A brilliant little article was posted on Craigslist in Lansing, Michigan, a couple days ago. Since then, several people have flagged it for removal — reasons unspecified.
Until someone comes forward with a reason for its removal (such as copyright violation), I’m reposting the article here.
A mutual friend of ours threw a big party for her 30th birthday, tons of people were there and it was a lot of fun. Somewhere along the line you and I ended up on the balcony for some fresh air at the same time. We started chatting; we talked about sports, books, tv — discovered we both are about to start our masters degrees and spent some time debating the pro’ and con’ of the educational system. We talked about hanging out sometime, and you wanted to meet my girlfriend.
I understand how upsetting it was for you when I blinked mildly in surprise and said I was here with my husband. I know it was a shock to your system, if your face had turned any paler I might have called 911. You made a good recovery though – that hurried mutter of “I’m not like that” was very polite and you only knocked over two drinks and one vase in your hurry to rush to anywhere other than near me. I can’t blame you — I forgot how delicate you straight boys are. So I wanted to give you a few helpful hints about where you went wrong last night.
1) As a general rule we don’t walk around with big signs around our neck proclaiming our sexuality. No scarlet letters, no scent of hellfire and brimstone… sorry about that.
2) We do not generally assume that everyone within 5 feet of us must also be homosexual — it was nice of you to immediately reassure me that you are hetero, but it was really unnecessary.
3) Homosexuality is not infectious. While I am sure you meant no disrespect with your hasty departure; in the future you can rest assured that taking a few extra seconds in your mad dash for safety will not result in you being turned gay. It will however keep you from destroying expensive vases and knocking over senior citizens.
4) This next one may come as a surprise; but you are not, in fact, irresistible. The fact that you have a dick does not instantly turn me into a bundle of uncontrolled lust. Contrary to popular opinion, being in the same room with a straight man does not cause a gay man to instantly lose all common sense and basic common courtesy. Though I am not so sure about the reverse.
5) Homosexuals in general get a little irked when people treat us like some sort of leper. Rushing to another mutual friend of ours and advising him of my sexuality, so he could be “forewarned” was really uncalled for.
6) Upon being told (by said mutual friend) to stop being an idiot and that you were not my type anyway… it generally confuses the issue when you then proceed to become upset that I DON’T find you attractive. Three seconds ago you were running through a crowd of people with your hands cupped protectively over your junk as if I might attack you at any moment with a blowjob. See hint number 4.
7) We homosexuals have an odd sense of humor — I can’t help that. Something about watching you freak out as if all the demons of hell were after you just struck me as vastly amusing.
8) While being pissed at me for dissolving into uncontrollable laughter might be understandable… gathering a couple guys together to “teach the fag a lesson” is not.
9) You might also want to drink a little less and be a little more careful about the guys you approach for your little proto-hate-mob.
10) Assuming the two tall muscle-bound bruisers must be uber-hetero and just as appalled by my presence as you was your first mistake. It was an understandable one though. How were you to know that pflag tshirt the first guy was wearing wasn’t a sports team? Also the rainbow ring the second guy was wearing could have meant anything I am sure.
11) In retrospect I suppose that upon hearing your not very subtle hate-talk and seeing who you were heading for; I could have said something instead of just laughing harder. I apologize for that. I should have just introduced you to my husband instead of letting you walk up to him and ask him if he wanted to help you teach “that fag over there” a lesson. I hope that broken nose heals up cleanly.
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Ican’t stop laughing. way to go, mike.
Comment by Ben in Oakland — June 20, 2010 @ 12:26 pm
THANK YOU! I was so upset last night when i heard it was flagged, but I’m glad i decided to google it, haha…Kudos to you :)
Comment by Rebecca — June 20, 2010 @ 12:30 pm
I can only assume it was flagged by someone with no sense of humour.
Comment by Bill S — June 20, 2010 @ 12:32 pm
This is fantastic! Everyone should repost this on their local Craigslist, listing the location as Lansing, MI of course, and then flag it for Best of Craigslist.
