Don't vote for this guy.
Chris Craddock, 27, running for state delegate, reportedly made the following comment to a high school AP government class when a student mentioned that absent sex education, the United States could face STD and AIDS crises like we see in Africa:
"Africans will have sex with anything that has a pulse."
Seriously. That's what he said.
He also declared that he believes there are "three ways to become gay: You don't have a father figure in your life, you have an abusive father figure or you have no loving support in your family."
Oooookay. Raise your hand if you know someone who is gay and does not fit that description. I thought so.
So, the guy is a dipshit. Don't vote for him.
Oh, and even better than his ludicrous comments is his pathetic attempt to defend himself.
"Read any study that deals with the problems of AIDS in Africa and you'll see that," he said.
In teacher Cynthia Szwajkowski class, said Craddock, "I said sex runs rampant over there and that insane amounts of unprotected sex produces HIV."
FLASH: Sex Runs Rampant in Africa!
Is this guy kidding? As far as I'm aware, Chris my boy, sex runs "rampant" and "wild" just about everywhere. People may be having sex right in your very own home town! Wild sex! Rampant sex!
Dude needs to get out more.
What's most absurd and sad about this whole thing is that he couldn't be more misguided and wrong. Yeah, there's an element of truth to the fact that the sexual mores in many African countries have contributed to the AIDS epidemic there. But it's for exactly the opposite reason that he's proposing. The reason is that they have the kind of culture and educational system that he wishes WE had. Frank and open discussions of sex and sexuality are taboo. Safe sex is not taught in schools and outdated, misogynistic customs are silently (and sometimes not so silently) enforced and perpetuated. Which is exactly what he wants to happen here.
We currently lack a massive AIDS crisis on the scale of many African countries. Implementing his ideas will get us that much closes to having one.
The kids were right, Chris. You're a douche. And you're nascent political career is over. Give it up. You're not smart enough.
