Some of the comments I receive and decline to publish make no sense whatsoever.
A recent example referred (in the middle of even stranger fantasies) to the late FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover, as a "proud LGBT." There is no direct evidence Hoover was gay, though there's certainly plenty of rumor and not-unfounded speculation; but if so, Hoover was extremely closeted. That's the opposite of what "proud" means in such a context.
(Hoover's rumored collection of files of damming material about politicians and other public figures makes sense if the rumors were true -- it would have been counter-blackmail against anyone threatening to unmask his secret.)
But the whole thing is just lurid rumor. We don't know and barring the discovery of a tell-all diary or other unimpeachable evidence, we never will. It all seems moot at this point; he's long gone and so, apparently, are his secret files. Who cares?
And that's just one example of the inability of some people to make sense. A frothing mash-mash of wild stories you -- or me, or anyone -- happen to find emotionally appealing does not constitute evidence or even a useful contribution to debate. It's not going to get published.
Sheesh. The number of federal employees or officials in law enforcement who would identify as “proud LGBT” in the US in the 50s & 60s was probably in the single digits.
ReplyDeleteWait, Hoover's blackmail files were "just a rumor?" What about the MLK blackmail, Cointelpro, or MK Ultra?
ReplyDeleteAre you a complete badge licker? Or just when LE says a rethuglikkkan is bad?
Here's how it works, "Unknown:" things for which there is no actual proof are rumor. Things which for which there is proof -- MK Ultra, Cointelpro and IIRC, the attempt to blackmail MLK -- are not.
ReplyDeleteHoover's files existed -- but the official reason for their existence and the location where they were kept is quite different to the rumored reasons for them and the supposed uses to which they were put. There is no proof of the latter. So it is a rumor.
Are you a complete window-licker, or only slightly stupid? Don't expect to ever have a comment published here again, due to your insulting behavior and use of childish names. There's grownup stuff to worry about; name-calling is silly and futile.