Laying Beats Down and Getting Beat Down

All too often it seems like the only quality entertainment in this country is the product of liberal homosexuals. Any hope that conservative homosexuals might have something to contribute to the creative community disappears with the video Young Cons, in which a male couple from Dartmouth spit rhymes describing their political ideology.

These two Dartmouth frosh, Josh Riddle and David Rufful, gained some online notoriety when right-wing blog Powerline prominently touted their video last week. Of course it should come as no surprise that Powerline neglects to mention that the pair are gay, but the Young Con Anthem contains some surprises of its own. Why, for example, would a homosexual who does not loathe himself rap something like this? “Thank you Miss Cali for reminding us of marriage/Can't support abortion, and call yourself a Christian….” The rest of the rap (lyrics here) leads one to wonder how any human being with a shred of dignity would perform it publicly.

The two play for Dartmouth basketball, and it is clear that b-ball means a lot to them—perhaps the locker room taunts got to be too much for them. An article on TheDartmouth.com alludes to some of the difficulties the couple has faced, and the strength they have found in each other. Rufful tells the site:

"I committed first, so the pressure was really more on [Josh] than me. I was secretly pushing him to go… Having a partner in the process of joining a new team has made it a lot easier and a lot more fun," Rufful said. "Someone [like Josh] can understand what I'm going through and help me out."

A recent post on Dartmouth Sports describes the love affair—Riddle and Rufful met in summer camp and later consummated their relationship at a college preparatory school—the extra year of high school many sub-par sports recruits take so that an Ivy League school will accept them. (Never mind the fact that Dartmouth is barely an Ivy League University.)

David Rufful and Josh Riddle have achieved a dream that each had been imagining since very young ages. Although they have known each other for less than two years, the two freshmen on the Dartmouth men’s basketball team have had parallel paths to realizing their dreams….

During the summer going into their post-graduate year, coach John Carroll advised the two of them go to the Penn basketball camp together to get to know one another. ‘That year really helped us mature and get ready for this type of situation,’ said Riddle….

“Playing together definitely made the decision much more comfortable because we were familiar with what the other was going through,” said Ruffle.

We sympathize with Rufful and Riddle’s dilemma, but it seems to us they are approaching the matter entirely wrong. We hope that Dartmouth’s prominent BGTLSA community can help them come to terms with their evident taste for hardcore anal sex, anal rimming, and teen lit classic A Separate Peace.