Photos: Folsom Street Fair celebrates empowerment and erections, but mostly erections
posted at 4:46 pm on October 4, 2007 by Allahpundit
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High culture in progressivism’s capital city, captured for posterity in Zombie’s latest anthropology experiment. Hey, remember that old Onion article about gay-pride parades setting gay rights back by 50 years? This one should be worth about 100. No kids around this time, though, thankfully.
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omg….
3 “gay-themed” posts in one day?
*brews another pot of coffee*
and…
*gets no work done today*
JetBoy on October 4, 2007 at 4:49 PM
Yeah, so disgusting beyond belief. So glad I live 20 miles away from these freaks.
bbz123 on October 4, 2007 at 4:52 PM
Just what I want to be when I grow up.
The only “Leatherman Tool” you’ll see on me is right where it should be….left hip.
How can anyone really respond to this story in a serious vein anyway?
Miller Brewing is taking some heat and rightfully so!
lib_not on October 4, 2007 at 4:55 PM
Why do I laugh at these people?
Ochlan on October 4, 2007 at 4:57 PM
Am I a homophobe? Nah,who can be afraid of such “weak kneed” disgusting excuses for humanity. Will I fight to make sure they don’t rule law and my country? You betcha!
MNDavenotPC on October 4, 2007 at 4:58 PM
For cripes sake….
Discaimer necessary!….This is NOT representational of gay men. This is a “fetish” fair…leather dudes acting like total morons.
Is this Folsom post really necessary?
JetBoy on October 4, 2007 at 5:02 PM
Absolute Moral Authority.
Kalapana on October 4, 2007 at 5:04 PM
San Fransicko truly has become the reincarnation of Sodom and Gomorrah……And I live in California, oh he11 the ground is sooooo going to fall out from under us……Hopefully San Fransicko is far enough away (from San Diego) we wont be devastated when it happens.
doriangrey on October 4, 2007 at 5:05 PM
There’s not enough eye-wash in the world to make me click on that link. Content warning appreciated.
jdpaz on October 4, 2007 at 5:05 PM
Given the controversy over the Miller poster? Yeah, it’s topical. Here’s what Miller’s sponsoring.
I didn’t say it was representative of gay men; in fact, the Onion link suggests the contrary.
Allahpundit on October 4, 2007 at 5:05 PM
I think most of us understand that. It is however, representative of depravity. From the few pictures I’ve seen so far, it’s almost unimaginable.
Esthier on October 4, 2007 at 5:07 PM
I am tending toward to agree here. I mean, we know the the crazies do I suppose. Do we need to see it? I think not. We know Miller sucks and all that… I didn’t need photographic evidence.
*shudders*
Now only if I hadn’t clicked……
dc84123 on October 4, 2007 at 5:09 PM
For those of us who are acolytes of both HA and LGF, i strongly advise that you do NOT go Charles’ site and see what his staff documenter-of-all-freaky-things-San Fran Zombie has documented.
As a fan of Zombie’s work i decided to check it out, got exactly one picture into his essay and yakked on my keyboard. sick stuff, folks. beyond the pale.
this is not a reverse-psychology way of getting yall to check it out. it is a warning, and i quote Ace Ventura: Do NOT go in there!!!
Mike D. on October 4, 2007 at 5:11 PM
Looks a lot like Southern Decadence – I went one year to do the same thing Zombie did. Public nudity, masturbation, a street bj contest had men lined up, ready to be serviced.
Laura on October 4, 2007 at 5:12 PM
gagging in evidence class is not a good thing
I should have listened to the warnings
Defector01 on October 4, 2007 at 5:13 PM
And I know this is not a representation of gays in entirety BUT these are the people mostly out in public eye who claim to speak for the community much the same way the oversexed ******s who almost always make the majority of the gay pride parades are. You don’t like it, fight to reclaim your community.
Defector01 on October 4, 2007 at 5:15 PM
OK, the next time someone complains about the military in SanFran I’m gonna laugh.
Kini on October 4, 2007 at 5:16 PM
OMG, AP! Did you really have to? Eeiuuw!
