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Kid Rock Calls Twitter “Gay”
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http://glaadblog.org/2009/07/29/kid-rock-calls-twitter-gay-in-latest-issue-of-rolling-stone/Kid Rock Calls Twitter “Gay” in Latest Issue of Rolling Stone
In the latest issue of Rolling Stone, rap-rocker Kid Rock let out his true feelings about social networking site Twitter, calling it “gay.”
“It’s gay. If one more person asks me if I have a Twitter, I’m going to tell them, ‘Twitter this s***, motherf***er, I don’t have anything to say, and what I have to say is not that relevant. Anything that is relevant, I’m going to bottle it up and then squeeze it onto a record somewhere.”
After GLAAD was alerted to Kid Rock’s comments, GLAAD’s Senior Director of Media Programs, Rashad Robinson, released the following statement:
“Such a misuse of the word ‘gay’ sends a message that these kinds of words can be used to insult our community. It reinforces what so many young people experience in their schools everyday, where a word that describes who they are is used to denigrate. We see today that media recognize the disrespectful nature of using this word as a pejorative and we hope Kid Rock will take this opportunity to clarify his word choice and educate his fans on the harms of such uses.”
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love it.
So he's a rock star and not a very clever one. case closed.
Or a very good one.
Which Twitter essentially is. But that probably won't stop me signing up for it when I start on a forthcoming internet project.
Well, that's the problem... he is. Even using anti-LGBT language enables discrimination and bullying.
Check the stats:
Believe it or not, using these words matters.
It's not something you are going to be able to stop - you can't a have a monoploy on a word.
C-A x
That's etymology for you.
Twitter is gay, btw.
he has fans?
If the campaign is aimed at stopping the word gay from being used as an insult - whatever personal feelings are on that issue - then shouldn't the focus be on South Park?
That's surely the fundamental media influence that uses it that way the most, though I'm sure Parker and Stone have a pretty rigorous defence for why they should be free to do so.
yeah but he is not directing his comment at these people. He is not saying anything bad against anyone in the LGBT community. He is using the word gay in a completely different context and therefore means a completely different thing.
Now how do you suppose the Islands inhabitants feel about all (what they perceive to be) the negative connotations of people assuming they are homosexual.
Not that I have said that there is anything wrong with homosexuals, just that many female homosexuals refer to themselves are lesbians?
How is this any different to Kid Rock using a word which for all intents and purposes has evolved into meaning something other than homosexual, much as it was before the homosexual community adopted it as their own.
Languages change and evolve, unfortunate for those aforementioned Islanders, and unfortunate for the homosexual community that they believe they have been offended, when infact no intent was present.
OK, I really, really, really hate people using 'gay' as a synonym for rubbish. It does sent out horrid messages, it does subconsciously associate gay with all things bad in the minds of children, etc. But even I am getting a bit bored of every individual celebrity doing it getting free press. Yes, they use lazy language without thought for others. Yes, they are stupid.
When broadcasters do it, a slap on the wrist is reasonable, but he's just another musician trying to be controversial. Don't give him the time of day.
Incidentally, my Twitter feed is particularly gay :thumb:
Funny how it happens.
Apart from, one assumes, Sappho...
I hate it because it's linguistically lazy, but I think we have to accept that people aren't generally using it to be disparaging against gay men. Insults evolve away from their original meanings, just as the word gay has evolved from it's original meaning.
People don't use words like twat or cock literally and I don't think people use gay as an insult in a disparaging way.
As for kids bullying, they mercilessly pick on any differences, whether you're fat, skinny, ginger, gay, whatever. Getting Chris Moyles to stop calling things gay won't change this.
Incidentally, Chris Moyles is an excellent example of what I'm saying: when I insult him, I'm not saying he's a vagina.
C-A xx
So I call bullshit on everyone who says it's the LGBT communities fault for getting their knickers in a twist, that's just a way of diverting responsibility from the people who actually say it.
I would go to agree that is the actuall context he is usinbg it in not in everyone who uses it is gay.
Jim - your comment is, in the words of Eric Cartman, "totally lame, dude".
The classic thing was the school that banned the use of the word gay as an insult and suddenly all the children started to call each other 'jews' - it's obvious where that language was from, it's just whether it's a problem that's the central question.
I can see why they don't like it, but I'm afraid it's something they'll have to come to terms with. When it's used as a term for rubbish it's not intentionally offensive, and it's something that is only going to get more common.
Same with flid, mong, spastic, jew etc etc
It's just engish slang and the way language works.
People who get uptight about this kind of stuff are generally just too short-sighted to notice their own flaws and ignorance.
You can knock on the guy for some un-PC comment, sure. But has every word you've ever spoken been suitable for reporting?