Reply #112: Excellent post. I hope the liberals here will get what you are saying

[U4ikLefty]

sometimes I have tried to distance myself from the bigotry that hides underneath my "liberal facade". I have found that the release & discussion of BM has brought me to a new understanding with my gay friends and myself as a straight male struggling with my identity.

I haven't seen either movie. I haven't seen "Crash" because I have been a witness to many racist/bigoted cops in LA for many years as a Angeleno. I have been personally beaten by them (Hello South Gate & LAPD cops!!!), and have seen my "dark" friends treated to a menu of horrible punishments that aren't in our constitution. Maybe because I have been through the "real thing" a few times in my life and I don't need a movie to tell me what is real about LA racism.

..but the daily struggle with our sexuality is something that every man must deal with. We as men should be more empathetic to our gay brothers because male sexuality is not "dirty" of "wrong"...it something that is as beautiful as female sexuality.

That being said, I am glad BM has been such a success, beacuse it will make many men face reality, even if it is uncomfortable.