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Haribo Lector's avatar

They weren't even "sorry you were offended".

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TGuerrant's avatar

More like a buyout from the Daily Caller.

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pooracademic's avatar

He's really worth reading. For one he's really prescient, and talks about things like bisexuality and "situational homosexuality" in terms that still work today even though his terminology ended up not being adopted. Also his arguments against the bigots of his day are still relevant, like when he blasts Protestant preachers demanding that homosexual men be celibate when they themselves don't ever have to refrain from intimacy and sex with their wives.

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Pugsandcoffee's avatar

Gawker has never been about this type of integrity. I'm almost shocked people are paying attention now.

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Takoma DC's avatar

Agree.

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L. Ron Pony  🇺🇦's avatar

Leafs libul!!1!

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ladycrim's avatar

Also, pussies have been known to push entire tiny humans out of them. Strikes me as pretty dang powerful. Meanwhile, the phrase "have the balls to [do whatever]" means to be strong - and yet the balls are probably the most delicate and easily-pained part of the body. Maybe the two phrases need to be flipped.

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ladycrim's avatar

Thank you for demonstrating Responsible Journalism by reporting on the article without naming the subject of the original piece!

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Guest's avatar

I could not agree with you more. there are so many things all human beings have in common and that is funny that can be used to generate a laugh because we can all relate, using these discriminatory stereotypes are hurtful and shaming and really NOT funny. when those making these lazy jokes are called out the they use the stupid 'pc' crap defence

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Snopes Shop's avatar

Demanding that he be "gay".

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spacecat in space's avatar

"Man up. Grow a pair."

"Level up. Grow a pussy."

Yeah, I kinda dig it.

"You pussy."

"You (sorry, musty, wrinkly) sack of testes."

Yup. Works.

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ItsGoingToBe's avatar

Please...YOU calling someone a troll? You were a nasty asshole on Gawker, why are you so demure here? Your hyper posting was insufferable...every fucking story had one of your boring ass snarky comments under it. We used to wait until your ass showed up to say something stupid. Now that gawker is drowning, what are you going to do? You lived for that site, LMAO! Bye, cunt.

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shelwood's avatar

Yes, clearly you are the kind of high-quality intelligent commenter that Wonkette and Gawker treasure and I am the troll. Glad you made that clear to everyone.

Loser.

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SadieLechner's avatar

This article is just another reason I love Wonkette (not THAT kind of love, not that there's anything wrong with love between a married, straight, committed, woman in Montana and several writers/editors of differing genders and orientations, or MSCWMSWEDGO, mind you) and why I'm sending you monieez tomorrow.

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H@ll0 K1tt1's avatar

I don't even remember what politician the gay prostitute sex story was about.

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