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The New Republic literally ran a story that contained this along with other paragraphs.
https://newrepublic.com/article/154457/mayor-pete-problem?fbclid=IwAR3eYBQ_iSWAwdG1554SbfwZ5Wm0ZsphtBhXJCFOaDH7RD3D6Vz8b0aSZs8
All this makes Mary Pete different from every other left-leaning neoliberal in exactly zero ways. Because lets face it. The only thing that distinguishes the mayor of South Bend from all those other well-educated reasonably intelligent white dudes who wanna be president is what he does with his dick (and possibly his ass, although I get a definite top-by-default vibe from him, which is to say that I bet he thinks about getting fucked but hes too uptight to do it). So lets dish the dish, homos. You know and I know that Mary Pete is a gay teenager. Hes a fifteen-year-old boy in a Chicago bus station wondering if its a good idea to go home with a fifty-year-old man so that hell finally understand what he is. Hes been out for, what, all of four years, and if I understand the narrative, he married the first guy he dated. And we all know what happens when gay people dont get a real adolescence because they spent theirs in the closet: they go through it after they come out. And because theyre adults with their own incomes and no parents to rein them in they do it on steroids (often literally). If Shortest Way Home (I mean really, can you think of a more treacly title?) makes one thing clear, Mary Pete was never a teenager. But you cant run away from that forever. Either it comes out or it eats you up inside. It can be fun, it can be messy, it can be tragic, it can be progenitive, transformative, ecstatic, or banal, but the last thing I want in the White House is a gay man staring down 40 who suddenly realizes he didnt get to have all the fun his straight peers did when they were teenagers. Im not saying I dont want him to shave his chest or do Molly or try being the lucky Pierre (the timings trickier than it looks, but it can be fun when you work it out). These are rites of passage for a lot of gay men, and it fuels many aspects of gay culture. But like I said, I dont want it in the White House. I want a man whose mind is on his job, not what could have beenor what he thinks he can still get away with.
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I am simply amazed they thought this was OK. Just imagine for a second them doing this to any other minority candidate.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
elleng
(130,956 posts)who is very angry about it.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
LisaM
(27,813 posts)I think back to the glory days of great editing with a lot of longing. And it's not okay. It's bad enough that it was published, but who writes that in the first place? And why would a magazine like the New Republic even consider printing it?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dsc
(52,162 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,355 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
LisaM
(27,813 posts)I wasn't sure it wasn't a satire piece for a minute.
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TexasTowelie
(112,226 posts)Her first name was Mary. The trash talkers always said that she had sister named Minnie.
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AncientGeezer
(2,146 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
brush
(53,784 posts)In a general election it won't be though. The repugs will get dirty.
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DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ancianita
(36,060 posts)gone.
Its readership is half what it was 10 years ago, down to around 53,000.
So fuck this rag.
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hlthe2b
(102,285 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brush
(53,784 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)I find the whole labeling thing reductionist.
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SidDithers
(44,228 posts)WTF indeed.
Sid
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greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)What's wrong with the writer?
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Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)They loathe themselves and everyone else. This writer is seething and churning with jealousy of Mr. Buttigieg's youth and talent, both of which are blindingly evident, and his achievements, which the writer sorely lacks.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LuvNewcastle
(16,846 posts)Anyone who knows this asshole should shun him. He's a vile piece of trash.
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yardwork
(61,629 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Princetonian
(1,501 posts)Who approved this garbage?
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SouthernProgressive
(1,810 posts)Leaving it at that. Thank you for putting it front and center.
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CDerekGo
(507 posts)the link more than once to see that this WAS NOT The Onion...
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madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)Pete Buttigieg knows who he is and doesn't give a shit what some jerk writes about him. We can all follow Mayor Pete's lead on this because no doubt he will shrug it off.
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MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Email going out to the publisher.