Comment by Tina — June 20, 2010 @ 1:06 pm
out-fucking-standing!!
after reading the title, i kind of guessed the nature of the content but wasn’t prepared for the writing skills of the author.
even though i personally am flaming hetero, i’ve spent the last 25 years in san francisco where i’ve developed friendships with persons of all orientations (even some who lean toward animals) and sincerely look forward to the day when folks are judged solely by what they do, not who they do.
in the meantime, i continue to applaud those who draw attention to the asininity of intolerance.
Comment by terry — June 20, 2010 @ 3:35 pm
Brilliant :)
Comment by ETownCanuck — June 20, 2010 @ 3:39 pm
Does anyone know the author? This needs to go viral. It’s too fun!
Comment by Makyui — June 20, 2010 @ 6:51 pm
Brilliant, just bloody, brilliant!
Comment by emma — June 20, 2010 @ 7:07 pm
I was laughing so hard after reading this I had cafe frio spurting out my nose! Nice post, Wayne!
Comment by Ray Sager — June 20, 2010 @ 7:08 pm
I flagged it for “best of craigslist.” Hint #4 is my favorite.
Although part of me can’t believe that this chain of events would happen this way – so perfectly – as to make for this little tale. I mean, how does a guy like that get invited to the other guy’s party? Who knows.
Comment by Emily K — June 20, 2010 @ 10:05 pm
Totally hilarious… good thing I wasn’t drinking milk.
I esp. like #11
Comment by jhimmi the dhimmi — June 21, 2010 @ 12:24 am
Way to go!
Comment by Jos Visser — June 21, 2010 @ 4:51 am
It has been reposted in the Lansing, Michigan Craigslist here:
http://lansing.craigslist.org/rnr/1801788183.html
I just flagged it for best of Craigslist, and probably if enough others do, the system won’t automatically remove it for the prejudiced folk who flag it for removal. (It might at least require some review.)
I thoroughly enjoyed this post, even though I am straight. That guy totally deserved his broken nose. Many of us who don’t share gay sexuality are still able to get along with those who are different, and treat them like normal people.
Comment by Daniel — June 21, 2010 @ 6:46 am
Would the hetero NOT have known if the gay man was swishing his hips, flapping his hands as if landing a plane or dressing like Adam Lambert…or even in drag?
The truth of the matter is that the gay guy was NORMAL. This is what makes the whole story. He presented himself as undetectable. He did his part to be socially acceptable and the offense was based on the fact that, althought he CLEARLY won the right to be treated equally (wasn’t a freak), the treatment was retracted when the hetero overreacted.
I’m also VERY GLAD to hear his partner was a real man. He didn’t say, “I know that bitch slap must have really hurt!” The guy defended his husband’s honor.
Comment by Merr?©ll Barry O'Brian — June 21, 2010 @ 8:43 am
Just flagged it best. Lmao Guy got what he deserved.
Comment by Tim — June 21, 2010 @ 9:13 am
Dear Merrell Barry O’Brian;
You just didn’t get it, did you?
Ummm….so it would have been okay for the guy to act the way he did if the guy who wrote the article or his husband weren’t “normal”?
So, no, the gay man appearing to be “normal” does not “make” the whole story. “Undetectable” is not, in itself, a virtue.
But thank you so much for letting us know that as long as we’re invisible, we’re okay by you.
Comment by C Randall Brotherton — June 21, 2010 @ 9:20 am
Ha ha. I’m a straight guy, long ago cured of any adolescent homophobic tendencies. I found this story hilarious.
Comment by Jon — June 21, 2010 @ 10:19 am
I didn’t see anything in the piece about the gay guy being “undetectable” in any way. And the muscle-bound guys were wearing PFLAG t-shirts and rainbow rings…
Also? The big guys were every bit as “normal” as the other guy in the story. If you spend a lot of time with a lot of gay people, the point sort of is that we really do come in all shapes, sizes, and personalities, and no one is any more right or wrong than any other.
I really don’t get why some people are uncomfortable with completely flaming gay guys. As long as they’re being authentic to who they really are, nobody should have a word to say in judgment about it.
