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In the discussion thread: Pic Of The Moment: Mitt Romney On LGBT Equality [View all]

Thu May 10, 2012, 11:05 AM

TBMASE (769 posts)

4. Is John Lauber gay?

I keep seeing "presumed".

I only ask because there were similar things done by upper classmen at the various sports camps I attended in HS. They'd single you out for whatever reason...either you weren't black enough or your hair wasn't right or you wore your socks wrong, shit like that....and yes, you'd get called faggot or soft a number of times during the process.

I just wonder if the guy was actually gay or if the media just went with presumed because they haven't actually talked to the man

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75 replies	Author	Time	Post
Pic Of The Moment: Mitt Romney On LGBT Equality [View all]	EarlG	May 2012	OP
O M G	lukkadairish	May 2012	#1
This is an explosive story.	SunSeeker	May 2012	#2
Somewhere we have the story of his cornering and bullying a pregnant woman privately.	freshwest	May 2012	#46
Further proof he was an "entitled" little rich bastard	groundloop	May 2012	#3
Is John Lauber gay?	TBMASE	May 2012	#4
Boys will be boys?	SalviaBlue	May 2012	#7
I'm just curious	TBMASE	May 2012	#9
Looking to defend Romney here? Wrong website.	freshwest	May 2012	#48
Does it matter if he was gay or not?	NewJeffCT	May 2012	#11
It is bullying	TBMASE	May 2012	#14
He was. No excuse--and didn't the Missus go to the "girl's campus" of that outfit?	MADem	May 2012	#24
You are right, this is simply bullying and mean	Tumbulu	May 2012	#36
Was the kid gay?	TBMASE	May 2012	#37
Yes. The WAPO source has it. Mitt Romney Doesn't Like Gay People.	MADem	May 2012	#41
it really doesn't matter	SemperEadem	May 2012	#55
Like Rush excusing Abu Graib. Just a fraternity prank.	freshwest	May 2012	#47
Of course a politician's high school years are fair game	SemperEadem	May 2012	#54
Good for the goose, good for the gander!	MADem	May 2012	#60
Whether he was gay or not isn't even the point, if you attack someone because you presume	Uncle Joe	May 2012	#12
What if he was attacked because of his hairstyle?	TBMASE	May 2012	#15
That's the same "toxic ground" that I'm speaking of, it's basically just a matter of degree.	Uncle Joe	May 2012	#17
Some kids who have break up with a girlfriend/boyfriend	TBMASE	May 2012	#19
I don't view breaking up with a boy or girlfriend as being the same toxic ground	Uncle Joe	May 2012	#22
So we're to be judged by what we did as teenagers?	TBMASE	May 2012	#38
Not in isolation, actions as an adult carry more weight, people do change but we can use	Uncle Joe	May 2012	#42
point taken	TBMASE	May 2012	#45
+1 billion or so! eom	BlueMTexpat	May 2012	#67
Can you for a moment put yourself in his shoes? Like being attacked, thrown to	crunch60	May 2012	#65
Someone should attack that bigoted asshole for those ugly-ass teeth he's got.	MADem	May 2012	#27
the point is: he was attacked. Period.	SemperEadem	May 2012	#56
Doesn't matter	siligut	May 2012	#23
Yes.	Maven	May 2012	#25
Lauber is dead now....	ingac70	May 2012	#49
yeah I read that	TBMASE	May 2012	#52
"Is John Lauber gay?"...	awoke_in_2003	May 2012	#58
Yes but the article framed it as an anti gay attack	TBMASE	May 2012	#59
I think the only reason he was attacked...	awoke_in_2003	May 2012	#62
I agree with that	TBMASE	May 2012	#75
bastard.	barbtries	May 2012	#5
+1 thanks. NT.	Mc Mike	May 2012	#70
Kicked and recommended.	Uncle Joe	May 2012	#6
"He can't look like that. That's wrong."	HangOnKids	May 2012	#8
Romney can't act like that. That's wrong.	HCE SuiGeneris	May 2012	#10
Ah, I see he's calling it all "hijinks" and "pranks"	Ratty	May 2012	#13
Very interesting comments below the story, well worth reading...	HCE SuiGeneris	May 2012	#20
To a repub, this shows "leadership" abilities	IggleDoer	May 2012	#16
"Hi-jinx" are funny. This sounds like "assault"!	FailureToCommunicate	May 2012	#18
Seamus was dusty, too--and he had four legs and a tail! Woof, woof!	MADem	May 2012	#28
Psychopath.	krispos42	May 2012	#21
Thank goodness	ajk2821	May 2012	#26
I wonder how many black people attended that private school back then?	MADem	May 2012	#29
Holy Hell...	Hayabusa	May 2012	#30
So Romney is a closet hairdresser.	begin_within	May 2012	#31
Romney Scissorhands?	FailureToCommunicate	May 2012	#34
Romney Scissorhands	Windthin	May 2012	#66
That's more like it!	FailureToCommunicate	May 2012	#74
Apparently, he liked to give people makeovers--he did it at University, too.....	MADem	May 2012	#39
The upper class is so childish.	begin_within	May 2012	#50
Just as cute as W's story of the frogs and the firecrackers	Generic Other	May 2012	#32
this story is well sourced and has legs	grantcart	May 2012	#33
Holy ****! Mittens was a bully!!	Rhiannon12866	May 2012	#35
Mitt is a sociopath, he lacks all the higher emotions,	Dont call me Shirley	May 2012	#40
Tackling a kid to the ground and cutting his hair is "hijinks and pranks"?	AllyCat	May 2012	#43
This picture of Willard is hard on my eyes...	Jamaal510	May 2012	#44
At the risk of being flamed for saying this, I am more concerned about the Mitt Romney of today	totodeinhere	May 2012	#51
No flame, but what you do as a child, and as a young adult, shapes you as you mature.	MADem	May 2012	#61
You make some good points. I understand exactly what you're saying.	totodeinhere	May 2012	#68
Some people, too, are single issue voters.	MADem	May 2012	#72
As reported by many here, this was hardly an isolated incident,	BlueMTexpat	May 2012	#69
Westbaro endrosement?	Mkap	May 2012	#53
What a dickhead...	awoke_in_2003	May 2012	#57
I use that term a lot, lol.. just seems appropriate sometimes.	crunch60	May 2012	#64
Bully, judgemental, pig	AC_Mem	May 2012	#63
i told my husband about this and said of course it was a prep school	ejpoeta	May 2012	#71
The term bully does apply...	obietiger	May 2012	#73

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