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Charlatan · 11-11-2004, 06:00 AM

1) the media doesn't pull a stereotype out of thin air.
2) people who base their life around a stereotype are perhaps, from one point of view to be pitied... I know I get my knickers in a twist whenever I see guys who look like Tim "the toolman" Taylor grunting and looking stupidly at their Overachieving but sweetly underappreciated wives... However, there are a multitude of reasons why someone might cling to a media image and even emulate it... Why do you think so many girls in the 80s dressed like Madonna or even Boy George? Why do so many boys wear the jersey of their favourite sports hereo?

In my mind there are a lot of things that could be going on here... empowerment, by emulating someone with aparent power you then take on some of that power; irony, Dorothy is chock full of irony; personal enjoyment, they just like doing these things... it is how they "be"

In the end, the only thing I take away from the arguement why can people just be when it is used in the context of gay people who are "in our face" is that the only problem is that they aren't like me... they are different and I don't like it... I don't care that they sleep with people of the same sex I just wish they wouldn't be so "gay".

You know I have no problem with people who like sports... I just wish they wouldn't hold their matches in public. Damn everytime I see them painting their faces and screaming their team's name... I just hate it. And then they all get together and scream their heads off in bars... They actually cheer and yell at the television. Why can't they just enjoy their beer and go home and watch the game there where I don't have to have them in my face...

11-11-2004, 06:00 AM	#22 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	1) the media doesn't pull a stereotype out of thin air. 2) people who base their life around a stereotype are perhaps, from one point of view to be pitied... I know I get my knickers in a twist whenever I see guys who look like Tim "the toolman" Taylor grunting and looking stupidly at their Overachieving but sweetly underappreciated wives... However, there are a multitude of reasons why someone might cling to a media image and even emulate it... Why do you think so many girls in the 80s dressed like Madonna or even Boy George? Why do so many boys wear the jersey of their favourite sports hereo? In my mind there are a lot of things that could be going on here... empowerment, by emulating someone with aparent power you then take on some of that power; irony, Dorothy is chock full of irony; personal enjoyment, they just like doing these things... it is how they "be" In the end, the only thing I take away from the arguement why can people just be when it is used in the context of gay people who are "in our face" is that the only problem is that they aren't like me... they are different and I don't like it... I don't care that they sleep with people of the same sex I just wish they wouldn't be so "gay". You know I have no problem with people who like sports... I just wish they wouldn't hold their matches in public. Damn everytime I see them painting their faces and screaming their team's name... I just hate it. And then they all get together and scream their heads off in bars... They actually cheer and yell at the television. Why can't they just enjoy their beer and go home and watch the game there where I don't have to have them in my face... __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke Last edited by Charlatan; 11-11-2004 at 06:13 AM..