Posted by lacey lister on 3/12/2006, 3:29 am, in reply to "What A Pathetic Bid for Attention" --Previous Message--
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back off of Rudy, he has done so much to help current and future gay skaters he has earned the right to say what he wants he is a true sportsman!!!!!
: How very sad, Rudy. Your unnecessary
: attack on a fellow skater (Johnny
: Weir) in the media is sure to lose
: you a lot of your longtime fans. It
: has certainly cost you my support.
: As an out-and-proud lesbian and an
: adult figure skater, I have always
: admired you both professionally and
: personally. But there is absolutely
: no excuse for demanding a public
: outing of another athlete; you
: should be ashamed. You CHOOSE to
: discuss your sexual orientation
: publicly; good for you. You have no
: right to presume to make that choice
: for anyone else.
:
: Just as ludicrous is your contention
: that Mr. Weir "copies"
: your style. His skating could
: hardly be more different in style
: from yours (you whine that you
: sometimes see him do a spin or jump
: that reminds him of yours, but how
: many dozens of skaters who came
: before you could have said the same
: about your moves? You didn't invent
: a single one of the moves you
: perform, nor is the way you do them
: particularly original). And at the
: same time you decry that Mr. Weir is
: obligated to declare with whom he
: has sex simply because YOU have, you
: shriek that he is copying you just
: because he tends toward the
: flamboyant - as if you and only you
: own the skating world's rights to
: flamboyance! What an ego.
:
: It would appear that you are peeved
: over all of the media attention Mr.
: Weir has been receiving and tried to
: grab a bit for yourself by attacking
: him so publicly. The result is that
: you have shown yourself to be a
: jealous and shameless individual,
: willing to hurt anyone to get
: himself into the spotlight. Shame
: on you.
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