Today at work, bullshit about homophobia.

[Brian37]

So today, I was repeating a very funny skit from Eddie Murphy's Raw album where he speculated if Ralph and Norton from the "Honey Mooners" were gay.

So I repeat this and my black co workers a decade too young to know about it, jump on me and one of them says "I knew it"! Accusing me of being gay, like it was a bad thing in any case.

Holy fucking shit jackasses! After 400 years of slavery and decades of segregation and even today, you think they could see the same stupid bigotry they were aiming at me.

I am sensitive, I do cry easy, and I do not have a deep voice, I am non confrontational physically and I do identify more emotionally with women than men. But I am NOT gay.

I simply said when they jumped on me like it was a bad thing "Even if I was, it would be nothing to be ashamed of".

Their ignorance was astounding considering how even today, I have seen cops treat them.

If I am not ashamed to say I don't believe in a god, what makes them think that I should be ashamed of being gay?

The skit was funny, not because it was homophobic, but because it made fun of heterosexual stereotypes with a "What if".

What if Arnold was gay? For example. "Come on me if you like to Jizz"

It is the same stupid crap humans suffer from. Short term memory. We hate being treated like shit ourselves, but when we gain and advantage we forget how shitty we were treated ourselves and in turn, do the same thing to others we don't want done to us.

[jackman]

...my black co workers a decade too young to know about it

here is where you went wrong.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

@Brian:

I saw Murphy's 'Raw' years ago,hated it for its bigotry and misogyny. The guy was as funny as cancer.

The rabid homophobia made me think 'closet gay'

Anyway, I stopped watching his movies. I must admit that wasn't much of a sacrifice; he only ever made one good movie that I saw.

[Erinome]

From the time I was about 13 until I left my hometown everyone thought I was a lesbian. I look, dress, and talk like a female, but I wasn't interested in boys my own age, and didn't relate to young ladies my age. They talked all kinds of shit about me, and the more I didn't give a shit, the more their suspicions grew. Little did they know I was more like a gay man, trapped in a woman's body, and preferred older men.

Fuck what people think! People find controversy in the silliest shit anyway.

[Jackalope]

Fuck what people think! People find controversy in the silliest shit anyway.

This x100.

[Brian37]

From the time I was about 13 until I left my hometown everyone thought I was a lesbian. I look, dress, and talk like a female, but I wasn't interested in boys my own age, and didn't relate to young ladies my age. They talked all kinds of shit about me, and the more I didn't give a shit, the more their suspicions grew. Little did they know I was more like a gay man, trapped in a woman's body, and preferred older men.

Fuck what people think! People find controversy in the silliest shit anyway.

What pissed me off about the guy who said "I knew it!" when I repeated the skit, last year was harassed by cops for merely being black in a gas station parking lot.

Seriously, next time they pull that shit on me, I am going to say "I am an atheist. If I am not afraid to admit that, what the fuck makes you think I am afraid of admitting being gay, if I was".

And would the laws magically change if I was? If someone grabs your ass it is called sexually harassment or assault. What is between my legs or my sexuality wont change that common law.