I have a LOT to say on this subject. I didn’t until I read the whole thing. I don’t feel like commenting over there for a number of reasons so I am posting this brain vomit here:
* Why does Amy Ruiz have ANYTHING to do with this? Is WW having a sour grapes moment because someone there applied for the same job and didn’t get it? There is no proof or evidence or ANYTHING that ties Amy’s position to her knowledge of this story except WW saying so. Fine. I’m not saying Nigel Jaquiss has a particular fetish for sex scandals either. Except that he’s broken news on two of them. And won a PULITZER for one of them. But I’m not saying anything about anything.
* Sam, it IS true you should have come out and said so. And it IS true that you looked me (me = Portland) in the (metaphorical) eye and went all Clinton on me. I feel a little twinge of disappointment here. I thought you were different. You have to know you are a lightning rod of big gay controversy, everything is twice as scrutinized when you do it, and the fact that you went anywhere near someone who could even SEE seventeen from where he stood will get all manner of folks in a tizzy in no time flat.
* I understand why you did it, but you could have put a finer point on never with someone underage, maybe (so you could get around the underage or not question). If this all went down after he was 18 then just say you never touched a 17 year old boy and that’s that. Still a bit slippery but not a lie and more importantly not fodder for the “OMGWTFBBQ GAYS WANT YOUR CHILLUNS RUN AND HIDE” crowd.
(update 1)
* I am worked up about this also because it shouldn’t matter who did what with who. If he did something he’s not proud of he shouldn’t have said ANYthing. My cynical side says “go ahead, make the crack about how you have lots of gay friends and you KNOW not one of them can keep their mouth shut for anything” but I don’t want to turn this into armchair snark. (: It’s irritating because I’ll bet money there’s a MEGA double standard. Right now it’s still about “OMG HE LIED” but the “HE’S COMING FOR YOUR KIDDIES NEXT” contingent will join us soon enough. If this had been a newly 18 year old GIRL, it would be less of a deal I assure you. There’d be stern talking-to and all of that, but for the most part it would be “oh he lied now let’s move on”.
* Let me be clear: MY OWN issue with this is that he flat out lied. I don’t care what he (legally) did. I don’t care who he (legally) did it with. Consent is consent is consent. I care that he said he didn’t but now oh wait yes he did. Resignable? No. Shady? Yes. And saddest of all, Politics As Usual? Most assuredly.
I will update this yet again as more comes to me.
Recent Comments