Oh, it be so.
Yesterday, a diary who's title called Dana Milbank "Dick Whisperer" and speculated he gave good head got 31 recs and tips from 50 people.
Yep, 50 people think it's OK to label people we don't like as being gay.
50 people who think calling someone gay is an insult, and a proper one
50 so-called progressives who openly lied and claimed they didn't realize that saying a man must give good head is playing on our country's open hatred of gay people. (Okay, all 50 didn't, but those who did comment were scary!)
That's sad. Not surprising given the state of homophobia in America today, but very sad given this is a supposedly progressive site.
What's much sadder is that the mods let it stand. Sending the unmistakable message that it's OK to use homophobic insults if "we" don't like the person you're insulting.
UPDATE:
I always focus on the bad, i should have given props to those who called out the diarest or Hr'd it:
Aldous, Cartoon Peril, arodb, alliedoc,gave Hr's. Eileen B, purple priestess, robcat said it was offensive.
and i shouldn't have tarred the whole site. maybe mods never speak up? it was heartbreaking because i value the site.
FUCKED UP.
(and no, i won't link to the homophobic bigoted bullshit diary i'm slamming. bad enough it ran once.)
and no, it's not a goodbye cruel site diary. i'm staying, and i'm calling out every person who i ever see litter this site with their homophobia, immigrant-hate, woman-bashing, or whatever other trash gets put up here.I know the site is mostly white straight middle-class men, which is why gay-bashing is accepted. But as long as the site says "progressive" those of us who hate bigots and bigotry need to stay and call out the bigots. PLEASE.
There is no such thing as a progressive homophobe, the words are oxymorons. Those who rec'd this crap need to go to Red State where they belong, they are omnimorons.
Update: Thanks
After seeing 50 people tip someone using homophobic slurs yesterday, i really needed to see the nearly 100 people who answered "if you use homophobic insults you suck!" even if they don't agree with me on what exactly a homophobic insult is. thanks alot, seriously. i know it was a push-poll, but no one had to answer anything.
(special thanks to those who gave me tips or recs.)