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WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-10 11:30 AM
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Theodore Beale: Tyler Clementi's death was his own fault
PhoboQuotable - Theodore Beale

"The body count of the gay rights movement grows by one. Despite literal decades of preaching about the morality of homosexuality, despite the pansexual propaganda of the public and private schools, the knowledge that what he was doing was shameful and wrong still managed to penetrate Mr. Clementi's mind. A normal man being forced to confront his immorality in such a public way might have reacted with anger, irritation, embarrassment, or amusement, but only one who is both psychologically disturbed and appalled by his own actions will destroy himself over it.

"So it was not a juvenile prank that killed the unfortunate Mr. Clementi even though it served as the proximate trigger for his lethal actions. If anyone other than Mr. Clementi should be blamed for his suicide, it is those who repeatedly encouraged him to behave in a way that would fill him with such guilt, remorse, and shame." - World Net Daily columnist Theodore Beale, writing on his personal blog. Beale writes for both sites under the pseudonym Vox Day.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/10/phoboquotable-theodore-beale.html

Hateful disgusting bigoted prick.
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DURHAM D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-10 11:35 AM
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1. And no doubt himself a queer. nt
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-02-10 11:00 PM
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18. You're not helping.
Edited on Sat Oct-02-10 11:03 PM by kenny blankenship
Was every Nazi a secret Jew? Is every Klansman black underneath his robe?
Yes, Virginia, heterosexuals CAN be vicious homophobic bigots. Yes they can. They can be hateful and murderous without being the least little bit gay themselves.
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DeadEyeDyck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-03-10 02:12 AM
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20. cold
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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-10 11:40 AM
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2. I have no doubt that he felt guilt. That is the sin of what our society does to people.
That poor boy. Heartbreaking.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-10 11:48 AM
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4. It's not guilt - it's being outed against his will.
He knew very well that the attitudes toward him of the hundreds of people he met on a daily basis would be changed forever. Professors, classmates, people who would be working with him in study groups and group projects would treat him differently. Some would not change, others would change only subtly as they would suddenly start being 'careful' about what they said around him, and yet others would change dramatically and not for the better. And, once it's out on the web, it will get back to family and friends and the hometown.

He saw a thousand doors being slammed in his face. It completely changed the future of his education and career, whether he felt guilt or not.
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Smarmie Doofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-02-10 08:15 AM
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16. Someone can write. Good post. nt
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nykym Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-10 11:47 AM
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3. And when is this
fine specimen of humanity going to publicly air his own perverted sexual prowess. Anyone who writes this dribble must have tons of skeletons in many closets.
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StandingInLeftField Donating Member (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-10 12:02 PM
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5. Some of the responders on Joe's blog mentioned the dead eyes/dead heart syndrome.
Edited on Fri Oct-01-10 12:02 PM by StandingInLeftField
Beale is a classic example.
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-10 12:16 PM
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6. All units: Be on the lookout for Theodore Beale, an escapee from Hell.
Find him, beat him senseless, send him back where he came from.
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Smarmie Doofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-10 12:40 PM
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7. They're doing this with *Mr. Ruelas* too. i.e. Blaming the victim.
Edited on Fri Oct-01-10 12:42 PM by Smarmie Doofus
I find this FASCINATING .

( Ruelas is the LA teacher with 15 years of exemplary service who jumped off a bridge after the school "reformers" defamed him in print in the LA Times as "ineffective" on the basis of cooked-book, BS stats.)

Ruelas' was "depressed",the school privatizers claim. That killed him; not the defamation.

Clementi was killed by " the gay rights movement". Not by the mindless, obdurate prejudice of the larger society ... and those within it so insistent on keeping that prejudice burning full blast.

I missed the McCarthy era by a few years; relating to it exclusively on the basis of what I had read and thru documentaries and such.

I don't think I really, fully understood it until *very* recently.

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pgodbold Donating Member (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-10 01:57 PM
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8. But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hopes apart
And they turn your dreams to shame

- I Dreamed A Dream
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-10 02:08 PM
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10. Every single time I see your sig pic, I want to cry. What a sweet, loving pup.....
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pgodbold Donating Member (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-10 02:15 PM
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11. Thank you. She is my heart. She was taken by cancer last month. I will always love her. She loved me
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-10 02:45 PM
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12. I remember when you posted that you had lost her. Still brings tears to my eyes..
Edited on Fri Oct-01-10 02:46 PM by BrklynLiberal
There is nothing but love in those eyes..
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pgodbold Donating Member (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-10 09:02 PM
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14. I remember you now. I remember there was a reply from BrklynLiberal and I needed
support so badly that day. That was the day I first started coming here and it may have been my first post.. I really needed someone to say they understood. Thank you BrklynLiberal and hugs to you.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-02-10 07:43 AM
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15. I remember your loving tribute to Jenna....
Edited on Sat Oct-02-10 07:46 AM by BrklynLiberal
:hug: :pals:

That is what we are here for....
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-10 02:07 PM
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9. -puke-...uncontrollably
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blue sky at night Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-10 06:13 PM
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13. i would like to reply...
but words fail me.....
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RetiredTrotskyite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-02-10 08:13 PM
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17. Sick Bastard
More of their "blame the victim" mentality. Poor kid.
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-02-10 11:16 PM
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19. These are the people that the DLC/Blue Dogs tell us we need to constantly appease and placate
and "connect" with.

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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-03-10 09:55 AM
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21. recommend
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