Letters to the Editor
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WTF?
What the heck is Medved trying to say?
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So Mr. Medved...
...exactly what demographic would like you naked in a shower?
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Huh?
This quote is so brilliantly absurd, I'm utterly mystified as to what it means.
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I get what he is trying to say
I think he is wrong. But I get it.
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Know your gays!
Peter wrote, "This quote is so brilliantly absurd, I'm utterly mystified as to what it means."
Heck, I read Medved's column and I'm still confused!
But Medved could be right: maybe gays ARE just like morbidly obese unattractive women---a straight guy will f--k either of them if he's horny enough. Is that what Medved meant? Ugh.
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What I find interesting is that it's OPENLY gay people in the locker room that are "disturbing." Isn't it better to know who they are so you can avoid arousing them with your nakedness? Know who you shouldn't "turn your back on"?
Know your gays! They're EVERYWHERE!
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Hurray for political correctness?
Fascinating that Mr Medved is advocating political correctness. I had no idea he was shallow in this particular way!
The gist of PC is that people's feelings matter and therefore others should try not to offend or upset.
So the fact that many guys don't like the idea of man on man sex (whereas many guys are extremely turned on by woman on woman sex, go figure) means that their feelings should be protected by keeping gay men (and apparently "unattractive" women) away from them.
By Mr Medved's own criteria, all female reporters would need to be screened by some committee (do we need more government intervention in peoples private business?) to determine if they, like (openly) gay men are likely to offend players.
Which of course gets to the heart of what is wrong about political correctness. As a straight guy I can choose not to offend gay men. One way for example would be to go to places (such as gay bars or gay pride parades) where it is likely I will interact with gays and then treat them just as I would anyone else (despite the fact the prospect of man on man sex happens to not be my thing and, I'll admit, distinctively turns me off). Same goes for when I happen to run into a male-male couple, I can treat them as human beings, just like the handicapped, the obese, etc etc. Furthermore, if asked out by a man I can tell him I am flattered but straight which is actually a lot easier an out than to try and tell an "unattractive" woman I am not interested.
On the other hand anyone who attempts to tell me or command me to be innoffensive to gay men is wrong wrong wrong. PC is part of who you are, not something anyone can tell you or mandate that you do. PC is about personal choices. And like any other personal choice sometimes you will be judged by those choices.
Hey wake up folks - no one is "expecting" you to have gay sex just as nobody is "expecting" you to have any other form of sex. Just stop thinking about it. And remember the more gays who are married the less gays there will be looking to couple up!
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Rambling bigot Medved
Medved is a bigot. Plain and simple. When will the rest of this country pull its collective head out of its ass and realize that this type of commentary is just as bad and as unacceptable as a racist remark? I'm impressed that Medved is able to be both homophobic AND sexist in the same rambling comment. What a dirt bag.
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and?
It's so obvious that one has to try to misunderstand it.
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I get it.
No fat chicks! What is so difficult about that?
Really, all of the angst poured out over the comments of a Tim Hardaway (that noted social scientist) is quite a hoot.
Elsewhere in Salon, kids who had attended Penn State with the now-out Jon Amaeche have said, "Everybody at Penn State knew about him." No doubt, all of Amaeche's NBA teammates knew, too. And through all of that, was Amaeche ever threatened, harassed, insulted, attacked, discriminated against, etc.? Not to any great extent, as far as I am aware. He was apparently never even publicly outed.
Whose interest is served by gay atheletes staying closeted? Usually, it is their own interest, and usually that interest is a financial one. Atheletes stay closeted because they fear losing endorsements and similar opportunities. They stay closeted because it is good for their contract deals. Good for their image. They are partly in business to score points, but also in the entertainment business of selling images.
There are innumerable closeted lesbians in the WNBA, on the LPGA Tour, and on the pro tennis circuits. Many, many times more than in men's sports. They stay closeted, NOT becuase they are going to be beaten and abused, injured on the playing field, or otherwise harassed. They stay closeted because they want to be sports stars. (A handful of LPGA stars have outed themselves, including Rosie Jones, who took on as an endorsement sponsor the gay travel agency, Olivia; lesbians are so numerous among LPGA players and galleries, and in the WNBA, that it actually proves the point about "saleability" as the determining factor in outing oneself. They have a homosexual market to sell to!)
Hollywood actors who are gay stay closeted, not becuase anyone will beat them up in a locker room, or chop-block them on a kickoff return, but rather because they fear the loss of their saleable image. It is all the same thing.
It is all about the money. So boo-hoo.
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It Makes Perfect Sense
If you're a stupid douchebag.
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What a tool.
Medved's blather brings to mind this dialogue from John Sayles' "Lone Star":
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Mickey: Think her family's gonna be okay that you're a white guy?
Cliff: They think any woman over 30 who isn't married is a lesbian. She figures, they'll be so relieved that I'm a man...
Mickey: Yeah, it's always heartwarming to see a prejudice defeated by a deeper prejudice.
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Of course, these characters were talking of just two prejudices. The elements of Medved's bigotry stack like unspeakable pancakes.