Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
I believe that's correct, although Harvey Milk's sexuality does come into play when nearly 45 years later he's still being martyred. No one would remember him if he were straight.
Thanks to Alan for bringing his usual clarity to an issue. Yes, “martyred” is the concept here.

As I careened around the web last night sampling headlines and first paragraphs in articles about Harvey Milk, I saw NPR make the point of Milk’s assassination being tied to the shooter’s conflict with Harvey on LGBTetc. issues. Oh also we should see Milk’s killing as part police brutality*, that came up on another website.

But thanks to bae, This is been a good exercise for me to examine what really happened and then how through the eyes of history concepts about that event are changed.

*Dan White worked, seemingly briefly, as a police officer.