tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post8622123347763248320..comments2024-03-29T07:36:51.933-05:00Comments on driftglass: One Of The Upsides Of Having A Functional Political Memory driftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-29252508713574684082014-11-12T08:19:08.233-06:002014-11-12T08:19:08.233-06:00John skrev:
I'm not sure how Thatcher was abo...John skrev:<br /><br /><i>I'm not sure how Thatcher was about gay issues, but I doubt that the picture was pretty.</i><br /><br />Linkmeister beat me to painting it, but I have to add the first thing I thought of: in the introduction to the DC Comics edition of <i>V for Vendetta</i>, Alan Moore famously (albeit somewhat hyperbolically) said that, with Clause 28, "[t]he government has expressed a desire to eliminate homosexuality, even as an abstract concept".Neo Tuxedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455041641080873400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-49892068057902578022014-11-12T00:36:07.780-06:002014-11-12T00:36:07.780-06:00Maggie wasn't exactly a proponent of gay right...Maggie wasn't exactly a proponent of gay rights, according to the Guardian: http://tinyurl.com/ldu67hs<br /><br />After winning the 1987 election Thatcher knew she was on to a winner. She denounced local education authorities for teaching children that "they have an inalienable right to be gay" and brought in the hated clause, then section, 28, which outlawed the promotion of homosexuality as "a pretend family relationship".Linkmeisterhttp://www.linkmeister.com/wordpress/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-44212390775272918182014-11-11T23:33:00.138-06:002014-11-11T23:33:00.138-06:00Farking Gamergate. It's an online hate mob de...Farking Gamergate. It's an online hate mob dedicated to keeping video games as a virtual man-cave through whatever means necessary. They have been harassing and threatening women and sjw's (social justice warriors, ie, liberals) for months in an attempt to silence and terrorize their opposition.<br /><br />It's no wonder the right wingers are giving it a big sloppy kiss.<br /><br />This latest incident is about a Breitbart reporter (an early supporter of Gamergate) who got his twitter account suspended one day for harassment. Twitter recently reached out for help from WAM (Women Action & in the Media) due to the overwhelming amounts of reported abuse coupled with false reports intended to gum up the works. WAM set up a form where you can report incidents that violate twitter's guidelides (threats of violence, hate speech, doxxing, etc) and they escalate the ones deemed to be valid back to twitter for the final verdict. WAM plays no actual role in determining if someone will be banned/suspended - that's all twitter.<br /><br />Long story short - that second to last blurb you quoted? Not a single truthful sentence in there. Not one.<br /><br />WAM can't be behind the suspension because they can't suspend people from twitter. That journalist was suspended (for 1 day by twitter) for harassment, not 'disagreeing with WAM'. Gawker only tried to silence Sullivan by ridiculing his multiple, obvious factual failings.Sinnachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-61800542181756713082014-11-11T22:40:47.312-06:002014-11-11T22:40:47.312-06:00Sullivan doesn't get to bitch about mobs after...Sullivan doesn't get to bitch about mobs after he whips one up... this sounds familiar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-4725483681168766962014-11-11T22:35:16.528-06:002014-11-11T22:35:16.528-06:00As a long-time homosexual and one-time gay activis...As a long-time homosexual and one-time gay activist (my activism is all about economic issues these days), I have nothing but contempt for Sullivan. He supported Reagan, whose administration's policy turned a blind eye to AIDS. <br /><br />I'm not sure how Thatcher was about gay issues, but I doubt that the picture was pretty. And Sullivan began his political life as a Thatcherite.<br /><br />(By the way, in the circles I travel, the only more hated figure on the right than Reagan is Thatcher. Both of them paved the way to the economic crisis we all now face in the industrialized world.)<br /><br />Here's the thing, Sullivan, as a gay man, supported gay people's enemies at a crucial juncture.<br /><br />His ugly record of hypocrisy on issues like gay marriage only cements my contempt. He wrote some long nutty paean to gay assimilation to heterosexual norms ("Virtually Normal") at the same time he was frequenting sites where people sought unprotected anal sex--the best way possible to spread AIDS. <br /><br />What a dick. I loathe this man. <br /><br />And, no matter what his words were in the heat of the moment, Baldwin was a supporter of gay rights.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05630222099564418320noreply@blogger.com