On Thursday 26 April 2007 10:31, gimpymommi wrote:
> This kind of stuff shows how completely out-of-touch some of the
> Kingpins are...they don't realize how offensive this comes off????
> Not only would I have cringed for anyone in the audience who may have
> been gay - but a tirade like that makes me wonder what *else* they're
> saying about other groups like minorities..
It reminds me of, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
Remember "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and who the villain was? He hated
toons and wanted to destroy them all, but then we find out he is a toon
himself. A boss I used to work for was scared to admit he was gay
(everyone around knew it and knew about some of his relationships)
could be quite nasty talking about gays. And then there's the recent
political situation with the Congressman who was found to be involved
with younger boys but had been a big crusader for ethics and family
focused bills that were against such things.
Sometimes a person hates something in themselves and can't deal with
that aspect of their personality. When that happens, in some kind of
weird paradox, they turn into a rabid crusader against what they hate
in themselves. (Due to my learning disability, I almost typed
cursader, which, if thought of as curse-ader, would fit as well.)
I'm not saying the pins are gay, but in my observation, rabid anti-gay
activity often indicates a fear of gay and the reversal or paradox
could be because the person is so insecure with their own masculinity
that they are genuinely threatened by the mere thought they might not
be manly enough -- and in that case, a gay person would represent what
they fear. They are scared that they will no longer be "manly" enough
to get a woman and men who don't go for women remind them of that
hidden fear.
Whether that's the point or not, I don't trust anyone who speaks hate
that loudly. When you point one finger at everyone else and curse
them, there are three fingers pointing back at you. When someone hates
that loudly and curses others that loudly, it's a distraction so the
rest of the world avoids looking at them, just like a magician
distracts the audience by making them look at him instead of his hands
as they do the trick. In this case, though, it's like, "Hate them for
their issues," with the hidden subtext of, "And spend your time on them
so you don't notice what's wrong with me."
Hitler distracted people from his flaws by blaming Jews. Joseph
McCarthy drew attention away from himself by hating communists.
Whenever anyone starts preaching hate, they only want a scapegoat and
are using that hate to unite people without them noticing what they're
really uniting for.
Hal
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