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Bobby,
WELL, I have been consumed by this Donnie Davies fellow for the better part of a week. I was initially OUTRAGED and DISGUSTED by this man. I, however, gave him power by going to every link and youtube I could get my hands on. I have the "Gay Bands" list memorized.
THEN, after some snooping,, I have discovered that this has been uncovered as a hoax. Turns out it is, in fact, a complete satire. I'll add a link at the bottom to one of the articles exposing it. Once I found this out, I went back and watched all the videos again and must say, this guy is kind of a genius. For people like me, who can find the genius and humor in this satire I think it is HILARIOUS! However, I have a fear of all the ignorant people in the world who DON'T get the joke and this helps fuel there hatred and bigotry.
My hope is that this will be exposed as a joke, not just on the internet, and then this truly funny man can continue his satire without harming people. I believe his intentions where actually quite good, and I applaud his ability to pull it off, but like Boratt, it's MUCH funnier if you're in on the joke.
Here's the most recent news articla as well as a link to the Andrew Sullivan "Time" blog that REALLY did the big exposure. "Donnie Davies" even mentions him in one of his videos, sort of a wink to Andrew for figuring it out.
http://www.newyorkblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=11101
http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2007/01/davies-exposed-as-actor-joel-oglesby.html
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