Politics, the Fag and the Noose

It's no secret. Ever since Gov. Sarah Palin burst onto the political scene I have been a fierce supporter, even as a 23-year-old homosexual man. There is something about her that contributes significantly to that female touch Sen. Hillary Clinton introduced to politics earlier this year. And talking with my many international friends, I know that I'm not the only one. Bottom line is that politics has been on millions of minds lately, regardless whether you are American or not, Democrat or Republican, interested in politics or not.

 

Of course not everyone supports my liking in Sarah Palin. Especially my gay friends in Naples Florida strongly oppose my liking in her. One even went so far to say: "It is impossible to be gay and Republican." My previous blog on Sarah Palin highlighted the reasons why I like her so much. A recent New York Times report strengthened those reasons when the journalist wrote: "I am bias, but I got to like Sarah Palin after spending a few hours interviewing her. Those who dislike her are those who haven't even met her." I choose to look past the minor disagreements I have with Republican policies, such as their negative stance towards gay marriage. Yet, there is more to the party than most gay people want to see.

 

It was late in the recent election that the news was dominated with the story about the West Hollywood gay couple that hung a mannequin of Sarah Palin on a noose off the roof of their home, claiming it to be part of a Holloween stunt. But come on, let's be complete honest here, who would hang a Sarah Palin mannequin on a noose and not mean it as an expression of their hatred towards her. What upsets me is that this gay couple most probably dislikes her position on gay marriage. Subsequently she seems to deserve the noose.

 

What upsets me even more is the double standard of the whole scenario. Visualize this: a mannequin of Sen. Barack Obama, now Pres. Obama being tied up to a lamp post in a residential area with ketchup smeared all over his face and body and a knife protruding from his neck. I can just hear the Obama Sheep chanting in the streets, accusing a person responsible for such a display, "racist", "conservative", "sick". Nonetheless, simply because it's Sarah Palin this kind of display should be tolerated in the name of 'Halloween'? Forgive me for sounding fair, but this is a blatant and personal attack on the Alaska Governor simply because she stands firmly for what she believes.

 

Yes, if I were American, Sarah Palin would not grant me the right to marry my boyfriend, but it will not make me stage an imitation of her execution. I don't like Barack Obama. I don't like his arrogance. I don't like his ever changing tax plan. I don't like his medical plan. I don't like his treatment of media and individuals who dare oppose him. I don't like his views on abortion, immigration, the war or economy, but you don't see me make an exhibit in which he is executed. I am all for freedom of speech and expression. But if this expression is a shameful display of hatred, I oppose it. There are limits to what people should be allowed to subject others to. This Hollywood couple crossed the line. Big time!

 

ECDJ