| Posted this in the wrong place. It was meant to be in reply to the OP's initial post. | |
| Last Edit: AlanScott 02:51 pm EDT 08/20/20 | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 02:50 pm EDT 08/20/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Randy Rainbow’s old, racist, and transphobic tweets resurface - WaymanWong 02:16 am EDT 08/20/20 | |
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| I'll start by saying that I've watched and/or listened to only a couple of RR's parodies. The ones I saw or heard didn't strike me as particularly clever or well-done. Not awful but not great. And without wanting to get overly political, I should also say that I feel DT is a delusional egomaniac, a sociopath, a coward, a bully, a compulsive liar, a hypocrite, a thief, and a sexual predator. I could list more things but I'll leave it there. So I'm in agreement with RR's political point of view. I also have been upset for years now by what has come to be known as "cancel culture." I'm a fervent First Amendment absolutist. I think those on the left who try to censor people do themselves and the entire left wing of the country (and the country as a whole) a great disservice. With all that as preface, I found the things I read yesterday on the page linked by the OP to be pretty appalling. I really don't think there's much excuse for the things RR posted that are quoted there. And it's not like he was saying these things privately. I'm sure pretty much everyone has said things privately that they wouldn't want to be made public. I certainly have. On the other hand (since the word I'm bringing up has been discussed in this thread), I will mention that until yesterday, when I typed the word in a discussion about this story, I don't think I had ever written or typed or said the word tranny. It's not that I'm so woke. I don't even claim that I've been especially sensitive to the issues and the oppression faced by the trans community and trans individuals. It's just so clearly a negative word, and I think that's always been clear to me. Even if Ru Paul uses it. One more thing: If I ever leave Manhattan or my current apartment, my main priority in choosing someplace new to live will be a place where I have to deal with less noise. The amount of noise where I live is maddening. I'm very sympathetic to people who find noise where they live to be disturbing. And I found his "black noise" comment hugely offensive. Not funny. At all. Again, none of us, including (perhaps especially) me, is perfect, but he said these things in a very public forum. It doesn't seem like he said them in order to mock the attitudes expressed. He should apologize. If you like his work and you want to watch any new videos from him (or rewatch old ones), I don't think that means that you endorse the attitudes he expressed. As for me, I didn't watch more than a couple of his videos, and I don't feel the need to watch any new ones he may produce. If I'd been a fan, perhaps I'd be more forgiving. |
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