How 9/11 Awakened a Gay Man in Hollywood
In a long, but quite powerful, piece on BigHollywood.com, GayPatriot reader Charles Winecoff talks about his coming out as a conservative in liberal Hollywood. Echoing David Zucker who said last fall that being Republican here is the “new gay,” Charles, upon making gift donations to ActforAmerica.org, a grassroots group keeping an eye on the spread of Islamic supremacy and jihad, learned that it has “basically become taboo” to talk about
the spread of Islamic supremacy and jihad here in the civilized world — kind of like the way homosexuality used to be before people fought back. Despite the fact that we are currently at war with Islamic extremists who are fervently devoted to annihilating the Great Satan (that’s you and me), I received two reactions for the donations I made.
When one friend reacted with anger, he decided to come out to his friends and family. In that letter which BigHollywood posted in its entirety, Charles recounts how 9/11 changed him It wasn’t just what he learned in reacting to the events of the day, it was also what he observed in the reaction of some on the left, particularly those involved with the radical group, moveon.org,
warning us how not to think and suppressing self-respect — because that is the underlying message for all the cool young folk out there: that if you hate yourself, hostile people will like you — then why can’t someone send out emails and action alerts to slow down the spread of an ideology that actively treats women like barnyard animals, condones slavery, and punishes gays like criminals
Like many gay people transformed by 9/11, Charles was troubled that so may in his circle blamed America–and by extension themselves–for that hateful ideology.
To try to be “nice†in the face of threats – or actual violence? Not to empower ourselves and be proud? Why are we urged to take on guilt for the whole world? It’s a very sick dichotomy.
Every day I see people being lazy and turning against themselves when we should all be uniting against something that literally wants to kill us, and that has a specific deadline (yes, it’s true — according to the Muslim Brotherhood’s 100-Year Plan, the Islamic caliphate should be up and running the entire world again by about 2082 — so have fun! Equal rights for all won’t be on the agenda.)
Supporting Western values means letting people be who they are as individuals, being able to disagree or get along with each other in a civilized manner, being able to progress. Yet more and more Americans seem so quick to doubt themselves and the very meaning of democracy. Maybe that’s something people need to reconnect with. I was born here. It was not my choice, but it has generally been an easy and good life. Would I like to live in Europe, while it’s still there, if I had the chance? You bet. But I have to work for a living to take care of elderly family members and my own, nontraditional family. I’m free to do that.
Read the whole thing. Let’s hope that his friends in the entertainment industry continue to judge him by his qualities as a human being rather than his failure to conform to their ideas of how a gay man should think.
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Off-topic, but related to the War on Terror theme. And awesome:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/01/15/video-the-obligatory-idf-gives-hamas-a-lesson-in-human-shields-clip/
Israel is engaged in a struggle for its life against the kind of terrorists who killed Americans on 9-11. The above video shows a terrorist attacking an Israeli officer by throwing a grenade at him. The officer quickly runs to the terrorist, picks him up, and uses the terrorist as a human shield against the grenade blast. Result? Lightly-wounded officer; dead terrorist.
It’s not totally awesome, because it’s tragic that these monsters exist, that Israel has to fight them, and that anyone has to lose their life on either side. But it’s awesome that the good guy survived, and that he turned the tables on the terrorist. (Using him as a human shield, as terrorists often do to their civilian victims.)
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — January 16, 2009 @ 5:43 pm - January 16, 2009
Since its appearance, BigHollywood has become a daily Must Read. The article today by Charles Winecoff is what I suspect will become a classic. With intelligence and thoughtfullness, he addresses the issues of jihad, American liberal guilt and the fear of many to even talk about terrorism and what it means to every American, not just gay Americans. It is a courageous and risky article for him to write. He stands to lose much in liberal Hollywood, but the man stands on his principles. This article needs to be forwarded and emailed to every idiot gay man and woman who demonstrates in favor of Palistinian murderers and against pluralistic and tolerant democratic Israel. Every time I see signs in San Francisco (usually via Zombie) that proclaim “Queers for Palistine”, I see a flock of chicken, proclaiming their support for Colonel Sanders. It is articles like this one that might finally dent their thick skulls into thinking rationally. Thank God for men like Charles Winecoff.
Comment by John in Dublin Ca — January 16, 2009 @ 5:50 pm - January 16, 2009
Winecoff wrote: Our well-intended guilt doesn’t impress anyone but ourselves.
The core characteristic of modern liberalism.
What do the “just plain folk” in Europe think?
Comment by SoCalRobert — January 16, 2009 @ 7:13 pm - January 16, 2009
Coming Out…
Being a Republican: the “new gay.” Here’s a guy who is both. I have over the past eight years also observed – and experienced the lash of –an increasing unwillingness by otherwise decent, intelligent people to tolerate points of view……
Trackback by what if? — January 16, 2009 @ 11:41 pm - January 16, 2009
Wow. That was a great article; thanks for linking it!
Comment by Peter Buxton — January 17, 2009 @ 1:27 am - January 17, 2009
An awesome editorial!
It should be required reading in schools.
Comment by Classical Liberal Dave — January 17, 2009 @ 1:51 am - January 17, 2009
Kick ass article man…….. I fully appreciate with your thoughts.
Comment by Karl Smith — January 17, 2009 @ 4:03 am - January 17, 2009
Charles Winecoff wrote, ¨that old perverted German ideology known as Nazism . . . has never gone out of style — it just moved mid-east. ¨ Hopefully, with that comment, the radical left will take off their blinders and see islam for what it is. As of now, the embrace of islam by the radical left gays is analogous to if German Jews would offer Hitler the opportunity to send them to Buchenwald.
Comment by Roberto — January 17, 2009 @ 11:15 am - January 17, 2009
BigHollywood is a great blog.
That article was fascinating, as he describes his transformation.
One comment he makes, about going to his partner’s Catholic Church. People accept him and welcome them as a couple. It is an acceptance
we don’t see in the liberal world.
A liberal friend was commenting how her daughters family recently moved to North San Diego county – and is uncomfortable – because of all the “No on 8″ signs. I asked her how these same people have treated the newcomers. They are lovely welcoming neighbors, but her daughter can’t get past this issue of disagreement.
I’d say the problem is with the lefties, one of these days they will have to learn to live with people who disagree with them.
Comment by Leah — January 17, 2009 @ 11:39 am - January 17, 2009