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LadyHawkAZ

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72. Wow. That's a disgusting thing to say

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Sat Sep 15, 2012, 08:35 PM

Sep 2012

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I have been doing some research into the question of whether Ambassador Stevens was gay [View all] dsc Sep 2012 OP

Most of Libya loved and respected him. The Muslim terrorists that killed him would have killed appleannie1 Sep 2012 #1

+1000 Fla Dem Sep 2012 #150

K&R patrice Sep 2012 #2

i think i read somewhere that wasn't a right wing site with mention of it JI7 Sep 2012 #3

Please don't go there. cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #4

why not? dsc Sep 2012 #7

why not ? why do people act like saying he was Gay is a bad thing ? JI7 Sep 2012 #15

I think it has more to do with "it doesn't matter if he was gay nor not" octothorpe Sep 2012 #168

Would someone go into his background to see if he were straight? cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #23

I care Major Nikon Sep 2012 #39

Outstanding post. nt Zorra Sep 2012 #112

many of those things were things that he'd have to tell you himself ibegurpard Sep 2012 #127

I am so torn on this issue. I agree with you but what if Stevens had NOT CTyankee Sep 2012 #157

You can play "what if" all day Major Nikon Sep 2012 #166

It's incredible that the truth on Sally Hemmings didn't come out until when CTyankee Sep 2012 #171

+1 robinlynne Sep 2012 #41

Major fail...far too many people actually care joeybee12 Sep 2012 #44

the repugnicans would have blocked benddem Sep 2012 #176

Wow... how do you research something like that? undeterred Sep 2012 #5

google the terms dsc Sep 2012 #6

Why does it matter to you? undeterred Sep 2012 #8

for the same reason it matters to black people that Obama is black dsc Sep 2012 #11

+1000 alcibiades_mystery Sep 2012 #17

+1 n/t FreeState Sep 2012 #19

It always amazes me when minorities are told what they can think FreeState Sep 2012 #21

I believe that if he wanted his sexual orientation "shared", he would have done it himself. cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #24

What he wanted to remain hidden in life is not necessarily what he might want hidden in death Major Nikon Sep 2012 #40

There's these things called "wills" Confusious Sep 2012 #118

That's about as weak as your assumption that he had that wish in the first place Major Nikon Sep 2012 #121

I guess you'd say that Confusious Sep 2012 #123

And what, pray tell, do you think my "agenda" is? Major Nikon Sep 2012 #129

Well, you had never heard of him before he died had you? Confusious Sep 2012 #136

I had Major Nikon Sep 2012 #165

Have you any idea how warped this is? cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #184

Give it a rest Major Nikon Sep 2012 #196

Wow, thinly veiled bigotry parading as "open-mindedness" joeybee12 Sep 2012 #45

No dude, Privacy in any personal matter trumps your "right" to know. Choice matters. cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #55

Why does this thread upset you so much? The guy is not being joeybee12 Sep 2012 #58

Maybe there are things in our past we don't want other people to know. Confusious Sep 2012 #119

And only right-wingers jump to the conclusion about gay people having an "agenda" joeybee12 Sep 2012 #140

I never said gay people have an agenda Confusious Sep 2012 #141

It's called righteous indignation and it's extremely popular on DU Major Nikon Sep 2012 #209

i think he was already out, the way Anderson Cooper was JI7 Sep 2012 #46

Prior to a few days ago you and most of us didn't know who he was... joeybee12 Sep 2012 #51

Well you can guess all you want, but to me outing a dead guy isn't a discussion of sex. cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #66

+1000 HooptieWagon Sep 2012 #82

Sexuality is different than sex... joeybee12 Sep 2012 #137

I long for the day that it does not matter whom someone loves Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #98

No kidding nt Confusious Sep 2012 #120

+1000 Canuckistanian Sep 2012 #108

Are you gay? Because I am and this doesn't matter to me one bit. Puregonzo1188 Sep 2012 #116

it matters. irisblue Sep 2012 #230

What you said. TalkingDog Sep 2012 #12

I ACTUALLY know a real life MAN who is not GAY who is an undercover agent onecent Sep 2012 #9

so calling him gay is disrespectul dsc Sep 2012 #10

I don't believe you know anything about how onecent thinks of gays or lesbians Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #13

I know he thinks it is disrespectful to call someone gay dsc Sep 2012 #14

I MOST DEFINITELY DO NOT disrespect gay people...I disprespect the fact onecent Sep 2012 #26

Sexual Orientation. abumbyanyothername Sep 2012 #32

sexual preference gee and you are so respectul dsc Sep 2012 #43

Peace dsc onecent Sep 2012 #53

No, he doesn't but you're giving yourself away pretty easily...nt joeybee12 Sep 2012 #47

