September 8, 2009

You Should Weep, Monica Hesse. Harder.

‘Sanity & a Smile’ and an Outpouring of Rage

The [Washington] Post recently featured a story by reporter Monica Hesse that ran on the front of the Style section while she was on vacation. The day before returning, she logged on to check e-mails — and wept.

She was buried by an avalanche of messages angrily attacking her lengthy Aug. 28 profile of Brian Brown, executive director of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), the group leading the fight against legalization of same-sex marriage.

Hesse was stunned. She had expected to hear from anti-gay-marriage conservatives who might view the story as “snide.”

Instead, she heard from liberals who support gay marriage, accusing her of writing a puff piece about someone they believe fosters prejudice and intolerance. The story was shallow and one-sided, they complained.

Scores also contacted the ombudsman. It’s “one of the biggest pieces of crap The Post has published in recent memory,” wrote District resident William Grant II. “What’s next, a piece on how a KKK leader is just ’someone next door’ and ‘really a nice person’?” …

Much more at the link, including quotes from our friend Fred Karger.

Oh, and Hesse is bisexual. And she still doesn’t get it.

Keep weeping, Monica, until you do.

You have no quarter here.

Harsh? Tough. I’m tired of this. Tired of capitulaters. Tired of apologists. Tired of morons-in-denial — from “gay” Republicans to spineless Democrats — who think if we just “reach out” and make nice, the haters will be nice back.

“Reaching out” gets you one thing: your hand lopped off at the wrist.

Posted by: Sapphocrat

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