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| From | rob@splitsville.com |
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| Date | Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:06:04 -0500 |
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And somewhere in Argentina Gabe is laughing, as he hoped for a certain reaction, and he got it...in spades.
(Tell me I'm wrong, Gabe)
Gabe 1, Auditeers 0
>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: :audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Sent: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:34:34
>
>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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