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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 11:54 AM Original message |
Sorry, But "Outing" Is Morally Correct |
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AVID (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. yea, but I won't get my skull bashed in if Im dating J Lo |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Succinctly put. |
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7th_Sephiroth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. you might |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
72. Unless MarcAnthony catches you... n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:58 PM Response to Reply #72 |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. When homosexuals are the target of hate, |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
131. Again, by this logic |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:06 PM Response to Reply #131 |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:08 PM Response to Reply #264 |
266. Sarcasm is a pretty effective tool to get a point across at times |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #131 |
320. Only if you try and make this black and white. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:15 PM Response to Reply #320 |
328. The only thing that's black and white on this issue |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:52 PM Response to Reply #328 |
346. That is a false equivelence. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 12:12 AM Response to Reply #346 |
352. So gays in the US are comparable to gays in Nazi Germany? |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 12:16 AM Response to Reply #352 |
353. Clearly I never said that. If you are going to try and smear me |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 12:28 AM Response to Reply #353 |
356. But this is not Nazi Germany |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 12:28 AM Response to Reply #353 |
357. If you weren't likening the outcome to outing in Nazi Germany what WAS the |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 12:23 AM Response to Reply #346 |
354. But this isn't Nazi Germany. False equivalence indeed. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 12:25 AM Response to Reply #354 |
355. I never said it was, so... calm down... |
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barackmyworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's different when one group is socially condemned |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. It's not just a premise |
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barackmyworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. You should take the path that causes the least harm |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. I don't believe in different standards |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
80. That's black and white thinking. There ARE gray areas. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:11 PM Response to Reply #80 |
103. So Anderson Cooper will be executed if he's outed? |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #103 |
118. Outting some celebrities may put them more in harms way |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. So any news about any celebrity that might have a negative consequence |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:27 PM Response to Reply #120 |
122. I hand my recently-bestowed Red Herring award off to you... |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:40 PM Response to Reply #120 |
130. Quit twisting words |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #130 |
134. So by "minimize harm" you mean they should |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #134 |
137. You OBVIOUSLY don't understand their code: "minimize harm" |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:59 PM Response to Reply #137 |
163. Then please elaborate on how you think "minimize harm" |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #163 |
177. "Minimize harm" must be applied on a case by case basis |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:34 PM Response to Reply #177 |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:49 PM Response to Reply #185 |
204. READ THE OP that you are defending |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:52 PM Response to Reply #204 |
205. I'm only defending my own position, silly thing. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:56 PM Response to Reply #205 |
212. So you retract your defense of the OP to "OUT ALL GAY celebrities? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:58 PM Response to Reply #212 |
216. I never commented on OP's post. You're making things up again. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:02 PM Response to Reply #216 |
220. LMAO! So you DON'T agree with the OP? What is your position? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:05 PM Response to Reply #220 |
225. My positions are the ones I've stated. Not that anyone else has stated. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:10 PM Response to Reply #220 |
230. Actually, it appears that... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:02 PM Response to Reply #212 |
221. Actually, here is what I posted: |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:55 PM Response to Reply #204 |
210. Presenting a list of fallacies doesn't demonstrate that I've committed one |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
45. I don't think that's a legitimate guideline for journalism. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #45 |
133. And YOU are not a PROFESSIONAL JOURNALIST |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:40 PM Response to Reply #133 |
194. "take the path that causes the least harm" doesn't mean lie |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:54 PM Response to Reply #194 |
208. You are TWISTING the ethical principle of "minimize harm" |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:31 PM Response to Reply #208 |
282. But you're the one asking them to advocate for a cause |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. I "live my life" by what is right which means that discussion of one's |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. So you don' think the media |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. The media is free to report what they want to. We have a First |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. That's a good reason to not seek celebrity. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Exactly |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:04 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. We agree on that, as I stated in an earlier post. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
65. Sure, but it really does not have much direct bearing on the |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:11 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. It does if you don't agree with either standard. n/t |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Talking and writing about the lives |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:29 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Slavery was centuries old as well. It didn't make it right. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:31 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Boy, making a comparison between slavery and tabloid journalism |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:33 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. But in this case, your logic defended slavery (which I know you ... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #76 |
