tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330072.post7613091295056990969..comments2023-11-05T02:09:28.593-08:00Comments on The Wattree Chronicle: Carrie Prejean: Are Progressives Becoming as Intolerant as Conservatives?Eric L. Wattreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12274557716416369719noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330072.post-74714157475653095422009-05-07T18:49:00.000-07:002009-05-07T18:49:00.000-07:00Claude,
You just don't get it. There's a bigger ...Claude,<br /><br />You just don't get it. There's a bigger issue here than the one you've chosen to embrace. I'm defending my brother, his partner, and all of America by defending the right to free thought. <br /><br />That is the bottom line to this entire controversy--whether or not a person has a right to live and let live. How can you demand the right to marry who you like, if you don't want to give her the right to think and say what she likes? <br /><br />Yeah, I know--you don't like what she's saying, but she doesn't like what you're doing. So the two of you are on the same side of this argument. You both think that people should be able to interfere in the lives of others. She thinks she should be able to dictate who you can marry, and you think that you should be able to dictate what she can think and say. <br /><br />I say you're both wrong, and if you both would mind your own business, this would be a much better world.Eric L. Wattreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12274557716416369719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330072.post-89664435914618398202009-05-07T13:31:00.000-07:002009-05-07T13:31:00.000-07:00Then you should be outraged that this woman doesn'...Then you should be outraged that this woman doesn't want him to have the right to marry his partner of 20 years. <br /><br />Defend your brother and not this woman who wants to deny him his human rights and ultimately his humanity. That's what this is all about.<br /><br />She has gone way beyond answering a question. She has become a spokesperson for the campaign against marriage equality.<br /><br />And Perez Hilton is not a political activist or even a "progressive". His sexist insults to women didn't start with Miss California and I don't know any progressive, gay or straight, who isn't critical of him (although frankly, I like him a little more after this).Claudehttp://www.claudesplace.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330072.post-64373027110878851002009-05-07T13:23:00.000-07:002009-05-07T13:23:00.000-07:00Your sole specific example is PEREZ HILTON? Do you...Your sole specific example is PEREZ HILTON? Do you even know who he is before this? No one in the progressive movement would claim him as any sort of leader or spokesperson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330072.post-21222629417699588032009-05-07T13:19:00.000-07:002009-05-07T13:19:00.000-07:00And by the way,
he's been with the same partner ...And by the way, <br /><br />he's been with the same partner for over 20 years.Eric L. Wattreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12274557716416369719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19330072.post-24419754518833883802009-05-07T13:17:00.000-07:002009-05-07T13:17:00.000-07:00My brother is gay.My brother is gay.Eric L. Wattreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12274557716416369719noreply@blogger.com