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Originally posted by jdbolick
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I actually didn't even know Anderson Cooper was gay until you linked that, then I went to look it up to figure out wtf you were referencing.

It is mildly surprising, though.

I didn't know white walkers had sexual preferences.

Originally posted by Corndog
I actually didn't even know Anderson Cooper was gay until you linked that, then I went to look it up to figure out wtf you were referencing.
I have a lot of admiration for how he has handled it. Jackasses like Perez Hilton kept prodding him about coming out, which he finally did to stop the harassment, but as you correctly note it has not defined him or his work.

Thankfully, though, no straight people have built careers around their sexualility.

Originally posted by Corndog
rams is a brave soul, going against larry and jd?

Pick your battles better.

Already ended my 'battle' with jd. The fact that he's trying to argue with no one over things he can't comprehend is making that look like a good idea.

rams78110, if you're never honest with yourself about people proving you wrong then you're going to be subject to the same handicaps as an adult. You don't have to admit to me or anyone else that you were proven wrong, and you're certainly free to resent me for doing it, but for your growth and development as an intellect you have to learn to confront those hard realities and learn from them rather than hiding within the comfort of denial.

Thoughts with the families of Adam Ward and Alison Parker. It's tragic when anyone is murdered, but for the families to have to see it broadcast live is unimaginably terrible. Initially I guessed that it may have been someone obsessed with the reporter, but police have said that the cameraman was shot first. Hopefully the image of the shooter will be enough to capture and convict him.

Originally posted by jdbolick

I have a lot of admiration for how he has handled it. Jackasses like Perez Hilton kept prodding him about coming out, which he finally did to stop the harassment, but as you correctly note it has not defined him or his work.


Maybe I've just caught him at the "wrong" moments to be watching, but Anderson Cooper is one of the few personalities on CNN that strike me as being more or less objective in their work.

Originally posted by jdbolick
Thoughts with the families of Adam Ward and Alison Parker. It's tragic when anyone is murdered, but for the families to have to see it broadcast live is unimaginably terrible.

I agree. When something like this happens it is horrible. Especially since both were young and good looking.

Originally posted by jdbolick
Initially I guessed that it may have been someone obsessed with the reporter, but police have said that the cameraman was shot first.

He was a disgruntled former employee of the station.

Originally posted by jdbolick
Hopefully the image of the shooter will be enough to capture and convict him.

He killed himself according to the most recent reports.

Originally posted by jdbolick
being gay currently leads to an increase in ... professional opportunities.

Absolutely.

There is a gay man where I work that was sexually harassing a straight man. Not in a harmless or subtle fashion either. Pretty disgusting shit if you hear the details. The straight man appealed for help for months and months with zero response from management or HR.

At one point, the gay man came up behind the straight man and started to give him a shoulder massage. The straight man pushed him off. He was fired the next day for assaulting the gay man, who still works here.

Dat equality.

Originally posted by Time Trial
Especially since both were young and good looking.

wat

Originally posted by Cuivienen

At one point, the gay man came up behind the straight man and started to give him a shoulder massage.

Oh my god, anything but a shoulder massage.

Really though, they should both be fired. Unwelcome advances by one; physical force by the other.

Originally posted by krisdaschwab912
Oh my god, anything but a shoulder massage.

Really though, they should both be fired. Unwelcome advances by one; physical force by the other.

If the worker were a woman who had been hit on repeatedly by the supervisor, you'd have no problem at all with a woman pushing the supervisor away from her when he attempted the massage. Quit pretending the straight man was out of line just because his harrasser was gay.

Originally posted by Cuivienen
wat

I have less empathy for people mourning ugly people. I may be a sociopath for thinking that way, but at least I'm honest.