In 1958, a Canadian-born right-wing crank by the name of Cleon Skousen wrote a book called "The Naked Communist", about how the commies were scheming to take over the world. That book contained a list that Skousen claimed were the "Communists' Goals" - but was really just a list of things his cold-war-addled wingnut mind said the commies wanted to do in order to assure their world domination. He figured out their plans, ya see.

Included in that list are:

13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.
14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.
15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.

18. Gain control of all student newspapers.

22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."

So, ya know: the paranoid delusions of a wingnut, in list form.

By the way, Glen Beck loves the guy.

And so we flash forward to today, to the modern paranoid wingnut website, "Renew America", specifically to AJ Castellitto:

If one were determined to take down America; if it were not possible by force; the secret weapon would come from a surprising place....

From out of the closet.

As per number 26 of the 45 declared goals for the Communist Takeover of America (don't blame me – I didn't make these up) a strategic, targeted area of cultural infiltration would include the presentation of homosexuality as "normal, natural, healthy."

I'm wondering if this goal was actually too low on the list?

(No, you didn't "make them up", somebody else did. And maybe an attribution would have been nice. Make me Google for things... why I oughtta..!)

The paranoid speculations of a wingnut ranting at his typewriter in 1958 are now taken as plain fact by today's modern wingnut. (And people say kids these days don't respect their elders!)

When applied to the "takeover" agenda, it could be perceived that American homosexuals are merely commie pawns unknowingly being used for the hat-trick trifecta destruction of freedom, faith, family.....

What if individuals with same sex desires are merely being held up and exploited as objects of intolerance? What if they are just the means to a much greater and darker end-game agenda.....?

Yeah! What if?!

Fuckin commies.