Talk:Clyde Tolson

message: The content of this article is in considerable dispute.  Can someone shed some light on the pros and cons? -- Zoe
:There's nothing in this article, except the explicit statement of being "gay" that isn't already in J. Edgar Hoover in a more useful form.  I think I can NPOV it a bit.  Ortolan88
But friends and relatives of both Hoover and Tolson deny that either one was gay, nor that they were lovers.  -- Zoe
:: They've had their hand in between? Doesn't really matter unless it is true that Hoover was also attending gay parties in NY and was blackmailed by Meyer Lanski with photos. (Mentioned in the movie "The Curse Of J Edgar Hoover". Maybe they were both impotent, who knows and who cares? 121.209.56.25 (talk) 02:01, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  How, pray tell, does someone LOOK gay? Because he doesn't fit your stereotypical and bigoted norms about how a man should look? Because you're predisposed to see him in a certain light? I'm surprised that your comment has been up lo long without someone challenging it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.235.228 (talk) 19:30, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Homosexual?  

message: The beginning of the article uses the phrase "he is best known as" and lists a couple of things. I think it's safe to say that he's actually best known for the claims about his relationship with Hoover. If those of you who insist that you don't believe those claims win out, then I think there's an argument for changing the wording there. If anyone at all out there knows who he is, it's for the "closeted homosexual lover" angle, and not for his profession or position in the FBI.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.235.228 (talk) 19:33, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Best known as what? 

message: I removed phrase "right wing extremist" from sentence about Tolson's alleged comment about Robert Kennedy.  If true, his comment is no indication of "right wing" or "left wing" political views.  Many people of all political persuasions, including Lyndon Johnson, despised Robert Kennedy.--FelixCab (talk) 18:17, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: What alleged comment about Robert Kennedy? Was it removed? There's very little in the article that explains who Tolson was or what he thought about anything. He comes across as a cypher. Pascalulu88 (talk) 23:07, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Right-wing? 

message: If he got Hoover's money who got their estate? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.206.165.32 (talk) 04:32, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who got his money? 

message: What was the name of his wife?  Did he have any kids? Wintceas 18:42, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Who said he was married? Kraxler 00:40, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: His wife's name was Edgar.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.127.70.120 (talk) 18:20, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wife 

message: Location? Cause? F W Nietzsche (talk) 08:36, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Death

message: Whether or not Tolson or Hoover or both were gay, they didn't Iive together. Living together is the definition of domestic partnership, right here on Wikipedia's pages. Therefore, they are not and weren't domestic partners in that sense in the time that they lived. That designation didn't even exist in the US until after they both passed away. The connection to Hoover is made with no proof, so this being in the info box is incorrect and inappropriate.WPaulB (talk) 20:52, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Domestic Partnership?  

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