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Officious and dismissive too. On 10/9/10, Jonathan Ashley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tommy! Tommy! Tommy! > > You use the same "cut and paste" statements over and over in an effort to > convince others (most likely yourself) that Democrats (i.e. you) are not > socialists. One has to wonder who the real "sheep" are. > > On 10/9/2010 9:57 AM, Tommy News wrote: > > *I am not a Marxist.* > ** > *Your judgemental and dismissive attitude is quite bad. * > ** > *Sexuality and having sex are two different things.* > ** > *Democrats are not Marxists, Socialists, or Communists.* > ** > *Republicans are misguided corporate 'Sheeple".* > > > On 10/9/10, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Oh!! Now I am a homophobe......Typical hate coming from a militant >> Marxist with a pro-Gay agenda. When you cannot address the facts or truth, >> resort to the name calling and the hate. Class warfare, smear, and of >> course, the "homophobe" label. >> >> Typical. >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> *You have a dirty mind, as many homophobes do.* >>> ** >>> *Being gay and having sex are two separate things.* >>> >>> >>> On 10/9/10, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> *"END HOMO/ TRANSPHOBIC APARTHEID IN AMERICA.”* >>>> >>>> WTF???? >>>> >>>> Hey Tom!! >>>> >>>> You (and obviously these three hundred confused individuals who chose to >>>> stage this "Die-In") need to stop thinking about your sexual needs and >>>> gratifications constantly! Maybe you need to get a hobby, or do something >>>> that is separate, distinct and apart from your focus on sex. >>>> >>>> The fact that the term, "Gay" defines you in total, should be troubling >>>> in and of itself. >>>> >>>> Are there no other causes, concerns, or issues that you either support >>>> or that trouble you, other than what revolves around who you choose to hop >>>> in the sack with?? >>>> >>>> Geesh......I feel like I need to go and take a shower!!! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Tommy News <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> LGBT Flash Mob of Hundreds at Grand Central >>>>> October 8 die-in dramatizes violence, bullying facing queer community, >>>>> need for full civil rights protections >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Published: Friday, October 8, 2010 9:55 PM CDT >>>>> BY PAUL SCHINDLER >>>>> >>>>> Print<http://www.chelseanow.com/articles/2010/10/08/gay_city_news/news/doc4cafcde4ba72e389718721.prt> >>>>> E-mail<http://www.chelseanow.com/articles/2010/10/08/gay_city_news/news/doc4cafcde4ba72e389718721.eml> >>>>> Comment<http://www.chelseanow.com/articles/2010/10/08/gay_city_news/news/doc4cafcde4ba72e389718721.txt#top>(No >>>>> comments posted.) 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A >>>>> crowd >>>>> of at least 300 immediately laid down on the floor, as Bounville and >>>>> others >>>>> unfurled a 12-foot by 12-foot yellow banner reading: END HOMO/ TRANSPHOBIC >>>>> APARTHEID IN AMERICA.” >>>>> >>>>> The crowd created a blockade for thousands of commuters rushing to and >>>>> from the subways and Metro North commuter trains in the terminal. Police >>>>> ordered participants to disperse or face arrest, while Todd Fernandez and >>>>> Eugene Lovendusky read the names of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and >>>>> transgender >>>>> victims of murder or of suicide prompted by bullying and violence. As the >>>>> men called out each victim’s name, those on the floor shouted back the >>>>> first >>>>> name. >>>>> >>>>> As planned, after about three or four minutes on the floor, >>>>> participants got back on their feet, and for several more minutes >>>>> Fernandez, >>>>> Lovendusky, and other organizers led the crowd in shouts of “Civil Rights >>>>> Now.” >>>>> >>>>> Bounville and Iana Di Borna, another organizer of the protest, were >>>>> arrested by Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) police and charged >>>>> with misdemeanor obstruction of pedestrian traffic. The two were given >>>>> desk >>>>> appearance tickets and quickly released. >>>>> >>>>> Activist Ann Northrop said she witnessed a third demonstrator, who she >>>>> knew only by the name Jeff, being taken away by police who said he was >>>>> “inciting” the crowd. The MTA police said it arrested only two people, and >>>>> the NYPD had no record of any arrest made by its officers. Detective Tim >>>>> Duffy, the NYPD’s liaison officer to the LGBT community, said he witnessed >>>>> MTA police escorting a man, without handcuffs, away from the crowd, and >>>>> said >>>>> he may have been the same individual Northrop saw. Duffy said the lack of >>>>> handcuffs suggested he may not have been arrested. >>>>> >>>>> [image: >>>>> *]<http://adsys.townnews.com/c78558000/creative/chelseanow.com/gay_city_news+instory/201220-1251816687.gif?r=http://www.chelseapiers.com/sc/> >>>>> Fernandez said that MTA police officials had agreed to guidelines by >>>>> which the demonstrators would be able to unfurl their banner from one of >>>>> two >>>>> balconies with steps leading down to the concourse. At 6 p.m. Friday >>>>> evening, however, NYPD officers were stationed there, and organizers were >>>>> not allowed to use that space. Fernandez also said that the police agreed >>>>> the action could take place without arrests as long as the demonstrators >>>>> limited the time they laid on the floor, as they did. >>>>> >>>>> The action came amidst a nationwide dialogue about a spate of recent >>>>> suicides by young gay men — some as young as 13 — who experienced >>>>> harassment >>>>> and violence, generally at the hands of school classmates. Though experts >>>>> say