Reply #51: No, that's not true. Ryan didn't tell the reporter to refer to him as Reann. [View All]

[MADem]

In the opening paragraph, the reporter tells us the man's name. In the article, we learn that Ryan told the reporter that his stage name/alter ego is Reann. He didn't tell the reporter to refer to him as ANYTHING in that article.


Like I said, Marion Morrison changed his name to John Wayne. His "alter ego/stage name" in TRUE GRIT was "Rooster Cogburn." Do we ever refer to the person everyone save the film geeks refers to as John Wayne as "Marion" when we discuss his work? No. Do we call him Rooster Cogburn outside of discussing his True Grit role? No. His name was John Wayne. It's the name he chose for himself, and people respect him, respect his wishes, and call him the name that he wanted to be known by. And he was a conservative Republican, too.

Your point falls flat.

Bobby Jindal is not a crossdressing gay beauty queen with an "alter ego" or a stage name. He's a governor with a nickname that he's had since he was four years old, that he chooses to go by, and that anyone who has basic respect and who isn't looking to dig, insult, snark or bait uses when addressing him.

The lengths people are going to in order to justify insulting this man by snarking about his first name are beyond the pale. There's just no justification. It's fine to go after the guy for his record, his views, and the policies he's incorporated as governor, if he misbehaves in his personal life, fine to comment on that too, but this not-so-subtle xenophobia in these discussions about his name is just horrific.