Crappy Birthday

Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe: Gays Still Worse Than Pigs and Dogs

Zimbabwean crazy strongman President Robert Mugabe used the occasion of his 88th birthday party over the weekend to spew a new round of venom against gays and Western societies who embrace them.

“We reject that outright and say to hell with you,” Mugabe blasted before a crowd of 20,000 in the eastern Zimbabwe city of Mutare, and broadcast live by state-run national TV.

“You are free as a man to marry a woman, and that is what we follow,” proclaimed the de facto dictator.

Mugabe, who made headlines late last year by dissing gays as sub-animal, couldn’t resist reviving his provocative catch phrase.

“In their newspapers, that’s one of my sins — that I called [gays] ‘worse than pigs and dogs,’ because pigs know there are males and females,” Mugabe spewed. “I won’t even call him a dog, because my own dog will complain.”

Mugabe urged Zimbabweans to aggressively resist Western influence.

“You must go to the head of the imperialist and knock out his brain,” he said.

Photo via Jeremy Lock

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