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| From | markeichelberger@comcast.net (Mark Eichelberger) |
| Subject | Gabe and the airport remark |
| Date | Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:34:34 +0000 |
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I was planning on just staying out of this whole discussion, since as a gay man, I probably could be percieved as being biased on what I think is or is not a homophobic remark. I personally hate political correctness, and I have to admit that I chuckled *a little* when I read that Gabe's joke about the Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport. After thinking about it though, I guess I found the remark more stupid than offensive. The idea that gay men (or closeted US senators looking for love in the wrong places) only listen to "wimpy" music that doesn't RAWK is laughable.
Don't get me wrong...I know many queens that will scream themselves silly over Celine/Barbara/Judy, etc. It's just that this particular queen loves both the wimpy stuff AND the harder stuff. And that has nothing to do with my sexual orientation.
My 2 cents,
Mark E.
-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>
> I'm with Bryan on this one. It's just disappointing to see blatant
> homophobia regularly get written off as "oh, that Gabe, wotta kidder."
> Now, maybe it's some big in-joke and Gabe himself is actually gayer
> than Rufus Wainwright singing Judy Garland, but even if that's the
> case, if you don't actually *know* Gabe, that doesn't come across.
>
> Gabe has every right to be as obnoxious as he wants, of course. But
> that also means that anybody who finds Gabe's needling offensive gets
> to speak up as well.
>
> S
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bryan"
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 12:00 AM
> Subject: Re: Suggestions for 2007 - Two top 20s
>
>
> > Yeah, I am just tired of people's schtick, I guess. Tired of the
> > specific
> > type of insult too, as it's really an immature way to be in this day
> > and
> > age, isn't it? Surely it's not something anyone approves of?
> >
> > And yeah, I've been on this list for 8 years? 7 maybe? It's really
> > not the
> > same anymore, is it?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> >> C'mon, Bryan, surely you've been on this list long enough to
> >> recognize
> >> Gabe's schtick when you see it...
> >
>
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