Bachmann Anti-Gay Statements Analyzed by Anderson Cooper

[bcohen7719]

Notice how Michele Bachmann always seems hypnotized?

 

BC

 

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[Mark450]

Notice how Michele Bachmann always seems hypnotized

or shocked that people don't think like she does. I use "think" very loosely with her.

[leigh.bess.toad]

or shocked that people don't think like she does. I use "think" very loosely with her.

 

Think doesn't even occur in the same time zone as MB.

 

But who else is hearing the wink, wink, nod, nod of AC being gay?

 

Come on Anderson. Don Lemon has come out. Time for a little sunlight yourself.

[mansniffing]

But who else is hearing the wink, wink, nod, nod of AC being gay?

 

Come on Anderson. Don Lemon has come out. Time for a little sunlight yourself.

 

I'm ambivalent about your statement. It makes me think that when it comes to straights we don't hold them to the standard of "coming out." Generally it's known that AC is gay and there have been pictures on the Internet of him and his partner socializing together. If he were a hypocrite I certainly would have a different opinion. "A few news organizations – notably Time Inc., CBS, NBC, and Knight-Ridder Newspapers – have written policies prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual preference." —by Ransdell Pierson from the Columbia Law Review of March/April 1982. So I would assume that AC would have no fear of losing his job if he were to "come out." As with straight newscasters he has chosen not to affirm or deny his sexual preference.

[EZEtoGRU]

I'm ambivalent about your statement. It makes me think that when it comes to straights we don't hold them to the standard of "coming out." Generally it's known that AC is gay and there have been pictures on the Internet of him and his partner socializing together. If he were a hypocrite I certainly would have a different opinion. "A few news organizations – notably Time Inc., CBS, NBC, and Knight-Ridder Newspapers – have written policies prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual preference." —by Ransdell Pierson from the Columbia Law Review of March/April 1982. So I would assume that AC would have no fear of losing his job if he were to "come out." As with straight newscasters he has chosen not to affirm or deny his sexual preference.

 

+1

"Coming out" is a personal choice for each individual in terms of if, when, and how extensively one does this. I never felt the need to "come out" to the whole world and announce I was gay. Being gay is just a small aspect of me as a person. I came out to my immediate family many years ago......and a few of my closest straight friends. Thats it. Never did it at work and never felt the need. By the time you are 40 and still single (and not talking about or dating women), I think most folks assume you are gay anyway. At work, whilst it was not an official policy, we all operated under the DADT philosophy. Seemed to work well for all (including me).

 

I also fully support those that do want to have a big "coming out" to the world. To some, it is a more important process than it is to others. If AC does not want to "come out" to the world, that is his choice and should be respected.