Hat tip to The Other McCain for this DSM Register story of an Iowa State University associate professor heckling Rick Perry at an Ames event.  

A packed coffee house where Rick Perry spoke this afternoon turned into a bit of a ruckus that left the candidate heading out the back door and straight to his vehicle after several Iowans screamed questions about his views on gays.

“Why do you hate gay people so much,” someone in the audience screamed as Perry wrapped up a campaign stop without taking questions from the audience. “Go back to Texas” another screamed from the back of Cafe Diem coffee shop in Ames.

Iowa State University associate professor Warren Blumenfeld was one who shouted questions to Perry, asking him why he was marginalizing and demonizing non-Christians. “The implication is if you’re gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered, you’re not a real American,” said Blumenfeld, who teaches studies about sexuality. “He is marginalizing people and dividing this country, and he’s demonizing proud Americans who just don’t have the social identities as he has.”

 

Blumenfeld is in the Multicultural & International Curriculum Studies department, otherwise known as the  How to Ruin Your Life and Waste Money Doing It Department


Professor Blumenfeld’s ”research interests” include:
Multicultural education, queer studies, special education, educational psychology, social identities (race, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, socioeconomic class, religion, physical and mental abilities) and the ways in which they affect educational outcomes; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues in education; gender fair education; intergroup relations; school bullying; cyberbullying; Christian privilege; African American and Jewish American relations.

Update:

Professor Blumentfeld has added to the Register story with the following Facebook comment:
I think it was quite telling that today as we confronted Rick Perry on his extreme homophobia and attacks on non-Christians, some of his support shouted at us: “This is my country, Not your country.” And “Go get a job.” This is the result of politians Like Perry, who demonize and stereotype minoritized groups for causing the problems of the country. Perry and others like him are attempting to use our bodies as steppIng stones to their own political advancement. We are saying, “No longer will we allow you to do this. Your scapegoating of us has now come to an end!”

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