Sean: 殉教

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http://whiteperil.com/posts/1187150388.shtml


   [1]James Kirchick on IGF:

     Yet thereâs a common, unattractive feature that many conservative
     gay men share: a serious chip on their shoulder. Being part of a
     community that is so intolerant of their views, gay conservatives
     can be embittered, patronizing, and castigatory of their gay
     brothers. Itâs not a particularly attractive attitude. Perhaps itâs
     for this reason that I have not started cruising Log Cabin
     Republican meetings for dates.

   Yes, yes--a thousand times, yes. The more annoying gay leftists are
   worse (as the rest of Kirchick's piece discusses), to be sure. Their
   worldview is mostly inaccurate. They assume that gatherings of gay
   guys are safe spaces not only for letting loose and being gay but also
   for slamming Bush, Israel, and capitalism without opposition. And they
   insist on pushing forward with political discussions even when it's
   become clear that the only result will be more acrimony. For sheer
   obnoxiousness, they can be pretty tough to top.
   Still, there are gay conservatives who seem to be doing their best,
   conveying a smug sense of election and an ostentatious
   look-how-suffering-has-sanctified-me fortitude that even Hillary
   Clinton would surely regard as overdoing it. Cool don't advertise,
   gentlemen.
   Personally, I don't think I've met anyone I would describe as
   embittered, exactly. But I've encountered more than one conservative
   gay guy who's seemed almost affronted when he discovered that I agreed
   with him on policyâas if the existence of another right-ish gay man
   somehow diluted his distinctiveness or something. Of course, that's
   just my interpretation, based only on people I myself have met. I just
   can't think of another plausible reason one would act annoyed at being
   agreed with.
   *******
   On a related note, Connie has [2]this to say (my emphasis):

     I love feedback. I love comments. I love discussion. But if I say I
     like the taste of apple sauce, I really donât care if you think Iâm
     an idiot for liking it. It is perfectly OK to have unexpressed
     thoughts. I have millions of them.

   Good grief, yes. You are not duty-bound to loose upon the world
   everything that floats through your head. Really.
   *******
   On another related note, a friend has written to whether my post the
   other day stemmed the flow of hate mail so completely that I'm
   starting to miss it, in which case he gallantly offers to befoul my
   inbox with rants and insults of my choosing. Thanks for thinking of
   me, but I'm fine. Really.
   He also sends [3]this link, which I'll pass along just in case you
   haven't already encountered it through Instapundit or [4]The Corner:

     Here's a story you don't see every day - "[5]Gay Nicaraguan Man
     Goes Into Hiding After Refugee Bid Denied":

     His case made headlines in Canada and Nicaragua in February when
     the Immigration and Refugee Board denied him asylum saying they
     didn't believe he was gay.

     Is that what Canadian immigration officials do all day? "Funny. You
     don't look gay. Walk across to the men's room again and this time
     put a bit of life into it."

     I appreciate their concerns. Being gay isn't exactly one of those
     jobs Canadians won't do. Let a lot of squaresville straights stand
     muscling in on the gay immigrant fast-track, and there goes the
     neighborhood. But contrast the exacting entry qualifications for
     the gay refugee line with those for the terrorist refugee line.
     Ahmed Ressam, the famous "Millennium Bomber" arrested at the
     British Columbia/Washington State border en route to blow up LAX,
     was admitted to Canada because he told them he was a convicted
     Algerian terrorist.

     That's right: As Mme Shouldice of the immigration service
     explained, being a terrorist was a legitimate criterion for
     admission, on the grounds that you had a reasonable fear of being
     ill-treated if you returned to the country where you were trying to
     blow people up. And, unlike gay refugees, terrorist refugees
     weren't asked to prove it: "Go on, then. If you're such a bigtime
     terrorist, blow someone up. Try the laughably obvious heterosexual
     at the payphone frantically trying to order up a Judy Garland boxed
     set."

   Steyn wrote about Ressam in 1999 [6]here.

References

   1. http://www.indegayforum.org/news/show/31319.html
   2. http://www.mrsdutoit.com/index.php/main/single/2949/
   3. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2007/08/13/orozco-hiding.html
   4. http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZGI3NjUyMTVlYjgzZmJjMjBkZDYxNzFhZDU1NjRmNmU=
   5. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2007/08/13/orozco-hiding.html
   6. http://www.canadafirst.net/immi_crime/easy_come-easy_stay.html