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moremojo:
--- Quote from: nakymaton on May 23, 2006, 10:48:45 pm ---"Cowboy hat music," he calls it.
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I love that! That is so sweet and guileless, just the kind of thing a child's mind would conjure. I might adopt that as my new pet name for country and Western music, just as I've appropriated 'pornstache' for the hirsute confection some men choose to sport on their upper lip (and I might add I'm growing a nice little pornstache of my own these days--bring back the Seventies, and bring back Jack!).
Cheers,
:)
Wannabe-cowboy Scott
Lynne:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on May 24, 2006, 09:51:54 am ---That's a new one - I've never heard someone admit to it like that. But it's also quite disturbing, and just proves the point Kirk, I think it was, made here the other day - that it's no longer socially acceptable to be a racist, but it's still socially acceptable to be a homophobe. I'd bet you a million dollars this same guy would *never* say "You know what a racist I am."
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That's an excellent point, Barb. I was trying to articulate the 'socially acceptable' part, but could not find the right words. Interestingly enough, this conversation occurred in a TGIFriday's bar that is easily 50/50 gay/straight and was within a larger group...not a whispered aside.
'Cowboy hat music' - Love it, love it ;)
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: Lynne on May 24, 2006, 10:44:37 am ---That's an excellent point, Barb. I was trying to articulate the 'socially acceptable' part, but could not find the right words. Interestingly enough, this conversation occurred in a TGIFriday's bar that is easily 50/50 gay/straight and was within a larger group...not a whispered aside.
'Cowboy hat music' - Love it, love it ;)
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There ya go. Imagine someone saying "You know what a racist I am" when they're talking to a group comprised 50/50 of whites/blacks. It's unfathomable, isn't it? But I imagine about 40 years ago, it wasn't so much.
Sigh. This (along with what I've read in Safe Haven this morning) makes me unspeakably sad.
David:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on May 24, 2006, 10:56:14 am ---Sigh. This (along with what I've read in Safe Haven this morning) makes me unspeakably sad.
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I hear ya Barb. Just close your eyes and think of Jack and Ennis as we see them in Leslies FanFic. Forever 32 yrs old, Happy and living on the ranch. That always makes me happy. :)
henrypie:
I am fascinated by what I perceive to be a paradox: people who say "I'm not racist" are more racist than people who can acknowledge their racism. If only to themselves, which might keep them from staying stupid shit like "I'm not racist, but there sure are a lot of black people in this city!" For example.
Now, with homophobia, perhaps the paradox doesn't apply as consistently because it's perceived by many as an acceptable prejudice.
I have a friend who openly acknowledged being grossed out by the gay parts of "Six Feet Under" -- ew, gay stuff! Ew! And yet this man, according to my Dar, and regardless of his (bossy, controlling) girlfriend, is in a state of undealt-with gayness. So maybe those who acknowledge their homophobia are on the bubble, about to either come out, or flip over into the light of acceptance. Butterfly wings a-flappin.
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