Groan! How often do we end up going through this? Matt "Dirty" Sanchez (okay, I added the "Dirty" nickname) is a former Marine, and was at the Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann "Horseface" Coulter made the rather indelicate reference to John Edwards as a "faggot."
Well, let's get it straight from the horse's ... mouth.
It was cold on Tuesday morning in Manhattan, and I was late for classes. I was a bit groggy from studying for my midterms and working full time at a marketing firm where I'd just made partner. I don't drink coffee, and in my morning haze, I didn't notice the messages piling up on my BlackBerry. Once I looked, I realized there was a lot of hate mail mixed in with the spam.Several bloggers were posting pictures of me and Coulter together and noting, gleefully, that the guy with his arm around the waist of the woman who called Edwards a faggot had, once upon a time, acted in adult films.
Some of the sites were comparing me to Rich Merritt, a Marine Corps captain who appeared in gay films. Others were comparing me to Jeff Gannon and claiming that I too had advertised my services as a male escort. I won't deny it, or that I acted in several adult movies 15 years ago under names like Pierre LaBranche and Rod Majors.
We all have a tendency to want to hate the enemy. I suppose that's why Coulter gets applause when she uses terms like "faggot" or "ragheads" (was that the last Coulter scandal, or was it her comments about 9/11 widows?). I also suppose that's why I got so much abuse in my in box when gay and liberal bloggers posted ancient pictures of me.
I never imagined that I could become a "public figure" without facing scrutiny. And I sought attention. I'm the first to admit that I want to be heard, read and taken seriously. But some issues are complex, and some really are simple. People complain of a lack of depth in public discourse and the way complicated debates get compressed into meaningless sound bites. Well, porn is just ... porn. Self-explanatory and without depth. The pictures do the talking, and however many pictures there may be in video stores or warehouses or online, they still don't have anything interesting to say. I am concerned, though, that they may make some people feel inadequate. As a conservative, I like to insist on equal opportunity, even if some do start off with more than others.
Oh yeah, former Republican "journalist"/male prostitute Jeff Gannon was also there. I totally love how conservatives can bleat that they have the right to legally deny same-sex couples equal protection under the law, but men who whore themselves first in the adult entertainment industry and then as Republican shills are not to be called on their hypocrisy. (And truth to tell, whoring oneself sexually just seems to be at least comparatively honest.) It is just like when Dick Cheney refused to answer questions from Wolf Blitzer about Dick's lesbian daughter Mary Cheney having a child with her partner. The rules of marginalizing minorities apparently don't apply if you are a Republican.
So, when Horseface Ann Coulter used "faggot" how many people were in the room that the label could have applied to? And Matt "Dirty" Sanchez seems to be spending a lot of time whining about being a victim. What a whiner!
This "version" of my article for Salon.com is COMPLETELY false. I'm impressed.
Several bloggers were posting pictures of me and Coulter together and noting, gleefully, that the guy with his arm around the waist of the woman who called Edwards a faggot had, once upon a time, acted in adult films.
Some of the sites were comparing me to Rich Merritt, a Marine Corps captain who appeared in gay films. Others were comparing me to Jeff Gannon and claiming that I too had advertised my services as a male escort. I won't deny it, or that I acted in several adult movies 15 years ago under names like Pierre LaBranche and Rod Majors.
Hey there,
Um, what color is the sky on your home world?
You have already admitted that you did indeed act in adult films. And, may I point out that according to your screen credits, that was for a fair chunk of the 1990's. You have admitted that you did work as a male escort. Yup, that was indeed anti-gay Ann Coulter with your arm around her in the photo, at the same event that she used the word "faggot."
So, explain to me how relating verifiable fact is "slander" Apparently, only conservatives get the right to comment on stuff.