UB Dan: perhaps you have not been here long enough to know the many, many times, Clinton has used this kind of hatefilled language. That, basically, is what Peg and I are speaking up about. Obviously he considers it a put down to allude that someone may be gay, otherwise he wouldn't use the language he does.

Also, sticking point with me, if you refer to my sexuality, I prefer bisexual. You could even say "bisexual with a male SO."

Neither Peg, not I have become the bigot we accuse Clinton of being. If you read through any of our posts, you will find that we are both very caring and open people. Neither one of us is content to stand by when someone denigrates a class of people as a matter of course.

I think I understand what you are getting at: that by calling Clinton an asshole or whatever, we are no better than him with his name-calling, i.e. we've sunk to his level. I disagree. When I spout off it is usually for a very good reason and not my usual way of language. I am sure Peg would say the same. Clinton does it all of the time and seems pretty darn proud about it, too.

So, bottom line, I won't stay silent when I see such rhetoric. It would be the same as if I stayed silent when someone called my grandsons "picaninnes" or "nigger" because their dad is mahagony and their mom kind of pinkish. If I cannot speak up against bigotry then I have no reason, nor right, to exist.

kat