The Gay Thread

innerSpaceman · 11-05-2010, 01:10 PM

No, no, no, Alex, you are, I believe, missing a big point. Shirvell is not gay bashing. His blog and actions are not against homosexuals in general. He is stalking and blogging about one particular gay man. This reeks of obsession in the same way his persona reeks of gay.

Under the assumption he is gay, then his completely gay action of stalking and obsessing over a particular gay man while pretending not to be gay and not to be obsessed with him for that reason is hypocritical.

Granted, we have no real idea whether Shirvell is gay. He may just be, to paraphrase Sulu, a douchebag. But we gays know a gay when we see and hear one so freaking obviously, and Shirvell is not banned from setting foot on campus* because he's a general gay-basher. He's a stalker.

* the ban has been modified to allow him on campus, but he is to have no contact with Mr. Armstrong, his sole and exclusive victim.

As for the meaning of the word hypocrisy, I suggest it has simply morphed over time to encompass subsidiary but highly related concepts. The English language is constantly morphing in this fashion, and that's generally (though not always) a good thing.

Gay used to mean Happy.

11-05-2010, 01:10 PM	#11
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	No, no, no, Alex, you are, I believe, missing a big point. Shirvell is not gay bashing. His blog and actions are not against homosexuals in general. He is stalking and blogging about one particular gay man. This reeks of obsession in the same way his persona reeks of gay. Under the assumption he is gay, then his completely gay action of stalking and obsessing over a particular gay man while pretending not to be gay and not to be obsessed with him for that reason is hypocritical. Granted, we have no real idea whether Shirvell is gay. He may just be, to paraphrase Sulu, a douchebag. But we gays know a gay when we see and hear one so freaking obviously, and Shirvell is not banned from setting foot on campus* because he's a general gay-basher. He's a stalker. * the ban has been modified to allow him on campus, but he is to have no contact with Mr. Armstrong, his sole and exclusive victim. As for the meaning of the word hypocrisy, I suggest it has simply morphed over time to encompass subsidiary but highly related concepts. The English language is constantly morphing in this fashion, and that's generally (though not always) a good thing. Gay used to mean Happy.
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