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[turps]

I have a pet peeve, and normally I just bitch in mail, but gah.

When someone posts a picture of Lance, and someone comments on his outfit or the way he's standing, by saying 'And he said he was straight!' Just no! Every single member of Nsync wore outfits as outlandish as Lance did. They had stylists, that's what stylists do, put their clients into clothes designed to be noticed. It wasn't Lance's inner gay seeping through his veneer of straightness. Not unless that was happening to the other four too, and as much as I love my imagined thoughts of group sex orgies between them all, that wasn't happening.

Also. Liking him better now because he's gay? Why?! I don't mean respecting him because he came out. I mean, actually thinking he's better because he's gay. Someone explain that to me, because I don't get it.

Okay, I'm done now, and I'm sorry if I offended anyone, but it drives me nuts.

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[carta.livejournal.com]

Liking him better now because he's gay?

Such a pet peeve of mine, omg. I have actually defriended over this, because it is STILL judging someone based on their sexuality first and everything else after, and it is offensive and wrong and pisses me the hell off. The responses I've seen when that's pointed out tend to fall in the line of "tee hee I just love gay boys ::giggle:: it's all about the slash ::giggle::" and I want to smack them.

Using someone's sexuality to put a check mark on one's mental Reasons to Like Him/Her is just as crappy as using it as a Reason Not to Like Him/Her. The person hasn't changed at all from before, nothing is different, and going from "Oh, Actor, he's fine, I like him okay, but nothing. . . what? He's gay? OMG I LOVE HIM EEEEEEEEEEE!" is childish, immature, and I'll say it again, offensive.

Being gay doesn't make someone "better" or "worse" or more worthy of fannish love.

/rant

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I love your rant so very much, and agree with every word.

[carta.livejournal.com]

Dude, my rant made me late for work. :D