Bradlee Dean

[[File:Anti-gay Bradlee Dean booth at the Minnesota Tax Cut Rally 2012 (7122914113).jpg|thumb|right|165px|Dean's "The Sons of Liberty" booth at a 2012 rally]]
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'''Bradlee Dean''' is the founder of the non-profit [[Christian]] organization ''You Can Run, But You Cannot Hide International'', a highly controversial youth speaking organization which has been accused of using bait-and-switch tactics to press a hardcore [[fundamentalist Christian]] agenda in American [[public schools]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJD1Ifr3D8w A news story] about Phelps, Wisconsin's experience</ref> He is also the drummer for the Junkyard Prophet, a hardline [[conservative]] [[Christian Rock]] band intertwined with his front organization,<ref>[http://www.campusprogress.org/articles/right-wing_rock Right Wing Rock Music]</ref> and hosts a local [[Conservative talk radio|right-wing radio]] show called ''The Sons of Liberty'' that is so out there<ref>Don't believe us? [http://www.youtube.com/user/BdeanSonsofLiberty Enter his channel if you dare!]</ref> that it makes [[Michael Savage]] look like [[Noam Chomsky]] by comparison. Dean is also known for his close ties to [[Michele Bachmann]], which says quite a lot about just how indecent both of them are,<ref>They're [http://blog.pfaw.org/content/from-fringe-figure-movement-leader-michele-bachmanns-far-right-roots this crazy]</ref> and is also a contributor to [[WorldNetDaily]] and to [[Conservative News and Views]], which furthers his street cred in the land of make believe.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/author/jake-2/ His WorldNutDaily contributions]</ref> Even some Republicans find him repulsive.<ref>[http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/04/mn_gop_warns_college_republicans_not_to_host_anti-.php?ref=fpblg TPM:MN GOP Warns College Republicans Not To Host Anti-Gay Preacher]</ref>

==Gay bashing==
Promoting [[Homophobia|gay bashing]] is one of Dean's favorite pastimes. He has stated in the past that he supports castration of gays because, he claims, that's what the [[Founding Fathers]] wanted.<ref>Don't believe us? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x6ji-rJJxw Hear for yourself]</ref> He's also stated on his radio show that gays should be "thrown in jail,"<ref>Again, in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3zgw-ssTTI&feature=related his own words]</ref> and has also stated his opinion that he believes it was homosexuals who were responsible for the [[holocaust|Holocaust]] and has praised [[Muslims]] for executing people for being gay.<ref>According to [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/individuals/bradlee-dean Right Wing Watch]</ref> Dean, himself, has expressed his opinion that he considers executing gay people to be "moral."<ref>http://lezgetreal.com/2011/06/bradlee-deans-moral-obligation-to-execute-gays-in-the-name-of-jesus/</ref><ref>[http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/07/27/280640/bradlee-dean-never-calls-for-the-persecution-of-gays-except-all-the-time/?mobile=nc Bradless Dean article] on ThinkProgress</ref> He is unique among even the most extreme gay bashers (e.g. Peter LaBarbera) for having no qualms with reposting articles by the infamous 'kill the gays' activist [[Theodore Shoebat]].<ref>http://sonsoflibertymedia.com/lesbian-couple-adopts-young-boy-forces-homosexual/</ref>

===The Rachel Maddow Lawsuit===
In 2011, he filed a lawsuit against liberal pundit [[Rachel Maddow]] (as well as Andy Birkey of the ''Minnesota Independent'')<ref>http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2011/11/22/bradlee-deans-idiotic-lawsuit-against-ainn/</ref> for defamation for having the gall to report on his gay-bashing agenda.<ref>His lawsuit [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNcpcDb2B4Q press conference]</ref> It is widely believed that, since numerous other liberal pundits have reported on his hatred of gays and lesbians, his lawsuit was specifically targeted at Maddow because she is an open [[lesbian]].

In July 2012, the lawsuit was dismissed and Dean (and legal advisor Larry Klayman) were ordered to pay the legal fees of the defendants.<ref>http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/07/12/bradlee-dean-must-pay-legal-fees-in-idiotic-lawsuit/</ref> Their response? To demand that the judge who made the ruling should recuse herself due to her "extra-judicial bias and prejudice" against 
fundamentalist wingnuts
 conservative Christian activists.<ref>http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/07/13/dean-klayman-demand-recusal-of-judge/</ref>

Later on, Dean then decided he wasn't going to obey a court order to pay Maddow's legal fees. His solution to the dilemma was to troll his listeners for donations in order to "help his lawsuit" (which seems to be pretty much beyond help in the first place) and "stand for America". He also offered a free gift in exchange, which probably comes down to an overstock CD of his earache-inducing hair metal.<ref name=DOMA>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/bradlee-dean-doma-ruling-will-bring-destruction-america-and-also-please-help-my-maddow-lawsu Bradlee Dean: DOMA Ruling Will Bring 'Destruction to America' and Also Please Help My Maddow Lawsuit,] Right Wing Watch</ref>