Connie on October 4, 2007 at 5:17 PM
I feel sorry for them.
and I will never buy a Miller product – evah!
Tru2my2 on October 4, 2007 at 5:17 PM
The advertisement poster for this fair featured a sadomasochist parody of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” with food on the table replaced by sex toys.
Grandmama San Fran Nan Pelosi defended the poster, said that it did not “harm” Christianity.
http://www.ktvu.com/news/14227320/detail.html
Brat on October 4, 2007 at 5:18 PM
Well, I highly doubt Miller knowingly sponsored any of that stuff. I actually defended the poster, with the claim that it did not poke fun at Christianity, but was merely a parody of what has become a recognizeable pop-icon…
Perhaps with this junk going on, The “big money” sponsors will pull out next time. And yeah, the Onion is right, there. This kinda stuff puts gay acceptance back years.
JetBoy on October 4, 2007 at 5:19 PM
How very mainstream of them!
p0s3r on October 4, 2007 at 5:19 PM
Oh my!
‘Strong Content Warning’ isn’t enough.
Got to dip the ol’PC in bleach now.
How the HELL can this be legal out in the open street?
Limerick on October 4, 2007 at 5:20 PM
Palomino!
I guess they don’t have public decency laws in SF, huh? What a disgusting place.
CP on October 4, 2007 at 5:20 PM
In a way, I agree with that statement. It doesn’t harm Christianity because Christianity isn’t fragile enough to be harmed by anyone or anything.
That doesn’t mean it was an appropriate poster.
Esthier on October 4, 2007 at 5:20 PM
The ancient Romans called and want their good name back.
profitsbeard on October 4, 2007 at 5:22 PM
Those are some really sick fvcks.
The homo agenda has got to be defeated.
Andy in Agoura Hills on October 4, 2007 at 5:24 PM
I don’t know what the laws are in San Fran, but around here, the same cops who arrest drunk college girls for flashing their boobs to get long beads at Mardi Gras, walked right past sex acts being conducted on a public street during Decadence.
It’s illegal the same way illegal immigration is illegal.
Laura on October 4, 2007 at 5:25 PM
She had a chance to voice that it was inappropriate. I didn’t hear her say it.
And you know what, I’m not even going to pose the argument “well if it depicted Mohammad she would have…” because that point is obvious.
Brat on October 4, 2007 at 5:27 PM
Now this is exactly what I was talking about….*sigh*
JetBoy on October 4, 2007 at 5:29 PM
Another reason I’m glad I’m not an atheist. I would hate to have these people be on my side. Aspiring to a higher moral standard doesn’t look so quaint now does it?
Buck Turgidson on October 4, 2007 at 5:31 PM
I remember back when I could visit a right wing blog like HA without a picture of dude ass on the front page.
Those were the days.
e-pirate on October 4, 2007 at 5:31 PM
Pelosi was there right?
Kini on October 4, 2007 at 5:33 PM
I didn’t want to wait for all the pics to load and then have to actually view them all, but did super inflated scrotum guy make an appearance?
Life should not imitate Johnny Dangerously.
rw on October 4, 2007 at 5:34 PM
It’s a sausage fest here!
lorien1973 on October 4, 2007 at 5:34 PM
A regular hot dog cart
Ochlan on October 4, 2007 at 5:35 PM
Yeah, with Whoopi.
Brat on October 4, 2007 at 5:35 PM
You can thank your friends on the more deviant side of your sexuality for that response. As we came to agree in the other thread, it isn’t right, but it is a sad reality. BTW were this a heterosexual display of equal magnitude I would be equally appalled.
doriangrey on October 4, 2007 at 5:36 PM
The post said that the bartenders at the Miller bars were dressed simularly…Miller Time? I didn’t look at the pictures, I just read the articles…heh
d1carter on October 4, 2007 at 5:36 PM
Just to be clear, in case it wasn’t, I’m certainly not defending her.
And you’re right. The Mohammed thing goes without saying.
