Rick at Stuck on the Palmetto got going this morning with a rather rancid take on Michael Mayo's column in the Sun-Sentinel about the isolation of gay inmates at the Broward County Jail. His post on the column, illustrated with a bar of soap, ends thusly:
"Hey, if the guys wants to mix with general population, let them mix with general population. Better yet, before they transfer, let's give them some high heels, lipstick, pink tutus and a big, Costco-sized tub of Vaseline."
Yes it's insulting. Yes it's stupid. Yes it's demeaning to a large class of people.
And all that's fine with me. Unfortunately, it's not funny, ranking right up there with Judge Jerry Levenson's idiotic "tight end" remark in court (only without the public's interest being involved). There's your crime.









The obviously exaggerated (at least I thought it was obvious) characterization of male homosexuality that I used was in response to the obvious idiocy of these guys wanting to be released back into general population where we all know what goes on. It was directed at guys who, in my opinion, are showing some very poor judgment, which I attempted to lampoon to a certain degree.
While your link is dead, the actual remarks of the Broward judge as well as to whom they were directed can be found here at SotP, as well as our response to them.
The fact that readers are directed to your post on the JAA blog being dead and the fact that the actual comments of the judge are nowhere to be found or accessed by going there, gives me a little hint of what may be going on here, Bob.
Like you said, "That's all fine with me."
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Posted at: December 6, 2007 6:45 PM