You and I disagree on whether the epithets at the Palin rally were real, but that's immaterial to this. I've already said that anyone who uses racial epithets is wrong, and I do care about this issue. I can't fault you for thinking that "nobody seems to care", but let me assure you that there has been plenty of attention devoted to this problem within the gay media, as well as during the rallies on Saturday.
And there is nothing McCarthy-like about this boycott at all. McCarthy was trumping up untrue charges against people based on no evidence whatsoever, ruining careers in the process by associating people with what was at that time the most evil thing imaginable to most people, namely Communism. In this case, someone found an actual, verifiable list of donors, and has posted the list so that people can be aware of what individuals and businesses supported Prop 8, so that people can make an informed decision about where to send their business. There is no persecution, no one is being unfairly targeted, no one is having their lives ruined by baseless speculation. David Churvis -----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 11:54 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: the list On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 6:35 AM, David Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone who uses racial epithets in any context is misguided, and should not > be assumed to speak for the gay community, just like right-wing > fundamentalists who use racial epithets should not be assumed to speak for > the Christian community. I will say that at the rally I attended on > Saturday, I heard nothing of the sort, and I highly doubt that this behavior > was the norm. The racial epithets at the Palin rally were not real, yet it was a big issue about how she encouraged hatred. These are real and yes they probably are few, but nobody seems to care. > And honestly, calling a boycott hate is patently ridiculous. We don't want > to support businesses that would help the fight to take away our rights, > just as I'm sure you wouldn't want to support businesses that fight to give > us all the rights we feel we deserve. I didn't mention hate. Boycotts are fine, I participate myself sometimes. My concern is targeting individuals and boycotting the business based on an employee's donation. That sounds like McCarthyism, the term the left trots out so often until they do it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:280531 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
