Sontag’s Sexuality Shouldn’t Be an Issue

Underlying Patrick Moore’s Jan. 4 commentary, “Susan Sontag and a Case of Curious Silence,� runs the observation that most, if not all, gays and lesbians inherently know that their penchant for those of the same gender is an aberration, physiologically contrary and conflicted, and therefore a situation to keep in the dark, as Sontag apparently did and understood. It is likewise understandable that even the liberal news media may have subliminally avoided making Sontag’s lifestyle an issue or paramount to what she had accomplished in life. It is likewise not suited as a factor in discussing her attributes after her death. I can see the politically correct future of journalism as proffered by activist Moore. That is, why not then include in anyone’s obituary that their accomplishments in life were in part attributed to their being hetero- sexual?

Richard M. Holbrook

Sylmar