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Farmer-Rick
(10,182 posts)I read some of Peck...er's other articles and I wish I had gone blind before I read them. They were 2 reviews that eviserated the authors. I think this one is by far his most awful. I wish he would stop writing and getting published. He really is a bad writer. Like a better spoken Rush Limpballs with a homophobic twist.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Indygram
(2,113 posts)would motivate even more right wing religious whack jobs to vote for Trump. While good, decent, normal Americans may be ready for a gay president and would support and vote for Buttigieg...if he is the nominee it will also cause usually dormant hate mongers that don't vote to rise up in support of Trump.
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Peck
Dale Peck (born 1967) is an American novelist, critic, and columnist. His 2009 novel, Sprout, won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Children's/Young Adult literature, and was a finalist for the Stonewall Book Award in the Children's and Young Adult Literature category.
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dsc
(52,162 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LuvNewcastle
(16,846 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dsc
(52,162 posts)To say I don't see satire here is an understatement. If Falwell Jr. wrote this, the screams from gay would be heard on Mars.
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MustLoveBeagles
(11,611 posts)I think they're just covering their asses. That article is offensive in every way.
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Raven123
(4,844 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Has this person paid attention to some of our straight presidents???
Lmao.
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Demsrule86
(68,582 posts)horrible
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JI7
(89,251 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
mcar
(42,334 posts)Link to tweet
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Brian Stelter
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@brianstelter
TNR's response to my request for comment: "The New Republic recognizes that this post crossed a line, and while it was largely intended as satire, it was inappropriate and invasive," Chris Lehmann says
Link to tweet
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yardwork
(61,629 posts)We've all heard it. Confronted for saying something racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic, misogynistic - always the same excuse. "Can't you take a joke?! What's wrong with you??!!!"
Makes no difference if the writer claims to be gay himself. There's plenty of parallel violence in the world.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MustLoveBeagles
(11,611 posts)I can't believe this garbage was even published. What a disgusting hit piece against Mayor Buttegieg. And what was with the photo at the top right? It makes him look like a predator.
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Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Who was the author? Was it a hack into the site maybe?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
dsc
(52,162 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)I would think all their articles are cleared for publishing before published. Maybe it was a hack by a troll.
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dsc
(52,162 posts)so it wasn't a hack. I think they just took it down.
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Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)Editors Note
By THE NEW REPUBLIC
July 12, 2019
Dale Pecks post My Mayor Pete Problem has been removed from the site, in response to criticism of the pieces inappropriate and invasive content. We regret its publication.
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not_the_one
(2,227 posts)that there is no such thing as "bad" publicity.
If it gets attention, and "clicks", it does what it was intended to do.
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MustLoveBeagles
(11,611 posts)Read posts 22 for author info and 32 for an excerpt of the hit piece.
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Politicub
(12,165 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Celerity
(43,402 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dsc
(52,162 posts)and this isn't remotely good enough. TNR should be banned from all campaigns press rooms and no candidate should consent to an interview from them or any writer that is writing for them until an abject, total, and complete apology complete with firing of both the writer and the editor is forthcoming.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)By THE NEW REPUBLIC
July 12, 2019
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Dale Pecks post My Mayor Pete Problem has been removed from the site, in response to criticism of the pieces inappropriate and invasive content. We regret its publication.
It's gone, and good riddance.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dsc
(52,162 posts)First, this wasn't inappropriate it was offensive and bigoted. Second, TNR should be banned from every campaigns pressers, no candidate should grant interviews to this magazine or its writers unless and until there is an abject apology for this coupled with the firing of both the writer and the editor.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)The apology from New Republic is what it is. They pulled the article and now say they regret publishing it. That's about as far as any publication will go in such situations.
I don't read New Republic. Not very many people do. Even fewer will after this.
I doubt that the writer will ever see print in NR again. As for the editor, I have no idea what will happen to him or her.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)Since the catalyst for the attack was that Pete is accused of being a neo-liberal who doesn't conform to the author's idea of how a gay person should act can someone answer my question:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287200156
Thank you in advance
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yardwork
(61,629 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
highplainsdem
(48,993 posts)only complete failure of editorial judgment could explain it being published in the first place.
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