Comment by Evan Hurst — June 21, 2010 @ 10:50 am
I don’t get it either, since it doesn’t hurt anyone. But I do know a lot of straight people who don’t believe that flamboyantly gay men ARE being authentic.
Comment by Bill S — June 21, 2010 @ 11:52 am
Merrel said “The truth of the matter is that the gay guy was NORMAL. This is what makes the whole story. He presented himself as undetectable. He did his part to be socially acceptable and the offense was based on the fact that, althought he CLEARLY won the right to be treated equally (wasn’t a freak)”.
No one has an obligation to be “socially acceptable” beyond refraining from hurting others. Us freaks have every bit as much right to be treated equally as you “normal” people do.
Comment by Priya Lynn — June 21, 2010 @ 11:54 am
What’s “normal” to one person may not be to another.
Comment by Bill S — June 21, 2010 @ 12:05 pm
It also depends on what your definition of normal is. If your definition is “average” or “majority” then gays like Merrel are not normal.
Comment by Priya Lynn — June 21, 2010 @ 12:12 pm
Leave it to a forum to try to suck the exceptional humor out of this post. I, for one, wish I were clever enough to come up with such a witty 11-point bitch-slap. Thanks for making my morning by posting, Michael!
Comment by Brian Middleton — June 21, 2010 @ 12:38 pm
This is too funny. I’ve had a few hetero’s call me a cock sucker. I corrected them by telling them “I’m an a$$ f****r and yours looks mighty nice!”
It’s so fun to see them try to run backwards.
Comment by Kevin — June 21, 2010 @ 2:51 pm
Are the “$$”s in “a$$ f****r” pronounced like the “$” in “Ke$ha”?
Comment by Evan Hurst — June 21, 2010 @ 2:56 pm
Evan, I think her name is pronounced “Key-Dollar Sign-Ha!”
Comment by Daniel — June 21, 2010 @ 2:59 pm
Fantastic!
Comment by Julia — June 21, 2010 @ 3:29 pm
Oh jeez, I can’t stop laughing! As a lesbian myself I’ve had my share of homophobia, so seeing the tables turned like this is just so, SO satisfying once in a while.
Schadenfreude is the best freude :)
Comment by Hazuki — June 21, 2010 @ 3:37 pm
Brian and I have been affectionate Wifey and Husbando since the mid-90’s. My legal husband adores Brian, too. We–all–love this story; the writing is exceptional!
Comment by Sherry M — June 21, 2010 @ 4:33 pm
As long as you are not sleeping with me or my husband, it is not my business with whom you *are* sleeping!
You go dude!
Comment by Nancy C — June 21, 2010 @ 6:16 pm
I guess I find it interesting that some people who they say are flaming yet the jerk overly macho men are not offensive? I did love this story.
Comment by Pam Mendelson — June 21, 2010 @ 9:30 pm
I guess I find it interesting that some people find it offensive when they encounter people who they say are flaming yet the jerk, overly macho men are not offensive? I did love this story.
Comment by Pam M — June 21, 2010 @ 9:32 pm
very good to read. actually as an L in the GLBT…i consider my self now a little more informed..really…I thought all you guys did was hunt for…then again, isn’t that what everyone things we L’s do when around str8t women? very well written. loved this.
Comment by Sylvia — June 21, 2010 @ 10:21 pm
Love the story but I have to say many of us straight guys also have that odd sense of humour and find it all hilarious as hell.
Comment by Stephen Peters — June 22, 2010 @ 1:15 am
That was wonderfully well written. Now if only Hitler could have been that ignorant and ended up with a broken ego instead of a broken nose. Many countries would have different boundaries and some would not exist as they do today. i.e. Israel
Comment by Wm. Roger M. — June 22, 2010 @ 3:13 am
This was fantastic. Also fantastic in the sense that it sounds completely made up. Still fantastic, though.
Comment by john — June 22, 2010 @ 10:04 am
Beautiful, beautiful writing. While the whole of it might not have been true, it’s easy to see how a real incident likely inspired the piece.
