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David In Indy:
Thanks for posting the article Kelda. It was very interesting.
I must admit I'm a bit disappointed in the cowboys however. They came across as so cute and friendly and polite. And then to find out they (or Jet at least) is homophobic. Although I must admit I was wondering about it in the back of my mind. It really is very disappointing. :(
Didn't Joe make some homophobic comments to Jordan at some point? Towards the middle of the race I think. I remember hearing something about that. This makes me wonder if Jet was in on it too. :-\
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: Kelda on May 11, 2010, 02:03:08 pm ---You do or I would definitely have tried to apply - I've already told Callum he has no option if the UK ever become eligible! :laugh:
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I think they should have an "international race" at some point. Perhaps they could have three or four American teams, and then the rest of the teams from various other countries around the world. It could really turn out interesting because inevitably some legs of the race would be in certain teams' home countries and it would be fun to see how much of an added advantage it would give them.
If anything, it would give a new twist to the show. Maybe someone should suggest it to CBS.
Kelda:
--- Quote from: twtplanner on May 11, 2010, 04:16:55 pm ---Before jumping to conclusions and lableing Jet as homophobic (shudders), a wise and judicious route would be to hear the other side of the story.
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--- Quote from: twtplanner on May 11, 2010, 04:20:29 pm ---Typical over-reaching and over-simplyfying. ::)
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As I say.. while I accept the point you should hear two sides to every story, other posters in other forums I use frequently HEARD Jet say it..
Which is very dissapointing to me as I liked the Cowboys.. I am a fan of them on facebook, but my little quote seems bang on in this sense. ::)
That they (or just Jet) have some sort of problem with gay people. How large that problem is I don't know. Maybe it was an accidental slip of the tounge, but at the end of the day, words don't come out like that jut by accident. There has to be *something* behind it.
Even if Dan &Jordan were being total dicks, that doesn't give Jet the right to use that sort of language. He's meant to be a role model, and he is the one that has been very clear about being respectful to everyone no matter waht. Doesn;t seem that respectful to me.
Dabid - re: Joe. I think there was a spat but I'm not clear what about.. whetehr it was just Joe's attitude i genral or something else.
Kelda:
--- Quote from: David In Indy on May 11, 2010, 03:25:01 pm ---I think they should have an "international race" at some point. Perhaps they could have three or four American teams, and then the rest of the teams from various other countries around the world. It could really turn out interesting because inevitably some legs of the race would be in certain teams' home countries and it would be fun to see how much of an added advantage it would give them.
If anything, it would give a new twist to the show. Maybe someone should suggest it to CBS.
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Amazing Race Asia is kind of international. It has representations from various countries... Thailand, India, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Phillipeans, Honk Kong, Indonesiam etc.
Apparently, though Amazing Race Asia is a nightmare in terms of customs & they often have to hold teams back so a team from a certain country doesnt gain a lead or disadvantage based solely on the amount of time it takes for them to go though customs solely because of their passport. Eg if the final city was in the UK, if I was from that country I'd get through customs a lot quicker than someone from US or Germany. And where agreements or disagreements are in place between countries, this might slow things done - eg US /Cuba etc!
I'd love to see it though!
David In Indy:
Cowboy Cord McCoy Called Amazing Race Winner Jordan Pious A "Fag"
Oh here's a shock a redneck cowboy who hurls anti-gay slurs.
The Amazing Race finale is over and despite CBS publicists’ pathetic efforts to get the players not to talk about things outside of the lame, noncontroversial stuff (“Let’s talk about their strategic play on the show”), Jordan Pious, the gay Rhode Island man and his brother Dan, who won The Amazing Race told Reality TV World that cowboy Jet has a problem with gay people. (Cowboy brothers Jet and Cord Mccoy came in second)
From Reality Blurred:
*Cue Brokeback Mountain music*
Dan said, “Jet hates gays, yeah,” and Jordan said that “he made comments about Carol and Brandy (Lesbian Team) on the show.” Dan added that “Jet called Jordan a ‘fag’ Saturday night for absolutely no reason and Jordan just said hello to him, so there was something on the Race and I guess, in all fairness, there’s some stuff that isn’t shown and I think it’s an important thing to get out. Because I don’t think there’s any doubt that certain things happened and it all plays a part in everyone’s reaction. … I think there’s some animosity but it really goes one-way.”
As far as CBS trying to keep it quiet it´s not really all that shocking. CBS tried all season to make Cowboys the favorites who are always perfect and in the last epspecially CBS went out of it's way to make Dan and Jordan into "the villians" for no reason.
Posted by Will (Wolf) at Tuesday, May 11, 2010 0 comments Links to this post
Labels: bigot, cowboy, fag, homophobia, Jet McCoy, The Amazing Race
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