1) dan white was a misunderstood man
(a) dan white killed milk because of politics and not homosexuality
(b) dan white was a homophobic bigot

2 harvey milk was v. good at manipuliting people to get his way
a harvey milk was paranoid
b harvey milk was a genuine progressive

3 the riots that followed the death of harvey milk, were teh first step into turning him into a saint, and not a human, and the latter steps, made milk famous, made sure that his memory never died, he became enshrined by governments, on local and state levels (and even nationally)
b) that enshrinement erased the difficulties in the narrative of both white and milks life.


4) it also made white into a cartoon villian, and priotirzed middle class, gay male, victimology, and avoided talking about issues of mental illness and class that white personified, even though milk was v. much about issues of mental illness and class

5) the narrative of white, of him as this perfect man (soilder, cop, firefighter, father), who hated fags so much, that he had to kill them, does a great disservice to his legacy,