THE CLOSET IS NO PLACE TO LIVE, SON!

Leigh Scott on encouraging the oppressed to live their lives more openly and freely:

In addition to having a really cool name, Van Jones has done what many are unable, or refuse to do. He has stepped out of the ideological closet and broadcast to the world the truth; he is a Communist. A loud and proud Marxist hell bent on “transforming” America into a worker’s paradise.

It saddens me that others do not feel comfortable enough to follow in this brave man’s footsteps. I watch with sadness, and a sense of embarrassment as Jones’ ideological kin hide behind labels like “progressive” and “liberal.” It’s 2009 people, for how long will our Communist brothers and sisters have to live in the shadows? ...

I can only imagine the sadness, the self-loathing, and injustice felt by all the Trotskyites out there who don’t feel comfortable to share the truth with the rest of us.

Why should a lesbian like Rachel Maddow feel comfortable to share her sexual preferences with those around her (who coincidentally, could care less) but doesn’t feel it appropriate to share her love of Chairman Mao and his policies?

This isn’t right. The time has come. Communists, come out of the closet! (more)