The hosts of CSPAN’s call-in shows have the unenviable task of dealing with callers who fail to inform the network’s screeners of the true purpose of their call — but even so, they are rarely forced to face down the kind of brutal stupidity to which these two hosts were recently subjected.
“Last summer in Rio,” the caller from Georgia began, “the Sierra Club had a summit on sustainable population,” in which a member of the group allegedly said that “in order to reduce the population, we need to do these things — as many abortions as possible, promote homosexuality, and attack Christians that stand in the way of doing this.”
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As the hosts looked on in stone-faced disbelief, the caller continued, saying “they want to reduce the population, and they planned to do this — the [Environmental Protection Agency] and the Sierra Club — they planned to make as many homosexuals as possible to reduce the population.”
“They are talking about bad things with these homosexuals, but when they talk to them, they act like they’re behind them and they’re all wonderful — but they have an agenda against them.”
According to the caller, the EPA and Sierra Club think “white people and black people, by abortions and turning people into homosexuals, will clear the way for them to have these Latinos come in and be the main population. Could you say anything about this?”
The host paused for a beat, looked off camera, and promptly changed the subject.
Watch the entire call below via YouTube.
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