It burns my toast
It burns my toast when people say:
Now, I don’t have a problem with gay people, I love gay people…I got friends that are gay but I just don’t want them to walk up on me and start hitting on me or something!
People joke about this and say this with all sorts of casual feeling but the basic idea is that to them, being gay is still centrally based on being obsessed about gay-sex. That gay people are these nymphomaniacs who don’t live normal lives because of their orientation.
Not even to mention the suggestion violence of “well if you do that, i’m going to have to stop being so gay-friendly and i’m going to just beat your ass.”
Renee said,
October 18, 2007 @ 7:45 pm
Ah, the old “I’m not racist/sexist/homophobic, BUT….” comments. I’ve never yet heard one that didn’t finish with the commenter saying something incredibly racist/sexist/homophobic.
And you’re absolutely right - homophobic people are REALLY preoccupied with gay sex.
When someone says this to me I always say something along the lines of “So you’re only going to associate with people you’re sexually attracted to, on the off chance that someone you’re not attracted to hits on you?”.
If you’re feeling really bold you can follow that up with, “Hmm, good idea. Well, I guess this is goodbye.” and walk away.
admin said,
October 19, 2007 @ 8:36 am
ooohh, that’s a good idea