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Leland Yee Stirs Up Nest of Homophobia: Hate Mail to Prove It

by: Brian Leubitz

Tue Apr 20, 2010 at 11:30:00 AM PDT


I live in San Francisco, and if you asked me which of our legislators I would have written that sentence about, my first guess would not have been Leland Yee. You'd think that would be one of our two openly gay legislators. Well, I'm sure they get their fair share of homophobic hate mail, but today, I've got some hate mail from the Office of Senator Leland Yee.  It's always fun to go through and vote on the best hate mail, so there's a poll after the flip.

Apparently, some of the right-wingers are getting very protective of the resigning Gov. Palin.  They really do not appreciate that Sen. Yee has been asking questions of CSU-Stanislaus about how much she was paid, and what were the arrangements of the deal.  While Yee isn't trying to block the appearance, rather just open the contract up to the light, that part isn't getting the attention of our resident right-wing talk show hosts. And then you get filtered down to the even more mentally imbalanced folks, and this is where you land.

Now, much of this is how shall we say this, rather gross. I'm going to go ahead and put it over the flip, rather than assaulting the eyes of folks who land on the home page.  These are really quite offensive, caution is advised.  Check them out over the flip...

Brian Leubitz :: Leland Yee Stirs Up Nest of Homophobia: Hate Mail to Prove It
You have to love that people still own fax machines. I wonder if they've been notified of this caller ID technology. Do they make a special trip to Kinko's for this?

"To: JoBama Rectum Sniffer Fish Head Leland Yee" and then in all capital letters, "WERE YOU TO EXTRACT YOUR HEAD FROM TREASONOUS MARXIST NIG**R HUSSEIN OBAMA'S RECTUM, YOUR BRAIN WOULD STILL FUNCTION AT ITS PRESENT MUCH DIMINISHED LEVEL BUT AT LEAST THE NIG**R SH*T SMELL WOULD EVENTUALLY DISSIPATE."

The fax, which included a graphic of an American flag adorned pickup truck dragging a noose, also states "FIGHTING The Marxist Nig**r Thug Hussein Obama" and "Safeguard the Constitution, Death of all Domestic Marxists!"

Apparently, fax is THE way to send your hate mail these days. Kind of like AOL is to sales pitches for various "enhancement" drugs.  But this guy, well, he has a plan for some more advanced technology. And boy, is that a memorable URL.

Another fax received by the Senator's office with a similar graphic says, "NEW WEBSITE COMING SOON:  lyeesucksobamasnig**ras*.com," as well as "JoBama.  HE IS BRAVE ENOUGH TO KILL OUR UNBORN, JUST NOT BRAVE ENOUGH TO CALL OUR ENEMIES WHAT THEY ARE: Muslim Terrorists!"  The fax also includes a rifle scope targeting a shirt with the communist hammer and sickle symbol.

Finally, there was also a voicemail. And he has a suggestion for some performance art to squeeze in between various equestrian acts in Tijuana.

One of the phone messages left after hours in Yee's office voicemail says, "You know, I heard that Senator Yee wants to nix Sarah Palin from speaking at Stanislaus State...Maybe we ought to have a homosexual with a long enough di*k to where he can stick it up his as* and fu*k himself while he is on stage giving a speech.  That would be acceptable to Leland Yee.  So, good thing you run in San Francisco 'cause you'd never make it anywhere else."
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Link... (0.00 / 0)
via Politico.  (Sorry, couldn't find a link anywhere about the specific threats made.)

Palin's fans are off their rockers (0.00 / 0)
No one can say anything about their favorite celebrity.

Can't bring myself to vote. Oy, what a creature. (0.00 / 0)


I'm union staff, but not a spokesperson for my union - all posts represent my views solely.

hehe (0.00 / 0)
Just what I needed first thing in the morning...

Were the asterisks in the original? (0.00 / 0)
I never understand why people won't reprint slurs or expletives when quoting them -- it's not like we don't know what the word is, and by bowdlerizing the text, we both give the words power and protect the person who originally used the slur or expletives.

No, those were edited into the press release (0.00 / 0)
by the Senator's press team. I just copied and pasted. I see your point though.

I think?

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I didn't think you'd made the deletions [n/t] (0.00 / 0)


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hate mail (0.00 / 0)
One of the common elements of the far right's entry into the discourse (?) is the amount of hate spewed. This is not the only place it can be witnessed. It may be "elitist" to suggest that some ability with the language, some attempt to refrain from the sexual/scatological references would aid legitimate discussion, but that's where I come down. I'm not about to recommend limitation on freedom of speech, but I find I only have to read a little of this vomit to get the point. Racism and phobias of all stripes are rampant, and as much as it angers me, I find it all very sad.  

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