Presumably their belief outweighs anyone's offended feelings?
5.47pm: There's a chorus of "Stop in the Name of Love" going on in the bedroom. Evander is telling a story about his bottom
I think the van is running on empty.
Presumably their belief outweighs anyone's offended feelings?
Writing for PinkNews.co.uk, Richard Smith says the reaction to Evander Holyfieldâs homophobic remarks on Celebrity Big Brother shows âthe gay public realm has been hijacked by new puritans â bullies, censors, bores.â
Are you watching Celebrity Big Brother?
No, neither am I.
But some gayers have now got their overpriced underpants in a twist cause someone on CBB has saidâĶ something bad about The Gays!
Imagine.
BURN THE WITCH!!!
The accused, Evander Holyfield is a boxer, and a man who â letâs face it â neither you nor I had ever heard of before.
Oh, apart from some vague folk-memory about Mike Tyson having bitten a bit of his ear off long long ago.
Anyway, the other day Mr Holyfield said something nutty on Celebrity Big Brother about how he thinks being gay is wrong and that it could â and should â be cured.
As back up, he said it says in the Bible itâs wrong.
Case closed!
The man and his quarter-baked opinions are clearly an antiquated joke.
Heâs a born-again idiot.
A bigot.
But instead of laughing this off some gay men have taken great offence.
Even complaining to Ofcom!
Thereâs probably a pointless online petition somewhere.
âIf you are mildly annoyed click your mouse now â then everything will be okay foreverâ.
But why?
Because people must not think bad thoughts or say things we donât agree with?
Newsflash â Celebrity Big Brother is a reality TV show.
People watch it because it might show some vague semblance of reality.
So why be surprised â never mind horrified â when a real person says something that many real people really think?
This faux outrage over the slightest slight â sorry, âhate-filled anti-gay slurâ â has become a gay cliche.
Like when another vacuous Hollywood celebrity has said heâs not that keen on gay marriage.
Who cares what he thinks? Heâs a vacuous Hollywood celebrity!
Just the other week there was some redneck on something called Duck Dynasty who also said something bad about The Gays?
I bet you never saw his TV show either, did you?
But he must be silenced â the gay thought police say NO! â and so he was suspended by the television station.
Why?
Because some thoughts are unbroadcastable, unsayable, now even unthinkable.
The gay public realm has been hijacked by new puritans â bullies, censors, bores.
Bedwetting pearl-clutching fools, desperate to take offence at anything and everything.
Privileged people painting themselves as victims.
There are so many things that are wrong in this world, why waste time on something as trivial as this?
When our mad right-wing enemies talk about a âgaystapoâ â a new McCarthyism â itâs at times like this I increasingly think they may actually have a point.
And I worry our knee-jerk hysterical over-censoriousness is making us look like a joke.
Some people are still bigots â can we get over it, please?
Richard Smith is an independent journalist. His blog about gay men and the media â Fagburn â was nominated for Stonewallâs publication of the year 2013.
(source DS)
With moves like that it's a wonder that Iron Mike ever managed to catch him and bite his ear
12.07am: Evander's been telling a story for longer than most of his fights. Dappy and Jim are patiently waiting for a punchline
12.22am: Dappy's in the Diary Room, Jim's gone to get ready for bed. Evander hasn't noticed and is still telling his story
Oh dear
Good job he never used that kind of footwork in the ring
Good job he never used that kind of footwork in the ring
bless him .
7.54pm: Evander just admitted he still doesn't know who else is up for eviction. It's almost like he's not paying attention
Gutted that they voted the man out .
7.54pm: Evander just admitted he still doesn't know who else is up for eviction. It's almost like he's not paying attention
Stuff like that ^ is what cracks me up
Ah well, now he's gone I'm changing corners and going over to the dark side
Knocked out in the first round... by a bunch of cheats.
Jim for the win, Cos?
Someone told me Evanda said he punched his pregnant horse in the mouth! b*st*rd I couldn't care less if he's famous, anyone who mistreats an animal disgusts me, famous or not!!