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Taiwan Animated News Says “Faggot” Way Too Many Times in Dan Savage Video
We avoided reporting that GOProud had endorsed Mitt Romney for president up until this point because we continue to believe that this particular group of gay Republicans only exists because people pay attention to them. After all, you have to say Candy Man three times before he actually shows up to torment you, right?
Whatever they claim their representational base to be, GOProud boasts roughly 1100 fans on Facebook, making them only a fraction of the size of even the embarrassingly disproportional One Million Moms.
And we avoided discussing Dan Savage’s response to GOProud’s endorsement because using the words “house faggots” is just a straight-up incendiary thing to do, especially for someone who up until that exact moment had counted President Obama as a supporter and ally of the It Gets Better Project.
Even this morning’s revelation that GOProud’s endorsement was made mostly by straight members of the group’s board was worth skipping, because again, Candy Man.
But NMA’s animated coverage of the entire story – you know, the Taiwanese CGI news team – has just elevated the level of completely unacceptable discourse and behavior displayed by all of the involved parties into full meltdown mode. Like, animated President Obama as slave owner whipping white, gay plantation workers, level of unacceptable.
I can hardly believe that I have to point this out to adult men who have spent their entire lives in a country with a terrible history of racism and homophobia, but we don’t say “house faggots” on Twitter. Ever. Even if the group we’re meant to be admonishing are greedy idiots who continue to sell out their brothers and sisters for an awkward seat at the orange and yellow Fisher Price kids table way in the back corner of a Mitt Romney fundraising luncheon. Like, back behind the service entrance, around the corner from the maintenance room, in that dead end hallway that receives no natural sunlight.
For the record, GOProud, this kids table metaphor is the only possible excuse I can dream up for how you managed to get your knees stuck so far in your own ears and your feet in your mouth. NMA, the American news community doesn’t use the incredibly offensive word “faggot”, and you certainly aren’t permitted to, no matter what sort of cultural lost in translation curtain you’re pretend to hide behind here. And Dan, seriously?
It’s easy for me to sit up on my high horse because *cough Unicorn Booty ahem*, but also because I’m not a petulant brat prone to mood swings broadcast to millions of people. From where I’m sitting, all of the involved parties are behaving just terribly, and are in need of a timeout and a Spider-Man comic book.
With great power comes great responsibility. And none of you powerful folks are displaying even a bit of it.
