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Originally Posted by KSig RC
I've never lived in a small town, but you've never lived in this guy's town, so I don't really think either one of us is really able to comment on the likelihood of comfort with his own sexuality as a result, you know?
I'm not trying to be difficult here, I just think you're really reaching to make a fairly superfluous point (although I think it's in earnest).
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Well, I've never lived in his town, but I spent a part of my childhood in a town only slightly larger than Midvale and I have actually been to Midvale, Idaho about 4-5 times in the last 2 years. Yes, that is sad even for an Idahoan, but it is right in between my home and another place in Idaho that I visit, so it happens to be the best place to grab a meal sometimes. I don't, however, think you need to have been to someone's home town to imagine that it would be difficult to come out in a small, conservative town especially if you would be the only one. I think it is kind of an obvious point to say that it is easier to come out growing up in a larger town/city because after you come out, there is at least an opportunity to be part of an "out" community. Sure that is a generalization, and there are always exceptions, but just because it isn't true all of the time doesn't mean we shouldn't be able to talk about it as a possible factor as to why Larry Craig might live his entire life in the closet.
And yes, it is a fairly superfluous point. It started out as one line about him and Al Gore that a couple people took issue with and I attempted to clarify what I meant by it so that no one thought "skylark thinks gay politics is like global warming" or "skylark thinks having sex with a man once is being gay" or anything else my posts were being rewritten to seem like. I am sorry that this thread somewhat got hijacked about this
one line that really was just an optimistic fantasy about where the publicity over Larry Craig could have gone in a way that could have eventually maybe improved the climate in gay politics... and honestly I don't care that someone doesn't agree but I care about having a comment mischaracterized in order to be attacked.