Alabama Mayor Kills Self After Right-Wing Blog Outs His Cross-Dressing
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Bubba Copeland shot himself in front of police on Friday, days after he begged 1819 News not to expose his private life.
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Bubba Copeland shot himself in front of police on Friday, days after he begged 1819 News not to expose his private life.
I think there is a good argument to be made for outing someone closeted who is using their power to oppress LGBT+ people, but there is also a trend of labeling any homophobic politician as being in the closet when a lot of them are just plain old bigots.
I'm sorry, but I must vehemently disagree. There is absolutely no reason to discuss publicly someone's private sexual preferences. Otherwise, you have the society they want where witch-hunts can be started over rumors.
That is also bad, and should not be tolerated.