Recently Tracy Morgan was verbally attacked, forced to apologize, was threatened to be fired and was almost ostracised for his homophobic rant in which he used the pejorative term "faggot."
Now, let me be clear.....by no means do I agree with the things that were said by Mr. Morgan. HOWEVER, I do agree with the fact that he should have the right to voice his opinion about gay men or anyone else that he chooses when he chooses.
Was what he said polite or funny? No!
Should he have thought twice about what he was saying before he said it? Yes!
What Tracy said was hurtful and painful to many. But, according to our 1st Amendment.....he had that right!
After seeing the backlash Mr. Morgan received from his actions; I became truly amazed at how upset society gets whenever someone opposes or criticizes GAY AMERICA. If you disagree with gay marriage, call them out of their name, or do anything that makes a gay individual feel UNCOMFORTABLE....it's as if the world is about to end.
GAY RIGHT groups will BAN together and ENSURE that your life will definitely be a LIVING HELL from that point on!
HELLO!
I'm sorry! I'm not understanding!
Michael Richards who played Kramer on Seinfeld. was doing a stand up show at the Laugh Factor. During his show he was heckled by several black audience members. After not being able to handle the heckling he went on to say, "He's a NIGGER, He's a NIGGER, He's a NIGGER, He's a NIGGER, He's a NIGGER!" He used the term NIGGER SIX TIMES! SIX TIMES!
He wasn't apologetic by any means!
As a matter of fact, he insisted that the NIGGERS be thrown out of his show.
And what happened to Mr. RICHARDS? Well let's see.......NOTHING!
Seinfeld continues to be one of the top running syndicated shows on television and Mr. Richards continues to make millions.
WOW!
Now let's take a look at poor Isaiah Washington (former co-star on Grey's Anatomy). In July of 2007 he called his gay white co-worker a fag. Mr. Washington was immediately terminated from the show. This talented actor has been fighting to recover from this tragic moment in his life. It's almost as if he disappeared off the face of the earth.
But finally he was given a 2nd chance. Last week he made his first appearance on Single Ladies. This is an African American show with African American producers. It took him 4 years! 4 YEARS to recover!
It truly amazes me how we can be blind or so comfortable with the rudeness or blatant disrespect to some races or individuals, but be so OFFENDED when others are put on the spot.
Recently, I saw a picture that was published depicting our PRESIDENT as a MONKEY.
A MONKEY!
How in the HELL is it O.K. and ACCEPTABLE for a republican representative to send out an email to his colleges with a picture of our PRESIDENT of these UNITED STATES and suggest that his heritage stems from a MONKEY?
AND NOTHING HAPPENED! NO ONE GOT UPSET!
But a black man uses a slang derogatory term referring to a group of individuals in general and he received death threats?
I'm BAFFLED! I'm REALLY CONFUSED!
I'm sorry, but I see a HUGE problem with our society.
Now, don't misunderstand me. I don't condone or agree with the degradation or disrespect of any human being. I have gay male friends and I love them dearly. However, I don't understand how GAY Individuals feel that more entitled than any other being on this earth.
Should we have to tiptoe around our feelings on GAY MARRIAGE? Should we not say how we would feel if our child tells us their GAY? Should we avoid saying anything that may be viewed as offensive or insulting to anyone that's GAY?
Maybe we should!
However, so should we do the same for blacks, people who are obese, mentally challenged individuals, the handicapped and anyone else who doesn't fit into the quote...unquote box that society has placed us in.
If we're going to get upset about what Tracy Morgan said, let's get upset about all of the other offensive acts that are being committed across the board!
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