84. I wasn't defending anything |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:57 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. Why are you seeming to equate homosexuality with negative things... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:01 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. I wasn't doing that at all |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #90 |
94. That's an easy one... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:06 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Divorce records are often sealed |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:08 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. Most are not sealed. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:11 PM Response to Reply #98 |
104. Not if they're seeking |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. And, then, let the judicial process determine that. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:08 PM Response to Reply #94 |
97. Do you consider all public record on celebrities legitimate news? |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #97 |
102. Public record, as rigidly established and attested in a judicial process.. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #102 |
106. So if public record of celebrities is not, in your opinion, |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:17 PM Response to Reply #106 |
113. You're making the mistake that I believe that all news... |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
67. I agree! It's NOT EQUALLY safe for Gays, there is NO equal ground |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. I agree with your emphasis |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:33 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. I think the safety component is important to consider |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:36 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. I would agree with that. Sadly, the OP did not make that .. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Calling double standards on an UNequal playing field is ILLOGICAL |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:46 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. It's not the job of the press to equal the playing field or base |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. You totally missed the point |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:02 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. You're applying an idealogical standard to the press |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #91 |
101. Wrong again. The press SHOULD and DO have ethical standards |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #101 |
108. Ethical standards do not include pursuit of a political agenda |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:20 PM Response to Reply #108 |
115. Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethical Conduct |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. It's unethical to use the press to "level the playing field" |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #117 |
140. I didn't say the press SHOULD level the playing field |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:00 PM Response to Reply #140 |
164. To the contrary, I expect them to be honest, not political |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:24 PM Response to Reply #164 |
178. No, you are suggesting they engage in a drum beat cause: OUT ALL GAYS |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:34 PM Response to Reply #178 |
184. Actually, by making gays invisible |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #186 |
196. You are giving liberals a bad name by using fallacious arguments |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:45 PM Response to Reply #196 |
200. I'm waiting for you to demonstrate the fallacy I'm accused of |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:59 PM Response to Reply #200 |
217. I'm waiting for you to state your argument since you have backpeddled |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:02 PM Response to Reply #217 |
219. If I have yet to say what I believe how can you be so opposed? |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #85 |
99. Exactly |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #99 |
110. ALL Professions, including Journalism have Ethical Standards |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #110 |
112. It's illegal to out a CIA agent. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #110 |
123. By your reasoning |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:33 PM Response to Reply #123 |
126. By Ultraist's reasoning Fox news may be justified |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:49 PM Response to Reply #126 |
136. I'm done with this fundie like approach, |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #136 |
138. No, he's proposing that journalists tell the truth |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:56 PM Response to Reply #138 |
141. No....he's definitely not advocating the "truth". |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #141 |
145. He's talking about the broad subject at hand |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #145 |
148. Wrong thread...this isn't the Anderson Cooper thread... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #148 |
150. probably the same way you wuold |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:24 PM Response to Reply #150 |
153. Well, I have no idea on how one would report on |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #138 |
142. No, he is advocating a witch hunt against all Gay celebrities |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #142 |
146. You still haven't answered my question |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #146 |
151. Twist away! Respecting privacy is not "making invisible" |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:06 PM Response to Reply #151 |
166. We have a different standard for privacy |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:13 PM Response to Reply #166 |
173. Actually, its illegal for a private entity to |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:28 PM Response to Reply #173 |
180. We're talking about the press |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:31 PM Response to Reply #180 |
182. No...please continue your argument |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:07 PM Response to Reply #151 |
167. But there are plenty of stories about the personal lives of celebrities |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:08 PM Response to Reply #165 |
168. How would one prove a person who is "in the closet" is gay? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:32 PM Response to Reply #165 |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #183 |
187. If my argument is fallacious demonstrate it. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Gay celebrities are not victims |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. "On the block".... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Although you don't believe in personal responsibility or choice, |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:07 PM Response to Reply #83 |
