Re: [Marxism] Comment from a lurker on Ahmadinejad and gays

["Gary MacLennan" <gary.maclennan@xxxxxxxxx>]

> David Picón Álvarez wrote:
> > I must say, there is very little good (in my eyes) in current Western
> gay
> > culture (at least male). Obsession with looks, superficiality,
> childishness,
> > promiscuity, and so on. I hope this is not a necessary outcome of a
> social
> > acceptance of homosexuality.
>
> what an amazing post. about as bigoted as any i have seen in a long
> time. and, no, the "(in my eyes)" and "(at least male)" don't help.
>
> Les
>
> Well of course there are aspects of gay culture which are not very flash.
> But really an "obsession with looks, superficiality, childishness,
> promiscuity" etc can be held to be very descriptive of straight culture. Yet
> no one apart from the Pope


David might contemplate how gay culture went through the fire of the AIDS
crisis and showed itself also capable of love and compassion and care.

regards

Gary


 perhaps would condemn straight culture on these grounds.
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