In Jan. 2024, in Glendale, a lunatic driver crashed head-on at high speed into a car in the opposite lane. Film historian David Skal and his "partner" were instantly killed; the reckless driver was unhurt! The video of the crash was online, it was truly horrific. It took a YEAR for the criminal to be brought to trial, and guess what- SLAP ON THE WRIST, no jail time!
For what this is worth- the evil David Colton of the Film Board eulogized Skal by praising not only his work, but also the fact that Skal was an open, "proud" gay. Well guess what- so was the lowlife that killed him, per the latter's Facebook page. Maybe that's why he walked free.
I did read a couple of his books, but my memory of them isn't too clear. Probably just as well, considering...
“(Skal) suggests that (Bram) Stoker was a masochist with ‘a strongly trans_gender perspective’ muffled by the conventions of his age...”
" 'a hom_oerotic seduction' of Renfield, the English solicitor Dracula invites up to his quarters..."
“As a precocious Midwestern grade schooler I was attracted to science fiction stories and films specifically because of their surreality, their nuttiness, their cracked-mirror reflections of a frightening Cold War decade when everything seemed on the verge of explosion and extinction..." As a GRADE SCHOOLER he felt this way (he was born in 1952)? He sounds like a mega-pretentious BS artist who sees everything through the distorted lens of hom_osexuality/Liberalism.
Still, a lousy way to die. Maybe if g_ays were repressed by society as they used to be (and SHOULD be), Hell, maybe if LAWS were enforced as they used to be, this wouldn't have happened. Certainly, his murderer wouldn't be walking free.
-RM
-I keep getting "An error occurred while trying to publish your comment." If this post comes up in triplicate, please ignore the extra postings.
-Comment not posting. Going to try it with redactions.
To clarify: I tried to post a lengthy comment, but was repeatedly told "something went wrong." Tried several times with same result. Finally I re-sent it with some "offensive" terms redacted, and got the usual "Will be posted when approved," etc. Now my followup message is here, but not the actual post. What is going on?
That's the problem--we haven't/don't hear from them(courtesy msm).
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In Jan. 2024, in Glendale, a lunatic driver crashed head-on at high speed into a car in the opposite lane. Film historian David Skal and his "partner" were instantly killed; the reckless driver was unhurt! The video of the crash was online, it was truly horrific. It took a YEAR for the criminal to be brought to trial, and guess what- SLAP ON THE WRIST, no jail time!
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For what this is worth- the evil David Colton of the Film Board eulogized Skal by praising not only his work, but also the fact that Skal was an open, "proud" gay. Well guess what- so was the lowlife that killed him, per the latter's Facebook page. Maybe that's why he walked free.
-RM
Here's Skal's obit, which I hadn't read before:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/books/david-skal-scholar-dead.html
I did read a couple of his books, but my memory of them isn't too clear. Probably just as well, considering...
“(Skal) suggests that (Bram) Stoker was a masochist with ‘a strongly trans_gender perspective’ muffled by the conventions of his age...”
" 'a hom_oerotic seduction' of Renfield, the English solicitor Dracula invites up to his quarters..."
“As a precocious Midwestern grade schooler I was attracted to science fiction stories and films specifically because of their surreality, their nuttiness, their cracked-mirror reflections of a frightening Cold War decade when everything seemed on the verge of explosion and extinction..." As a GRADE SCHOOLER he felt this way (he was born in 1952)? He sounds like a mega-pretentious BS artist who sees everything through the distorted lens of hom_osexuality/Liberalism.
Still, a lousy way to die. Maybe if g_ays were repressed by society as they used to be (and SHOULD be), Hell, maybe if LAWS were enforced as they used to be, this wouldn't have happened. Certainly, his murderer wouldn't be walking free.
-RM
-I keep getting "An error occurred while trying to publish your comment." If this post comes up in triplicate, please ignore the extra postings.
-Comment not posting. Going to try it with redactions.
Sure enough, the comment went through with the redactions! GooGoo is DEFINITELY blocking "offensive" posts!
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Where's the comment-? did they remove it completely?
DeleteTo clarify: I tried to post a lengthy comment, but was repeatedly told "something went wrong." Tried several times with same result. Finally I re-sent it with some "offensive" terms redacted, and got the usual "Will be posted when approved," etc. Now my followup message is here, but not the actual post. What is going on?
Delete-RM