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Tough-talking actor Samuel L. Jackson wished President Donald Trump a happy birthday on Friday, but the Twitterverse took exception to the perceived anti-gay slurs in the message and laid their vengeance upon him.
Jacksons tweet: Must have been a party at The White House, Mitch, Paul, Rudy & others were spotted wearing knee pads & carrying these lined up outside. Happy Birthday.
The tweet included an image of a product called After Dick Mints with the tagline Going down?
One Twitter user asked, Did you and Joy Reid get hacked by the same person? The reference is to the MSNBC host who had several homophobic posts on her blog, but claimed she was hacked.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/celebrity/actor-samuel-l-jackson-under-fire-for-alleged-homophobic-tweet/ar-AAyJvcl?li=BBnb7Kz
I get a chuckle out of it but I can understand why some might find his comments offensive.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)I'm reasonably sure he meant it in a subservient way, not homophobic...
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,509 posts)These guys so want to curry favor with Trump that they'd do something they'd otherwise find distasteful.
DURHAM D
(32,619 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)What do Samuel Jackson and Joy Reid have in common beside color ?
dsc
(52,175 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)But the person had no problem lumping them together.
dsc
(52,175 posts)that was a lumping together but they do have in common having posted homophobic tweets though his isn't as bad as hers were.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)The point I'm trying to make is the person who criticized Jackson for making homophobic tweets immediately compared him to another prominent black person who made homophobic tweets when prominent people of all colors have been caught engaging in homophobic behavior, including making homophobic tweets.
mythology
(9,527 posts)It's a pretty logical connection.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)So there is a nexus between Joy Reid and every prominent person who makes a homophobic tweet or just a nexus between Joy Reid and every person of color who makes a homophobic tweet ?
It's important for me to get it sorted out.
Dr. Strange
(25,929 posts)the connection is someone on the left using homophobic imagery to attack right-wingers.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)Response to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #20)
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Behind the Aegis
(54,074 posts)But, in the grand scheme of things, it is not as offensive as many homophobic things GLB face. Still, I wish this type of casual homophobia would disappear and not get used or dismissed out of hand.
Dr. Strange
(25,929 posts)Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,262 posts)mythology
(9,527 posts)Be more creative.
TheBlackAdder
(28,262 posts).
...and two other kids who are gender fluid.
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LenaBaby61
(6,979 posts)I know many gay people, but I've only managed to get in contact with one tonight. I asked him about Jackson's tweet, and he laughed and said pretty soon liberals/left-leaning people won't be able to say much of anything, because it'll be turned around, twisted and then used against them by MAGAts, who are trying to silence them. He said, he guesses that the only people who'll be able to speak are right-wingers, Klaners, White Nationalists, tRump et al.
Not gonna mention what this same friend said tRump's doing to putin, because my post will probably be removed or hidden.
fishwax
(29,152 posts)Saying that Trump sucks Putin's dick doesn't make a lot of sense as a criticism unless sucking dick is something to be condemned or ashamed of.
TheBlackAdder
(28,262 posts)fishwax
(29,152 posts)The method of sexually pleasuring him seems pretty important in this scenario. People don't insult trump by saying, for instance, that he's fingering Putin, though that would also be providing sexual pleasure. Rather, the insult pretty clearly relies on a (homophobic/misogynistic) cultural connotation that there is something demeaning about the act of putting a dick in one's mouth.
Baitball Blogger
(46,787 posts)I'm not saying it's not offensive, I just don't think it's exclusively offensive for the reason that the original poster claims.
fishwax
(29,152 posts)I added in another post that it's homophobia and misogyny ... I think they're generally intertwined.
FreeState
(10,591 posts)Oh you dont have to even ask just read the forum.
Heres a hint its homophobic.
fishwax
(29,152 posts)"Heres a hint its homophobic."
My point as well
FreeState
(10,591 posts)Yikes - I do t know how I did that... sorry again!
fishwax
(29,152 posts)Glorfindel
(9,750 posts)Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. We need all the allies against tRump and his monsters that we can get.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)But with a friend the first tool should be gentle persuasion.
fishwax
(29,152 posts)(Alas, twitter doesn't seem to be a format that lends itself to gentle persuasion.)
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)I'm sure this person was not offended in the least. Another deplorable bot at work.
MariaCSR
(642 posts)ismnotwasm
(42,030 posts)As should all the DUers who still think prison rape is a hilarious and appropriate topic and performing fellatio is an act of subservience.
Behind the Aegis
(54,074 posts)Sometimes, homophobia is A-OK. See, if it is used to attack right-wingers, then it gets a pass. If certain people use it, then it is also OK.
As soon as I saw this thread, I knew exactly the types of comments I would see, including those who defend this type of shit. It simply reminds me that as a gay man, I am not as important as others and my life and rights are expendable.
CakeGrrl
(10,611 posts)knowing how reliably it can turn some corners of the left into a circular firing squad.
The implication here is that people are lining up to please Trump to an extreme degree. That metaphor has been around a LONG time.
Guessing that it if he'd just accused them of having their heads so far up Trump's ass they could see what he had for dinner would have been less of a firestorm no matter the gender of the accused?
Hopefully people won't be suckered into all these distractions the MAGAts would love to generate to take heat off of Trump.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)CakeGrrl
(10,611 posts)The latest joint album release by Beyonce and Jay-Z probably got them fired up anew.
And it supports my thought that a MAGAt brought up Joy Reid to stir up more shit.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)going hard with the truth
KCDebbie
(664 posts)He's not an elected official. He doesn't set national policy. He can't lock anybody up. Why should I care what he thinks about anything?
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)But MAGAs and ractsts really don't get it. 85% of the world doesn't look like them and markets are global.
vicman
(478 posts)When all the old folks die out, maybe the discourse will change, but looking at the rise of neo-Nazism in this country today, I fear it may not.
Laffy Kat
(16,396 posts)As far as I know, SLJ does not hold homophobic views. I don't think that's where he was going with that tweet. Still, I'll be on the watch for more incidents before making a judgement.
tavernier
(12,431 posts)so the point is moot.