With conservative racist, homophobic Jesse Helms‘ death, Michelangelo Signorile reminds readers that the Senator’s career trajectory relied on the machinations of then-closeted strategist Arthur Finkelstein. Among the most disgusting tactics: using racist smears against Helms opponent Harvey Gantt. [The Gist]
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blake
Finkelstein? I thought it would have been R2D2 helping Helms.
todd
Self-Loathing closet cases have unleashed a lot of damage to the world…
l
I wish the haters who would push us back in the closet could understand just how poisonous that would be for all of society.
alan brickman
straights arn’t responsible for all the gay hate out there you know….