tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post5305954080429838514..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: Only when I'm drunkZenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-29523933252904565172010-03-07T14:11:22.895-08:002010-03-07T14:11:22.895-08:00I put "person" in quotes, because we are...I put "person" in quotes, because we are not dealing with a person. When a person takes political office, he or she is no longer just a person but an instrument of power. We are dealing here with a reality that allows politicians to get and maintain power through promulgating hate.<br /><br />I suppose you reserve some of your sympathy for that poor sad and disturbed Adolf Hitler.minushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08753445398306415857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-31874221173723887432010-03-07T12:30:01.965-08:002010-03-07T12:30:01.965-08:00The very fact that you can put the word "pers...The very fact that you can put the word "person" in quotations like that makes me very sad. He is a person. A real live flesh and blood person, just like those he votes to oppress. Which I disdain and abhor. <br /><br />He is a sad, disturbed man, who deserves pity and not hate. And certainly not violence.Dr24Hourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212511946268980294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-1042288157156516012010-03-06T20:25:33.852-08:002010-03-06T20:25:33.852-08:00Outing a "person" is one thing; but, out...Outing a "person" is one thing; but, outing a political figure who is grabbing votes by pretending to be anti-gay is a totally different colored horse.minushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08753445398306415857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-70122986321004841622010-03-05T16:22:52.234-08:002010-03-05T16:22:52.234-08:00I'm not comparing his behaviour to rape. I...I'm not comparing <i>his behaviour</i> to rape. I'm talking about those in the gay community (particularly Dan Savage) who lament that this man hadn't been <i>previously outed</i>. I compare the deliberate outing of a person because you disagree with his politics to emotional rape, and I do so unrepentantly. <br /><br />I don't pity that this man has been outed by his own behaviour. I pity him because he is pitiable.Dr24Hourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212511946268980294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-88767344476352143682010-03-05T16:00:29.304-08:002010-03-05T16:00:29.304-08:00I find it outrageous that you compare this self-de...I find it outrageous that you compare this self-destructive behavior to rape. Seriously. If the man didn't want to be outed, he shouldn't be driving drunk with a boyfriend/hooker. <br /><br />I'm not entirely sure I agree that outing a completely closeted man who has never done a thing to damage the LBGT community is "psychic rape" but I would thoroughly disapprove of it. But a hypocrite who wields political power to destroy others' lives is not particularly deserving of pity when his hypocrisy is revealed <i>by his own actions</i>.The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-32787040904451150422010-03-05T12:45:32.467-08:002010-03-05T12:45:32.467-08:00I don't believe in an eye for an eye, but i...I don't believe in an eye for an eye, but i'm hesitant to shed tears when someone who deliberately digs potholes in the street gets his car trapped in one of them.<br /><br />This is an own-petard hoist, not an eye for an eye.Llnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-62873423008693780972010-03-05T12:41:10.370-08:002010-03-05T12:41:10.370-08:00This is the first time I have heard this story fro...This is the first time I have heard this story from that angle. To be fair, there are several bars in the area of faces; however, most of them are gay establishments.STrimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541914023692297157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-57958805071341814922010-03-05T12:36:08.997-08:002010-03-05T12:36:08.997-08:00It sounds as though you believe in "An eye fo...It sounds as though you believe in "An eye for an eye." I believe that that is outdated dogma. <br /><br />Should the punishment <i>for</i> rape <i>be</i> rape?Dr24Hourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212511946268980294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-61322833594506536312010-03-05T11:32:28.080-08:002010-03-05T11:32:28.080-08:00Outing is so traumatic for people like him specifi...Outing is so traumatic for people like him <i>specifically because of people like him.</i> <br /><br />And at leat now that he's publically disgraced, it will hopefully be a little while before he can do any more damage to GLBT civil rights.Llnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-23267120674821682772010-03-05T09:10:20.044-08:002010-03-05T09:10:20.044-08:00Many gay activists (Dan Savage, for example, and J...Many gay activists (Dan Savage, for example, and Joe of Joe.My.God) think that gays in this man's situation should be outed and humiliated publicly. I think that outing is tantamount to psychic rape. It is viciously using someone's sexuality to do violence to them. Outing is a violent crime with sexual overtones, just like rape is. <br /><br />I cannot hate him. I can only hate what he has done. I pity him for his obvious confliction. And I am saddened by his exteriorization of that conflict. But I don't take pleasure in his downfall. It's just sad for everyone.Dr24Hourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212511946268980294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-11117785840388732342010-03-05T08:49:06.248-08:002010-03-05T08:49:06.248-08:00I'd feel sorry for him if he wasn't in a p...I'd feel sorry for him if he wasn't in a position of power, and abusing that power to try and take away rights from people in the same situation as he is. (Not that actually-straight homophobes in government get a pass either.)<br /><br />In other words, it's not because he's conservative; it's because he's a bigoted hypocrite.Llnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-85423387597914168802010-03-05T07:22:40.295-08:002010-03-05T07:22:40.295-08:00I just can't take such satisfaction in someone...I just can't take such satisfaction in someone's so public humiliation. He's a hypocrite and a criminal. I don't relish that. I feel sorry for him. He clearly hates himself and lives in agony. He needs to be punished for his lawbreaking and then, hopefully, this experience will allow him to confront who he is and what he does. <br /><br />I doubt there's anything intrinsic that means that homosexuals should support fiscal irresponsibility. There's no reason that a gay person shouldn't be in favor of border limitations or be predisposed toward state's rights. <br /><br />This is a sad, strange, possibly alcoholic, probably closeted man. I pity him.Dr24Hourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212511946268980294noreply@blogger.com