MataVatnik@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoVillage People Singer Denies “Y.M.C.A.” Is a “Gay Anthem” As He Defends Trump’s Use of Songconsequence.netexternal-linkmessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down19
arrow-up1313arrow-down1external-linkVillage People Singer Denies “Y.M.C.A.” Is a “Gay Anthem” As He Defends Trump’s Use of Songconsequence.netMataVatnik@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square111fedilink
minus-squareminnow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up84·23 days agoI hate him saying “get your mind out of the gutter” as if even thinking about people who are gay is itself a perverted sexual act. Gay people exist. Acknowledging this and discussing whether a piece of media is directed at them is not “mind in gutter” stuff. I don’t want to go so far as to say this person is homophobic, but it sure does sound like some internalized homophobia, perhaps.
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·23 days agoHe knows the audience he’s playing to
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down10·23 days ago“the gutter” here is the idea that the YMCA — a youth organization helping out young men in need — has sexual intentions in its existence. That would be sketchy as fuck.
minus-squarecurbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·23 days agoYou’ve got some impressively long arms for all that reaching.
I hate him saying “get your mind out of the gutter” as if even thinking about people who are gay is itself a perverted sexual act.
Gay people exist. Acknowledging this and discussing whether a piece of media is directed at them is not “mind in gutter” stuff.
I don’t want to go so far as to say this person is homophobic, but it sure does sound like some internalized homophobia, perhaps.
He knows the audience he’s playing to
Bingo!
“the gutter” here is the idea that the YMCA — a youth organization helping out young men in need — has sexual intentions in its existence.
That would be sketchy as fuck.
You’ve got some impressively long arms for all that reaching.