SO_MONEY wrote:Domejandro wrote:I have to keep it real, you guys are posting some incredibly goofy things in this thread.
The dude pulled his camera out to film people minding their own business to say “Look at these queer ass _____. What has this world come to?”
That’s so blatantly homophobic that I really don’t understand why you guys would defend it in any way. The dude **** up, apologized, and the hope is that he gets his act together moving forward. Crafting a grand conspiracy about “wokeness” feels really desperate to defend Ant’s poor behaviour.
Quick edit, the “Queer Eye” example is one I see on Twitter that is (respectfully) garbage. An equivalent example would saying that it’s not racist for a white guy to film Black people minding their own business and derogatorily say “Look at these _____. What has this world come to?”
If someone did that, I think everyone here would appreciate that as being pretty **** racist. It’s justified that people heard Anthony Edwards’ comments and feel chaffed about it.
You can offer socal commentary and criticism on people being disrespectful including those wearing sexual inappropriate attire in public. I can't speak to what is in his heart but I took it as that he didn't like what they were wearing and a segment culture that normalizes it (which happens to be queer culture). So I disagree with you with every fiber of my being. What these men were wearing is offensive and profoundly inconsiderate to the public...it is legitimately a what is this world coming to moment. And by no means is this type of behavior... rude, inconsiderate and selfish, where it is all about you and only you, exclusive to gay culture or even acceptable to most gay people.
If I am reading ANT wrong so be it, obviously it is possible, but if I am I still am not wrong in a wider sense and I think you should afford him the benefit of the doubt and not think the worst. I tend to reject the idea this was homophobic.
If a white person had uttered that sentence on camera, he/she would be finished in whatever profession they are in.
The Q word is one of those words you should probably only say if you belong to that particular club, just like that other word he used.
It was a dumb thing to say, a really dumb thing to say on camera and post for the world to see, but he apologized and hopefully it blows over.
Mercy is something that is rapidly disappearing from our society as social media explodes, everyone thinks everyone else needs to hear what they think about everything, and the western world goes more and more woke.
Mercy at the right time can also create long lasting trust, as any good parent knows.
Hopefully the gay community can use this to make Ant a friend instead of going full cancel culture on him.
Homophobe is a word that gets thrown around like a cudgel too often.
Phobia means an exaggerated fear of something.
It implies antagonism.
I think most people who take issue with seeing a grown man wearing a sports bra several sizes too small on a city street at night simply feel that person is lost. It's pity, which is also a kind of bias, but its honest and these nuances matter.
More Homopathos than Homophobia. And I think pity is much closer to what Ant was evoking.
I think if those guys knew the unending torment many women go through having to wear uncomfortable bras most of their lives to manage all the extra flesh permanently strapped to their chests, which men ogle all day long, they would have second thoughts about how happy they are to wear their bras out in public. They're symbols of oppression, not liberation.
