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06/17/2011 11:41:00 PM
Dan Choi is a loud mouth, petulant child! WAH,WAH ,WAH!
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Toolbox13203 02/20/2011 10:59:00 PM
Right on! It took a great deal of bravery for Dan to come out the way he did knowing there would be personal consequences. It also took bravery to bring attention to a cause by chaining himself to the White House fence.He deserves credit for that much.
Civil Rights battles often require both the attention getting and the lobbing approaches to make any progress. Lawmakers need to see a reason to grant the lobbyists requests before they are willing to act.
No hero is totally without character flaws. But I certainly hope Dan Choi will apologize for his misogynist statement and smooth off some of his rough edges.
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Toolbox13203 02/20/2011 10:52:00 PM
Right on! It took a great deal of bravery for Dan to come out the way he did knowing there would be personal consequences. It also took bravery to bring attention to a cause by chaining himself to the White House fence.He deserves credit for that much.
Civil Rights battles often require both the attention getting and the lobbing approaches to make any progress. Lawmakers need to see a reason to grant the lobbyists requests before they are willing to act.
No hero is totally without character flaws. But I certainly hope Dan Choi will apologize for his misogynist statement and smooth off some of his rough edges.
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Hi 01/03/2011 12:26:00 AM
Hey Dan, here is a question for you - how many regulations are you violating by politicizing the uniform? Didn't West Point teach you anything about that, to say nothing of your arrogant disrespect for the President and Congress?
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LGBT Rights Supporter 12/10/2010 6:34:00 AM
I say this sincerely that I think Dan Choi has hurt the gay rights movement more than he has helped. He claims to be a "born-again Christian" while very publicly calling Harry Reid a "pussy," describing Obama's serious efforts to repeal DADT through Congress as "jack shit," and refusing to reconcile (or even attempt to reconcile) with his parents. If Choi thinks that this kind of migraine inducing hypocrisy will help end discrimination against gay persons in the military, he is sadly mistaken.
I used to support Choi until he proved to be an arrogant opportunist who cares less about gay rights and more about getting his face on CNN or The New York Times. He is simply a desperate attention seeker who coincidentally happens to be gay and condescendingly sneers at his supporters who can't afford to pay a ridiculously high fee for an hour or two of faux words. Don't believe me? Read this article. He gave a middle finger to the money-strapped students of Texas Tech who desperately tried to get him to speak at their school.
Dan, if you're reading this, I love you and respect you as a fellow gay rights supporter and as a fellow Korean-American, but unfortunately, I think you have turned into an arrogant asshole. I hope you will come to your senses soon and humble yourself to reconcile with (or at the very least - forgive - which would be the Christian thing to do) your parents. I hope you will apologize to your former supporters for letting your big head get in the way of your desire to win equal rights for gays and lesbians.
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oliver joseph 12/07/2010 4:09:00 PM
As one who was discharged for "homosexuality" from the Air Force I salute you. That was in the 60's. I was alone. I got involved and worked thereafter for 15 years in Gay Liberation. Small stuff compared w/your accomplishments. You are a hero to me. Keep it up! Brother you are carrying what we could not lift. I suggest you ask to read the archive in the gay historical organizations in San Francisco. Some day you will be the Uncle of the next generation. Isherwood, Ginsberg, Kramer, and on and on.
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Truthbeknown 11/05/2010 9:16:00 PM
What I love about these articles on Choi is that they never mention the fact that this guy was a total turd of an officer before he came out. His military career would have ended regardless of whether he was gay or not just on his performance alone. I served with him and I know 1st hand of all the personal conduct issues, being relieved of duty multiple times, and the copmplete embarrassment he was to West Point and the Army. His leaving the military was not a huge loss for the Army. The Army is better off without shitbags like this. This is not a spokeperson the gay community should be proud of.
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Roy Ota 11/05/2010 4:48:00 AM
Congratulations to 1LT Dan CHOI, for getting a tax-free college education compliments of the American Tax payer KNOWING BEFORE signing on that the military is NOT for gays. As a graduate of West Point, WHATEVER happened to the "honor" that GEN MaCarthur talked about? For SHAME!!!!! Sure glad I didn't serve with you!!
