Ellen DeGeneres delivered a powerful commentary of the recent murder of openly gay 15 year old Lawrence King and the cultural attitudes that made the teenager killer think it was okay to shoot Lawrence.
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Thank you Ellen... again.
Chad | March 1, 2008 8:34 PM
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Every time her voice catches, I tear up.
Bil Browning | March 2, 2008 12:16 AM
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Ellen made a fine statement, and it should help win hearts and minds. But she really needs to get over this "I'm not a political person" thing and "This isn't politics". It is.
I get what she's saying - that *everyone* should agree that it's terrible to kill a child - and therefore it should be above politics, and thus rendering it apolitical. It doesn't.
When candidates run on issues that advocate discrimination and/or hate, when advocacy groups raise money and lower discource inciting public hatred, that *is* political, and requires a political response.
If the Ellens of the world opt out and can't muddy themselves with politics, the good people cede the field of battle to the bigots and idiots; and that is almost as dangerous as the bigotry itself.
Rory | March 2, 2008 2:37 AM
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I find that so hard to watch without tears coming to my eyes. I have always admired Ellen and she doesn't just speak for popularity, she actually feels, as we all should.
bill18702 | March 2, 2008 6:13 AM
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The violence against the gender variant community must end.
It simply must end.
Now.
shakay | March 2, 2008 9:50 AM
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