On 1/12/11, Bruce Majors <majors.bruce@gmail.com> wrote:
> more gibberish
>
> if you'd brush your teeth and get rid of all that pubic hair and old
> congealed cum maybe you'd be coherent
>
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Tommy News <tommysnews@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Of course you would see it from the Faux Noise meia blackout perspective.
>>
>> The "yellow journalists" at Faux always omit the good things about
>> gays, Progressives, and Democrats, and focus only on the bad and
>> negative, even when it is Faux lies and smear from the pundits,
>> cynics, and fear mongers on the Reich.
>>
>> You do that as well.
>>
>> On 1/11/11, Travis <baconlard@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Why? It has nothing to do with what he did. I have seen his story in
>> > the
>> > good news channes, FOX NEWS, and not once was either his sexuality or
>> > ethnicity mentioned. But I would bet that the loonies on the left would
>> > point it out at every chance. If either had any relevance to what he
>> > did
>> I
>> > am sure it would have been a part of the story and he himslef would have
>> > mantioned it, if not shouted it to the whole world.
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Tommy News <tommysnews@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> And there you go, being diismissive, negative, and cynical yet again.
>> >>
>> >> You are dead wrong, they matter very much.
>> >>
>> >> On 1/11/11, Travis <baconlard@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > His sexuality and his ethnicity matter almost as much as his shoe
>> size.
>> >> And
>> >> > you are a damn fool if you think otherwise.
>> >> >
>> >> > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Tommy News <tommysnews@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> The Giffords shooting's gay, Hispanic hero
>> >> >> Daniel Hernandez helped save the congresswoman's life -- and yes,
>> >> >> his
>> >> >> sexuality and ethnicity matter
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The Giffords shooting's gay, Hispanic hero
>> >> >> Daniel Hernandez helped save the congresswoman's life -- and yes,
>> >> >> his
>> >> >> sexuality and ethnicity matter
>> >> >> By Mary Elizabeth Williams
>> >> >>
>> >> >> AP
>> >> >> Daniel Hernandez, an intern with U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords,
>> >> >> D-Ariz., walks across the lawn outside University Hospital Sunday,
>> >> >> Jan. 9, 2011 in Tucson, Ariz.It didn't take long after 20-year-old
>> >> >> political intern Daniel Hernandez emerged as the hero of Saturday's
>> >> >> mass shooting in Arizona for the cynics to figure out the angle. As
>> >> >> a
>> >> >> poster on Free Republic remarked, "Look shortly for the leftist
>> >> >> media
>> >> >> to push the 'Gay, Hispanic-American Intern saving the Liberal
>> >> >> Congresswoman's life from the Tea Party' angle." Well, Freepers,
>> >> >> here
>> >> >> it is!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> It's not quite that simple, of course. However we try to understand
>> >> >> the causes of the tragedy in Arizona and the political rhetoric of
>> >> >> violence, it seems clear that there's considerably more to the
>> >> >> disturbing story of shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner than can be
>> >> >> explained by pointing to a few wry Sarah Palin quips. And if simply
>> >> >> being gay and Latino were grounds for heroism, Ricky Martin's face
>> >> >> would be on the $10 bill.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Daniel Hernandez is, by any measure, an extraordinary young man. He
>> >> >> had been interning in Gabrielle Giffords' office only five days when
>> >> >> an event at a local Safeway thrust him into the international
>> >> >> spotlight for his quick thinking, bravery and competence in the wake
>> >> >> of unimaginable violence. On the "Today" show Monday, Matt Lauer
>> >> >> explained how Hernandez drew upon his high school training as a
>> >> >> certified nursing assistant to check on the pulses of other shooting
>> >> >> victims before noticing the severity of Giffords' wounds and, as he
>> >> >> puts it, prioritizing her. He put her upright and held her in his
>> >> >> lap
>> >> >> as he applied pressure to staunch the blood. "I could tell she had a
>> >> >> severe gunshot," he said. "I just tried to do my best until
>> >> >> emergency
>> >> >> medical services could arrive. My focus was on making sure I was
>> doing
>> >> >> everything I could to take care of her." Even when the ambulance
>> >> >> arrived, he stayed with her, because "I saw my job then as not
>> >> >> taking
>> >> >> care of her medical needs but taking care of her emotional needs. I
>> >> >> tried to comfort her and make sure she knew she wasn't alone. I let
>> >> >> her know I was going to try to contact her parents and her husband."