Esthier on October 4, 2007 at 5:36 PM
HOTTTTTTTTT!!!!!
see-dubya on October 4, 2007 at 5:37 PM
Me too.
Brat on October 4, 2007 at 5:38 PM
Sometimes I worry about you dude…….You are a dude right?
doriangrey on October 4, 2007 at 5:39 PM
And to think all this time I thought watching beheading videos was the lowest of the vile scale…
allie on October 4, 2007 at 5:39 PM
I think you’re getting a bit too outraged about this. I mean, I looked at those pictures and there was no sex in them. Move on, people.
- President Clinton
Laura on October 4, 2007 at 5:39 PM
Me too.
But I’m cool with hot lesbo festivals
Ochlan on October 4, 2007 at 5:39 PM
If you think the beheading of innocents is less vile than a bunch of fetishists airing it out then you are seriously screwed up.
SouthernDem on October 4, 2007 at 5:41 PM
Where’s larry craig?
locomotivebreath1901 on October 4, 2007 at 5:42 PM
Firefox + Adblock helps a lot.
AP: You owe us 2 or 3 MKH screencaps on the front page tomorrow as your penance for this.
Dave Shay on October 4, 2007 at 5:43 PM
Ick.
Just Ick.
LB - the one that isn't LaShawn Barber on October 4, 2007 at 5:43 PM
I have slowly become tolerant of what people do in the privacy of their own bedrooms, when it spills out onto public streets my tolerance disappears. These animals should have been arrested for lewd acts in public and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Sadly it doesn’t look as if San Fransicko has any morals ethics or lewd or indecent statutes on their books.
doriangrey on October 4, 2007 at 5:44 PM
MY EYES!!!!
(Serious TMI Code Violation. Screw Miller and their amber hops-laden swill.)
ReubenJCogburn on October 4, 2007 at 5:45 PM
Yeah, but you can’t really tell from that picture up top. It’s not my best side.
see-dubya on October 4, 2007 at 5:45 PM
Seriously, though–can we filter out the tiny exposed man-bits on spanky there? I don’t need to be seeing that.
A discreet picture of Larry Craig might be superimposed, for example…
see-dubya on October 4, 2007 at 5:47 PM
Biohazard.
frreal on October 4, 2007 at 5:47 PM
Like I said, I worry about you sometimes…(ok granted not very much but a little)…. :p
doriangrey on October 4, 2007 at 5:49 PM
If there was a button that I could push to make them disappear off the face of the earth—-, may God forgive my thoughts.
leanright on October 4, 2007 at 5:50 PM
I think AP is hopped-up again…This thread just has to go down (no pun intended) as one of the freaky deakiest HA moments…
JetBoy on October 4, 2007 at 5:50 PM
Can we have the Angels do something a little more “aggressive” than just a fly over? I love the smell of burning leather in the morning.
T J Green on October 4, 2007 at 5:51 PM
No- I do not believe Im seriously screwed up. Just have a major inability to transfer thought to keyboard as eloquently as the better posters here.
allie on October 4, 2007 at 5:52 PM
Hey, I think I saw Mr. Slave in that fair!
Bad Candy on October 4, 2007 at 5:55 PM
Practice, it may not make you perfect, but at least the rest of us reading your posts will get a sense of where you are coming from.
doriangrey on October 4, 2007 at 5:55 PM
My favorite part about GranNan’s speech was “It’s a 1st Amendment right.” Cool, GranNan, cool. Questions…
1) How can she know if this poster “harmed” Christianity?
2) Did she attend Folsom Street Fair with her grandchildren? Would it be okay with her if they went?
3) Is this the same Speaker of the House who wants Rush off the air? 1st amendment, ANYone?
If gay/freaky people want me and the government to stay out of their bedrooms, why is it okay to for them to bring their bedroom to the street? Makes me want to dig a hole, toss em in and throw rocks at them til they bleed… (peace be upon them)
/hatred
Califemme on October 4, 2007 at 5:56 PM
Well, i’m off to have a lobotomy. Only way to be sure those images never pop up in my mind again. See ya!
madne0 on October 4, 2007 at 5:56 PM
Sure that wasn’t “Filth The Human Ashtray”?
