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"Outrage" - Documentary Outs Gay Politicians Who Fight Gay Rights
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"Outrage" - "Out" on May 8 - Outs Gay Politicians Who Fight Gay Rights
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/28/outrage-documentary-activ_n_192476.html
see the trailer at the link:
Outrage," a new documentary from filmmaker Kirby Dick, takes issue with the secret lives of closeted gay politicians -- especially conservative Republicans who outwardly oppose gay rights.
The film, which premiered last week at the Tribeca Film Festival, features tell-alls from men who say they've had relationships with various Republicans, including Florida Governor Charlie Crist, Bush strategist Ken Mehlman and former Senator Larry Craig.
According to Magnolia Pictures, "Outrage" is a "searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians with appalling gay rights voting records who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to."
In the documentary, Dick lambastes the mainstream media for not better investigating the politicians' "hypocrisy" and double lives. He told New York magazine that the film explores "the issues surrounding closeted politicians and their hypocrisy in voting anti-gay -- and how these people have harmed millions of Americans for many years."
"Outrage" premieres May 8 in five cities, including Washington, D.C.
injest:
What a person is willing to put up with is up to the individual.
but still you are thinking only in terms of "me me me"...love thinks in terms of the other person. Stealing (as in my example) results in a loss of freedom, a loss of dreams, puts the person at risk of physical harm....if you care about someone you will try to protect that person from these things.
I am reminded of a PSA I saw a few times....a girl stands on a train track, stoned out of her mind and a train is barreling down on her, she is too stoned to notice. Her friend stands to the side watching and crying and shaking, saying "it's her choice! I can't tell her what to do!! It isn't my place to judge, is it??"
Love sees the other person needing help and reaches out a hand to pull them to safety.
injest:
There is value in knowing about hypocrisy I think. There is value in knowing that no matter how hard you try to beat down gay desire, it still pops up, even among those who are fighting hardest to keep it at bay. And there is some justice in outing someone who has used their authority to harm the gay community. Why should these men of authority get to go on doing their damage while they secretly engage in the same activity they denounce and, in effect, escape punishment?
you are making the assumption that every one of these prostitutes, tricks, etc are telling the truth. How does one verify this? In cases where the politician (or whoever) has already been outed, that is one thing but it comes down to he said/ HE said here. And when is that acceptable? If it were a straight man, who was virulently anti adultery, would we take the word of a random whore or would we expect some backup of some kind?
the movie hasn't been released and we dont' know what and who is being talked about really but I am suspicious of anything that has as it's proof the testimony of whores.
sorry. They dont' seem overly trustworthy...if you are willing to let someone have sex with you for money, it is also pretty durn likely you would be willing to lie for a few bucks too...
delalluvia:
--- Quote ---For instance, if I saw a couple of my male neighbors kissing in the laundry room here at my apartment complex, I don’t think I’d out either of them. If I knew one was married and had a family, I’d still likely stay out of it.
But the existence of a wife and family would make things a bit more murky I think.
--- End quote ---
The existence of AIDS makes it even more of murky situation. The husband may be closeted, may be desperate to hold onto his 'normal' life, but is so out of control that he can't think of the health risks - not only to himself, but to his wife.
In that case, since it is unknown whether he is taking precautions or not, it becomes a matter of the wife's life.
A friend of my sister was living with his lover. He was terrified of AIDS and glad that he'd found someone to settle down with. His lover was a avid athlete, and every few days before dinner - the friend was cooking - his athletic lover would jog around the local park.
It wasn't a secret to anyone other than the friend what his lover was doing at that park.
My sister and her friends were in a quandry. Tell the friend or not?
I would have dropped an anonymous note. My sister and her friends ended up doing nothing.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: garycottle on April 30, 2009, 06:53:47 am ---Maybe some of the men deserve to be outed, and maybe some of them don’t.
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Sorry, but it seems to me that any politician who can be reasonably shown to be gay, or even bisexual, who actively works against gay rights, deserves to be outed.
Perhaps there could be "collateral damage," but I'm perfectly prepared to lay that at the door of the politician, not at the door of whoever outs him--or her.
Perhaps the life of a spouse and/or children might be "ruined" by the outing, and they have my sympathy, but maybe the politician should have thought about that before he or she married and had children.
(I feel essentially the same way for the family of a heterosexual politician caught patronizing prostitutes. Take the Eliot Spitzer situation for an example. I feel sorry for Mrs. Spitzer and their daughters, but the fault for "ruining" their lives lies with Spitzer, not with the media who "outed" his patronizing of a high-end hooker.)
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