Double Dalk

[crowwitch]

I'm following the Jim West scandal.

1. If he did what he is being accused of, then he is a dirty bastard, yes.

2. However, he has NOT received due process. Everyone in Spokane (Yes, I do live in Spokane, in fact.) knows that the Spokesman Review is a rag. No one has given him the benefit of the doubt on this. It's practically illegal.

3. I believe that were he straight and this scandal had involved young women and not young men, this would not be the crisis it has become.

4. Self-loathing pisses me off. However, I think it's tragic. Some people have been lead to believe so much that gays are immoral, that if they discover that they are gay that they do not feel obligated to behave in a moral way. This is sad.

5. The Today Show interview: Paraphrase, not exact quote on the subject of being gay and voting against gay rights bills: I was hired to vote the way my colleges wanted me to. If you hire someone to paint your house blue but they think it should be red, what color should they paint your house?

Two seconds later:

I am not a closet liberal pretending to be a conservative. Gay people can be conservative. Black people can be conservative.

Huh... Blink.... didn't he basically just say "Don't blame me, I was just following orders. Of course... I did agree with those orders."



Asswhipe.

Comments

[joeyfalconetti.livejournal.com]

well, I may not have liked Mr.West as a mayor, but I think it's pretty scary that he might get knocked out of office based simply on accusations. They say it's better for the city if he leaves, but I don't think that this sends a good message as far as our political process goes. Besides, we are talking about ruining an individual's life. If he's booted now, he will forever be guilty in everyon's eyes.

and, yeah, I am kind of feeling the homophobic yuck. Considering the fact that all he has admitted to (and all that has been covered on some national TV shows, such as the Daily Show) is that fact that he had consensual sexual contact with other dudes....well, what is he really being driven out of office for?

then again, he did try to block gay people from working at day cares and schools...so, I guess there's a bit of karma biting him in the ass on that one...

but it still makes me feel a little threatened. The Spokesman hasn't made a good distinction in their articles between the gay issue and the molesting-children-and-bribing-young-men-with-internships-alleged-sliminess.


*siiiiigh*

[darlingfreak.livejournal.com]

You're exactly right.

My favorite quote from an editorial the Inlander actually printed!

"I think mayor west should resign now that he's gone gay. I mean, I'm not homophobic or anything, I just really hate those guys."

[cscottd.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry but anyone who starts a sentence with "I'm not homophobic" (or, for that matter, "I'm not racist" or "I'm not misogynistic") and then goes on to say how much they hate a group of people, obviously just doesn't want people to think they're homophobic (or racist, etc).

It's the problem I have with the whole we-need-to-look-PC thing that so many politicians and businesses seem to be doing lately. They want to make a big public show of how enlightened and tolerant they are, while at the same time carrying on with the very same hate-based behaviour they've always done.

Grrrrr.

Anyway, sorry for ranting in your journal. :)

[darlingfreak.livejournal.com]

Go right ahead. That's what I do in it. ;-)


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