Sometimes, It's That Simple
May. 29th, 2020 07:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Excuse my parochialism, but this is about an Australian contestant on an Australian cooking competition show, so feel free to skip if you've no interest in TV Down Under...
A favourite to win this year's Masterchef season, has had anti-gay comments he made 6 years ago, come to light in the media... saying that homosexuality is a mental illness & that gay people should be captured & put on an island, so the freaks can go fuck themselves
And just like that, L-SP & I have switched our allegiance to another contestant. We're also pleased we never went to this guy's restaurant & now never will. It's good to know that our AUD$300 can be better spent elsewhere
Of course, he's remorseful & says he was young & stupid when he made the comments... but I'm pretty sure he's just remorseful he's been found out. Especially since he's on the show competing against at least 3 gay people...
A favourite to win this year's Masterchef season, has had anti-gay comments he made 6 years ago, come to light in the media... saying that homosexuality is a mental illness & that gay people should be captured & put on an island, so the freaks can go fuck themselves
And just like that, L-SP & I have switched our allegiance to another contestant. We're also pleased we never went to this guy's restaurant & now never will. It's good to know that our AUD$300 can be better spent elsewhere
Of course, he's remorseful & says he was young & stupid when he made the comments... but I'm pretty sure he's just remorseful he's been found out. Especially since he's on the show competing against at least 3 gay people...
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Date: 2020-05-29 01:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-05-29 10:03 pm (UTC)Someone compared his comments to people who wear 'blackface'. But people who are dressing up as black people don't necessarily hate black people - they're just being culturally insensitive. Someone who says gay people should be rounded up & imprisoned, definitely has some hatred going on... whether because they are afraid of who they might be, or an irrational fear of being harmed by gay people
Statistics all over the world show that it's 99.9% the other way around - it's nearly always gay people being hurt by 'straight' people
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Date: 2020-05-29 10:15 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-05-29 10:28 pm (UTC)