It's an open letter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in response to his "economic girlie men" comment during his address to the Republican National Convention. When I clicked on the link I was expecting an analysis of the issue of stereotyping, the difference between a satire of a character and actually making such statements, etc. Instead he took another approach - that girlie men, contrary to his comparison to "pessimistic critics," are typically "hopeless optimists," and he cites icons to make his point:
I've never known girlie men to be pessimistic about much of anything. Think of our leading girlie men icons - Liberace, Paul Lynde, Charles Nelson-Reilly, Freddy Mercury, Nathan Lane, and Harvey Fierstein - all hopeless optimists, smiling and fighting on in the face of adversity.Foreman then speculates that perhaps Schwarzenegger meant to suggest that the critics "BE girlie men."
It's refreshing to see a sense of humor being used as a tool while still making a serious statement.