Oh my crotch, the run-on sentences are
maddening.
This is quite good, but damn. Thanks for posting. I especially loved this:
"For every person who has his rigid homophobic ideology shattered by "Brokeback"'s emotional hammer, there is a confused neocon who redoubles his efforts to replant it."
That is absolutely true. Just cruise some of the movie forums on the web. For every positive response that's posted, there's a homophobic comment to combat it. Or four.
And here's something that I was stunned to read and see:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200601200002
[Chris] Matthews cited [Michael] Savage's "Bareback Mounting" characterization of Brokeback Mountain; [Don] Imus cited producer's "Fudgepack Mountain" remark