Op-Ed Piece in NY Times

I usually just link to something this, but I always hate when the article vanishes and link becomes a link to nowhere. So...I copied!

The Bigots’ Last Hurrah
By FRANK RICH
Published: April 18, 2009

WHAT would happen if you crossed that creepy 1960s horror classic “The Village of the Damned” with the Broadway staple “A Chorus Line”? You don’t need to use your imagination. It’s there waiting for you on YouTube under the title “Gathering Storm”: a 60-second ad presenting homosexuality as a national threat second only to terrorism.

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"Gathering Storm" gets flagged (but not the rainbow kind)

My previous post mentions the anti-gay ad "Gathering Storm." I saw it once on TV and was equal parts horrified by the message and amused by the unintentional irony. (A rainbow coalition of bigots? WTF?) After reading in the NY Times article about it being on YouTube (but not as popular as its parodies), I decided to check it out on YouTube.

Once I found it, the "Flag as Inappropriate" button called out to me. I clicked on the button and gave as my reason "Contains hateful language"--or something to that effect. Feel free to do the same. Gathering Storm on YouTube
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