A Whole Crapsworth Of Joy
I read today what has to be one of the most blisteringly stupid columns to appear in a major newspaper ever. It wasn't even relegated to something like the Daily Mail. It was in The Times! Near the front! It wasn't at the actual front, thank various gods, because if it had been I would have found myself...er...affronted.
The article itself was to do with gay couples. Apparently they are always portraid as "unhappy, promiscuous and camp". I just started spluttering with a mixture of rage and amusement at that line. Particularly as it was written by the straightest looking woman in the world who wasn't Margaret Thatcher.
EVERYBODY IS UNHAPPY, PROMISCUOUS AND CAMP!
...except apparently that particular journalist.
Unhappy: We are always unhappy with something. Whether it's because we had a bad nights sleep, our day at work left us with yet more to do, or because the cat did its business on the carpet two minutes before you had to run for the bus. It doesn't take a lot. Tell someone they look fat and you'll ruin their day.
Promiscuous: Humans, dolphins and a certain species of monkey are very promiscuous. If you've ever had a dog enthusiasticly humping your leg for no apparent purpose beyond the sheer joy of doing so then you get where this is going. Every human being for the whole of their natural lives will look at another human being passing by on the street and at least mentally go, "PHOAR!" If you're single you may do something about it, and even if you aren't you might give it a go anyway.
Camp: Everybody is camp. It doesn't take being a guy in a tight shirt with a pink sarong over his designer jeans jumping up and down fanning his hands wildly squealing, "OH MY GOD I GOT A HAIRCUT!" to be camp. Certainly no more than it takes dungarees and a prison haircut to be a lesbian. I'm bi, and I know a fairly impressive amount of gay people who you would not consider on first glance to be gay unless they've got their tongue down the throat of someone of the same sex. Camp is a state of mind and does exist, but not in a bad way.
To summarise: This journalist has watched way too many episodes of Will and Grace.
Fun Felidae Fact: Whilst my parents were away I got a kitten called Tinker...currently Stinker.
I read today what has to be one of the most blisteringly stupid columns to appear in a major newspaper ever. It wasn't even relegated to something like the Daily Mail. It was in The Times! Near the front! It wasn't at the actual front, thank various gods, because if it had been I would have found myself...er...affronted.
The article itself was to do with gay couples. Apparently they are always portraid as "unhappy, promiscuous and camp". I just started spluttering with a mixture of rage and amusement at that line. Particularly as it was written by the straightest looking woman in the world who wasn't Margaret Thatcher.
EVERYBODY IS UNHAPPY, PROMISCUOUS AND CAMP!
...except apparently that particular journalist.
Unhappy: We are always unhappy with something. Whether it's because we had a bad nights sleep, our day at work left us with yet more to do, or because the cat did its business on the carpet two minutes before you had to run for the bus. It doesn't take a lot. Tell someone they look fat and you'll ruin their day.
Promiscuous: Humans, dolphins and a certain species of monkey are very promiscuous. If you've ever had a dog enthusiasticly humping your leg for no apparent purpose beyond the sheer joy of doing so then you get where this is going. Every human being for the whole of their natural lives will look at another human being passing by on the street and at least mentally go, "PHOAR!" If you're single you may do something about it, and even if you aren't you might give it a go anyway.
Camp: Everybody is camp. It doesn't take being a guy in a tight shirt with a pink sarong over his designer jeans jumping up and down fanning his hands wildly squealing, "OH MY GOD I GOT A HAIRCUT!" to be camp. Certainly no more than it takes dungarees and a prison haircut to be a lesbian. I'm bi, and I know a fairly impressive amount of gay people who you would not consider on first glance to be gay unless they've got their tongue down the throat of someone of the same sex. Camp is a state of mind and does exist, but not in a bad way.
To summarise: This journalist has watched way too many episodes of Will and Grace.
Fun Felidae Fact: Whilst my parents were away I got a kitten called Tinker...currently Stinker.
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katrall:
lovely 
psb69:
Oh those camp gay couples ruining the perception of right wing moral decency, god bless rupert murdoch..!