Fagbug Nation Page #2

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out from the window,

and was just seeing

that three guys,

about teenage age,

just walking up,

taking pictures.

I see one guy.

He was facing

towards the window.

I see him just bending down,

and just mooning the camera,

or mooning his friend's phone.

I'm thinking, "Oh my, God.

"That guy is mooning the car."

[Erin] You decided

to moon my car?

I'm sorry, it's

just a thing we do.

[Erin] What made

you wanna moon it?

I don't know, it's

just a thing we do.

[Erin] You just moon

everything in Bakersfield?

Pretty much, huh?

[Luis] Yeah.

[Erin] Was it your idea

or him to moon the car?

Yeah.

[Erin] Why'd you think

that would be cool? (laughs)

To put it on

Facebook or Tumblr.

[Erin] So, you saw the car?

How'd you see it?

[Jeremy] I walked past

it out of the hotel.

[Erin] What'd you think?

[Jeremy] I thought

it was pretty cool.

[Erin] And you

took a picture of it?

[Jeremy] Yeah.

[Voiceover] What'd

you do with the picture?

Tagged it on Instagram.

Threw it to my Facebook.

Put a nice pride tag

on it, and everything.

Within ...

10 seconds, I think it was,

somebody told me

your whole story.

Why aren't you driving

the Dykebug? Lesbians,

I guess that's the ...

That's what I wanna know.

[Adam] It'd be the

same thing, right?

But, is it something

you take offense to?

[Jim] The Dyke Bus.

[Erin] You think it should

be called the Dykebug?

The Dyke Bus.

With a bunch of dykes on it.

Just seeing the car

name is Fagbug,

I think that's just an insult.

[Voiceover] I'm on the way

here from Nebraska.

Some guys in a

truck drove by and

blew up a condom,

and were waving it

out their window at me.

Another person in a truck,

way ahead of me, slowed down.

I thought, "They're

really wanting me

"to catch up to them so

they can get pictures."

As soon as I came

up next to them,

they were taking pictures.

I really don't like

when people keep

surrounding my car,

and make it so it's

unsafe for me to drive,

(mumbles) I don't know,

going 15 miles an hour

on a 75mileanhour road

just to get a picture.

It's not safe for anybody.

The ones that jaw flap

("Straighten Up" by YG Rippa)

And always run they mouth

Be the main ones

that don't know crap

'Bout what they

saying they playing

They put they issues on you

But you gone

listen to the fool

But he the one fooling you

Some guy wrote on Twitter.

Actually, he walked

by a while ago.

He said that he wanted

to throw the table over

and kick out the

windows to the car.

Well, uh ...

You found me on Twitter

posting comments about ...

the fagbug.

[Erin] What'd you think

when you first saw it?

Well,

a lot of things, I guess.

Mainly, why was it here?

I kinda was getting

mixed thoughts

'cause I didn't know

if you was progay

or antigay.

Really didn't know.

As I looked into it, my

views and thoughts kinda

changed on it, because I'm for

a lot of movement.

Definitely if it's

something positive,

I'm all for movements.

I can also respect

that it's a story

behind the Fagbug.

You don't even know

what you reaching for

("Straighten Up" by YG Rippa)

Trying to get out of your hole

But you just keep

on digging more

Pull yourself up

dust your ish off

Keep your chin up chin up

And straighten

up or give it up

[Terence] When I was driving

through Downtown Chico.

I was on a cookie run.

We did chocolate chip

cookies this afternoon.

Your car was parked on

the side of the road,

so I ...

got online, emailed

you, and you showed up.

In the last six years, I

replied to every single person

that's ever sent me a message,

unless, for some reason,

I accidentally missed it.

So, I probably responded

to 30,000 emails.

I try to be as available to

this conversation as I can.

This one's from Syracuse,

New York, and it says,

"I'm sick of seeing

your car around here,

"and sick of hearing how

inspiring of a person

"people think you

are, or vice versa.

"I think you are a

selfindulging c*nt

"who is taking

advantage of something

"that happened to

you seven years ago

"for personal benefit.

"Get a real job, stop

being a bottom feeder.

"Setting a terrible,

pathetic example

"for the GLBT community."

So, even this woman, her

name was Janet Smith,

I emailed ...

I even responded to her,

and said I'd be more than

glad to meet you in person,

have a facetoface

conversation.

And of course

even, she declined.

I'm amazed that

your approach is,

that anybody who writes

to you deserves an answer.

I just love for that.

[Lady] That's awesome!

I just think

that's so amazing.

And you've obviously gotten

some bad responses but

you're talking.

You're just wonderful, I think.

Throw me in the

water ("Bottomfeeder"

by Amanda Palmer)

'Cause I want to

be a bottomfeeder

[Voiceover] I seen

an article on TV about

somebody painting a

house in colors like this

across the street

from an antigay

church and I thought

it was unbelievable

what they're doing and

it kind of reminds me

of the same thing.

We're in front of

the Equality House,

which is across the street from

the Westboro Baptist Church,

the most known hate group

in the United States

perhaps right now.

This is a house that we painted

the colors of the pride flag

and it also has actually more

colors that the pride flag

to reflect a greater diversity.

This isn't just a

gay rights issue,

this is about everyone.

Many years ago when I first

went to community college,

I was actually still

in high school.

The community college that I

attended was Kilbourn College

and there was a production

of Angels in America slotted

to go on campus and so

I was actually cast in that as

a 17 year old in high school.

The Westboro Baptist Church

came in to protest with signs

that had stick figures that

were having anal

sex, anal intercourse

with flyers that said

"Maggots are better

than faggots,

"because at least

maggots are natural."

What's the opposite of God?

The devil.

What's the opposite of

a regular marriage between

a marriage and a woman?

Gays!

So it's a whole opposite

thing, good and bad.

I don't agree with Westboro

Baptist at all because

what they're basically doing

is presenting their opinions

in probably the most

controversial way they

possibly can do it.

And that's not the

message of Christianity.

That's not the message of

what God would have us doing.

You might see their hatred but

there's still love all around

and so it's supposed to be

where ever there's hate,

there's also love, you

just have to look for it.

I love the fact that you

stopped at the Rainbow House

right across from

Fred Phelp's church

because he is the biggest

bigot in the world.

And I've had people ask me

why hasn't somebody shot him

it's like, 'cause none of

us want to make a martyr

out of him that's why.

My comment on that is the

bullet is scared to hit 'em.

(laughter)

[Erin] How did you

feel about this house

when they painted it?

A breath of fresh air.

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