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Post by xaria on May 1, 2009 9:08:47 GMT -5
last night on countdown with keith olbermann, he had michael musto on and they talked about the released news that 'queen' prejean had breast implants and mr musto used it as an oppertunity to go on about exactly how 'fake' she is- she had her penis removed, adams apple shaved and an all over wax. how very cheap that a gay man has to get laughs out of a homophobe by making her out to be trans. way to attack your opponant by kicking an uninvolved and even smaller minority than yourself. stay classy musto and olbermann, im disappointed. allowing your guest to be transphobic to get jokes out of homophobia and you didnt say anything about it...
i'v had it with trans people being considred *fake*. fuck you both olbermann and musto.
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Post by schizophonic on May 1, 2009 16:24:31 GMT -5
I haven't seen it yet. All of a sudden, I have a feeling I should watch it without anything I can THROW within arm's reach.
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Post by John E on May 1, 2009 17:50:59 GMT -5
Yeah, I saw that and I felt that was in bad taste.
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Post by schizophonic on May 2, 2009 12:36:51 GMT -5
It really was in bad taste. And I was amazed that he said it almost as "in passing" as he might talk of the weather.
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Post by Vene on May 2, 2009 13:31:08 GMT -5
Congratulations Olbermann, you're a bigot too. I am so fucking sick of transphobia.
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Post by devilschaplain2 on May 2, 2009 13:35:03 GMT -5
Can I has link pleez?
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Post by schizophonic on May 2, 2009 15:05:32 GMT -5
Congratulations Olbermann, you're a bigot too. I am so fucking sick of transphobia. Keith Olbermann...Tonights Worst Person in the Wooooooorld. I'm gonna go and point out that I'm really sick of this "fake" trend as well.
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Post by CtraK on May 3, 2009 18:18:51 GMT -5
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Post by schizophonic on May 4, 2009 9:26:16 GMT -5
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Post by xaria on May 4, 2009 10:11:35 GMT -5
i suppose we should be happy that the mainstream american liberals like olbermann have reached the point where they get that homophobia is bad, but is it that much of a leap to conclude that transphobia is just as bad?
the next night, i was hping against hope that he'd mention and apologise for that bit. of course, no such luck.
can i call him a psuedo-liberal?
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Post by xaria on May 4, 2009 10:21:27 GMT -5
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Post by schizophonic on May 4, 2009 11:52:04 GMT -5
Is there a contact for Keith or the Countrdown program? I had problems just getting this video to show up from the MSNBC site, and while I see a contact link on the same page, the hyperlinks are all messed up.
I'd still like to give him a piece of my mind.
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Post by devilschaplain2 on May 4, 2009 11:56:07 GMT -5
i suppose we should be happy that the mainstream american liberals like olbermann have reached the point where they get that homophobia is bad, but is it that much of a leap to conclude that transphobia is just as bad? the next night, i was hping against hope that he'd mention and apologise for that bit. of course, no such luck. can i call him a psuedo-liberal? Upon watching the video, I actually don't have a problem with it. Implying that she used to be a man or that she's a lesbian or something else she hates doesn't mean that that they hate transsexuals or gay people, they're just hitting her with the insults that would hurt her the most. Implying that a genuinely transphobic person like Ann Coulter used to be a man is akin to a slap to her face: you're stating that she's something she despises. Saying that a Neo-Nazi's wife left him for a black dude and making fun of him for that doesn't mean you're in favor of racial segregation, it just means you're using his own twisted beliefs against him. I don't think Musto or Olbermann (as annoying as they are) are transphobic or anything like that, personally.
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Post by xaria on May 4, 2009 13:41:23 GMT -5
possibly being trans, i have a different opinion on it. we get enough crap from people without other people adding to it to make a cheap 'point'
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Post by schizophonic on May 4, 2009 18:58:36 GMT -5
not only that, but they really didn't have to go that far to make their point.
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