On Jul 27, 2011, at 4:46 PM, Ferenc Molnar wrote:
> I'm glad Traverso mentions Pym Fortuyn whose openly gay identity appeared to attract rather than repel supporters of his xenophobic platform.
I interviewed Gore Vidal an hour or two after Fortuyn was killed. Vidal's first reaction: "probably a homophobe." When I said, probably not, Vidal expressed sympathy for Fortuyn's POV about "protecting" liberal Europe from the illiberals.
Doug