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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:21 AM Original message |
Outing politicians. Should it be done? |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. If a politician has a drink in private, its his business. |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. +1 |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. You're exactly right. Because its about more than being gay at that point. |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Exactly the kind of person Tatchell went after. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. Maybe super hypocrites. |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. but not the somewhat hypocritical? |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
5. Do you mean: If hypocritical rethugs who are gay vote against gay rights....... |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Something I am looking in to. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
6. it's no big deal if its known that a politician is a heterosexual. |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Sadly, Most of the Country Doesn't Agree With You That Being Homosexual Isn't a "Bad Thinkg" |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. I'm generally against outing. We all have things we prefer |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 12:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Accepted |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
11. I have a problem with it when there are families |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 01:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I think that is a reason to out. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-11-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
38. I am gay and I have a family. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-11-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. Wait, what? That wasn't the question. Did you mispost? |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 03:57 AM Response to Original message |
13. This is very, very tricky. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
14. Probably not, but if it's a conservative hypocrite, my protests are going to be pretty quiet. n/t |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. absolutely |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. Well it is kicking off in Chicago |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. Of Course It Should. |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. So what do you think of the stories I linked to |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I Think That The Author Is a Hateful Log Cabin Jackass With Questionable Motives. |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. He is worse than a Log Cabin Rethug |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Outing" itself is a homophobic concept |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. An article by Peter Tatchell on "outing" |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 06:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I go much further than he does |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Agreed |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 10:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I disagree... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Sure it is |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-11-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. No it's not. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. there is one major problem with that notion |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Bob and Jim are not politicians or celebrities |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. teachers are public figures under the same standards as other ones |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-12-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #28 |
42. Bob and Jim |
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Tyo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-11-10 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
33. No one in politics has a right to a private life. |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-12-10 08:07 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. To what level "no one"? |
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dickthegrouch (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-11-10 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
34. Hell, yes. If they're traitors to the cause /nt |
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RetiredTrotskyite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-11-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
35. If They Are Helping Wherever They Can... |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-11-10 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
36. If you work to pass laws stripping me of my rights, then fuck you. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-12-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Bam. Right there. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-11-10 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
39. Yes. The perception should match the reality. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-11-10 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
40. only if they are actively working against gay rights |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-12-10 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
44. Absolutely YES. They should be outed ASAP. |
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