Waterhouse Miss Margaret HendersonWaterhouse waterhouse The Flower PickerWaterhouse Waterhouse WindsweptWaterhouse said the Lady of Shalott
But we’re not there yet. Warren’s defamation of gay people illustrates why, as does our president-elect’s rationalization of it. When disingenuous defense of his tone-deaf invitation to Warren is nonetheless a relatively tiny infraction. It’s no Bay of Pigs. But it does add an asterisk to the joyous inaugural of our first black president. It’s bizarre that Obama, of all people, would allow himself to be on the wrong side of this history.Obama defends Warren’s words by calling them an example of the “wide range of viewpoints” in a “diverse and noisy and opinionated” America, he is being too cute by half. He knows full well that a “viewpoint” defaming any minority group by linking it to sexual crimes like pedophilia is unacceptable.It is even more toxic in a year when that group has been marginalized and stripped of its rights by ballot initiatives fomenting precisely such fears. “You’ve got to give them hope” was the refrain of the pioneering 1970s gay politician Harvey Milk, so Penn on screen this winter. Milk reminds us that hope has to mean action, not just words.By the historical standards of presidential hubris, Obama’s
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment