[Tom Guycott]

Let's play a little game...

Originally Posted by StRaNgEr Its just crazy to me, how any time somebody has anything to say about a black person that is negative, they are made out to be a monster... Here is the thing though, I have nothing against black people, I think people should do absolutely anything that makes them happy, as long as they are not hurting anyone else. But the guy who wants to say interracial couples are sick, or wrong, or disgusting and immoral, has his right as a fucking american to say, and feel whatever he wants without being chastised, or called out. Its what we call a double standard, people dont want to be treated badly for being black, but they want to treat people like shit, unless they say "oh yea, being black is perfectly natural, and beautiful, there is nothing wrong about it at all whatsoever". If you are light skinned and passing for white, and you know there is potential for backlash if you expose that secret, It is up to you, and only you, if you want to let that secret out and expose yourself to it. I'm so sick of people being told that they have to act, and talk, and feel a certain way about everything. Love and tolerance should always be shown amongst each other and human beings, but if someone has an opinion you dont fucking like, fucking deal with it!!!! It's called life, and it is time for people to stop thinking the world should revolve around them, and they can force people into thinking and feeling however they want them to about blacks.

Now for the question: do my edits make this seem more or less like a batshit argument to you? I mean, if you really feel so strongly about what you said, changing the directon of what is essentially the same viewpoint shouldn't make you uncomfortable in the least, which in turn, says something else about you entirely.

Now, I'm the first one to say that calling someone a fag (or retard, for that matter) is NOT the same as calling someone a nigger. In fact, I had a very dim view on that ad campaign for sexual eqality. I also have a particular view of the whole "born this way" statment not taking into account for those who feel as though it's a preference over genetic predetermination, or those who see sex as sex and really don't give a rat's ass who it's with- but that's another issue for another time.

In the case of Jay Brisco, there is a big difference in simply not being PC and being a goddamn idiot. Being stirred up enough to even sarcastically suggest somone should be shot in the face for telling your kid gay couples are a-ok? Are we overblowing The Westboro Baptist Church and any iteration of the KKK into "monsters" that they supposedly aren't because anything they say is protected by the first ammendment?

Being protected doesn't equate it to being appropriate, and even if he is a "lowly" indy wrestler, he's still, in a manner of speaking, a public figure. He broadcast his statement to the WORLD WIDE WEB, and as such, he opened himself up for any criticism. He should not only be "called on it", he should be expected to be called on it. It is understandable that homosexuality makes some people uncomfortable, and they're okay to feel that way... but are we, as the public, just supposed to let his comments slide and just shrug our shoulders and be like "oh, that's just how HE is"?

Again, just because he has the right to say it, doesn't mean he should've. Any heat he gets from this is really his own fucking fault. Plain and simple.