heh

One of my favorite new(ish) lefty writers is Glenn Greenwald. I've been referencing him in some of my posts and so on. He's really been doing some terrific writing that I really appreciate because it's very direct and substantive. Because of his sucess, he's become a target of the right wingers who choose not to address his argument, but rather just attack him personally.

One of the cool things about the "blog-o-sphere", at least as far as political commentary goes, is that identity really has nothing to do with your writing. Is what a person saying correct or not? Does that depend on knowing their name and what they do for a living? No, it does not.

So, what we knew about Glenn was that he's in his 30's and worked as a lawyer in New York for 10 years. That's about it. But, in response to the really nasty attacks from the nutzoid right wingers, he's published a mini-biography of himself on his blog, including this bit;

I've read repeatedly that I'm a closeted homosexual and even that I sued to keep my sexual orientation a secret. And needless to say, a central part of the ad hominem attacks from pro-Bush bloggers has now become a homophobic concentration on such matters.

I've been openly gay for 20 years. Despite the claims that I have tried to hide this and even sued to keep it a secret, the way the investigative geniuses of the right-wing blogosphere "discovered" that I was gay was that my partner and I commenced a lawsuit in 1996 which, among other things, sought a ruling that the "spousal communication" privilege statute in New York..

Glenn goes onto to explain how his partner is Brazillian, and because the U.S. immigration laws do not recognize that relationship, it causes them a great deal of hassle.

I'm not really sure where I'm going with this.. other than to say.. oh hey.. Glenn's a homo too.. which is cool and all. But more to the point, I had to go find a pic to see if he's cute.. Not my type.. damnit..