Voice of one crying in the wilderness

[snafupants]

Are the Academy Awards that controversial? Does Oscar play for the pink team?!

I wasn't aware that Hollywood had a "militant fag agenda" until now.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/24/westboro-oscar-protest_n_2756092.html

 

[snafupants]

"We're here right now at the Oscars because the power brokers of Hollywood … and the news media, in the main, is in kind of a slave mentality to the militant fag agenda," said Steve Drain, a protester representing Westboro, who was holding a sign that pictured two Academy Awards statuettes engaged in highly suggestive foreplay."

Spoiler

"Drain said there was no specific film this year that prompted the protest. "I kind of call it creep weed, over time," he said. "There isn't one particular year where the whole entertainment industry has sort of put their foot down and obviously pushed that filth down our throat, but we're talking about gay themes and television shows and films softening the idea that [homosexuality is] some type of perversion, some type of sin."

Spoiler

 

[ℜεмїηїs¢εη¢ε]

I don't particularly like the idea of homosexuality but I would defend the right of people to do as they wish as long as it does not harm others. Homosexuality falls under that category, so I would defend it here. If Hollywood is in fact somehow softening the idea of homosexuality, then so be it. I think that it could do some good for this vastly intolerant world.

 

[snafupants]

I don't particularly like the idea of homosexuality

Why? A personal distaste? Religious views? Hatred of Sixteen Candles and Hairspray??

 

[Matt3737]

"They make a reasonable argument."

/said nobody ever.

 

[duke of new york]

It would be an interesting thought experiment to try to think of something that WBC wouldn't protest for being gay.

 

[Matt3737]

I'd like to see them protest at professional wrestling events.

 

[Duxwing]

I'd like to see them protest at professional wrestling events.

You know, that's actually quite a good idea. What, barring gay pornography itself, could be more homoerotic than watching two incredibly muscular, spandex-clad men wrestle?

-Duxwing

 

[Nezaros]

I'd like to see them protest at professional wrestling events.

Or any sporting event at which large sweaty men throw a ball around, sometimes involving tackling one another.

Somebody should push for a law that permits the euthanization of the stupid. The WBC and other similarly intolerant organizations make me want to either cry or strangle somebody. I'm not sure which more.

 

[ℜεмїηїs¢εη¢ε]

Why? A personal distaste? Religious views? Hatred of Sixteen Candles and Hairspray??

I mean that I feel repulsed by the idea of me having sex with the same gender. Why? I don't know. I don't so much care what other people do though. Now that I think about it some more, I'm not sure why I think the world should be more tolerant. I'm not sure if its logically possible to derive a should be from what is. I guess I just think that things would be a bit easier somehow. Perhaps it would inspire less wars, less religion, and less general bigotry that might improve the general quality of my life and of those around me. I don't think that's strictly logical though, it's just something that I would like. I guess I'll just say fuck logic, I want the world to change so I would then feel better about it.

 

[snafupants]

I mean that I feel repulsed by the idea of me having sex with the same gender.

You're not on the set of Pulp Fiction or Deliverance. Chances are you will retain your anal virginity.

Spoiler

Make like a piggy.

 

[ℜεмїηїs¢εη¢ε]

Yes, chances are. So basically I'm saying that I'm fine with it so long as I'm not involved. As a side note: I'm not religious, I haven't seen those movies, and I don't like hairspray.

 

[Hadoblado]

Drain defended the group's use of the word "fag" on Biblical grounds. "We live in a sound-byte generation," he said. "You're only going to quote five words that I say in your article. You gotta get after it. Fag is a short word, it's impactful, it's meaningful and it's Biblically accurate. A fag is a firebrand. It's a little stick that starts a fire…. And what fags do is that they burn quickly, they ignite quickly, they burn hot, and they burn for a long time. And we say that fags are fueling god's wrath by the way they live their lives. It's a good metaphor. The metaphor in the scripture is actually a firebrand, and a firebrand and a fag are exactly the same thing…. But fag is a shorter word to put on a sign."

This is some of the most profoundly childish rationalization I have ever seen. These people are toxic.