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Sonya 11/05/2010 2:38:00 AM
Wow, a "Harry Reid is a pussy that bleeds once a month..." This is about one of the most misogynistic quotes I've had the misfortune of reading in some time. I see he has no concern about hate speech toward women while he's promoting his own homosexual agenda! For the record, I have no problem whatsoever with homosexuality unless of course, the homosexuals are spewing filth about my gender at which point I really lose sympathy. Promoting of hatred for one group while trying to increase the rights of another is just hateful and extremely hypocritical.
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wil 11/01/2010 10:54:00 AM
The kind of work that Lt. Dan Choi is doing is graetetly needed, AND VALUED. Congratulations Dan Choi for your courage and for being brave.
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Kitt 10/31/2010 7:11:00 AM
My support for LGBT won't diminish any because of Dan Choi's idiotic & misogynist comments. On the other hand, Dan Choi won't get a damned thing from me in the way of support as some of the most misogynist men I've met have been and are gay men.
"Harry Reid is a pussy," Choi angrily said after the failed vote in the Senate last month, vowing to speak out about the Democratic leader, "and he'll be bleeding once a month."
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JennyC 10/30/2010 10:22:00 PM
DAN CHOI is an ASS-HOLE.
VV is stupid to even profile this guy. He doesn't speak for the LGBT community. He QUIT the military before we was discharged. He QUIT his hunger strike in less than one week. I'm not sure, but I think he QUIT thinking when he was a teen.
The fight for equal rights doesn't need self-serving attention whores.
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JasoNYC 10/30/2010 8:35:00 AM
Dan Choi is a liability for the LGBT Community. He got his 15 minutes, now let's move on. This childish punk is way beyond his intelligence and it will continue to hurt and embarrass us.
Get a job at the Mall, Dan. There is NOTHING compelling about your 'act." You've been exposed and you are not desirable - you are scary.
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Marc 10/29/2010 9:23:00 AM
I really don't get why Choi is the media darling that the far and radical left has made him out to be. From tying himself to the White House fence, to bringing media to his enlistment - instead of talking about the need to create specific programs and training for when DADT is abolished, to using some very misogynistic terms in this interview, Choi has proven himself to be the lowest common denominator of progressive politics.
There is a right way to bringing about change - and there is the kind that spreads hysteria, is emotional and brings absolutely no credibility or progress to the movement. Choi is of the latter - and it boggles my mind that otherwise intelligent and progressive organizations like NOW is giving Choi a slap on the wrist for this incident.
Much like Codepink and other anti-establishment organizations, Choi fails to see the bigger picture, and as such, is not fit to be a leader in the military or progressive politics. As a 3-tour veteran and straight Soldier I support the repeal of DADT - but I sure do not want such a sorry excuse of a leader in my unit or my military.
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Schizaffin 10/29/2010 7:32:00 AM
As a Korean-American gay man, I was quite impressed by Dan Choi's activism until now. But finding out through this article that he remains a "born again" Christian is such a turn-off... I had assumed he was a reasonably smart guy.
The peculiar phenomenon of the Korean (and Korean-American) evangelical Christian is really quite hilarious and worthy of further analysis~
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Another Korean 10/29/2010 1:41:00 AM
Quite people never make the history. One loses a career & buried live...what will you not do to have it back. Understand others to be understood. It's 'your' belief and value towards others that's causing the conflict. death justify it all. there's nothing after death so life your life so to have least regret in deathbed...stop complaining about others who are just doing that...
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Michael LIndley 10/28/2010 10:17:00 PM
I hope there are soldiers that are reading this. Are you as courageous as you think you are? If so, everyone of you that is against DADT should go this week to your Officer and out yourself, even if you aren't gay. Show your gay brothers that you have the courage of your convictions. All of you go tell the military you are gay.
Nothing will stop the policy faster. If even just 10,000 men and women went to their officer to tell them they were gay, they are required BY LAW, to immediately suspend your duties, schedule a hearing, then throw your asses out of the military.
You do this and you will see Congress repealing DADT so damned fast it will make their heads swim. Why? BECAUSE THE US MILITARY CAN'T AFFORD THIS POLICY ANYMORE.
