Just to put the lame and ridiculous gay outrage over the forthcoming Bruno movie into perspective? A fundraiser from the Human Rights Campaign called me yesterday. She encouraged me to give money now, so that "we" could take advantage of the current "wonderful" Congress. I hung up either right as or just after I responded "Are you fucking kidding me?" You mean the moron Congress who can't do anything at all? The ones who formed a splinter group of DEMOCRATS solely to prevent any of Obama's initiatives from passing? So let's not have too much earnest hand-wringing over the 80s-damaged identity politics of these silly lobbyist groups.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
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My cynical muscle gets all engorged when I consider the fact that all of this 'controversy"
is man-u-factured by both the studios and
the Hoity Toity Gay Groups (HTGG) who will benefit enormously on opening day. There will no doubt be an orgy of Concerned (not) Out Citizens Kommittee (COCK) on one side and the Concerned and Outraged Catholics Society (COCS) on the other and it will all devolve into a hot little mess that will go away once the it goes to DVD.
To bring this from the political to the personal: I work in a suburban office filled with homophobes. The Monday after the weekend when this mofo film opens, I will start to hear--and this will happen for the rest of the Summer--all of Bruno's 'funny' lines being delivered, in a faux 'gay' accent, over and over, until perhaps October. So far, I am failing to see the humour in this. Wish me luck, kids!~
First they came for the Rappers and I did not speak out because I was not a Rapper.
Then they came for the Kazakhs and I did not speak out because I was not a Kazakh.
Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.
Thank you. That particular strain of Gawker hand-wringing has been grating my nerves recently.