Maybe, Pat, I thought you should just be happy Cawthorn lost. Last week, I’d penned a draft of this piece but started doubting my instincts. More: House Ethics to investigate Cawthorn over cryptocurrency, relationship with staffer I can just picture an interviewed older Hendersonville resident smiling, shaking their head, and calling him a “rascal” or “sly dog.” It makes one wonder if a naked Cawthorn filmed atop a woman would’ve been enough to make up for the cocaine and orgies. This is the same Tucker Carlson who released a trailer for his “The End of Men” documentary that’s more homoerotic than the best of Abercrombie and Fitch’s mid-aughts advertising.Ĭonservatives could creep up to the gay line, but living openly? That’s a bridge too far. He’d be dragged, similar to how Tucker Carlson dragged him for taking paternal leave, saying he was doing so to breastfeed. Imagine if photos of the openly gay Pete Buttigieg wearing women’s clothes ever surfaced. When Cawthorn videotapes behavior much lewder than anything I’d ever feel comfortable showcasing publicly, he has the luxury of claiming jest. If I wanted to show affection to a hypothetical partner in public, conservative folks are the first to tell me to think of the children. I remember being at a family wedding and overhearing some relatives complain about a gay couple “rubbing their gayness in everyone’s faces.” Said couple was participating in a very chaste slow dance alongside multiple straight couples. More: Trump-endorsed Madison Cawthorn loses reelection bid for NC 11th congressional districtīoyle column: Will Madison Cawthorn get the message now? If they’d known I was gay, they’d never make those comments in my presence.ĭo I think this is what lost Cawthorn the election? Not necessarily, but it’s been a helpful reminder of where I stand in America.
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I’ve started pushing back when I hear it now, which, in my experience, means I should lighten up and learn how to take a joke. It pains me how long I convinced myself this kind of homophobia-lite was something to accept because of its prevalence. Now, I was initially delighted by Cawthorn’s “gay phase” - texting friends and tweeting nonsense myself - but I fear most of the other commenters weren’t mocking the Republican ethos of “do as I say, not as I do” as much as they were making light of being gay. No other controversy energized commenters this much, not his pathological lying nor helping cite an insurrection that killed five Americans. They thought they’d elected a Christian - but the comment section at large feels like a roast, with people from both sides of the aisle gleefully taunting Cawthorn for wearing women’s clothing and humping men. Now? Your occasionally sanctimonious commenter says how disappointed they are. More: Historic victories for Asheville LGBTQ candidates could mean new wave of representation Prior, the comments were mostly sycophantic, mostly fellow right-wing, radicalized Americans telling him how great he is. I’ve diligently followed (some might say stalked) Cawthorn’s social media since his tenure and noticed a marked shift in the interactions after the lingerie photos surfaced. I believe Cawthorn is a specific danger, and it’s time the left played as dirty as the right. It’s weird because I don’t even blame those who spread the content. A photo of Cawthorn wearing women’s lingerie and two videos of him suggestively interacting with a male cousin were picked to intentionally court the homophobia I can occasionally fool myself into thinking we’ve moved past. It feels like the trio of homoerotic leaks that seem to have been his final death knell.
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I wanted to be elated at Madison Cawthorn’s primary defeat, but as a gay man, there’s a bittersweet element.
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Pat Brothwell says most politicians are self-absorbed, but few are as blatant about it as Madison Cawthorn.