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[The Witch]

This post has been deleted because it offended some people.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. Hmmmm.

[polichick]

3. Well, that pic just about says it all! nt

[Bluebear]

5. Hahaha! he looks so gay! He looks like he is going to blow that microphone!

[JuniperLea]

30. You have a problem with someone being gay? eom

[Bluebear]

32. Oh yeah, clearly.

Do you know nothing about me after all this time?

[JuniperLea]

57. i don't think of people here in terms of sexuality...

and frankly i'm having a hard time dealing with what's PC these days! obviously

i get upset when my kid's black buddies use the "n" word... and it's been over five years since my two best gay friends died of AIDS... i'm out of the loop! please forgive me!

[onewholaughsatfools]

26. it's clear he is a naughty

nasty, dirty, bathroom boy

[Bluebear]

2. Grand! Maybe your paper can find more stereotypical things to pin on Craig!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. LOL

I heard he loves Judy Garland

SARCASM

[Bluebear]

7. Some aging Republican who can't be himself makes a lughing stock out of himself

and all of a sudden it's license to start pouring out every gay joke and stereotype known to man.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. It Reminds Me Of The Old All In The Family Episode

Archie Bunker has all these preconceived notions of how gay men act and he unwittingly finds himself in a gay bar ... He strikes up a conversation with the guy there and start talking about sports and stuff and Archie thinks he made a great friend...And then he discovers he's gay...

[IndianaJones]

12. Lighten up....grow a thicker skin. nt.

[Sapphocrat]

15. Oh, wow, thanks!

I've NEVER heard that one before!

Hey, Bluebear! Have you ever been told to lighten up and grow a thicker skin before? Wow, I never knew it was that easy! I'm sure going to start taking that advice!

But, gee... It sure sounds familiar... Where have I heard it before? Oh, yeah! I remember! I FUCKING PREDICTED IT:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[IndianaJones]

20. wow...chill out...its humor. nt.

[Sapphocrat]

21. Wow...

I'm going to make you my mentor. Please DO continue to tell me, a gay person, what is offensive, and what isn't.

[IndianaJones]

22. Jokes and stereotypes as long as they are under the guise of Craig criticism...

are not offensive. Duh.

[Sapphocrat]

23. And you just nailed it.

"under the guise of Craig criticism"

guise:

Noun
S: (n) guise, pretense, pretence, pretext (an artful or simulated semblance) "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

In other words, you agree with me that the Craig story is just an excuse to let loose with a rash of sophomoric, offensive, unwarranted gay "humor" playing on broadbrush stereotyping, on the pretense that it is legitimate criticism of Craig, because no one could get away with it under any other circumstance.

Good. I'm glad to hear we finally agree on something.

[IndianaJones]

24. lol. nt.

[Midlodemocrat]

28. Where are the snickers ads?

I am SOOO fucking tired of this shit.

[sniffa]

39. Lighten up francis

it's the hypocrisy stupid.

[uppityperson]

53. IT IS GETTING REALLY OLD!!!!

sorry for the yell but it's how I feel.

[JuniperLea]

58. i must be blessed with second sight...

i've managed to avoid those threads... until having them pointed out. this thread was pointed out to me too... i never saw the pic... thankfully. and out of a lot of misunderstanding, i've now been labeled a homophobe here. breaks my heart.

[The Witch]

13. It's not *my* paper.

I just passed it on because I thought it was slightly amusing. Didn't you get that the Breaking thing signals something slightly tongue-in-cheek?

Honestly, you want I should delete this post? Cause I will. I just thought it was possibly of interest.

[Bluebear]

35. Thank you

we are all a little sensitive over what's been going on here the last 24 hours... you're a mensch

[ironflange]

6. Don't be stereotypical, I like show tunes too

And I'm only 53% gay, according to the quiz.

[elfin]

8. And here he is

-- via Bartcop

[goodhue]

10. this is hardly breaking news

He likes to sing country western and gospel as well . . .

http://www.idahostatesman.com/1264/story/143801.html

After the staff breakfast in 1982, Cheryl Miller, a top Craig campaign aide, drove Craig to Jordan Valley in her silver Pontiac. She said Craig liked to sing along to her 8-track tapes of country western and gospel. It relaxed him. Despite the pressure, Craig's gift for campaigning was unaffected, Miller said. All who knew him believed he'd been wrongly accused, she said.

Staffer John Keenan was on the next leg, from Boise to North Idaho. "It really rattled our cages," said Keenan, a Craig staffer from 1981-85. At a stop in Council, a crew from a second network helicopter "stuck a microphone in his face. I was standing there, just kind of amazed. I was so impressed, he handled it so well."