===DOMA ruling reaction===
His reaction was fairly typical, of course: predictions of bringing "another bout of devastation and destruction to America", "sexual indoctrination under 'Obama's sexualized curriculum'" (namely, the [http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/federalfunding/prep.aspx Personal Responsibility Education Program], which attempts to prevent teen pregnancy and STD transmission through educating teens on contraception and - surprise, surprise - ''abstinence'') and other related terms of endearment.<ref name=DOMA></ref>

==Minnesota legislature prayer==
On May 20, 2011, Dean was invited by the [[Minnesota]] [[Republican Party]] to lead the ceremonial prayer at the start of the Minnesota House's legislative session. The day's business had, ironically, been discussion of a proposed amendment to ban [[gay marriage]]. However, Dean's prayer (go figure) had turned fiercely partisan and wound up with, amongst other things, wanting only to recognize [[Christian]] members of the legislature and him accusing [[Barack Obama]] of being a [[Muslim]].<ref>http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2011/05/20/28497/legislative_firestorm_erupts_over_bradlee_deans_prayer</ref> This led to so much outrage that the Speaker of the House (Kurt Zellers) ordered a complete re-start of the session with a new prayer by the regular House Chaplain.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5b8xqiKKIg Obama Not Christian Infers MN House Prayer], a full video of the events.</ref> A speech was then given by Democratic Rep. Terry Morrow lambasting the Republicans for allowing the prayer<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRD-CWG3urU Anger at Anti-Gay pastor's prayer]</ref> and was followed by an apology by Republican House Speaker Zellers himself.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHXrQ4MKYwA&feature=relmfu The Zellers apology]</ref>

On the ''other'' hand, if you guessed that his reaction to Minnesota's legalization of [[gay marriage]] in May 2013 involved what can be accurately termed a highly entertaining meltdown, you're right.<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/bradlee-dean-has-epic-meltdown-over-minnesotas-gay-marriage-law Bradlee Dean Has Epic Meltdown over Minnesota's Gay Marriage Law,] Right Wing Watch</ref>

==YouTube whitewashing==
Since October, 2011, Dean has tried to censor his critics on [[YouTube]] through copyright infringement claims,<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jl4UbblhS0&feature=mr_meh&list=PL3E830B629F4FD778&lf=results_video&playnext=0 Such as this youtube critic]</ref> thus leaving only his own words and propaganda behind on YouTube. Ironically, he's so off-the-wall that even his own videos don't help.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBSekMOk15A Such as this gay-bashing screed] from his own YouTube channel.</ref>

==''My War''==
He's arrogant enough to have created his own movie about himself called ''My War'',<ref>[http://mywarfilm.com/ Official ''My War'' film website]</ref> -sharing a name with a [[Punk#Hardcore_punk|Black Flag]] song about paranoia! Be afraid. Be very afraid.

==Other fun stuff==
Given his previously-stated views, it should come as no real shock that Dean is a [[creationist]] who is perfectly willing to stoop to [[Godwin's Law|Godwinning]] in order to make anti-[[evolution]] arguments.<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/02/02/bradlee-dean-blathers-about-evolution/ Bradlee Dean Blathers About Evolution,] Dispatches from the Culture Wars</ref>

He also seems fond of making bizarre economic analogies concerning U.S. presidents from different centuries, vintage 80's-era tracksuits,<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/06/26/bradlee-dean-discovers-the-21st-century/ Bradlee Dean Discovers the 21st Century,] Dispatches from the Culture Wars</ref> and utterly incomprehensible strings of numbers masquerading as statistical arguments.<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/07/24/dean-invents-pointless-statistics/ Bradlee Dean Invents Pointless Statistics,] Dispatches from the Culture Wars</ref>

His understanding of constitutional law is funny, too, if your idea of "funny" is the rhetorical equivalent of a multiple car expressway pile-up.<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/11/26/deans-constitutional-cluelessness/ Dean's Constitutional Cluelessness,] Dispatches from the Culture Wars</ref>

===Sandy Hook shooting===
True to form, he responded to the tragedy at [[Sandy Hook massacre|Sandy Hook elementary]] by declaring that it was a [[Conspiracy theory|government plot]] to [[Gun control|take away yer guns]]!!!<ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/close-bachmann-ally-bradlee-dean-suggests-sandy-hook-was-government-plot According to Right Wing Watch]</ref>

==See also==
*[[American Taliban]]
*[[Bryan Fischer]]
*[[Scott Lively]]
*[[Fred Phelps]]

==External links==
*[http://bradleedean.com/ His ultra rad website, complete with a picture of him as a crusader, that or Thor from Marvel Comics in a bit of Irony]
*[http://youcanruninternational.com/blogs/bradlee-deans-blog.html His blog. Do not expose to face]
*[[PZ Myers]] [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/06/03/local-fatwa-envy/ discusses Bradlee Dean]

==References==
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