[lbo-talk] Dallas could elect its first gay mayor

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jun 5 10:35:12 PDT 2007


On Jun 5, 2007, at 1:27 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


> [WS:] In what way? Thatcher was the first British female PM and
> made things
> worse, not better. Edgar Hoover was gay, afaik. How will a
> favorite pet
> minority person in a high office make the world a better place?

Uh, the point is that the people of Dallas - Dallas! - are likely to elect someone who's gay, not that being gay makes you a better mayor. Is that too opaque or subtle a point?

Doug



More information about the lbo-talk mailing list