Incidentally, YouTube took down the Palomino video where he appears.
I’m not surprised.
see-dubya on October 4, 2007 at 5:57 PM
OK, I’ll gladly give you the benefit of the doubt here that that is not what you meant. Did you mean the ogres who watch the “faces of death” type stuff as entertainment? If so, sorry for busting on you.
SouthernDem on October 4, 2007 at 5:58 PM
well maybe this will learn ya that when AP says strong content warning, what he means is strong content warning,…
doriangrey on October 4, 2007 at 5:59 PM
Don’t worry allie, I caught your drift …
darwin on October 4, 2007 at 6:00 PM
Less Filling. Great Taste.
Way to go Miller Beer.
fogw on October 4, 2007 at 6:01 PM
How on Earth is this ‘festival’ permitted to go on in the public square? You can be arrested for drawing and publishing cartoons of Mo-Ham-Head but it is perfectly legal to sit on the street and display your wares?
Is this Slaughterhouse 5? Bizarro World? That city needs to be bulldozed.
Limerick on October 4, 2007 at 6:01 PM
see-dub…doesn’t NBC always take down their copywrited stuff? They’re usually on the ball (again, no pun intended) with their stuff on YouTube.
It’s hard to find anything that aired on NBC on video sites…not long before they’re pulled (yep, no pun intended)
OK, it’s 6pm….Miller Time!
JetBoy on October 4, 2007 at 6:02 PM
It was reposted here two days ago, in case anyone hasn’t seen it yet.
see-dubya on October 4, 2007 at 6:05 PM
Yeah, NBC(and all the other channels they are affiliated with through..Viacom?) are pretty militant about knocking down youtube clips.
Bad Candy on October 4, 2007 at 6:07 PM
And we wonder why the Islamofascists want to see our society burn. Chances are, they see more of this stuff and Britney’s vertical smile than of any other part of our culture.
Thank you left coast…
NTWR on October 4, 2007 at 6:09 PM
WOW! I guess it really is true that 60% of Americans are overweight.
Bradky on October 4, 2007 at 6:16 PM
Palomino at SNL site here.
T J Green on October 4, 2007 at 6:18 PM
+1
Bad Candy on October 4, 2007 at 6:19 PM
San Francisco values.
The Blue Angels.
The Second Amendment.
The ROTC.
The Marine recruiters.
A Christian gathering doing nothing more than praising God (”Christian fascists”, according to San Franciscans)…..
OUT.
Moral depravity in the public square.
IN.
South Park had it so right when it had them smelling their own farts up there.
The city has flat out lost it.
One wonders how it ever got to this point.
Hawkins1701 on October 4, 2007 at 6:20 PM
Oh man, I gotta go crack one off! That was HOT stuff!
Hahahaha, seriously, don’t click on the link unless you want to go blind. :)
Max Power on October 4, 2007 at 6:22 PM
Public homosexual acts are apparently legal in San Fransisco, but look on the bright side: at least they can’t get married.
RightOFLeft on October 4, 2007 at 6:31 PM
It is a shame to know what they do in private. Dear Lord they are taking it to the streets. Is it any wonder they put up the last supper photo? Not to me but then again I just might be a conservative, non tolerating, hate-monger. After all I might judge somebody and be completely wrong about their true behavior. God help me not to think wrongly about these type of people. Forget giving a**holes like this the time of day and then accepting them into our schools as an alternative lifestyle that is just natural. BS this is not natural this is SICK!!
mjkazee on October 4, 2007 at 6:33 PM
Actually ALLAHP, if you read the comments on this topic at LGF, Zombie says there were kids there but he just didn’t photo them this time. He said there were kids there dressed in Fetish Clothes as well as “Twinks” working the crowds of gray haired old fairys. He just didn’t photo them because he got a lot of heat the last time he did. Apparently, someone notable person even refered to his prior photos as “pedophilia”, and he took great exception to that, so no photos of the kids in the crowd this time.
