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Wed Oct-26-05 02:06 PM
Response to Reply #55 |
| 58. the word "lifestyle" implies choice |
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which is neither here nor there. choice should also be irrelevant.
however, the way THEY use it implies that there is choice involved.
maybe for a very few. but NOT for the huge majority.
using "lifestyle" when referring to sexual orientation is just reinforcing the RW talking points, playing word games with people's lives.
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| -Gay Publication "Outs" Anchors (Shepard Smith) |
Orrin_73 |
Oct-26-05 09:19 AM |
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I don't have much of a gaydar |
Roon |
Oct-26-05 09:24 AM |
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That's kinda funny |
FreedomAngel82 |
Oct-27-05 12:06 AM |
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How in the hell can he work for Faux? |
Carni |
Oct-26-05 09:24 AM |
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Here's How $$$$$ |
Yavin4 |
Oct-26-05 09:55 AM |
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Wasn't it Hannity he argued with? |
FVZA_Colonel |
Oct-26-05 05:53 PM |
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who cares! |
sabbat hunter |
Oct-26-05 09:25 AM |
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"Lifestyle"? |
mondo joe |
Oct-26-05 09:35 AM |
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yes |
sabbat hunter |
Oct-26-05 09:39 AM |
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Did I miss you complaining about the exposure of the CNN anchor's |
mondo joe |
Oct-26-05 09:53 AM |
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poor wording |
sabbat hunter |
Oct-26-05 10:14 AM |
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Really? You still have time. Every day there are reports about the |
mondo joe |
Oct-26-05 10:38 AM |
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Secret.... |
PageOneQ |
Oct-26-05 09:55 AM |
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It only matters if they are public figures acting against the lifestyle. |
porphyrian |
Oct-26-05 09:39 AM |
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"Lifestyle" is a bs word. And public figures expose themselves to public |
mondo joe |
Oct-26-05 09:55 AM |
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What word do you prefer, Joe? |
porphyrian |
Oct-26-05 10:03 AM |
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What do you call your life? |
mondo joe |
Oct-26-05 10:04 AM |
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I call it "my life." |
porphyrian |
Oct-26-05 10:26 AM |
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I understood your post. But if you don't think words that marginalize |
mondo joe |
Oct-26-05 10:30 AM |
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The word "lifestyle" marginalizes gays? |
porphyrian |
Oct-26-05 10:34 AM |
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The word "lifestyle" has been applies to gays for years by anti-gay |
mondo joe |
Oct-26-05 10:36 AM |
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Well, I didn't. |
porphyrian |
Oct-26-05 10:48 AM |
#55 |
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the word "lifestyle" implies choice |
ldf |
Oct-26-05 02:06 PM |
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What, people don't choose to be gay? |
porphyrian |
Oct-26-05 11:03 PM |
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And more to the point, a trivial choice-- |
eridani |
Oct-27-05 02:27 AM |
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I didn't know that either, so thanks for the info |
DesertedRose |
Oct-26-05 04:20 PM |
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Because lifestyle is a choice |
tamtam |
Oct-26-05 05:53 PM |
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How can a publication out two men whom EVERYONE already knew |
gauguin57 |
Oct-26-05 09:25 AM |
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I guess they're just not "out and proud" enough for that magazine. |
Fridays Child |
Oct-26-05 09:28 AM |
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I had no idea the faux dude was gay |
Carni |
Oct-26-05 09:32 AM |
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I learned Shep was gay years ago, right here on DU! |
gauguin57 |
Oct-26-05 09:36 AM |
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I knew he was gay, its those false eyelashes that gave it away |
Freedomfried |
Oct-26-05 09:38 AM |
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I had no idea he was gay |
tamtam |
Oct-26-05 05:39 PM |
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Clearly "everyone" didn't know. |
mondo joe |
Oct-26-05 09:36 AM |
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For those of us who never watch TV.... |
Gildor Inglorion |
Oct-26-05 09:47 AM |
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Well Anderson Cooper was no surprise |
AussieDave |
Oct-26-05 09:26 AM |
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I thought Cooper had been out for a long time |
DinoBoy |
Oct-26-05 09:31 AM |
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I remember hearing something about it earlier this year |
AussieDave |
Oct-26-05 09:38 AM |
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Didn't know Anderson Cooper too. I just saw him in an airport and |
Laura PackYourBags |
Oct-26-05 09:27 AM |
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Who cares? It has nothing to do with being a network anchor. nt |
MookieWilson |
Oct-26-05 09:27 AM |
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who said it did? |
Laura PackYourBags |
Oct-26-05 09:28 AM |
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Did Katie Couric having a huband have to do with being an anchor? |
mondo joe |
Oct-26-05 09:37 AM |
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I thought Anderson Cooper was already 'out' |
htuttle |
Oct-26-05 09:28 AM |
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Yes. He is discreet, but he was already out |
Julius Civitatus |
Oct-26-05 09:35 AM |
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This is LBN? |
meganmonkey |
Oct-26-05 09:29 AM |
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GMAB. Anderson's reply to question about his orientation was |
bertha katzenengel |
Oct-26-05 09:30 AM |
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WHO CARES?! |
mduffy31 |
Oct-26-05 09:31 AM |
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the point of outing is to bring hypocrisy into relief -- at least that's |
bertha katzenengel |
Oct-26-05 09:39 AM |