96. So being a homosexual is putting oneself "at risk". |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. No, choosing a life of celebrity puts ones privacy at risk. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:11 PM Response to Reply #100 |
105. No...you have been quite simple. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #105 |
109. You disagree that people realize by pursuing personal |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #109 |
111. I don't believe they waive their right to privacy due to a choice of |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #111 |
114. That wasn't what I asked. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:21 PM Response to Reply #114 |
116. Okay, I'll swing at that curve.... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #116 |
119. I didn't ask you want you think is moral. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. Time for me to ask a question... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:32 PM Response to Reply #121 |
124. The "right" is not caused by the choice to put oneself at risk. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:37 PM Response to Reply #124 |
128. Ah, but it's you that misunderstands my use of the term "right".... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:38 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. If you want to use your own personal definition of words |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. Geez, I didn't realize that there was only one definition of the word... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #132 |
135. Gee, you didn't mean "of, relating to, situated on, or being the side of |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #135 |
139. Well, since you missed the obvious.... |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #79 |
87. Gays ARE victimized by our society |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #87 |
93. Who's calling for a witch hunt? |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:32 PM Response to Reply #93 |
125. Outting ALL celebrities is a witch hunt and/or "advocacy" |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #125 |
127. No it doesn't. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #127 |
143. You don't believe that homophobia, discrimination, and hate crimes exist? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:08 PM Response to Reply #143 |
169. Being marginalized is not an excuse for jornalists abandoning |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:10 PM Response to Reply #169 |
170. How would a journalist go about proving a person in the closet |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:29 PM Response to Reply #169 |
181. I'm making Gays victims by stating homophobia and hate crimes exist? |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #127 |
147. Can a person be awarded two Red Herring awards in a single hour?? |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #147 |
161. "Outing all gay celebrities is moral" violates several ethics |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:10 PM Response to Reply #161 |
171. Deleted message |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:44 PM Response to Reply #192 |
197. And yet "silence the truth" is precisely what you expect the press to do. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 08:12 PM Response to Reply #197 |
290. No, I did NOT say the press should "silence the truth." |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:20 PM Response to Reply #290 |
298. What if a celeb is being stalked by a hate group? |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:41 PM Response to Reply #298 |
306. You must be incensed when the press doesn't publish rape victims' |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:46 PM Response to Reply #306 |
308. Not at all. Rape victims are VICTIMS. They never sought personal |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:50 PM Response to Reply #308 |
311. Not lame at all. |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:48 PM Response to Reply #67 |
86. the way to make it safe for gays is to out the repukes |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:03 PM Response to Reply #86 |
92. I agree! |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. Not outing people is often a consideration of how much |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. There should be somethings, though. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. A little simplistic, don't you think? |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. Okay....will you agree that "gossiping" over silly or private matters... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Sure. But if there wasn't an appetite for it |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. So now you are saying that the "appetite" of the media consumer ... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Nope |
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barackmyworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. There are not only two standards of reporting |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Well, I guess I can't overlook the "other discussion" entirely. |
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forgethell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's wrong |
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Chomp (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. The problem though ... |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. Sorry, but you're not sorry about anything |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yikes! What a hurtful idea! |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. The premise is technically correct. But it is fatallly flawed. |
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moggie12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. It seems like hurting people for the good of a cause |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
23. Given the massive bigotry against gays, I feel there should be privacy |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. The OP is a classic example of ideology taking precedence over lives. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Spot on, Wat. n/t |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. If the blacks had felt that way |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Equating "celebrity reporting" to the "civil rights movement" is either.. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. No one (except you just now) |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. But your whole premise is that because of the existence of ... |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
33. it depends... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
35. I have zero problem with celebrities being outed. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
36. Tell that to the Cheney during election 2004. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Worrying about the cost is putting idealogy before journalism |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. You do realize that most celebrity reporting is generated by their.. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Once they have made their "personal" lives public, they assume |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. We will agree to disagree I guess. Privacy is a cherished right ... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. So is freedom of the press |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Freedom of the press does not mean I have to revere it... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:25 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I don't think you've been asked to revere anything. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:30 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Of course I've been asked to reshape my moral standard. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. He says it's okay. You disagree, |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Nor anyone else's. That's why its called "personal", silly. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