Thank you for sharing!
Comment by Liz Hamill Scott — June 22, 2010 @ 5:27 pm
This is really great- I am thinking that maybe he did teach you a lesson after all – how to observe the human ignoramus (genus of human btw- HOMO- wonder if the dude knows that? Nah.. that would entail reading and stuff) and document their behaviors and mannerisms. This will be a valuable study guide for those of us that encounter this species in the wild and offers a good guideline for handling the interaction to reduce the inevitable desire to beat them to a bloody pulp.
Comment by loopy arkansas — June 22, 2010 @ 9:22 pm
We’re not all like that. I sometimes describe myself as a “gay-friendly, poly-friendly, pagan-friendly straight monogamous Jew”.
Comment by thnidu — June 22, 2010 @ 10:51 pm
Merrell, do you suppose the guy would’ve been at less risk of getting beat up if he was flaming, or what? Because it seems like regardless of how “straight” the guy acted, the instant he stated that OSHIT he’s actually gay, suddenly there was a problem and the straight guy wanted to round up a posse and beat him up, regardless.
Kinda goes against your whole “the homophobes will leave us alone if we lie to them– er, I mean, act totally macho manly” theory, doesn’t it?
Maybe we should just go back in the closet altogether, hm?
The story wasn’t about how normal the gay guy acted, but what a douchetard heterosexist the straight guy was.
Comment by Makyui — June 23, 2010 @ 5:14 am
Brilliant and incisive. I shared it with all my friends on Facebook.
Comment by ES — June 23, 2010 @ 6:53 am
This was hilarious. You perfectly summed up the way many of us homosexuals are perceived to some straight men. I know this first-hand coming from SC. Thank you for standing up for who you are and exploiting this homophobic man’s lack of acceptance. Very refreshing!
Comment by Marcus — June 23, 2010 @ 9:29 am
Makyui, I don’t believe the homophobes will ever leave us alone. I believe we should stand and fight. Let’s be clear: I have proven my feelings and thoughts with actions all through my life. I have and would again jump into a physical fray to protect and defend an effeminate man being harrassed or beaten by a gang of straight men. I stand for equality regardless of the person’s level of masculinity. I also would fight, bleed and die, if necessary, to defend the rights of blacks and interractial couples. I, myself, will never date a black man. I have that right, and I dare to be challenged about it. It’s my right and I don’t need to explain myself at all.
What I get damn tired and sick of are the effeminate men screwing up the hard work and defense by the “straight acting” gays, giving the mainstream ammo to fire at the whole community and then being all in-your-face about rights they haven’t suffered for or earned. Perhaps you could explain to me how wearing a dress or landing a plane while you’re talking or lisping like a leaking tire or having a sex change is a positive, clear, strong statement which PROMOTES the gay and lesbian flag-bearing agenda and the consituents thereof?
There are plenty of good, solid arguements about human physiology which are used to explain effeminism. I find them valid and useful. I do believe that men having a more female chemical brain (a “chick” brain, as I refer to it in myself) act more effeminately and that’s natural. What I don’t think is natural is when it’s exaggerated and worn like a bow in the hair and posted with arrogance as a “You WILL accept me! You WILL respect me!” attitude agains the whole world.
You’ve got me totally wrong. I fully support gay men walking down the street holding hands and taking the heat for it. I believe we should kiss openly and be in the face of society because, we are queer, we are here and they do need to get used to it! I simply believe we’re unconvincing and therefore, ineffective, as long as we stay on the parade float wearing a dress.
I wish to make one final point: That video that Wayne has posted with the effemine ex-gay. Do you realize that you could watch the video with the sound OFF and it’s still funny? You know why? It’s the man’s ridiculous, effeminate behavior. It’s the truth and the truth wins out.
