Really, if any professional publication can, and should, avoid using inane ASCII symbols it's Gawker, innit? The word is in quotes, after all. Whose delicate sensibilities are you trying to protect here?
Because I am a complete loser, I notice (I think) that you changed the headline. Really what's the point of not writing out the whole word "FAGGOT"? Knowing-- as many of us do!-- which word "FA**OT" refers to, are we to be less offended (or, in the case of my faggot ass, more not offended) if we don't have to look at all of the letters?
Ya know what? I got the subtle impression they didn't like him much. I don't know. I just can't tell anymore without somebody holding a sign comparing the speaker to Hitler.
"Gay drama". People were talking about state cutbacks, furloughs, the foreclosure crisis after Arnold left. You think this video showed "gay drama" because of one heckler's remark? Gay marriage didn't seem to be a part of this video, it didn't seem even uh, mentioned.
And the disastrous Governator seemed quite flappable- he seemed to make his comments in a hurry and got out of there quick. Believe it or not, SF politics is not entirely gay-centric, and this video seems to have little relation to the way you're selling it. "Gays vs Arnold!" it certainly wasn't.
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And the disastrous Governator seemed quite flappable- he seemed to make his comments in a hurry and got out of there quick. Believe it or not, SF politics is not entirely gay-centric, and this video seems to have little relation to the way you're selling it. "Gays vs Arnold!" it certainly wasn't.
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