Me thinks thou doth protest too much... joeybee12 Sep 2012 #56

One must wait until after the funeral to talk about whether he's gay or not? MNBrewer Sep 2012 #57

+2,632 Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #99

I think you misunderstood onecent's post. It's disrespectful... Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #92

Thanks honeycombe8 onecent Sep 2012 #169

yes poor onccent says being gay is a choice and we big bullies that we are get mad dsc Sep 2012 #220

I cannot think of one single solitary reason LadyHawkAZ Sep 2012 #16

I can think of plenty of reasons why it may be important FreeState Sep 2012 #18

Good grief LadyHawkAZ Sep 2012 #20

I'm guessing you are not part of the gay community? n/t FreeState Sep 2012 #22

I am the B in GLBT. Any other questions? LadyHawkAZ Sep 2012 #25

"preferred to do with their vagina" Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2012 #105

Hyperbole to make a point LadyHawkAZ Sep 2012 #111

I doubt it... joeybee12 Sep 2012 #142

Bullshit LadyHawkAZ Sep 2012 #193

Yes and no. I am a proud straight gay rights supporter. My nieces chose when to come out. cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #27

Maybe the ambassdor was already out... joeybee12 Sep 2012 #52

A hissy fit? Red State alert. I do know about him. All he chose for me to know. cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #63

Yeah, being a women is being "outed" joeybee12 Sep 2012 #143

That's right...none of our business...sexual preference should be hidden... joeybee12 Sep 2012 #49

That's right...totally our business...disclosure should be up to the mob LadyHawkAZ Sep 2012 #68

Is that because "teh gay" must be shameful and not talked about? MNBrewer Sep 2012 #59

No. It's because his sexuality was his business LadyHawkAZ Sep 2012 #69

Well, now he's dead, so it's not his business anymore. MNBrewer Sep 2012 #71

Wow. That's a disgusting thing to say LadyHawkAZ Sep 2012 #72

You know what they say about opinions... MNBrewer Sep 2012 #78

Yes, I'm seeing lots of those in this thread LadyHawkAZ Sep 2012 #81

Wow Confusious Sep 2012 #77

And I repeat. YOu know what they say about opinions. MNBrewer Sep 2012 #79

I thought democrats stood for things like the right of privacy Confusious Sep 2012 #106

Unless he was an anti-gay activist or politician or some such, kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #28

Even then. IMO. nt abumbyanyothername Sep 2012 #35

Maybe. Maybe not. But it's not the issue right now. He was murdered. That's the issue. Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #93

I think the extent of the homophobia depends on the country. Cleita Sep 2012 #29

Even if it wasn't OK with them gollygee Sep 2012 #31

Your right. One's sexual orientation or sex for that matter Cleita Sep 2012 #34

I was thinking of right wing sites gollygee Sep 2012 #36

I didn't mean to seem snippy either. n.t. Cleita Sep 2012 #38

How does it matter? HooptieWagon Sep 2012 #30

Boggles the mind. cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #37

Yeah, in most states gay people can be fired on a whim... joeybee12 Sep 2012 #54

Then you should be active to change laws in those states. HooptieWagon Sep 2012 #67

+1000 LadyHawkAZ Sep 2012 #70

If he even was gay. This is a pretty silly discussion. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2012 #115

Does it matter? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2012 #33

unrec. dsc. wake up. robinlynne Sep 2012 #42

FWIW, his brother says he had many girlfriends muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #48

I, too had many boyfriends and was unmarried until I was near 40. cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #133

why? ibegurpard Sep 2012 #50

I think they're looking to make him a gay hero, HooptieWagon Sep 2012 #62

no but if he is a gay hero dsc Sep 2012 #84

Even if thats not what he would have wanted? HooptieWagon Sep 2012 #95

outing him after he's dead doesn't make him a gay hero ibegurpard Sep 2012 #100

Exactly. HooptieWagon Sep 2012 #161

they meant a Hero who is Gay, not a Hero for Gay Rights JI7 Sep 2012 #258

muriel_volestrangler's post has been sitting there for two hours LadyHawkAZ Sep 2012 #104

Why hasn't this been alerted? joeybee12 Sep 2012 #138

How is this post bigoted? Sirveri Sep 2012 #144

"Further an agenda" a typical right-wing talking point... joeybee12 Sep 2012 #145

What bullshit. HooptieWagon Sep 2012 #160

The most ridiculous post of the year ruggerson Sep 2012 #175

I'm always amazed at why anyone cares about man4allcats Sep 2012 #60

Apparently, on DU, it's not cool to vilify gays directly but we must respect a religion lamzydivy Sep 2012 #61

Find me the Koran statement ibegurpard Sep 2012 #64

He wasn't hung or beheaded, HooptieWagon Sep 2012 #65

Welcome to DU! moriah Sep 2012 #103

Your second paragraph contradicts itself. former9thward Sep 2012 #73

without a time machine it would have been unlikely dsc Sep 2012 #85

This stuff isn't rocket science. former9thward Sep 2012 #94

And yet his brother said he had many girlfriends muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #146

