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Originally Posted by peter12
Yeah, I wasn't saying it was normal or acceptable. I meant that times change.
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No no I didn't think you thought it was ""acceptable" at all. And times do change. I'm just saying they haven't changed
that much.
If this video was from 1981 then a point could be made that "everyone thought that way", but by 1991, really I don't think they did.
They were teaching about AIDS in high school before 1991. In 1992 Kurt Cobain was wearing a dress on stage and Nirvana was the biggest thing since Bread.
Bla bla bla... The guy does seem genuinely sickened that this got out. Usually when something embarrassing happens politicians give out some insincere sounding crap about "time to reflect" or "we need privacy" but, if I'm reading it correctly, this guy got ambushed by this and pretty much said "this makes me sick and I'm embarrassed and ashamed" without some speechwriter or stoic wife standing on his arm. Good for him on that at least.
It would be interesting to hear from an actual gay person on this issue. I think "geez what an idiot this guy is" but if he was talking about me I'd probably feel a lot stronger about it. Maybe even threatened -- you know, with the Cabinet Minister for Democratic Reform saying I'm a diseased second class citizen and all.