tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084683161249815840.post2076631576417631653..comments2008-05-02T15:03:18.625-07:00Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13094015641497289970Tom@2015Place.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084683161249815840.post-40771345525521783372008-05-02T15:03:00.000-07:002008-05-02T15:03:00.000-07:002008-05-02T15:03:00.000-07:00You and I follow the same school of thought on more than a couple of items but "live and let live" and "treat others how you wish to be treated" are high on the list.<BR/><BR/>Regarding the topic, two wrongs don't make a right. <BR/><BR/>As you can probably guess, I'm hoping that's not the case regarding this issue.<BR/><BR/>It's very obvious at least one person is lying.tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13094015641497289970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084683161249815840.post-31162678306794273052008-05-02T12:17:00.000-07:002008-05-02T12:17:00.000-07:002008-05-02T12:17:00.000-07:00I'll be VERY interested to hear how this all comes out and what the witnesses say happened - it doesn't seem likely that "look at those two guys holding hands" would elicit such a strong reaction.<BR/><BR/>That being said, I'm having a REALLY interesting conversation with some of my classes about the assumption that just because one is of a "minority" group, one is open-minded. I was telling my students that I take offense at Mike Wilbon's claim that, had there been more racial diversity on the staff of Golf Week magazine, the picture of the noose would never have made it on the cover (in response to Kelly Tilghman's gaff about Tiger Woods). <BR/><BR/>The assumption there is that one would have to be black to take issue with the image of the noose, and I'm here to tell you that you'd be hard-pressed to find someone as white as me, but you can bet your patootie that I'd have vetoed the cover if I were on staff.<BR/><BR/>We had a bit of this conversation a while ago about the comment you received. There are closed-minded people of ALL walks of life, and it is possible - in fact, likely - that there's violent retaliation from gays against straights for even perceived sleights. I'm CERTAINLY not saying that this is the case here - I know nothing about this incident - but I am saying that I don't discount the possibility. <BR/><BR/>People can be ignorant and people can get pushed to the brink, and just because someone's gay (or black, or handicapped) doesn't mean they're necessarily a righteous person anymore than my being straight or white or middle class automatically makes me a hater.<BR/><BR/>Gnome sane?Mrs. Chilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09814787474739856911noreply@blogger.com