41. I don't recall anyone on DU complaining that Rush or O'reilly's privacy |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. I believe in both cases those issues had entered the judicial process... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:20 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. The press isn't limitedto public record, is it? |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. I am not responsible personally for the actions of other |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:42 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I don't know why you think I'm asking about YOU, |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Okay, I see you changed the question. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Incorrect. Here are both questions side by side: |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Check out post #41. That's the question that I am referring to. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. But you posted in response to #55. Look at the thread. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:04 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Let me apologize then. You changed the question in post #50. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. No, I asked a different question in a different sub thread. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:08 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. I do believe I have answered all of your questions. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:12 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. I've asked, based on your experience on DU, what you'd expect |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. I answered that question way back in posts #58 and #60. |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
44. which is more moral... |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
49. I see no reason to accommodate gays in the Republican Party. |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:10 PM Response to Reply #49 |
66. amen, or foxes like Portia de Rossi. |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
144. Yeah, like that guy that revealed his secret crush on the Jenny Jones show |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:13 PM Response to Reply #144 |
149. There are people murdered for many things |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #149 |
152. I agree that that would be an ideal world... but I'm not willing to risk |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:25 PM Response to Reply #152 |
154. Actually I see it in just the opposite way |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:28 PM Response to Reply #154 |
155. Are you gay? |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:31 PM Response to Reply #155 |
158. Yep. Since about first grade. |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #158 |
159. Well, all-righty then... |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:29 PM Response to Reply #154 |
156. So what "facts" would they report on .... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #156 |
160. That's easy |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #160 |
162. I have never heard of reporting on "straight public figures" that are ... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:15 PM Response to Reply #160 |
175. Precisely. If they can report on Tom Cruise dating a woman |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:18 PM Response to Reply #175 |
176. But dating a woman doesn't make one a heterosexual. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:37 PM Response to Reply #176 |
188. Fine. Then by that logic there is nothing wrong |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:39 PM Response to Reply #188 |
191. But, what's the standard of "dating"? |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:45 PM Response to Reply #191 |
199. Do you go to movies with one male friend |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #199 |
201. Jeez, thanks for answering the question for me. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #201 |
203. You asked n/t |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:53 PM Response to Reply #203 |
207. If when you kiss you feel there's no one else whose tongue you'd rather |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:57 PM Response to Reply #207 |
215. Now that's kind of funny, actually Mondo. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #215 |
222. You'd better stick with your regular boyfriend |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:07 PM Response to Reply #222 |
227. Well, I don't like it in you either. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:54 PM Response to Reply #203 |
209. Yep, but for some reason you and the journalist would be presuming |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:57 PM Response to Reply #209 |
213. No, just reporting the activity, The public can decide what it |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:05 PM Response to Reply #213 |
224. Well, heck then...I see that kind of "news" all the time from the |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:12 PM Response to Reply #224 |
232. Rather what you don't see are reports of celebrities |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #232 |
235. Guess what? I wasn't going to ask that! |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:38 PM Response to Reply #176 |
189. Fine. They can report Tom Cruise is dating a man and let the public |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:40 PM Response to Reply #189 |
193. How do you define "dating"? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #193 |
202. They can use the same standard they do to report Tom's female dates |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:52 PM Response to Reply #202 |
206. No, that's the problem. YOU and the journalist wouldn't know. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:56 PM Response to Reply #206 |
211. I didn't say to report what's going on in his head, I said to report his |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:09 PM Response to Reply #211 |
229. Well, like I said before...that's old journalism you are supporting. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #229 |
234. The status quo does not report on gay public figure's lives |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:16 PM Response to Reply #234 |
236. Wow....do you actually ever read |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #236 |
239. When it is actually reported |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:25 PM Response to Reply #239 |
241. But, we've agreed that the journalist would just report about dating... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:29 PM Response to Reply #241 |
243. I think you're being disingenuous |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:37 PM Response to Reply #243 |