>> >> >>
>> >> >> In the two days since the shooting, Hernandez has emerged in
>> >> >> interviews as a graceful presence with a no doubt promising future,
>> >> >> with considerably much more going for him than his status as a
>> >> >> minority. So why should the sexual orientation of this eminently
>> >> >> competent, compassionate person keep coming up in this tale? Why is
>> >> >> his ethnicity, and the fact that he grew up speaking Spanish and
>> >> >> attending dual language schools, of any consequence? Hernandez
>> >> >> never
>> >> >> asked to be the face of a movement. He doesn't represent any one
>> group
>> >> >> any more than Jared Lee Loughner is your typical white guy. And
>> that's
>> >> >> exactly why it matters.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> It matters because guys like Arizona Sen. John McCain, who described
>> >> >> the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" as "a very sad day," still
>> think
>> >> >> that orientation has an effect on whether or not a person can ably
>> >> >> serve in the military. It matters because the notion that two people
>> >> >> of the same sex can love each other and build a life together is
>> still
>> >> >> considered in many parts of the country, including Arizona, a threat
>> >> >> to what is laughably referred to as "traditional marriage" -- as if
>> >> >> heterosexuals have really mopped up the floor with this whole
>> >> >> commitment thing. It matters because last week, when Arizona banned
>> >> >> a
>> >> >> Tucson district's Mexican-American studies program, state's
>> >> >> Attorney
>> >> >> General Tom Horne referred to it as "propagandizing and
>> brainwashing."
>> >> >> It matters because just last year Arizona enacted a law that would
>> not
>> >> >> merely allow but require immigration officials to determine the
>> >> >> immigration status of anyone "where reasonable suspicion exists"
>> >> >> that
>> >> >> the person might be in the country illegally. And "reasonable
>> >> >> suspicion," as many civil libertarians pointed out, might just boil
>> >> >> down to having a darker shade of skin or speaking Spanish.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> That's just Hernandez's home of Arizona. And though Pima County
>> >> >> Sheriff Clarence Dupnik scathingly referred to his state as "a mecca
>> >> >> for racism and bigotry," violence, racism and bigotry aren't
>> >> >> confined
>> >> >> to any one ZIP code -- they exist all over this great land of ours.
>> >> >> They exist just as surely as Hernandez shows that kindness and
>> bravery
>> >> >> are alive and well in Arizona.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> It's still far too easy for a small-minded yahoo to champion
>> >> >> discrimination based on orientation and race, and it's just as easy
>> >> >> for another small-minded yahoo somewhere else to believe the red
>> >> >> states are indeed "meccas of racism and bigotry." If any good can
>> come
>> >> >> out of something as unfathomably horrible as Saturday's mass
>> shooting,
>> >> >> let it be that it shakes up a few preconceptions. That it shows the
>> >> >> world that a hero can be gay or straight, can speak English or
>> Spanish
>> >> >> or both, and that stupid laws can exist in places full of good
>> people.
>> >> >> And anyone who has any doubt of what kind of person deserves to
>> >> >> serve
>> >> >> next to him in battle, or stand before their community and declare
>> >> >> their love, or go to school, or walk down the street without being
>> >> >> asked for paperwork needs to hear that and remember that, again and
>> >> >> again until it sinks in. Yes, the "gay Hispanic American" saved a
>> life
>> >> >> on Saturday, and yes, it does matter.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Mary Elizabeth Williams is a staff writer for Salon and the author
>> >> >> of
>> >> >> "Gimme Shelter: My Three Years Searching for the American Dream."
>> >> >> Follow her on Twitter: http://twitter.com/embeedub More: Mary
>> >> >> Elizabeth Williams
>> >> >>
>> >> >> More:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/01/10/daneil_hernandez_gay_latino_hero/index.html
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
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>> >> >> Have a great day,
>> >> >> Tommy
>> >> >>
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