Thursday, February 02, 2006
(6:08 PM) | Adam R:
Hug a Homo
At The Experience, Wrigley -- who is a dog -- reflects about the margins between love and intolerance of that grossest of all sins, queerness. There are a few sincere, scripture-pointing comments to Wrigley's musings (some of which go too far. What is it to be "reemed"? Is that like fisting?). Adam Kotsko himself gives a thoughtful, "clearly-I'm-trying-to-hide-that-I'm-gay" response, saying that he's "trying [his] very hardest to think of the sexual part." I can only assume what he means by that.Naturally, I wanted to say something saucy. An anonymous commenter kept referring to someone named "Chirst," so I thought I'd poke fun at that, but savvy readers might remember another occasion when I made light of bad typing. Then it hit me -- I could write something demeaning about gays! Ding-a-ling! I immediately set about doing this. Dozens of quips rushed to mind, each one funnier than the one before . . .
. . . and suddenly I thought of black people. Black people never liked it when we laughed at them. Perhaps the word "flamer" in certain contexts is rather like "boy" or, worse yet, that word which ain't nobody s'posed to say 'round these parts. I mean, maybe someday it'll be considered wrong to call cornholers "cornholers."
But, nah -- gay people are so understanding. They've got really evolved senses of humor. Plus, I mean, they do it to themselves anyway, right? They act so different. (That's the really sad thing about fudgepackers. They'll never get to be truly happy. They'll never get to lead normal lives.) Plus, fags always wear the best clothes, y'know? They're so well-adjusted fashion-wise, never shopping at K-Mart or whatever, that it must be okay to make fun of them. Especially if, like I do, you know someone who has a gay friend. And I don't mean someone with a gay friend who is "just going through a phase."
And then -- now hold on a minute, Sally! I'm coming to my point -- it occurred to me that there's nothing to dislike about gays at all! So instead of writing an insult, I made a friendly comment. I wrote one of my favorite things about gays (they are so patient). And it felt great! So I submit to you, Webloggers, whether ye be Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transgendered or (isn't there a new one? What's the new one?), or even if ye be plain old Midwestern hetero (har har), why not try saying something nice about the queers in the comment box? No, Sally, not the queers who are in the comment box, use the box for . . .
