PC BS at 12:30 am

I was checking out a story on a fairly popular gay zine recently about two actors, one was TR knight (who was famously outed by Isaiah Washington) of Greys Anatomy, and the other was Zachary Quinto who you might recognize from Hero’s or as Spock on the last Star Trek movie. The story wasn’t anything spectacular…just a “hey these famous gays do normal stuff like us!” kind of piece with accompanying photos.

Because Quinto is one of the myriad of celebs who live in a glass closet….you know….they enjoy their gaiety but never live their lives honestly (Jody Foster, Anderson Cooper etc) there were a few comments by righteous queers that really, REALLY bugged me:


No. 9 · AA
Does he really need to be outed Queerty? Yeah I know, glass closet. But this isn't a Larry Craig thing where he's discriminated against gays and has lost the right to his own privacy. He doesn't even beard, so why not just leave him alone until he finally comes out for real?
I think this sort of thing might encourage other gay actors to be less open.


o. 12 · Felix had to add his two cents with a
Totally agreed with AA.
NOT COOL AT ALL
Posted: Sep 16, 2009 at 11:26 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]

Followed by the articulate wisdom of
No. 13 · Mike
I agree with AA as well.
NOT COOL

The sheer stupidity of AA’s ‘logic’ astounded me., and the lemmings who chimed in with their ’not cool’s infuriated me.

Here’s what they don’t get:

It’s BECAUSE of actors, politicians, clergy, bus drivers, school teachers etc who refuse to be open and honest that bigotry becomes socially acceptable. If a famous person, let alone a regular joe or jane isn’t proud enough or brave enough to say “Yeah I’m gay”….they perpetuate the notion that being gay is something to be ashamed of and we all suffer.

What’s the saying? All that is necessary for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing.

We live in an age where we want everything handed to us on a silver platter, and this PC BS ideology about ‘ooooh…don’t out this sweet actor…he might lose a role’ is dangerous to you, me and the little kid in the Nebraska cornfield. Like it or not little queerlings (of all ages), SOMEBODY has to blaze the trail, put their money where their mouth is and be proud. Otherwise the Sally Kearns, the Mormon churches and illiterate rednecks of this world win and we go back to the shadows...or worse.

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