Posted on | September 2, 2025 | No Comments
Perhaps many readers have forgotten Kaitlyn Hunt:
You remember her? The teenage Florida lesbian who briefly became a liberal media cause célèbre after she was arrested in 2013 for having sex with a 14-year-old girl? The media bought into a #FreeKate narrative — promoted by Hunt’s parents — that she was a victim of homophobia, but Florida’s age of consent law was very clear and plenty of heterosexuals had been prosecuted for sex with minors. Furthermore, as more facts about the case came to light, it became evident that this allegedly innocent “romance” (as some in the media tried to paint it) was rather sordid, including meeting up for sex in the school restroom. The victim’s parents had tried to get Hunt to leave their daughter alone, but Hunt was obsessed with the girl.
That episode was what led me to formulate the maxim, “Bad causes attract bad people.” From the outset of the controversy, it was obvious to me that what the #FreeKate activists were doing was a de facto attempt to carve out a gay loophole in statutory rape laws. Many of those who initially supported leniency for Kaitlyn Hunt had been misled by media misrepresentations of the case and, once they learned the truth, quietly dropped out of the #FreeKate crusade. However, there was a hard core of True Believers who insisted that it was wrong for the teenage lesbian predator to be treated the same as any other sex offender, and they were all very bad people — deranged and demonic, objectively pro-evil.
The point that Max Nordau makes about pro-Palestinian enthusiasts (hat-tip Instapundit) is another example of how the “bad causes attract bad people” principle operates. How sociopathic do you have to be to take the side of the Hamas terrorists who began this war on October 7, 2023, by attacking innocent people attending a music festival? But of course, the “Free Palestine” nitwits will either (a) insist that the 10/7 attacks were justified as “resistance” against “occupiers,” or else (b) dishonestly claim that they are not actually supporting Hamas. Either way, however, they’ll (c) pretend that Israel is engaging in “genocide” in Gaza.
They are either dishonest or ignorant, except when they’re both.
? Rep. Rashida Tlaib at the People’s Conference for Palestine
At one of the most radical conferences in America, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib took the stage and lashed out at critics.
“Every genocide enabler, look at this room motherfuckers — we ain’t going anywhere.”
She then… pic.twitter.com/LMqSpTTuzZ
— Stu (@thestustustudio) August 31, 2025
The phrase “genocide enablers” is a deliberate lie. It is Hamas that has genocidal ambitions, and which bears the responsibility for the suffering caused by the war that they started on 10/7. But if you will just wait a few weeks or, at most a few months, you’ll find that the “progressive” cheerleaders for Palestine will have moved onto some other “cause” or “issue” to bother us about. During the #GamerGate controversy, gamers began using the term “NPC” to refer to the hive of armchair activists who mindlessly parrot left-wing talking points. They are called NPCs because of their similarity “non-player characters” in a video game — programmed to perform their roles, without any original thoughts of their own. NPCs are always excited about The Current Thing, a term describing “woke progressives who identify with an ever-changing constellation of causes that seemingly shift from day to day.”
Those who are now decrying “genocide” in Gaza were, just a few months ago, posting Ukrainian flags in their social media profiles. Before that, they were worked up about the J6 “insurrection,” and before that, Black Lives Matter, and before that, #MeToo. The causes come and go, according to the vogue of progressive concerns. From time to time, the NPCs return to a few favorite causes — climate change, gun control, abortion rights, etc. — but they’re constantly updating their agenda to fit the latest fashions. If you’re old enough to remember the 1970s or ’80s, you may recall the protests against nuclear power plants, or the “Live Aid” enthusiasm about African famine relief. The fact that this herd of bleating sheep wander from one cause to another reflects the nature of their interest in politics. They are engaged in moral grandstanding, trying to attract admiration for the Noble Courage of their Commitment to Social Justice. They are not actually interested in helping any alleged victims of oppression. No, it’s really all about them and their need to think of themselves of as brave and enlightened.
Ridicule them or ignore them. Just don’t become like them.
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