I didn't do any internet search. former9thward Sep 2012 #170

And yet you're the only person who has said he was 52 years old in this thread muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #173

You must not listen to news programs or read newspapers. former9thward Sep 2012 #179

You appear to be doding the point about you leaping to conclusions muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #194

You challenged me on his being 52 as if an internet search was required for that. former9thward Sep 2012 #208

You also concluded he was gay muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #210

Again you have a severe reading comp problem. former9thward Sep 2012 #212

"So any reasonable person would conclude that he is most likely gay" muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #218

You clearly have not read the thread. former9thward Sep 2012 #219

By that standard LadyHawkAZ Sep 2012 #207

I was responding to a poster who said he (the Ambassador) was gay. former9thward Sep 2012 #211

Not married =/= gay LadyHawkAZ Sep 2012 #213

When you don't have anything you throw a strawman out there. former9thward Sep 2012 #214

"A 52 year old who is educated and has social/political skills and is straight... muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #221

I am denying your phony bs former9thward Sep 2012 #222

"substantial female relationships"? Now you're adding new qualifiers muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #223

The poster I originally replied to said he had no female relationships. former9thward Sep 2012 #225

No, nothing about "no female relationships" in the OP, or in #85 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #226

In another thread by the same author former9thward Sep 2012 #233

That was posted 16 hours after your post #94 in this thread muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #238

You believe the brother. former9thward Sep 2012 #243

WTF? This is a man who never said he was gay; his brother says he had many girlfriends; muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #247

"Never said he was gay" former9thward Sep 2012 #250

How about 50 years old? Iggo Sep 2012 #228

If you are gay you must be very closeted. former9thward Sep 2012 #234

Oooh, nice cover. Iggo Sep 2012 #241

Oooh, nice lack of a response. former9thward Sep 2012 #244

Sorry. That should have been obvious. Iggo Sep 2012 #253

Nothing was obvious in your posts because until this one they didn't total 10 words. former9thward Sep 2012 #255

Wow this is just evil treestar Sep 2012 #74

Who cares? The man is dead. n/t RebelOne Sep 2012 #75

Red Herring Warning. cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #76

Why would it matter? Whovian Sep 2012 #80

Shame on you. 99Forever Sep 2012 #83

No I didn't dsc Sep 2012 #89

You keep telling yourself that. 99Forever Sep 2012 #97

I spent the same time researching whether whistler162 Sep 2012 #86

Why? Puregonzo1188 Sep 2012 #87

I, too, did some research. I asked myself, "Do you care if Ambassador Stevens was gay?" Buzz Clik Sep 2012 #88

Can we, being Democrats and liberals, let this man rest in peace? Jennicut Sep 2012 #90

Thanks. Looks like the adults have shown up. :) cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #91

correction mitchtv Sep 2012 #109

I support you 100%, dsc Zorra Sep 2012 #114

I'm gay too and I think this is despicable. ibegurpard Sep 2012 #117

Can you explain to me why revealing that a person who has died was LGBT Zorra Sep 2012 #124

um because it's none of our fucking business? ibegurpard Sep 2012 #126

oooo, I hit a nerve, didn't I? Sorry ~ but there's really no need for you to be so mean and hurtful. Zorra Sep 2012 #131

this guy's not a "historical" figure ibegurpard Sep 2012 #132

Hamilton was a historical figure that died 200 years ago. HooptieWagon Sep 2012 #164

Quick question ... how old are you? cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #128

let's just leave it at it's none of our business shall we? ibegurpard Sep 2012 #130

Put it this way, I protested against the War in Vietnam. Zorra Sep 2012 #134

You usually find right-wing sites comparing homosexuality to illnesses like alcoholism... joeybee12 Sep 2012 #139

You just equated the way I was born with alcoholism. Puglover Sep 2012 #148

Perhaps these aren't the most helpful comparisons. Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #149

yeah you aren't anti gay not at all dsc Sep 2012 #151

Perhaps I should have said...for whatever reason...things we choose to keep private cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #163

Would you ask about the sexual prefernces of a... 99Forever Sep 2012 #158

Being straight is not something that has been institutionally stigmatized in cultures by bigots Zorra Sep 2012 #167

What gave you any suggestion that I ... 99Forever Sep 2012 #172

+ 1 million! HooptieWagon Sep 2012 #162

Sorry mitchtv...I was busy and posted that in the wrong place. Zorra Sep 2012 #125

What a convoluted post. Kalidurga Sep 2012 #96

Please delete this OP--the right wing blogs are printing absolutely false and inflamatory msanthrope Sep 2012 #101

