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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That quote is ignoring the fact that it was his fellow conservatives who went after him to destroy his life. It is his fellow conservatives -- the ones he chose to stand among and support -- that enjoy this outcome.
You cannot be surprised when bullies bully. And the people who hang out with bullies because it benefits them to do so? They are also bullies.
And unfortunately, I think that's exactly why you're wrong. The issue isn't partisanship. The issue is bigotry. These people outed him because they hate and want to destroy LGBT people. There's no shades of grey here. There is no moderate position. This story happened even with no one from the opposite partisan position being involved.
And he participated in that bullying for years himself.
This guy was those guys. Dressing in drag doesn't give him a pass.
I don't see anyone making that argument. What I do see is people saying that being conservative removes your pass to be queer. And that's just atrocious.
Nah, I'll go ahead and say it.
No one has a pass to be conservative, especially a queer person. No one. Not one person. It is not acceptable to be a bigot, a bully. It's not acceptable to be cruel just because you believe there is a certain social hierarchy that ought to be enforced. All the tenants of conservatism are unacceptable. And if you are queer, you now have INTIMATE knowledge of what it is like to be on the receiving end of that hatred and oppression and should know better than most to take no part in it.
I must agree with all of that. But, it still doesn't excuse outing anyone.
Literally no one is saying that anywhere. Your reading comprehension is shit.
What people are saying is it makes him a self hating person and a hypocrite and a bad person to hold office in a party that oppresses LGBTQ people.
You seem to be thinking that just cuz someone is LGBTQ that makes them a good person inside. That's pure identity politics and simply false.
https://kbin.social/m/news@lemmy.world/t/598062/-/comment/3362718
You don't have to apologize. Your silence will suffice.
You don't have to speculate about what I think. I've explicitly stated it on clear and uncertain terms. A person's sexuality is their own private business and there's no reason to be outing anyone.
I don't think you have demonstrated enough reading comprehension to sit in judgement.