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Eeeeeeet voilà. “Some easy drunk chicks”. No. If a girl is drunk, you shouldn’t get profit of her situation, you full bag of shit. There is no “easy” girl, you dumb fuck. And even if this is an exclamation of pure surprise, “Fag” is not the right word to use, you intolerant asshole.
Jeez. This is why I hate people sometimes.

But yeah, you summoned the casual guy very well..

HAHA ATTCKK THE HOMOPHOBESS

Hush… my parents are all homophobic. And I’m bi… and I don’t say anything.

It’s too bad Dan Savage says this isn’t an appropriate way to deal with homophobes. https :// twitter.com / fakedansavage / status / 673976323530817536

I think this is a pity. It’d be nice to have some appropriate way to react that puts the onus of feeling unpleasantly on someone who became actively dickish instantly upon learning about your sexuality.

(I’d say “feeling unpleasant”, but that could as easily mean “feeling like being unpleasant to others” as “feeling disquieted or otherwise ideologically challenged due to the intolerance one exhibited”.)

Why would Carter respond “an appropriate way”? That would be out of character and it’s always awkward when writers change characters’ behaviour just to make a message :/

I’m not disparaging Carter’s action, not at all! He stayed in-character, and I was trying to say that I actually admired his reaction.

My comment was more from the idea that I think there needs to be something that can be done that’s socially acceptable and appropriate to shut down the people who act dickish upon learning about someone preferring sex in a manner that doesn’t match their own prejudices.

If you found yourself in Carter’s situation here, how would you shift the unpleasantness back onto the person who was dishing it out? Would it be appropriate to do so?

It’s more appropriate to show your distaste and utter intolerance of a phobes way of acting the way Carter did, it creates social exclusion which teaches others “this action is not acceptable within the community”. If more people acted in ways like Carter, expressing their distaste and how a phobes way of acting affects them, we would have a much larger influence on society and how phobes express their harmful beliefs. There would be less of an agressive approach phobes do, like the one Carter confronted if we as a community acted this way. Carter reacted appropriatly and in a very effective way.

Dan Savage also says that bisexual people don’t exist.

https://youtu.be/p2sIf_sVYuc
“bisexuals don’t like to hear the truth…”
Gay men don’t get to dictate my sexuality.

He’s not wrong though. He’s just speaking the truth. Do you know how many guys come out as Bi before they come out as gay? The guy isn’t being condescending he’s just stating a true fact. He’s not saying that all bisexuals are actually gay, he’s just saying that it’s a stereotype for a reason. I mean, at least try to comprehend what the mans point was before you use A VIDEO OF HIM SAYING THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU ARE IMPLYING as some sort of proof. He’s simply acknowledging the stereotype. He IS NOT implying that the stereotype is a universal truth.

And I say that as a bisexual dude. Do you know how many gay guys have rolled their eyes at me and said “uh huh, bisexual…riiiiiiight. I was bisexual too”. Like tomorrow I’m going to suddenly quit liking girls? But, I don’t think that’s what the guy was saying in his video. It wasn’t condescending. He was just talking about the stereotype in an analytical sense.

Stereotypes exist for a reason. Believe it or not, it’s actually OK to acknowledge them.

Yes, I’m describing people who are gay using bisexuality as a way to feel less gay. I’m not saying you’re halfway gay, it’s not the terminology I would use. I’m simply using it to describe the point of the video, not you. Avoiding the fact you blatantly lied about the contents of the video in favour of complaining about terminology is dishonest. Also, it’s offensive to you, you don’t speak for every bisexual, I’m sure at least a few wouldn’t mind that description.

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