"Outrage": This film is not yet giving Larry Craig mad heartburn ... but it will

so this film is going to name names of closeted politicians?  this film could basically ruin some of these people's lives i bet.

I don't like anyone who says one thing and does another and obviously, being gay and at the same time, doing something that hurts gay people is....well, hypocritical.

BUT... if they want to be closeted, then that's their choice. i don't agree with what they do, but i'm not in favor of exposing someone's life like that. i'm not even sure what this film will accomplish. "oh there are gay politicians and they're closeted and fight against lgbt rights..." -- then what happens? they come out? deny it? come out and lose their jobs? lose their children? their families are embarassed?

I personally think things are and will continue looking better for gay rights. there will always be closeted people and people who work against us, yadda yadda.....but i'm not going to worry about those people. i don't even give a crap about them.

maybe we should all just focus on the politicians and whoever else that actually DO fight for our rights.

I hope the film will be good. I'll probably see it anyway. I very much enjoyed Dick's last movie This Film is Not Yet Rated about the rating system.

This subject was explored a lot when the Mark Foley scandal hit Washington at the end of 2006 but hopefully the film will concentrate on the issue of being out in politics overall and how many who are gay (on both sides of the ideological spectrum) see their sexual orientation as something to hide.

If someone is using the office they hold in a hypocrital way then if they are outed great. They are ruining other lives by their hypocrasy. They chose to live the life they did, they should recognize that it has consequences. Outing the morons who say one thing and do another is deserved. Remember "its a choice".

 

There are only people living in truth

 and liars.

If they are gay and working against us, drag them kicking and screaming out into the light!

I will not shed one tear for these individuals, and may they know nothing but shame and misery for all the hurt they cause my brothers and sisters.

Sure, great, Dick is a great name for this guy.

'This Film Is Not Yet Rated' was not educational for anyone with the internet or a passing knowledge of the history of Hollywood, but it did expose innocent people to harassment from interest groups and wackos. Anyone but me recall the harrassment the MPAA got when Michael Moore put out Farenheit? From both sides -- now imagine the righties putting pressure directly on those people and the families Dick exposed. Would we have even seen that movie? It's the 21st century, if you want your film out you have too many sources to let the MPAA slow you down! He went too far, it was no better then a Bill O'reilly treatment.  (See the Union protests at AIG execs homes for an example from the left.)

And this film's subject matter appears to be the same if it is the same technique -- just a step too far.

Why is it that no gay person is allowed to hold honest beliefs other then those of the gay monolith -- or decide to live their lives the way they want to if it doesn't fit the template? Wait a sec, isn't that what the gay rights struggle is about? Or is it only allowed if it fits the Gay Agenda we always hear about but never get a copy of? (No wonder it seems like there is one).

No wonder both parties screw the gays -- at least the right doesn't even pretend on this one. The left just takes our money and cross their fingers behind their smiling backs, but that smile sure makes us feel good as we vote in lockstep (who had the most anti gay MC at an event last year?)

Most of these people are not evil -- they may be wrong, but not evil. If you believe a child is best raised by a mother and father you still have the right to advocate for that position -- particularly if that is what you were elected to advocate. Studies show that is a wrong position, but outing the person is not going to open the person up to change.

I don't know of a gay person who is against gay marriage who is married to his husband -- and I certainly don't know of any politician in America (closeted or not) calling for the hanging of gays in the streets -- now there would be a documentary, exposing exactly how it is Ahmadinejad got rid of all the gays he is so proud Iran doesn't have.

I do know there is the potential to devistate many innocent people and families just to appear holier then the hypocrites.  

Advocating a position does not mean your no longer human or that you are evil. It only means they disagree with you.  

If the rule for gays is that only out gay people need apply then even Barney Frank would not have been elected (elected 1980 -- came out 1987).   Being gay should not exclude you from your dream and your future, even if that is as a Senator from Idaho voting for DOMA.

didn't expose anyone to harassment, dear. It unmasked who the censors were. And BTW used an openly lesbian detective to track down MPAA officials. This was one of the most interesting parts of This Film is Not Yet Rated.

 

I've known Kirby for a great many years. He's a fascinating guy. Smokin' hot by (alas!) straight. I highly reccomend his film on Jacques Derrida.

The most important event in the light of the Vermont Gay Marriage legislation went completely unnoticed by the gay blogs and the press because it doesn't fit into the Democratic Party's meme about who opposes gays.

When the Vermont Legislature overrode the Governors veto the readers of Michelle Malkin's HotAir blog voted* and commented (even before the vote stacking by gay blogs) overwhelmingly that they either liked it or that they accepted it since it was legislated.

No one had to out the Governor -- all they had to do was convince the people and get a law passed.

These, and a good portion of middle America, are the people who will be lost by intimidation and bullying.

While this movie will more then likely get rave reviews by gays, the press, and Hollywood -- those are most certainly NOT the people we need to convince in order to pass lasting and accepted change.

Attack the policy not the people.

*The vote I saw before the vote stacking showed 70% of the people accepted the Vermont action -- 38% accepted legislation since it was the correct way to pass gay marriage, 32% liked the legislation, and 30% favoring a federal marriage amendment. It looks like the legislation way wins hearts and minds nationwide.

before I thank the beyind disgusting Malangalang creature for anything

I'm generally against outing. I think everyone has the right to tell that they are gay when they want (if they want).

And i tend to forgive people who lie about it when they finally came out, it must be hard for a young actor or singer come out at the beggining of their careers, and even i think it's better to avoid the issue (if you don't want to come out) the truth is that an actor or singer whoe is extremaly private about his private life is almost inmediately labbeled as gay (being true in most of the cases, but that's other thing).

So i don't like when perez hilton outs somebody (even when he seems better informed about this question than about others), but polititians are other thing.

I don't mind thet a gay polititian stays in the closet unless that he works against gay rights. Stay in the closet is a respetable option, being an hipocrit is not. So i don't mind an outing of a blatant homophobe (self hated in this case).

It's just curious that most (i think every one) of the republican gay scandals last year, were related to men who worked hardly against gay rights

It's typical.

 

It's what the closet creates. Liars who'd sell their own mothers for dog food rather than disturb their percieved "comfort zone."