Why does it matter whether he was gay or not? I don't get it! DrewFlorida Sep 2012 #102

Creepy. Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #107

wow, you sure opened a can of worms mitchtv Sep 2012 #110

Why? ladjf Sep 2012 #113

I won't say I don't care, JoeyT Sep 2012 #122

What is this circumstantial evidence that makes you think the RWers might be right? Incitatus Sep 2012 #135

Probably that he was single. I'm a single woman and people assume I'm lesbian all the time. kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #229

If he was gay that's incidental and hardly likely to the reason he was targetted dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #147

This message was self-deleted by its author TBF Sep 2012 #152

I can't believe I woke up to this. The poor man was just murdered. Walk away Sep 2012 #153

The same was said about T.E. Lawrence. leveymg Sep 2012 #154

I have a question ~ is it the custom to state in an obituary goclark Sep 2012 #155

If the obituary reads "survived by longtime partner" ruggerson Sep 2012 #181

Was he out? Iggo Sep 2012 #156

No. muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #174

I wondered about this myself. Thanks for opening it up. ( i.e. the question.) Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #159

By the looks of this thread, some folks seem to have a lot invested ruggerson Sep 2012 #177

Oh please ibegurpard Sep 2012 #180

I don't believe I mentioned the phrase "gay hero" ruggerson Sep 2012 #183

How about waiting until the poor man's body is cold. nt Walk away Sep 2012 #203

I doubt if we were inquiring if the guy had a wife that anyone would care ruggerson Sep 2012 #205

I would care if he didn't want to publicly acknowledge his marriage and then died in the public eye. Walk away Sep 2012 #242

Who cares? Who cares? I certainly don't. RebelOne Sep 2012 #178

amen cindyperry2010 Sep 2012 #185

Nice to see all this talk of the gay "agenda" on a Democratic website. Plantaganet Sep 2012 #182

our "family?" ibegurpard Sep 2012 #186

"Friends like this" Iggo Sep 2012 #187

And the thing is... renie408 Sep 2012 #189

Mending fences, indeed. n/t Plantaganet Sep 2012 #191

If he wanted to be in the "family", he would have said so. HooptieWagon Sep 2012 #232

He was extremely good at his chosen field so DevonRex Sep 2012 #188

What we know is that he was "out" ... straight. cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #190

Homophobia is also unbecoming. n/t Plantaganet Sep 2012 #192

? Confused here. I thought "out" means, self-identified to others as gay. What don't patrice Sep 2012 #197

Pardon!! me, but my little ir-repressible conspiracy theorist is kicking in. patrice Sep 2012 #195

Good lord no. DevonRex Sep 2012 #199

Okay, I'm not up on this. Have seen nothing more about the possible security breech. Link? patrice Sep 2012 #200

As Melissa Harris Perry would say: ruggerson Sep 2012 #198

+1. DevonRex Sep 2012 #201

Thanks DR ruggerson Sep 2012 #202

Yep. Puglover Sep 2012 #204

No way. That's normal. Not like being an alcoholic or suchlike. n/t Plantaganet Sep 2012 #206

Who the hell cares? Move on, folks, Raven Sep 2012 #215

I was saddened by the death of a former Peace Corps volunteer and from what I know MatthewStLouis Sep 2012 #216

I fail to see why anybody would become obsessed with trying avebury Sep 2012 #217

Who says he's "obsessed" and what "scandal" would he want to stir up? n/t Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #245

All of a sudden, since the Ambassadors death, disussion threads on DU and other websites, seem avebury Sep 2012 #249

This thread's getting pulled all over the place. OP did not, and would never question the following: Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #251

Ask me if I give a fuck! L0oniX Sep 2012 #224

You don't give a fuck that right wingers are trying to say that Stevens should not renie408 Sep 2012 #227

Who cares what RWers post? HooptieWagon Sep 2012 #231

+1. Most of the time we ignore those assholes. Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #235

Exploitation of the dead. HooptieWagon Sep 2012 #237

+1 ...repuke concern troll? L0oniX Sep 2012 #239

Don't think so. HooptieWagon Sep 2012 #240

Sorry. I am only accepting responses that ask me if I give a fuck at this time. L0oniX Sep 2012 #236

Do you give a fuck? Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #246

No! L0oniX Sep 2012 #257

a) it doesnt matter if he is gay and b) this thread sucks ass scheming daemons Sep 2012 #248

He is dead. Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2012 #252

Why on earth would you bother? Warpy Sep 2012 #254

Ambassador Stevens served in Jerusalem, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Egypt and Libya. CJCRANE Sep 2012 #256

Many of the replies in this thread are fucking disgusting. Behind the Aegis Sep 2012 #259

The Right Wingers are against Gays regardless of what Muslims think JI7 Sep 2012 #260

James Hormel. Luxembourg Behind the Aegis Sep 2012 #261