…but they were there
SilverStar830 on October 4, 2007 at 6:34 PM
I cannot believe that the lewd and sexual behaviour was allowed to take place in public. If they wanted to prance around their festival in fetish gear that covered their naughty bits (yes, it exists), that’s one thing. Exposing and utilizing genitalia, whole other story.
What I or anybody else does in the privacy of one’s home/legally-operated fetish club should not be up for public review; however, these people disgrace the rest of us by being crude, lewd, and rude (not to mention law breakers) in the public eye.
I’m not much for telling others how to live their lives, but next time, rent out a convention center or something. Gah!
the goddess anna on October 4, 2007 at 6:34 PM
It might hit the sister city (Hillcrest). You’re pretty close to that.
PRCalDude on October 4, 2007 at 6:34 PM
And YOUR/OUR Speaker of the House lives there, hails from there, and represents that city.
Just imagine what it will be like when a Democrat is President and the Congress has an overwhelming majority of Democrats.
We can look forward to seeing this happening in every city soon enough.
SilverStar830 on October 4, 2007 at 6:36 PM
Haha!
PRCalDude on October 4, 2007 at 6:36 PM
Ya ! !
Thanks a bunch .
( Hat tips to Charles for technical help and Ringo for finding a link)
I can’t believe I actually viewed that link.
I’m dirty. . . . really dirty.
Texyank on October 4, 2007 at 6:39 PM
Hmmm, Fire and Brimstone anyone?
americaslaststand on October 4, 2007 at 6:41 PM
Bleh……40 miles…way to close if you ask me…I actually live in a small rural town north-east of San Diego called Ramona. Since most people have no idea where that is and I did grow up in San Diego I just say I’m in San Diego, technically I am still in the county sooo…
doriangrey on October 4, 2007 at 6:53 PM
Headlines the next day:
Midget found clubbed to death after Folsom leather fest.
The A our founders would have put on them would have to be fastened with a staple gun.
Speakup on October 4, 2007 at 6:55 PM
Marvelous!
Simply F*****n’ marvelous…..
Oooh everybody look at us, we’re sooooooo
naughtygay.Whatever floats your boat, losers.
G-man on October 4, 2007 at 6:57 PM
I wonder what would happen if you air dropped a thousand Taliban islamofacists into the festivities?
darwin on October 4, 2007 at 7:07 PM
Whoa! I don’t care what these folks do in their own homes, but for Chrissakes leave it there, kids with negligent/ignorant parents don’t need to see this freak show at all.
And I yawned when I saw the poster advertisement, it reminded me of something my friends might have done in high school… C’mon, if these a-holes want to be shocking then do their stupid ads and dildoes with a muslim theme! Talk about getting a reaction! That would be something to see!
4shoes on October 4, 2007 at 7:07 PM
I don’t know, but I am sooo tempted to say it would be interesting to find out….
doriangrey on October 4, 2007 at 7:14 PM
I’m thinking a thousand simultaneous heart attacks.
Slublog on October 4, 2007 at 7:16 PM
We’re like moths to the flame, aren’t we? We’re disgusted by the thought of leather clad homosexuals showing their spirit sticks and their S and M gear, yet zombie’s site is abysmally slow.
mram on October 4, 2007 at 7:18 PM
Last week I called Miller and asked the woman taking my comment if she and other Miller employees understood what exactly their employer was sponsoring. She said yes.
I have another call to make, with Zombie’s web site.
Let Miller employees look at this sick s–t and see if they get canned for using company computers for looking at porn!!
fred5678 on October 4, 2007 at 7:18 PM
Actually, Zombie’s site is ALWAYS slow, even for dull ANSWER parades, etc.
It’s a good thing today – you only have to wait for one picture before aborting the download!!!
fred5678 on October 4, 2007 at 7:21 PM
This settles it. I’m sticking with Sam Adams and Newcastle. I’m not normally a boycott type of guy, but Ace makes a good point – the double standard companies use is infuriating.
Slublog on October 4, 2007 at 7:22 PM
What he said…….
doriangrey on October 4, 2007 at 7:27 PM
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