I don't support gay people going into the military when they know what the rules are. But all you folks in the military that love it, stop bowing down to it. The military reports to civilians in the USA. Barack Obama is Commander - In - Chief. You want DADT to go away? Out yourselves NOW, quickly and in huge numbers.
The policy will be stopped by the end of November, guaranteed. Harry Reid will have no choice but to bring it to a vote again because the military could be crippled by having 10,000 DADT cases to manage at once.
There is no other way than to put Congress and the administration to the test. Wrong way to go about it? Hell, we've been the pussies for 20 years on this stupid and unconstitutional law that made gay people political footballs again.
It's time to stop being weenies and live the courage of your convictions.
Come out one and all, even if you aren't gay. Just tell them you think about it, dream about it, sometimes you want to kiss the Captain. Make them sweat, the bastards.
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margaret 10/28/2010 6:39:00 PM
""Harry Reid is a pussy," Choi angrily said after the failed vote in the Senate last month, vowing to speak out about the Democratic leader, "and he'll be bleeding once a month.""
Wow, SERIOUSLY Dan? So much for the interesectionality of oppressed peoples, you misogynist hypocrite. This is coming from a woman who previously looked up to you as a hero. Sad.
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corrective_unconscious 10/28/2010 1:03:00 PM
So he's a fundamentalist who said on "Democracy Now" the other day words to the effect that, "I know this might sound like fingernails on a chalkboard to your viewers, but war is what gives meaning to our life." An effort to repeal DADT Don't Pursue presents enough internal contradictions for anti militaristic glbt people; I think Choi might just be adding even more internal contradictions to the brew. Let's hope his seemingly inevitable channeling of Charlie Sheen/Oliver North/George Michael happens _after_ DADT Don't Pursue, a clear pogrom, is done away with, and not before....
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aleXander hirka 10/28/2010 9:40:00 AM
I am on his side against DODT but I heard Dan Choi speak at a Central Park rally this summer and his testosterone overdosed slogan ranting was a real turnoff to anyone with a brain. He has become a self-created, self-serving "hero" (ala Guiliani) and his ego-inflated slogan chanting was downright fascistic and creepy in tone.
I wish he has stood up with this kind of fervor and conviction when he went to fight in an obviously unjust war.
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ghostlectricity 10/28/2010 4:42:00 AM
The policy is stupid AND heartless. And your policy of forcing people to click through FIVE TIMES to read the article is not heartless, but it IS stupid and obnoxious forcing us to glance at the STUPID ads all those times. Scroll the articles and cut out this stupid 6-"page" clicking!!!
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floofy 10/28/2010 1:58:00 AM
Are people shocked that Choi is horribly inappropriate, really? He's milking it for all it's worth. It takes a while to catch up to in our community, which glorifies pathetic images like this, while many others just do their job, speak out when they need to, but refuse to rise to this sort of self-degradation. There's nothing wrong with being an activist, but when it becomes this sort of sad self-promotion, what can we estimate to be left of Choi's dignity? Not much. What's next for Choi - a stint on the Real World vs Road Rules Challenge.
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barry 10/28/2010 1:48:00 AM
I think lt Choi is cute as a fucking button and he should not be censored in any way everyone has been censoreing use gay vet for to long
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Scott Rose 10/28/2010 1:06:00 AM
Knowing of Choi's partial disability payments, we must be sure not to forget that the gay and lesbian service members discharged under DADT were stripped of benefits given automatically to so-called honorable discharges. Achieving justice in repeal of DADT must also include retroactive reparations payments to those gay and lesbian service members who were discharged without benefits. Insisting on this point is part of telling American society "We require your respect."
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Matt 10/27/2010 11:43:00 PM
Sorry, but he can't be both a Born-Again Christian and continue to practice a homo-sexual lifestyle. He may still have lingering homosexual feelings, but his job now is to deny himself of those "pleasures". It's the same as straight men having to avoid giving in to their lusts.
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ArmyVet 10/27/2010 10:34:00 PM
Why is 5:18:38 so obsessed with Choi's butt? You like visuals much?
BUT, Choi should know better. The military is rife with homophobia and sexism. They inextricably linked. To perpetuate one is to perpetuate another.
Don't insult women Dan. The reason you can't serve openly is based in a fear of men being "like women". Don't pander and perpetuate your own discrimination by discriminating against women.
