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		<title>Johnny Weir—Skater, Stylist, Sodomist</title>
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JOHNNY WEIR—SKATER, STYLIST, SODOMIST
 
By Swami X, AX International Writer
February 8, 4:30 pm EST
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CHICAGO (AX)—The fruity 2008 Olympic bronze medal winning American figure skater, Johnny Weir, decided to use the skating ring to make his statement: “I’m queer, I’m here—-deal with it!” But instead of making his declaration in words, he did it by designing [...]]]></description>
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<p>JOHNNY WEIR—SKATER, STYLIST, SODOMIST</p>
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<p>By Swami X, AX International Writer</p>
<p>February 8, 4:30 pm EST</p>
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<p>CHICAGO (AX)—The fruity 2008 Olympic bronze medal winning American figure skater, Johnny Weir, decided to use the skating ring to make his statement: <em>“I’m queer, I’m here—-deal with it!” </em>But instead of making his declaration in words, he did it by designing a totally faggy black sleeveless dress with sheer white sleeves.</p>
<p>This story would have passed away overnight with all the other “Gay Man Does Something Silly” articles if it weren’t for a specific choice he made—-having a tuft of fox fur placed on the shoulder of his gown. The animal rights group, Friends of Animals, didn’t take too kindly to this accentuation and wrote Mr. Weir a letter asking him to have it removed.</p>
<p>Weir’s response at first was, <em>“Deal with it, bitch!”</em> that was, until he started to receive threats from less stable elements within the animal rights movement.  Said his agent, Tara Modlin, <em>“Since when was a man wearing a dress a crime?”</em> One needs go no further than our Holy Bible for an answer to her query:</p>
<p>Genesis 37:3  <em>And God said to Joseph, “What’s with the gay dress? You have forced me to throw you into a pit and then sell you into slavery” to which Joseph responded, “What-e-ver, God!” </em></p>
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<p>Weir said that wearing fur was a personal choice. <em>“There are other causes that concern me more, such as homelessness, soldiers dying and the devastation of Haiti.”</em></p>
<p>One might ask what exactly Weir has done for these “other causes” that he professes to be so “concerned” about, as his busy schedule of ten hours a day at his sewing machine and a half-hour a day skating doesn’t leave much time for social activism. One might also ask how not contributing to an industry that anally electrocutes and often skins animals alive in cruel and unusual ways would detract in any way his “concern” for the aforementioned causes. The questioning “one” would have to be outside of the mainstream media, of course, as the depth of reporting coming from that controlled group of whores is about as shallow as the hidden graves of the oversea victims of the CIA. To their credit, on American soil they bury the bodies a lot deeper.</p>
<p>This writer cares for the rights of the small tribe of Botswelians who, due to an oppressive tribe leader, have been unable to trim their armpit hair for decades but this priority would not lead him to kick a homeless person in passing—-even if he didn’t care about the homeless situation.</p>
<p>Being aloof to suffering is one thing; justifying it is something entirely different. Perhaps Johnny Weir should stick with skating and designing women’s fashion for gay men and not feign compassion while not accepting responsibility for his choices.</p>
<p><em><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-weir-fur&amp;prov=ap&amp;type=lgns"><span style="color: #0000ff;">http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-weir-fur&amp;prov=ap&amp;type=lgns</span></a></em></p>
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<p><em>Swami X is a rebel yogi who only wears dresses made with faux fur.</em></p>
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