ilk to recruit new people into their flocks of ignorant, gullible followers.

#1 is definitely right about the first half of his post, and hopefully correct about the second half.

If you're flock doesn't read the news, it's rather easy to be prophetic.
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/20…

Having sorted the mobile problem, I can now say;
HA. What a tosser( and there I was, thinking you Dan, were writing about the other Tony Perkins. What a sweet Man, he was).
Strange contortions of the mind this fellow has indulged in.

Once more, invisible friends are for kids and crazy people.

Should we start trying to rename an anonymous rest stop glory hole blow job a "Tony Perkins" now, or should we wait until he gets busted?

I hesitate to come up with any facts to argue against this idiot, as it might give him a degree of credibility that he doesn't deserve.



Dan brings up excellent examples of homophobic countries not doing very well. Here's corollary: an example of somewhere getting richer as it gets less homophobic.



China legalised homosexuality in 1997. Since then, its economy has grown eightfold.



I guess God must be punishing them because ... ummm ... it's harder for a rich man to get into heaven than it is for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, so .... ummm ... God is punishing the Chinese for legalising homosexuality by making them rich so that they can't go to heaven.



Or something.

How can we be so bad for currencies at the same time that we're so good for property values?

Dan, of course you are right overall but there is a logical flaw in your disproof of Perkins' assertion. You argue that, if gay rights caused weak currency, then lack of gay rights would have to correlate with strong currency. That form of reasoning is invalid. I think they call it "denying the antecedent."

I was not aware that people were allowed to up and "quit" the military.

Klinger was going about it all wrong for all those years.

Subtle point, but the collapse of the Ruble has little to do with economic sanctions and much to do with the collapse of the price of oil.

http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3252

@11 the lord works in mysterious ways

@5 great idea! $20 for a Perkins - see, the dollar is as strong as ever!

@12 - That's really funny. Thanks for the comic tip.



@Dan (If you're reading), I know it wouldn't be any fun - debating Brian Brown didn't look like it was much fun - but maybe you could get him to debate you? He obviously gets under your skin (I don't blame you, the guy is beyond creepy); maybe you can find a way to get under his. I'd love to see that Xtian pod-person persona of his crack and reveal the raving homophobe underneath. He's got plenty of intellectual and evidentiary weaknesses; he's got to have an emotional weakness somewhere.

Here's hoping Putin is looking at a guillotine soon.

@6: Interesting. Good point.

I'm pretty sure nobody is listening to Tony Perkins anymore except the rabid, diehard haters who give him money and the gay activists who love to hate him.