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frogbong1 10/27/2010 10:22:00 PM
your vulgarity is equaled only by your ignorance, you're a typical bigot who is full of hate because the concept of gay people having the same rights as you is something your pea brain can just not comprehend. you must be a misrable excuess for a human being.
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Dan Boeye 10/27/2010 9:49:00 PM
we need more Americans like Lt. Dan, proudly served his country, serving the movement.The fact that he makes the people at the top uncomfortable means he is doing something right. Keep it up Lt. Dan
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John 10/27/2010 9:35:00 PM
Harry Reid did not attach DADT repeal to the Defense Authorization Bill in September, as you state in your article. This was done months before by a contentious vote in the Senate Armed Services Committee in May. Harry Reid had nothing to do with attaching the repeal bill to the defense budget. His contribution was scheduling the vote.
And the reason Choi was in the Guard in the first place has something to do with the fact that he is still only a first lieutenant, while all his peers have been captains for years now.
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Ben Patrick Johnson 10/27/2010 9:33:00 PM
Choi shouldn't feel TOO bad. I have also been repeatedly kicked off Grindr. The most recent time it was for an "image violation." Apparently the profile image I uploaded was too racy for their standards. This, despite the fact that the image was actually a fairly-tame FITNESS MAGAZINE COVER featuring me shirtless ... a magazine cover that had been on newsstands across the country several months earlier.
Grindr isn't the only culprit. I receive a zillion friend requests on Facebook and their system often disables my account when I try to approve multiple requests in one day. I get a pop-up window scolding me, informing me that I'm "engaging in abusive behavior" and if I don't quit it, my account will be permanently suspended. I've written multiple emails protesting this, and have yet to receive even an automated reply from the Facebook staff.
What Lt. Choi and I have both experienced is aggressive, heavy-handed, careless yet decisive action by site administrators asleep at the wheel. It's yucky and dumb. I hope the folks at both Grindr and Facebook feel embarrassed over this (particularly Grindr's laughable treatment of Lt. Choi), and take steps to be less boneheaded in future.
Ben Patrick Johnson
Los Angeles, CA
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richard fredericks 10/27/2010 9:30:00 PM
I am a conservative retired former homophobe. If I can change, so can this country. It is outrageous that Obama is not held accountable, and the Gay issue simply crystalizes his failure to keep one promise. I applaud Choi, and say go for it. This is Civil Rights, and the time for moderation is long past due. The USA stands presently with Saudi Arabia and Yemen with respect to Gays in the military. Give me a break. Enough. The military follows orders period. Does Gates speak for Obama. It is time Obama is held accountable and his betrayl of Gay rights should NEVER be forgotten. Great LT, in my opinion. I would be proud to have him for my son.
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anonymous 10/27/2010 9:30:00 PM
It's a shame that too many gay men don't have a problem with throwing misogynist terms around. Thanks for implying that Harry Reid is worthless because he's **just like a menstruating woman**, Dan.
Then again, I'm sure Thrasher, who threw around slurs about class, weight, and disability in his previous piece, doesn't much care. The VV is as fauxgressive as they get.
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Alan Bounville 10/27/2010 7:49:00 PM
The more we all wake up and realize that the movement lies in our own hands, the closer we will come to the day when we can walk down the streets anywhere in this vast country without fear - we can hold the hand of our partner, give them a kiss, be openly trans - all of it - as soon as we start taking back our own movement.
What have you given up today to fight for your equality?
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Bill 10/27/2010 7:03:00 PM
Has anyone ever bothered to research just why Choi-boy is(was) still a first lieutenant seven years after graduation from West Point? His class was promoted to captain about 36-40 months after graduation and commissioning. Yet, Choi-boy was not. Couldn't have been because of his gayness since he came out on the Rachel Madcow Show six years after graduation. Was he such a "Bad Lieutenant" that he wasn't selected for promotion to captain? If so, he is a two-time passover and would have been out of the service anyway, regardless of his proclivities for perversion.
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ProudBleeder 10/27/2010 6:18:00 PM
Dan Choi is a faggot, his rectum bleeds once a week. Some guy who takes it up the ass, calling another guy a pussy is a zero-sum game.
