The Outing Kabuki

I have a new post at TAPPED up about the ludicrous fake outrage surrounding the outing of Larry Craig. See also Mona, Glenn, and Pam. Shakes defends outing in limited circumstances.

…I see that Patterico endorses the Captain’s nonsensical point that outing Craig is a “personal and degrading attack.” Just to be clear, people who think that saying someone is gay is a “personal attack” and “degrading” are trying to portray themselves as the real defenders of gay rights. What a joke this is.

…and, of course, Althouse. (Shorter Althouse: “it’s appalling that during elections people discuss people’s sex lives rather than the real issues. Now let’s get back to discussing Bill Clinton’s socks.”)