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Old November 14th 04, 10:08 PM
Sparky
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linda wrote:
> Sparky wrote:
>
>> Big Bill wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:36:09 GMT, Sparky > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Big Bill wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 00:30:32 -0500, "Daniel J. Stern"
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, indago wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 041108 2142 - Wound Up posted:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Homosexuality does not serve as an acceptable excuse for being the
>>>>>>>> target of hatred
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, then, maybe derision???
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Maybe"...? Y'think?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Turn on your TV set during primetime any night of the week.
>>>>>> Scarcely a
>>>>>> sitcom episode goes by without they don't make clunky, hamhanded
>>>>>> innuendo
>>>>>> or outright laughtrack-enhanced punchlines at the expense of
>>>>>> cardigan-wearing, mincing, oh-so-coiffed fag-stereotypes, and entire
>>>>>> series are built on same, e.g. "Will and Grace" or "Queer Eye for the
>>>>>> Straight Guy" or "Queer as Folk".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One doesn't have to work very hard to imagine how black people
>>>>>> felt when
>>>>>> they saw such as "What's Happenin?" on television. Hollywood, for
>>>>>> their
>>>>>> part, is glibly contrite for years of making money off black
>>>>>> stereotypes,
>>>>>> but they evidently have zero problem doing the selfsame thing with
>>>>>> gays
>>>>>> right now, today.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gandhi said of social change: "First they ignore you, then they
>>>>>> ridicule
>>>>>> and denounce you, then they debate you, then you win."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -DS
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> There's a group that come in for much more derision than homosexuals
>>>>> on TV - the white male.
>>>>> All you need to do to see this is to watch sitcoms and advertisements.
>>>>> The poor bumbling white guy is the butt of so many jokes it's obvious
>>>>> to anyone who watches.
>>>>> But it's OK, because, after all, they are just, well, there.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Feeling sorry for yourself, BB?
>>>>
>>>> Adult white guys still seem to be running things across the USA.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So you don't think what I say is right?
>>> Have you watched TV lately?

>>
>>
>>
>> Some. I think you're confusing fiction with reality.
>>
>> Are you saying adult white guys *aren't* running things across the USA?

>
>
> You know, I love men. i love one man in particular (no, not you Matt!!!
> i know it breaks your heart!!!)... and i have no scientific proof -; ,
> but l think you misspelled a word.. instead of "running" you should have
> said "ruining"....


LOL, that works, too.
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