In Movieline’s Broadsheet post this morning, Stu VanAirsdale linked to a column on Andrew Breitbart’s site, Big Hollywood. In the column, Patrick Courrielche goes on at some length about what it’s like to be conservative in liberal Hollywood, at one point describing an interaction with two gay man at a dinner meeting and likening his own experiences as a conservative in Hollywood to the experience of coming out as gay.
I won’t argue that some liberals have a blanket bias against all conservatives, and I don’t dispute that Patrick Courrielche has probably been on the receiving end of that. What I take issue with is the idea that being left off a dinner party invitation list exists anywhere in the same universe as being beaten and killed for who you are, disowned by your family for who you are, fearing for your safety simply because you’re holding your significant other’s hand in public, enduring systematic oppression from political parties conservative and liberal. Patrick Courrielche, the next sound you hear will be the world’s smallest violin, playing just for you.
