[quote]it wasn't until only a short time ago that homosexuality was not a crime[/quote]
You're completely missing the point. This isn't
about the sexual orientation of a one of the greatest
heroes of the 20th century, that made John Wayne
look like a pansy in comparison.
J. Edgar Hoover was a notorious homosexual, and
that didn't slow his career down in the least. He
was a meticulous clerk that kept files on everyone
and no one would dare touch him, because he had
worse dirt on everyone.
He knew how to deal with government assholes.
And he got his name on all sorts of building and
is revered as the founder of the prestigious FBI.
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[quote]Richard M. Nixon chose in 1971 not to remove J. Edgar Hoover as head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in part because he feared that [b]Mr. Hoover would "bring down the temple" by releasing damaging information[/b] about him, according to newly released transcripts of the former President's White House tape-recorded conversations.[/quote]
Whatever the sexual sins of Hoover, Nixon's
were far, far worse. As we found out a couple
years later.
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[quote]When President Nixon was told that Hoover had died, he apparently exclaimed, “Jesus Christ. That old c***sucker!â€[/quote]
The government assholes were frightened and
jealous of Alan Turing, and used his weakness
(and it didn't matter what it was) to attack and
destroy him. Assholes in power are always
threatened by brilliant agents of change, and
destroy them if at all possible.
Scully managed to flare an Airbus with no power
and save a couple hundred lives and he's a
goddamned legendary international hero.
Alan Turing saves 14 million, invents the computer
that everyone uses today, and in return is prosecuted
and poisoned and forgotten.
Fucking revolting.
One of the greatest geniuses of all time, Galileo,
was attacked and jailed by the powers that be
at the time, that were frightened of him. Accused
of heresy, he spent the rest of his life in house arrest
for one of the greatest astronomical discoveries.
That was a wonderful "thank you" from the assholes in
charge, for his brilliance.
Spot the pattern?
Contrast these men with Errol Flynn, who was a
bisexual alcoholic pedophile drug addict. He's a
regular hero in Hollywood. As if his off-screen
antics mattered. They didn't threaten anyone.