November 6, 2005 I think the Bush story ("meltdown") is a bunch of crap.  I have had to tolerate the idiocy of the "gay" establishment for many decades. Just because a person is gay does not make them "liberal."  I am definitely NOT liberal and shall never be.  Bush is doing an infinitely better job than I would think John Kerry would have ever done.  But then, that's just the opinion of one American. Lance

November 7, 2005 Just wanted to let you know that I unsubscribed from your list due to the Bush/Hitler graphic. I no longer have any interest in your "reporting". Rob S

Hello Rob, Thank you for your input. We are indeed sorry to see you go as the result of one provocative graphic. Best Regards, www.queertampa.com Tampa's Most Visited Gay & Lesbian Website Established April 2, 2000

November 8, 2005 Your graphic of President Bush is both disrespectful, inappropriate, and places you and queertampa's website in the extreme GayLeft column. There is NO defense in your choice to post this highly objectionable graphic.  Shame on you. Shame on the GayLeft radical activists who are stealing and highjacking gay advocacy in the name of radical Democrat politics. Scum... you are simply scum in the gutter. Michigan-Matt

Hello Michigan Matt, Thank you for your input. We will try to see if we can answer you without calling you scum or some other name. Although our opinion is that it is tough to point to any positive developments in the past five years in our Nation's Safety, Economy or Civil Rights, we do value everyone's right not only to their opinion but also to their right to express it. Our hope is that we all remain vigilant in preserving that right and that we continue to fight for equal protection under the law for all citizens, not just the heterosexual ones. Likewise, we support the Constitution Of The United States and the "Separation of Powers" and find ourselves frightened by any attempts to thwart that document, to abuse the Bill of Rights, make unjustified acts of war, allow the looting of our economy by private enterprise or attempts to limit the free press either by bullying tactics or the use of misinformation via government sponsored propaganda campaigns. Any attempt to rescind The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 is in our view a crime against the people of the United States and clearly a precursor to a police state. Additionally, the use of fear or terror to gain control of the masses is nothing short of Hitler and Stalinist tactics and should be questioned and resisted by all free thinking people. We hope you will respect this alternate opinion. "Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth". - Albert Einstein "If This Were a Dictatorship, It Would Be a Heck of a Lot Easier, Just So Long as I'm the Dictator" - George W. Bush "They That Can Give Up Essential Liberty to Obtain a Little Temporary Safety Deserve Neither Liberty nor Safety" - Benjamin Franklin "If Tyranny and Oppression Come to This Land, It Will Be in the Guise of Fighting a Foreign Enemy" - James Madison "You Can Fool Some of the People All of the Time, and Those are the Ones You Want to Concentrate On" - George W. Bush Best Regards, www.queertampa.com Tampa's Most Visited Gay & Lesbian Website Established April 2, 2000

Dear GayLeft Radical, You didn't disappoint me.  I didn't think you'd reply to my concerns on point --and you didn't.  As part of the GayLeft that's sold our issues and community into bondage with the leftwing nuts in the Democrat Party, you've continued to the DNC's mission to undercut the President at every turn since the first chad went hanging in Florida in 2000. For the record, you can't hide behind the nonsense that your choice in graphically portraying the President morphing into Hitler is merely an exercise of free speech.  It may pass for free speech in your corner of the web --right alongside the porn, the slop, and the drug-infested culture of anonymous sex that you advertise on your webpage... but it isn't "free" speech. It's going to cost you.  We've started a boycott of your site, along with direct communication with the businesses who list with your webpage.  We're actively pursuing every effort to put financial pressure --plus moral pressure-- on you to do what's right.  Right in this case is to pull the graphic.  Period. Until you do, we'll continue to contact the businesses who are listed on your webpage IN OUR EFFORT TO EXPRESS FREE SPEECH. Like I wrote earlier, you're scum.  You need to learn a lesson about tolerance of political expression and commerical activity.  You've been warned and it would be wise to remove the graphic. Michigan Matt

November 8, 2005 As a fellow queer Tampanian, I can only say your cheesy website makes me ashamed of being either.   Do your many advertisers (and there seems to be little of value on your site BUT the ads) know that you refer to them as "looters of the economy"? (since, whether you know it or not, they are engaged in "private" enterprise ---- so, which it?  ---are you just plain too stupid to know that, or are you hypocrites who will rail against the free enterprise system while taking their money??) Believe me, those with whom I'm acquainted will know soon enough how you view them!   What an insult to those who suffered and died in Auschwitz, the gulags, and Saddaam's torture camps to compare our incredibly privileged existence with a "police" or "terror" state or to compare our government with that of Hitler or Stalin!  What whiny, pathetic clowns you are!! Do the serious gay rights movement a favor and either grow up or shut up.  You are an embarrassing hindrance. Frank Vickory.

Sir, It would seem that you take your cue from right wing fanatics like Rush Limbaugh as you distort the words of truth that others speak. When we mentioned the looting of our economy we were referring to companies like Enron and Halliburton that steal from honest hardworking Americans such as ourselves. Perhaps some of the major airlines that we as taxpayers keep bailing out while they use bankruptcy to cheat their workers out of their pensions? It would be interesting to know what we ever said to indicate that we despise honest business or free markets. Nothing that we have said has a.) railed against free enterprise or b.) compared our existence to concentration camps. Quite the contrary. Our position is that those who support democracy should be fighting a political climate on a downward spiral of hate that may repeat the horrible mistakes of history. What we have done is draw attention to a government also bent on reducing civil rights in order to "protect us" from the current "boogy-man"... all the while doing nothing to protect and shore up our borders. Likewise, our recent natural disasters have proven that little has been done in the way of national emergency preparedness. Since you have brought up "hypocrisy" perhaps we should talk about a political party that espouses less government and less taxes while creating the largest government and debt in history. Oddly, your anger and hate-filled emails are EXACTLY the point of the graphic that you so abhor! While we respect other opinions on the role of government, we find the fanaticism and hate that surrounds you and people like you, as you attempt to bully and silence anyone who disagrees with you to be VERY reminiscent of early Nazi Germany. Do you not understand that well adjusted people do not feel the need for threats and name calling when they disagree with someone? Thank you indeed for proving the point that regular Americans should be afraid of people like you and George Bush. Do you not get that true hypocrisy is calling someone names (stupid, whiny, pathetic, clowns) and then in the next sentence telling THEM to grow up or shut up? Perhaps pick up a history book. You may be quite surprised at the many parallels of past fascist governments that have slowly eroded individual rights by creating fear, encouraging hate and setting a tone for violent suppression of political dissention. Sir, the only one here doing any movement a true disservice is you. If you have a point to make, make it with facts. Your name calling and threats merely support our position. www.queertampa.com Tampa's Most Visited Gay & Lesbian Website Established April 2, 2000