that suicides and suicide attempts by queer youth are a persistent >>>>> problem, news that 18-year-old Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers University >>>>> freshman, jumped off the George Washington Bridge on September 22, days >>>>> after his roommate and a third student allegedly webcast an intimate dorm >>>>> room encounter he had with another man, galvanized media attention on the >>>>> issue. >>>>> >>>>> During the past week in Manhattan, at least four men were attacked in two >>>>> separate anti-gay >>>>> incidents<http://www.gaycitynews.com/articles/2010/10/08/gay_city_news/news/doc4cae272568b5b913662489.txt>— >>>>> one at the iconic Stonewall Bar on Christopher Street in the West >>>>> Village, >>>>> and the other on Ninth Avenue in Chelsea. Ben Carver, a 34-year-old >>>>> resident >>>>> of Washington, DC, was called a “faggot” in a bathroom at the Stonewall >>>>> before being pummeled by two attackers. In Chelsea, a group of men were >>>>> told, “Go home faggots; this is our neighborhood,” before being attacked >>>>> by >>>>> a larger group who put two of them in the hospital. Two men arrested in >>>>> the >>>>> Stonewall attack and one in the Chelsea incident have been charged with >>>>> hate >>>>> crime assaults. Other suspects are sought in connection with the Chelsea >>>>> attack. >>>>> >>>>> Just hours before the Grand Central action, the NYPD announced the >>>>> arrests of seven young men in the Bronx , members of the Latin King >>>>> Goonies >>>>> gang, who allegedly held three men captive in an empty apartment, forced >>>>> them to confess to homosexual behavior, and then tortured them, cutting >>>>> one >>>>> of them with a box cutter, and sodomizing two of them, one with a plunger, >>>>> the other with a small baseball bat. >>>>> >>>>> In addition to the action’s focus on anti-LGBT violence and bullying, >>>>> it also called attention to the organizers’ push for federal legislation >>>>> to >>>>> incorporate anti-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation >>>>> and >>>>> gender identity and expression into the 1964 Civil Rights Act. >>>>> >>>>> Bounville, Di Borna, Fernandez, and Lovendusky are involved with Queer >>>>> SOS! <http://www.queersos.com/>and the American Equality Bill (AEB) >>>>> Project <http://www.aebnow.com/>. For 12 days leading up to the Grand >>>>> Central action, Queer SOS! and the AEB Project have held vigils outside >>>>> the >>>>> Manhattan election campaign office of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, >>>>> demanding >>>>> that she introduce legislation to amend the 1964 Act. >>>>> >>>>> At the conclusion of the Grand Central action, Fernandez, having >>>>> witnessed two of his fellow activists taken away by police, said of the >>>>> MTA’s conduct, “They have set a horrible precedent today. We will never >>>>> negotiate with them again.” >>>>> >>>>> According to Fernandez, he and fellow activists had extensive >>>>> discussions with top MTA police officials, including Chief Michael Coan >>>>> and >>>>> an attorney Coan tasked to talk to them. When the activists arrived at >>>>> Grand >>>>> Central, Fernandez said, it was clear that police intended to breach the >>>>> agreement that had been reached. >>>>> >>>>> Civil rights attorney Yetta Kurland, who was among a group of legal >>>>> observers, said that the MTA police had barricades and plastic handcuffs >>>>> assembled outside the doors of its offices downstairs from the concourse, >>>>> an >>>>> indication to her that officials had “prior intent” to make arrests. >>>>> >>>>> Kurland also noted that flash mobs of all varieties have become >>>>> commonplace in New York, and that there are “never, never, ever any >>>>> arrests.” >>>>> >>>>> “What is most alarming,” she said, “is that the distinguishing factor >>>>> here is that the demonstration has political content, which you would >>>>> think >>>>> would afford it greater free speech protection.” >>>>> >>>>> The MTA police press office did not respond to a request for comment >>>>> and Coan did not respond to a Facebook message sent to him. >>>>> >>>>> LGBT activist in the Bronx are planning a protest at *19 Osbourne >>>>> Place, near 179th Street,* where the gang assaults took place, on >>>>> *Saturday, >>>>> October 9 at 11 a.m.* Demonstrators plan to meet at the *Burnside >>>>> Avenue station on the 4 line at 10:30 t*o walk to the site. Updates on >>>>> the event will be posted to >>>>> facebook.com/zonarosamagazine<http://www.facebook.com/zonarosamagazine> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> On *Saturday evening, October 9*, the activist group Queer Rising is >>>>> leading a march from *Ninth Avenue and 25th Street in Chelsea, *where >>>>> one of the weekend attacks took place, to the Stonewall bar. Demonstrators >>>>> will leave the Chelsea intersection at about *8:30 p.m*. Complete >>>>> information is at >>>>> facebook.com/zonarosamagazine#!/event.php?eid=123680477686130<http://www.facebook.com/zonarosamagazine#%21/event.php?eid=123680477686130> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> More: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.chelseanow.com/articles/2010/10/08/gay_city_news/news/doc4cafcde4ba72e389718721.txt >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. >>>>> Have a great day, >>>>> Tommy >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. >>>>> Have a great day, >>>>> Tommy >>>>> -- >>>>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>>>> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>>>> >>>>> * Visit our other community at >>>>> http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> >>>>> * It's active and moderated. 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