Comment by Merr?©ll Barry O'Brian — June 23, 2010 @ 9:33 am
Merrell,
No the truth is and you have proved it time and time again that you are a bigot towards effeminate and transgender individuals no matter how often you say I’ll defend them physically if they are being picked on. Again to be clear I don’t consider myself effeminate and no one wants to see me in a dress. But I will defend to the death the right for anyone to act and be who they truly are. Just because you have discomfort with it and want it to stop because it’s “hurting” our fight for equality is frankly revolting. It makes you know better and I would argue worst than the religious right bigots who want to keep us down. As I said in the past our strength is our diversity and frankly when people like you start throwing segments of our community to make easier for you it makes me sick.
Comment by Tim W — June 23, 2010 @ 10:18 am
Merrell, the video isn’t funny BECAUSE the man is effeminate. It’s funny because he’s obviously gay AND trying to pretend he isn’t.
Effeminate men are not, on their own, funny.
Comment by Evan Hurst — June 23, 2010 @ 11:02 am
Makyui said “Merrell, do you suppose the guy would’ve been at less risk of getting beat up if he was flaming, or what? Because it seems like regardless of how “straight” the guy acted, the instant he stated that OSHIT he’ actually gay, suddenly there was a problem and the straight guy wanted to round up a posse and beat him up, regardless.”.
Excellent point Makyui. If the gay guy had been flaming the homophobe probably would have just avoided him in the first place. He likely wanted to attack the straight seeming gay man because he felt that gay had deceived him by not announcing his gayness up front and tricking him into socializing with him.
Merrel said “What I get damn tired and sick of are the effeminate men screwing up the hard work and defense by the “straight acting” gays, giving the mainstream ammo to fire at the whole community and then being all in-your-face about rights they haven’t suffered for or earned.”.
Those effeminate gays have suffered for and earned rights just as much and often moreso than you have. That’s total BS for you to claim that somehow just because they are effeminate that they haven’t suffered or worked for equal rights. If you put half the time into promoting equal rights as you to to bashing effeminate gays and transgenders you might accomplish something besides the promotion of hatred. If you had half a brain you’d have seen from the craigslist posting that homophobes revile gays regardless of how straight acting they are.
Merrel said “Perhaps you could explain to me how wearing a dress or landing a plane while you’re talking or lisping like a leaking tire or having a sex change is a positive, clear, strong statement which PROMOTES the gay and lesbian flag-bearing agenda and the consituents thereof?”.
Its a positive, clear, strong statement which promotes equality in exactly the same way your pretending to be straight does – not at all. Actually I take that back, it promotes equality better than your pretending to be straight does because it shows people that no matter how different we appear we are still upstanding people doing a fine job which is more than I can say for you.
Comment by Priya Lynn — June 23, 2010 @ 12:36 pm
If this is real…MY GOD I HOPE SOMEONE GOT SOME OF IT ON VIDEO.
Comment by Clint — June 23, 2010 @ 3:32 pm
So you were a douchebag to a straight guy at a party? Welcome to every other gay guys life. Congrats on being an asshole with a (not so funny) story on a blog.
Maybe if you weren’t so hung up on your sexuality, other people wouldn’t be as well.
Have a great day.
Comment by Joe — June 23, 2010 @ 3:56 pm
Seems too perfect to be true. There must at least be some considerable creative liberty taken. Funny either way.
Comment by artie — June 23, 2010 @ 4:05 pm
Merrell, I really think you need some help. Some of your rants are just really insane. You also seem to have a total lack of historical knowlege–it was the queens who fought at Stonewall, it was when Harry Hay donned his hat and scarf that he got the courage to fight, it’s the queens who have brought us to where we are because the “straight acting” gays were too scared to be open. I’m unaware of how much you are fighting and making progress–but I am aware of how much the queens have done.
Comment by Daniel — June 23, 2010 @ 4:53 pm
ROFLMAO! All right, this is one of the best blog posts I’ve read in I don’t know how long. I wish I’d been at that party! :D
Angie
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Fabulous!! Excellent post and I wish I had been at the party!!
Comment by Jess — June 23, 2010 @ 7:05 pm
Priya: “He likely wanted to attack the straight seeming gay man because he felt that gay had deceived him by not announcing his gayness up front and tricking him into socializing with him.”
