You have all the posts about Aaron Schock and his 'outing'. It has been very interesting and very telling about our community in so many ways.
I mean, seriously, the way this rumor attracted drama was crazy. We haven't seen a lick of proof about Aaron being gay and all of a sudden, we are asking for his head on a silver platter? Really, folks? Let me list some of the issues I have with this entire thing.
- First of all, the way Itay brought this story up was tacky. It was some Beauty Shop type of gossip and then gave us no proof of his claims. What self-respectful journalist does that? Oh, I know, messy ones.
- That post about Aaron's 7 gayest Instagram pics was childish and tacky. Yes, we all have laughed at Aaron's fashion choices, Hera knows I have. But to stereotype him like that is ridic. The way AmericaBlog did that was no different than straight guys picking of the effeminate kid.
- Reading some of the comments on other posts were very disturbing. We have some truly angry and misguided folks in our community. Child, if you want to see what sadness looks like, check out some of those comments. It will make you think about who is reading our blogs.
- We seem thirsty for drama. Every little thing Aaron was doing, like locking up his social media accounts meant he was hiding his sexuality. Whatever, we all have blocked someone, locked our FB or Twitter accounts to protect out pics and posts. Plus, there was a post about his Instagram pics, why wouldn't he lock those up after all of that?
- What does outing him really accomplish? Who wins? What's gained? The truth is, no one wins. No one. Yeah, we are pulling him out, but what does that really do for our movement? We can keep telling ourselves that outing him because of his anti-gay record is good, but what it really does and set up more misunderstanding about our community.
- All of this energy put on Aaron, could be place on something else.
- If he is a self-hating gay, then he will suffer. That's his personal Hell, not ours. If he is gay, let him deal with his self-hating ways. The pain of that will eventually eat away at him.
Our thirst for his suffering is a bit much. If he's gay, then he's gay. We continue to live and breathe. We will hold him accountable for his actions, but let's this sleeping jackal lie. No need to pick up the fleas from this mess.
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He might be gay. And he might be a self-loathing one who truly believes that we (he?) doesn't deserve equal rights. That is his right, but it shouldn't be his vote.
He is there to represent, not determine right from wrong.
I always learn something new and see things with an added perspective when I read your posts.
I think the drama stems from Schock's very anti-gay stances, and the idea that if he is gay, he is clearly a very homophobic gay man.
People, especially The Gays, want the anti-gay gays exposed, but that doesn't mean just because someone says someone is gay makes them gay.
In Washington circles there has been much talk
A story was written about Aaron Schock
A staffer replied
That the author had lied;
"Aaron's not gay, he just prefers cock"
:)
note the date on this piece:
http://hillbuzz.org/what-chicago-democrats-are-planning-to-do-to-out-republicans-mark-kirk-and-aaron-schock
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