Post-election chat with Seymour Hersch

[cema]

Baltimore, Md.: [...] "Backwards" southern and western neighbors? Can't you see that this attitude is one of the very reasons that these so-called "backwards" people don't pay attention to candidates from the coasts?

Too many stereotypes being reinforced by you, and I'm not talking about the midwestern one. Looking down your nose at others not like yourself sure isn't going to entice anyone to vote for your side.

For what it's worth, I voted for Kerry...

Seymour Hersh: [...] i did not see any evidence that kerrey talked down to any group, or dealt with them in terms of stereotypes. he simply refused to publicly attacks homosexuality.

What, does not he just understand what he is being asked?

Aside note: plenty of calls from familiar place names. Maryland, I miss you.

Comments

[cema.livejournal.com]

Gays, abortions. Do you think they cared that much?

[(Anonymous)]

I think quite a few of them sincerely believe that given a foetal "gay gene" test, quite a few "pro-choice" parents would choose to terminate pregnancy once it is known that the foetus has the gene. And this, from a particular viewpoint, can be construed as genocide.

Moreover, gays themselves tend not to have children who might be at risk of the military draft, or subjects to excessive taxation in the future due to today's rampant budget deficits, etc; therefore, the litmus test is most likely Bush's stance on gay marriage, but even some heterosexuals do not care much about marriage nowadays.

[cema.livejournal.com]

You are not the same anonymous, are you? (But the same as above, right?)

The gayocide theory is interesting, but I doubt it has anything at all to do with the real issuea in these past elections.

The second paragraph smells of some conspiracy theory (we need children in order to institute draft? I did not get it), but I am sure if you explained what you meant in more detail, I would be able to grasp it better.

[(Anonymous)]

To put it succinctly, having no children makes a person somewhat more likely to adopt the "apres nous le deluge" (sorry for no accents) attitude. And who knows, maybe some "macho" gays voted for Bush to spite "girlie men" advocating gay marriage.

[cema.livejournal.com]

I am sure there are all sorts of strange people around, even people who vote for one candidate so spite the other ("anybody but Bush" etc). However, I do not think they played an important role in these past elections.