[lbo-talk] Prop 8, James Baldwin

[Dennis Claxton]

At 01:13 PM 11/17/2008, Dwayne Monroe wrote:
>The gay rights movement has been very effective in distancing the
>whole issue from association with seedy gay bars, art weirdos and
>completely irregular lifestyles---it's un-Americanhood. But then we
>watch the annual Gay Pride Day parade and get reminded. Oh, yes,
>that's what's going on. It's a damned art party of weirdos. Ugh.
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>As I recall this, or something very much like it, is what activist
>Larry Kramer has claimed for some time.

Foucault said something along these lines too.  I can't recall well 
enough to quote but I remember in an interview he said there are 
things he misses about being underground.