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I disagree. We hear news about the personal lives of celebrities |
mondo joe |
Oct-26-05 09:51 AM |
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I agree with you. But outing someone doesn't change the double |
bertha katzenengel |
Oct-26-05 09:55 AM |
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But it is up to the press to reveal secrets, particularly of public |
mondo joe |
Oct-26-05 10:35 AM |
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The only news about it was the potential conflicts of interest |
Autonomy |
Oct-26-05 05:08 PM |
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You can see less tabloid trash by not looking at it - but it is protected |
mondo joe |
Oct-26-05 11:16 PM |
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Well, I can't look at it when the TV is smashed into little pieces |
Autonomy |
Oct-27-05 12:03 AM |
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You do? I don't see much of it here on DU. |
mondo joe |
Oct-27-05 12:06 AM |
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I'll starting right now: outing makes me sick. Stop supporting it. |
Autonomy |
Oct-27-05 12:11 AM |
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That's a start. Which other personal reporting are you busy condemning? |
mondo joe |
Oct-27-05 12:48 AM |
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Any that does not have the motive of outing hypocrisy |
Autonomy |
Oct-27-05 02:22 PM |
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I agree its a short sighted and unfortunate political choice to out |
izzybeans |
Oct-26-05 04:41 PM |
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The "stigmata"? |
mondo joe |
Oct-26-05 11:18 PM |
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no difference. If you like Erving Goffman you say stigma if you like |
izzybeans |
Oct-27-05 06:53 AM |
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Uhm... duh? |
ErisFiveFingers |
Oct-26-05 09:31 AM |
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Wow! The Shep man is GAY? (eghads!)... |
SF Bay Area Dem |
Oct-26-05 09:33 AM |
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Old news. Cooper was already out of the closet. |
Julius Civitatus |
Oct-26-05 09:34 AM |
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Shocked. Shocked, I am! |
crispini |
Oct-26-05 09:36 AM |
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LOL... yeah. It's a real surprise... |
No Exit |
Oct-26-05 09:38 AM |
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Thanks, crispini. I was off to look for the original |
Kurovski |
Oct-26-05 03:59 PM |
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these publications which out people I find very offensive |
WI_DEM |
Oct-26-05 09:38 AM |
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I find it offensive when being gay is treated like a sacred cow, |
mondo joe |
Oct-26-05 09:49 AM |
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I believe in the right to privacy |
WI_DEM |
Oct-26-05 09:56 AM |
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Being gay is not "their sex life". |
mondo joe |
Oct-26-05 10:33 AM |
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I think the point here is |
DemocracyInaction |
Oct-26-05 09:45 AM |
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So even if Shep never did anything personally anti-gay in his life... |
hughee99 |
Oct-26-05 10:53 AM |
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Should Only Out People Who Assist Homophobic Organizations |
JPZenger |
Oct-26-05 09:53 AM |
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Agreed, are we saying that being gay is shameful? |
bluedawg12 |
Oct-26-05 10:42 AM |
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What do we think of this Bloomberg item? > |
Stephanie |
Oct-26-05 10:36 AM |
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I think this is horrid |
rhino47 |
Oct-26-05 10:57 AM |
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That would probably make a lot of fat guys happy |
MADem |
Oct-26-05 04:29 PM |
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Oh ! Rielly |
butterfly77 |
Oct-26-05 02:10 PM |
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yawn... |
SoCalDem |
Oct-26-05 02:14 PM |
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Anderson would be no surprise, but Shep flew under MY radar. |
Kurovski |
Oct-26-05 03:52 PM |
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Does it matter? |
mutley_r_us |
Oct-26-05 04:13 PM |
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It'll also be nice when you won't have to guess whether |
Kurovski |
Oct-26-05 04:31 PM |
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Well that would go hand in hand with what I said. |
mutley_r_us |
Oct-26-05 04:39 PM |
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I know. I was just adding details. The secrecy affects everyone, |
Kurovski |
Oct-26-05 04:54 PM |
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This reminds me of Will & Grace's outing of Jack to his mom |
nini |
Oct-26-05 04:45 PM |
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Yeah well, I know what some will say but Shep was married and to a woman |
saracat |
Oct-26-05 05:06 PM |
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Oscar Wilde was married. |
QC |
Oct-26-05 05:08 PM |
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True. But that is not the point. Oscar was fairly open in a dangerous time |
saracat |
Oct-26-05 05:45 PM |
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it doesn't matter if he doesn't have a personal anti-gay agenda |
dwickham |
Oct-26-05 06:03 PM |
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And if you worked for a Republican boss, would that make it |
saracat |
Oct-26-05 06:22 PM |
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Faux affiliates aren't equal |
dwickham |
Oct-26-05 09:51 PM |
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If you're a public figure, yeah. |
mondo joe |
Oct-26-05 11:15 PM |
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So what? |
AZBlue |
Oct-26-05 05:57 PM |
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Next in line: John Roberts |
oxbow |
Oct-26-05 08:15 PM |
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I think its wrong, and does the cause little good. |
WA98296 |
Oct-26-05 08:25 PM |
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Agree, drives gays further into closet and perpetuates shame. n/t |
bluedawg12 |
Oct-27-05 02:26 PM |
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I had a sneaky suspicion, but wasn't fully convinced about Sheppiepoo... |
HypnoToad |
Oct-26-05 08:33 PM |
#83 |
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