During the drive, Craig told tales of his youth on the family ranch 24 long miles from Midvale, where he attended the one-room South Crane School, became a champion orator and tussled with a cow that stuck its head in his tent and took off running.

"He took comfort in telling us stories," said Keenan. "He has a sense of humor that he doesn't reveal easily. Gosh, I was laughing my head off."

[Sapphocrat]

11. I'm glad to hear this:

disclaimer: I am affiliated with Legal Times but not in a story-making capacity.

Good. I'd hate to that think you were personally responsible for this stereotypical bullshit.

[The Witch]

14. I'll take that as two votes for me to delete this post.

If I get a third, I will do so. I'm not out to do anything to anybody. It was meant to just be slightly amusing, not to raise everyone's homophobia-meter.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. I Know You Didn't Mean Harm

It's hard to judge what's funnny and what isn't and it's easy to laugh when it's not your oxe being gored...

[Maven]

18. Thirded.

I think the hi-larious microphone joke upthread should give you some indication where this is going.

[Toasterlad]

19. I Think Everyone's Tired of All the Gay Jokes.

Yesterday, your post might have been greeted more warmly than today.

I'm not telling you to delete it; it's your post, do what you want. I'm just suggesting a reason why it's getting a poor reception.

[nealmhughes]

17. Move over Patti! Make way Bernadette! Larry "Wide Spread" IS the definitive Mama Rose and Eva!

Actually, he should go on a cabaret tour, start out with some modified lyrics to "Anything Goes," like:

Black is white today,
Day is night today,
Senators today are so gay,
Tricking in tearooms today,
Lord knows,
Anything goes!

I think he would be stunning in a short skirted sailor outfit, myself.

p.s. I couldn't help it, I can sing every role in Evita from Eva to Che to Peron's mistress. . . I keep waiting for someone to call out, "Is there a Che/Eva/Mistress in the house?" after the infamous broken leg and understudy storming off in a huff. . .

[onewholaughsatfools]

25. i am offended that you deleted it

the first amendment is now not a right

[The Witch]

27. You're sweet, but it doesn't have much to do with the first amendment

I offended someone therefore I chose to take back the post. That's my choice and it's important that we listen to each other so we can begin to understand each other. I appreciate you letting me know how you feel on the matter, too.

[NashVegas]

50. Yeah, Actually, It Does

Because you should think twice before you express a thought you aren't prepared to defend.

Was the thought indefensible, or were you simply unprepared to defend expressing it in the wake of the insults you received?

That's what the First Amendment is about and why it needs to be respected.

[The Witch]

54. taking this to pm n/t

[jahyarain]

29. i second that offense and defense of the first

unless you troll airport bathrooms soliciting sex, you weren't in the cross hairs. you're playing spades while others here are playing poker. have you (the oh so fragile offended) never told a straight joke? so, hypocrisy is ok with you, then?

[Bluebear]

33. ' have you (the oh so fragile offended) never told a straight joke?'

Can you give us an expample of a "straight joke"?

[Bassic]

31. Every single post in this forum offends some people, it seems. nt

[Coexist]

34. that assumption offends me...

I know people who are not offended and they would not appreciate you making generalizations like that.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

36. You're offending me, Mr. Oh So Easily Offended.

[Coexist]

37. I am offended that you assume I am male.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

38. I'm offended that you assumed I assumed you were a male.

You can't spell Mr. without Miss.

[MelissaB]

40. OMG! I just got a headache reading a deleted thread.

Why the hell did I do this?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

41. Because you're Hitler?

Go back to Russia, Hitler.

[Toasterlad]

48. Alright...Now THAT Was Funny.

Thank you for the much-needed laugh.

[Ghost in the Machine]

51. I don't know, but for some reason I felt compelled to send it to the greatest

[Coexist]

42. I am offended you think I didn't know that

"I can't compete with you physically. And you're no match for my brains."

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

43. You god damn racist.

Go should go back to where you came from. In Iceland.

[Coexist]

44. Nice coming from you...

when I met you, you were too drunk to buy brandy.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

45. Brandy's for snobs and racists and people who have sex in private.

[Coexist]

46. Sure ... NOW it is - it used to be for pirates -

But the hype made it uncool

hence the global warming.


that really offends me.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

47. Oh now we're comparing gay people to pirates now are we?

I'll keel haul ye for this!

[Coexist]

49. "I have no response to that."

[pingzing58]

52. Craig is not gay or homosexual (because that would be natural) he's a sexual deviant and needs help.

[The Witch]

55. You are correct.

And I was wrong to post.

[The Witch]

56. Oh, for pete's sake! Why did you all rec this?

I am gonna go hide now.... this is so embarrassing!