I’m willing to bet that this was exactly what motivated him, since I don’t know what other “lesson” he could want to “teach” the guy, using a nasty epithet like he did. He certainly wasn’t any less homophobic or more accepting because the gay guy was seemingly “normal”.
Gee… it’s as though it wasn’t his gender expression, but his sexual orientation that set him off… *strokes chin*
“I stand for equality regardless of the person’ level of masculinity.”
I’m sorry, but I don’t believe that for a second, Merrell, and I’ll tell you why:
Gender expression goes beyond manly-man and girly-girl; it’s innate, it’s biological, it’s broad, and it’s fluid. But you want people to suppress who they truly are, and you want them to feel shameful and guilty for it, because you (and the other bigots) have an irrational problem with it. To be perfectly frank, that smells just like the “hate the sin, not the sinner” bullshit that fundie homophobes like to feed the LGBT community to justify their prejudice. “I’m okay with you gay people, but you really shouldn’t shove it down our throats.” Sound familiar? How about this one: “I’m okay with gay people, but seeing them kiss each other or having sex or talking about their boyfriend is just disgusting and wrong.”
“What I get damn tired and sick of are the effeminate men screwing up the hard work and defense by the “straight acting” gays, giving the mainstream ammo to fire at the whole community and then being all in-your-face about rights they haven’t suffered for or earned.”
Haven’t suffered for, right. Because in the 22 states that you, as a gay cisgendered man, are protected from being fired or evicted, eight of them still allow people like Priya and me to be fired or evicted. Because thirty-one states with hate crimes laws apply protections to sexual orientation, but only thirteen of them to gender identity (at least we have the federal law). Because people like Angie Zapata and Gwen Araujo and Aycan Yener and Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar don’t exist, right?
Because many gender variant people are also gay people, and suffer as gay people in the same way you do, knowing that some in the gay community secretly (or not) want them to STFU and GTFO. Right?
As Daniel touched upon, while the accomodationists were traipsing about in their suits and ties, licking the feet of bigots while they sniggered at the silly queers, holding back gay rights while shunning their own brothers and sisters… drag queens, butch lesbians, trans and gender-variant folks were rioting, parading, protesting, and shouting to the world that equality means EVERYONE, and being who you are is everyone’s right.
“What I don’t think is natural is when it’ exaggerated and worn like a bow in the hair and posted with arrogance as a “You WILL accept me! You WILL respect me!” attitude agains the whole world. … I simply believe we’re unconvincing and therefore, ineffective, as long as we stay on the parade float wearing a dress.”
Because women are unconvincing and ineffective, am I right?
Oh, you’re absolutely right. Any man who acts like a girl should be ashamed of himself, because women are ridiculous and degraded, and femininity is totally shameful and disgusting and unnatural. How dare any man should lower himself that way.
You’ve already acknowledged that gender identity is innate. How is it unnatural to want to be proud and respected for BEING WHO YOU TRULY ARE? Oh wait, I forgot. Men acting womanly. Nasty. Because I don’t see you complaining about women acting manly, here. It’s all about men in dresses, ooooo.
Gee, this sounds familiar again. “I’m okay with you gay people, but you really shouldn’t shove it down our throats.” Replace “gay” with “trans” and that’s what you’re saying to us.
Comment by Makyui — June 24, 2010 @ 4:28 am
Merrell said “”I stand for equality regardless of the person’ level of masculinity.”
and then:
“What I get damn tired and sick of are the effeminate men screwing up the hard work and defense by the “straight acting” gays, giving the mainstream ammo to fire at the whole community and then being all in-your-face about rights they haven’t suffered for or earned.”
Obviously when you admit you don’t think effeminate men have earned equal rights you were lying when you said you stand for equality regardless of a person’s level of masculinity – you most certainly do not.
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Friggin’ Fantastic! And so well written! definitely going to go nationwide here!
Comment by CC — June 24, 2010 @ 7:33 pm
Makyui, I liked your impassioned response. I do want to say, though, that it would be wrong to dismiss groups like the Mattachine as “accomodationists”. It’s just as bad to diminish their work as it is to diminish the work of the flash queens at Stonewall.