249. I've been quite consistent on this thread. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #249 |
252. I've reiterated my position about ten times |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 08:54 PM Response to Reply #252 |
292. I agree that you have said that...and you have been consistent with it. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 04:30 PM Response to Reply #152 |
157. And the argument can be made |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:38 PM Response to Reply #157 |
190. It's a catch-22. I have been out of the closet my entire adult life... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:42 PM Response to Reply #190 |
195. Please correct me of I'm wrong, but it seems your argument is |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:44 PM Response to Reply #195 |
198. Shocking, Mondo |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:57 PM Response to Reply #195 |
214. Out hypocrites who hurt other gay people with their support of anti-gay |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:01 PM Response to Reply #214 |
218. I'm really trying to clarify here - |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #218 |
223. Public figures that work as elected politicians who have the power |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:08 PM Response to Reply #223 |
228. But isn't the press the medium through which that's done? |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:13 PM Response to Reply #228 |
233. The press is supposed to report on things that happen... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:18 PM Response to Reply #233 |
237. You seem to feel that reporting on someone being gay |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:30 PM Response to Reply #237 |
244. You seem to not be reading my posts... |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:56 PM Response to Reply #244 |
257. I am reading your posts |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #233 |
238. But if one of the things that happens is a celebrity pretending |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #238 |
240. Celebrities pretending to be something they are not is NEWS to you?... |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:29 PM Response to Reply #238 |
242. I see it more as outing hypocrites... I just don't see any problem with |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:34 PM Response to Reply #242 |
246. I understand. But aren't there hyopcrites aplenty who |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:35 PM Response to Reply #246 |
247. Hypocrites who hurt others when they are making public policy... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #247 |
250. Jerry Falwell doesn't represent us either. |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:53 PM Response to Reply #250 |
254. Fine... you're right... but Falwell most certainly influences policy |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:56 PM Response to Reply #254 |
256. I do too. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:07 PM Response to Reply #214 |
226. I don't think the news should be following an agenda |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:10 PM Response to Reply #226 |
231. As I just said to mondo joe... I never once said that the media has the |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:14 PM Response to Reply #152 |
174. Again, the news isn't there to protect subjects from any possible |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #144 |
172. He did out himself, you know. |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
179. Sorry, but no, it isn't. |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
245. My sexuality is none of your goddamned business |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:36 PM Response to Reply #245 |
248. Why is this a sacred cow? |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:54 PM Response to Reply #248 |
255. If you'd ever had anyone vandalize your house because you were gay |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:59 PM Response to Reply #255 |
258. I'm gay and I've had my share of all the usual troubles |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:10 PM Response to Reply #258 |
268. So you're saying sometimes it's ok, but not always? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:13 PM Response to Reply #268 |
270. I'm saying there should be one standard of coverage |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:17 PM Response to Reply #270 |
273. The OP said Outing was morally correct |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:21 PM Response to Reply #273 |
278. And if you read past the subject |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:37 PM Response to Reply #278 |
285. You should try re-reading the post |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:39 PM Response to Reply #285 |
286. I did read it. You skipped the part |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:00 PM Response to Reply #255 |
259. No one said anything about knowing the orientation of every celebrity |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #245 |
253. What makes sexual orientation so special |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:01 PM Response to Reply #253 |
260. Wrong! |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:04 PM Response to Reply #260 |
261. Oh that's really quite untrue |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:06 PM Response to Reply #261 |
263. Correct, and it's mind boggling to me that someone would pretend otherwise |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:14 PM Response to Reply #263 |
271. You do understand that there is a difference between |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:18 PM Response to Reply #271 |
274. They're not, really. Not where celebrities are concerned. |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:29 PM Response to Reply #274 |
281. There are levels of being out, but being OUTED is still wrong |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:33 PM Response to Reply #281 |
283. So you say. |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:45 PM Response to Reply #283 |
287. Well, have fun then |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:53 PM Response to Reply #287 |
288. I don't believe the press should be complicit in keeping secrets |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:34 PM Response to Reply #281 |
284. I think the whole concept of "Outing" |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:02 PM Response to Reply #284 |
293. So you believe that gays who remain in the closet for whatever reason... |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:11 PM Response to Reply #261 |
269. Well then cite a few |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:16 PM Response to Reply #269 |
272. Well let's see |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:18 PM Response to Reply #272 |
275. In none of those examples you cited was anyone outed |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:20 PM Response to Reply #275 |
277. See post #276 |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:23 PM Response to Reply #275 |
279. Both Kerry and Madeline Albright were "outed" |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:24 PM Response to Reply #275 |
280. Because religion isn't generally a secret |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 08:14 PM Response to Reply #275 |
