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Hillary says: Don't kill yourself.

I can only imagine the impression this makes on a young, gay person who actually is suicidal. I'm old, heterosexual, and an immense fan of staying alive. But I can't see why would it would help to hear this dreary, robotic intonation of conventional advice from a representative of an administration that is fighting, in courts, against the rights of gay people to serve in the military and to marry.

ADDED: "Tomorrow will be better"... that's the message. I note the red dress. Why not:



AND: I think that song really makes you want to stay alive. Look:



There's so much room for personal taste. To each his own. For love partners and for things that stimulate the will to live.

Full post as published by Althouse on October 21, 2010 (boomark / email).