Comment by Daniel — June 24, 2010 @ 10:00 pm
I can empathize with this post even though I’m straight; I am often mistaken for being gay because I arguably fit some of the existing stereotypes that float about. Points 4 and 6 are as dead-on an assessment of the insecure “Are you hitting on me?!” straight guy reaction as I have ever read. And it, not surprisingly, most often comes from the least impressive physical specimens. Not that being handsome and ripped excuses ignorance.
Great read, thanks for sharing/re-posting.
Comment by Jay T — June 25, 2010 @ 12:37 am
Ahh… I used ‘accomodationist’ because I’d seen homophile groups of the sort referred to as such in documentary texts. I didn’t mean to use it as an insult. But you’re right, and I’m sorry. I spoke out of hurt, and that wasn’t cool.
But I still stand by the rest of it, damn it! :)
Comment by Makyui — June 25, 2010 @ 1:53 am
LMAO, especially the part where the straight guy goes to the butch gay men thinking they’re also homophobes! Most people I know understand that hypermasculine men are often trying to attract other men.
I doubt the story is true but it is hilarious.
Comment by tHEhERETIC — June 25, 2010 @ 3:01 am
LOL. Simply amazing!
Comment by Tim K — June 25, 2010 @ 12:54 pm
Gold. Pure gold. And kudos.
Comment by Suzie — June 25, 2010 @ 4:37 pm
Makyui–I didn’t mean to guilt you. I’m in total agreement with the sentiment of your post.
Comment by Daniel — June 25, 2010 @ 4:58 pm
I just flagged it…FOR BEST OF CRAIGSLIST. :)
Comment by Dee — June 25, 2010 @ 6:39 pm
Makyui is a Nazi who hates Jewish people like me.
Comment by Becky Transsexual — June 25, 2010 @ 7:02 pm
Becky–Uh, What?
Comment by Daniel — June 25, 2010 @ 7:37 pm
Becky T. is a known troll…feel free to ignore it’s rants.
Comment by Sean O'Doherty — June 26, 2010 @ 1:42 am
*eyeroll* Not that it means much, but, on behalf of (rational)heterosexuals everywhere, I’d like to apologize for the idiots and hate. Wish people would take a clue pill and get over their prejudices.
This article, however, is about the best response to the situation I have EVER read. I congratulate the author for his wit!
Comment by writtenwyrdd — June 26, 2010 @ 11:57 am
You’re the man. I’m from India where they passed a rule last year stating that homosexuality isn’t a crime. That, in my opinion, coming from India, is huge because we’re a bunch of homophobic idiots. Hopefully, in the next few years, the Supreme Court permits same sex marriages.
Comment by Jayadev — June 26, 2010 @ 12:11 pm
Daniel, it’s fine. :) You were right, and I say dumb stuff a lot, so feel free to call me on it when I do.
Jayadev, that’s great! I’m sorry that it took so long for that to come around. I hope it only gets better from here on out.
Oh lord, she followed me. She was on PZ Myers’ blog yesterday. Best bet’s to ignore; she’s full of nothing but middle school insults.
Comment by Makyui — June 26, 2010 @ 1:06 pm
This was…INCREDIBLE. That is all.
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Rock On!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I like your gay-antidislike article – more people should be like this… Straight, I, for one, am in full support of this,people need to take a cold shower, figuratively speaking, and wake up to the fact that there are gay people and their not going to, figuratively, bite… **shake of head**
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*is dying of laughter*
Number 11 may just be my favorite.
Comment by EternalScribe — July 23, 2010 @ 10:17 pm
Omg I love this beyond words:)
Comment by Kate — July 24, 2010 @ 10:07 am
This is just perfect. I never could understand this reaction. The straight guy does not prefer all types of girls and yet they think that all gay guys are looking at all types of men. It just boggles the mind.
I think what it really is deep down, is that those men of that type, just hate rejection.
Comment by Rene Murphy — July 25, 2010 @ 10:11 am