291. All I hear is..... CRICKETS..... CHIRPING..... |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:10 PM Response to Reply #291 |
295. No...that's the distinct sound of people having lives. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:32 PM Response to Reply #295 |
300. Well he was here when he asked the question |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:18 PM Response to Reply #272 |
276. Don't forget the people who didn't even KNOW they had jewish heritage |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #261 |
294. The distinction is that those "celebrities" have chosen to publicize.. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:31 PM Response to Reply #294 |
299. I don't consider them linked. I was just addressing a falsehood. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:37 PM Response to Reply #299 |
302. Then why have you been mentioning it in a lot of posts... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:39 PM Response to Reply #302 |
305. Like I said, to correct a falsehood. More detail was asked for |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:47 PM Response to Reply #305 |
309. No, your tiresome "logic" and runarounds have completely |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:05 PM Response to Reply #260 |
262. You're actually suggesting |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
265. Actually, the media should stay out of both sides private lives. NT |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 07:09 PM Response to Reply #265 |
267. Really? So no mention of spouse or family? No mention |
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eek MD (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
296. Nobody's sex life should be in the public arena, unless they want it there |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:18 PM Response to Reply #296 |
297. So you can't mention who someone is married to? Living with? |
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eek MD (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:36 PM Response to Reply #297 |
301. Twisting words. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:38 PM Response to Reply #301 |
304. But no one asked for SEX LIFE information |
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eek MD (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:55 PM Response to Reply #304 |
315. Umm, last i checked, homesexuals can't get married in most states |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:01 PM Response to Reply #315 |
318. Uhm, last time I checked they can get married in a religious ceremony |
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eek MD (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:12 PM Response to Reply #318 |
326. If you've had a religous ceremony to wed someone... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:15 PM Response to Reply #326 |
329. Wait, if I have a religious ceremony how is it public? |
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eek MD (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:30 PM Response to Reply #329 |
338. ... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:33 PM Response to Reply #338 |
339. Then why are hetero spouses so regularly reported on? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:42 PM Response to Reply #301 |
307. Incidentally, it's rather insulting to say that acknowledging someone |
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eek MD (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:06 PM Response to Reply #307 |
322. I never said there's anything wrong with talking about your sex life |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #322 |
323. So the press can only report on legal documents? |
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eek MD (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:17 PM Response to Reply #323 |
331. you seem to have a fascination with wanting to invade people's privacy. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:19 PM Response to Reply #331 |
333. Once more: When did I ask to know who's sleeping with who? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:24 PM Response to Reply #333 |
337. I wonder if Eek MD will ever substantiate his or her claims |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:38 PM Response to Reply #296 |
303. Who said anything about someone's sex life? |
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eek MD (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:54 PM Response to Reply #303 |
314. If i tell you i'm straight.....that means |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:57 PM Response to Reply #314 |
316. Uhh, being gay has nothing to do with either whips or porn |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:03 PM Response to Reply #316 |
319. Eek MD is really touting the party line of the anti gay forces |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:11 PM Response to Reply #319 |
325. If your going to make that charge... |
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eek MD (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:39 PM Response to Reply #319 |
341. *sigh* |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:41 PM Response to Reply #341 |
342. No apologies needed |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:43 PM Response to Reply #341 |
343. As far as THIS gay man is concerned |
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eek MD (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:54 PM Response to Reply #343 |
348. i apologize, and did not mean to offend.... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:59 PM Response to Reply #348 |
350. Eek, I apologize for coming on too hard |
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eek MD (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 11:21 PM Response to Reply #350 |
351. Thanks... |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:05 PM Response to Reply #316 |
321. Oh, c'mon Ruggerson. You're better than that. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #321 |
324. Wrong |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:16 PM Response to Reply #324 |
330. I guess I was wrong then. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:20 PM Response to Reply #330 |
334. Yep |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:24 PM Response to Reply #334 |
336. We will also disagree on what the definition of intellectual |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:39 PM Response to Reply #336 |
340. And we will disagree on intellectual honesty |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:49 PM Response to Reply #336 |
345. And furthermore how is mondojoe |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:17 PM Response to Reply #324 |
332. I love all the misguided liberals here who reduce us to "your sex life" |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:45 PM Response to Reply #332 |
344. It's because |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 10:57 PM Response to Reply #344 |
349. e) they have a victim mindset |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:59 PM Response to Reply #314 |
317. I'm sorry, is the press supposed to only report on things people WANT |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 09:53 PM Response to Reply #296 |
312. This is exac tly the definition of being gay that the religious right want |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
358. Locking |
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