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Offline Chris_

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Another Shining Example of Tolerance
« on: August 27, 2008, 12:21:29 AM »
Another Shining Example of Tolerance
Manhunt.net's gay Republican victim


LA Times (No, really, The LA Times)
Jonathan Crutchley discovers how intolerant the gay community can be.
By James Kirchick
August 26, 2008
The Los Angeles Times
Excerpt:

Two weeks ago, news emerged that the co-founder of the website Manhunt.net had contributed $2,300 to the presidential campaign of John McCain. Uproar ensued.

Haven't heard of Manhunt?



Unless you're a gay man, that's to be expected. It's one of the most popular gay websites in the world, with 1 million registered members in the U.S. alone and 400,000 unique visitors a month. As its name implies, it's a site where many gay men go to find casual sexual encounters. Manhunt and sites like it have revolutionized one formative aspect of gay culture, taking what was once a public activity to the privacy of one's home.

Except that the Internet, as Jonathan Crutchley recently discovered, isn't really private. A successful real estate developer, he founded Manhunt with his life partner, Larry Basile, in 2001. He ran into trouble when Out, a gay magazine, published an article about the website in its current issue. The article, in passing, referred to Crutchley -- who until last week was chairman of the board at Manhunt -- as a "liberal Republican." That tidbit apparently shocked gay blogger Andy Towle, who within seconds found Crutchley's donation to McCain on a contributor database and posted the news on his website.
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We are told, ad naseum, we are supposed to be tolerant of others. Those who tell us we must be tolerant are somewhat lacking in tolerance...
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Re: Another Shining Example of Tolerance
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2008, 01:04:24 AM »
Unlike the hypocritical democrats/liberals, we don't hate gays...we just think they shouldn't be "married".  The liberals are quick to point out queer republicans.
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Re: Another Shining Example of Tolerance
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2008, 07:58:07 AM »
That's rich, I love it
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Re: Another Shining Example of Tolerance
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2008, 02:30:21 PM »
I am not the least bit surprised.  There are none so intolerant than those who proclaim themselves to be the most tolerant.

Okay, I'm going to go ahead and coin Jinx's Law: "The more tolerant people proclaim themselves to be, the less tolerant they actually are of people different from themselves."
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