Reply #38

In the discussion thread: Whitney "took to drugs and drinks because she was hiding her true sexuality" [View all]

Mon Feb 20, 2012, 04:43 AM

38. do you call all people who choose not to come out homophobes?

there are plenty even here who have expressed reasons they do not come out. are they all homophobes?

to say that it is everyone's right to make that choice for herself is not homophobic.

outing is a crime against privacy and economic and personal security. outing someone who is not even alive to either verify, deny, or sue for the claim, and doing so for PROFIT and titillation and some seconds of fame is indecent exploitation.

Reply to this post

Back to OP Alert abuse Link to post in-thread

Always highlight: 10 newest replies | Replies posted after I mark a forum

Replies to this discussion thread

74 replies	Author	Time	Post
Whitney "took to drugs and drinks because she was hiding her true sexuality" [View all]	apples and oranges	Feb 2012	OP
Sounds like a lame attempt at a rationalization to me	slackmaster	Feb 2012	#1
I thought everyone knew she was gay anyway. nt	valerief	Feb 2012	#2
This is my first time hearing about it	Proud Liberal Dem	Feb 2012	#3
I'd first known of the rumors back in the 80s	Blue_Tires	Feb 2012	#45
I never heard any such rumors	Proud Liberal Dem	Feb 2012	#62
Exactly -	DURHAM D	Feb 2012	#4
Tabloids sure are a big business	SunsetDreams	Feb 2012	#5
An editorial cartoon in the Ottawa Citizen comes to mind	slackmaster	Feb 2012	#6
That cartoon is pretty disgusting	starroute	Feb 2012	#64
Tell that to Ayatollah Ali Khameini	Fozzledick	Feb 2012	#67
And you know that, how?	starroute	Feb 2012	#73
Wasn't she a devout Christian?	stopbush	Feb 2012	#7
Your brush is too broad for "Christian".	DURHAM D	Feb 2012	#9
It's a fool's errand to keep up with the cherry picking that goes on from one Xian sect to another.	stopbush	Feb 2012	#19
Yes, being accurate is such a pain in the ass.	Union Scribe	Feb 2012	#40
Perfect.	Wait Wut	Feb 2012	#57
In her family, the anti-gay form (of Christianity) seemed to be in effect.	Jamastiene	Feb 2012	#66
Having watched the funeral yesterday...	undeterred	Feb 2012	#18
She was scheduled to do an anti-bullying ad aimed at racial minorietys, gay youth the day she died	FreeState	Feb 2012	#30
Cue the former lovers ...	lpbk2713	Feb 2012	#8
There are many but I don't really expect to hear from them.	DURHAM D	Feb 2012	#10
And what the hell does her sexual preference have to do with anything?	HopeHoops	Feb 2012	#11
Because new reporters are lazy and	Rex	Feb 2012	#15
Curiously, I always thought she was the next Arethra Franklin, AND...	HopeHoops	Feb 2012	#17
I think of Whitney as the 21st century Judy Garland. nt	valerief	Feb 2012	#21
Nah. Witney had a better voice. (No offense to Garland intended)	HopeHoops	Feb 2012	#23
I think the reverse. nt	valerief	Feb 2012	#28
I do too.	Zoeisright	Feb 2012	#37
I read that too a few years ago.	Rex	Feb 2012	#22
Think "supermarket tabloids".	HopeHoops	Feb 2012	#24
Yes. It is so sad.	Rex	Feb 2012	#25
Preference? It's orientation N/T	FreeState	Feb 2012	#31
Hard call when someone's bi, but yes, orientation is a better word.	HopeHoops	Feb 2012	#41
If she was gay or bisexual, that was her orientation n/t	ruggerson	Feb 2012	#44
It's probably the other way around...she loved booze and drugs more than she loved anyone else.	dkf	Feb 2012	#12
Why must there always be a hidden agenda?	Rex	Feb 2012	#13
a person will put up with the level of abuse he/she thinks he/she deserves nt	msongs	Feb 2012	#14
I can very much relate to this and speak of it	dsc	Feb 2012	#16
But a lot of Christians don't like to hear that. Intolerant Christians. nt	valerief	Feb 2012	#20
Most alcoholics and addicts use drugs/alcohol to cope.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Feb 2012	#26
It's all true . . .	tilsammans	Feb 2012	#27
Wow!	onpatrol98	Feb 2012	#29
If its true it's not tacky, it's tragic and all too common	FreeState	Feb 2012	#33
It's tacky regardless	onpatrol98	Feb 2012	#34
Keep justifying that homophobia - it destroys lives n/t	FreeState	Feb 2012	#35
Justifying homophobia???	onpatrol98	Feb 2012	#36
do you call all people who choose not to come out homophobes?	nofurylike	Feb 2012	#38
Since Donnie McClurkin was invited to be the first singer and TD Jakes was invited to eulogize her	ruggerson	Feb 2012	#46
Donnie McClurkin	onpatrol98	Feb 2012	#47
Would you feel comfortable with David Duke speaking at a memorial?	ruggerson	Feb 2012	#51
David Duke ???	onpatrol98	Feb 2012	#53
Evidently the problem is	ruggerson	Feb 2012	#54
True, we'll never know.	onpatrol98	Feb 2012	#56
Hate is hate, bigotry is bigotry	ruggerson	Feb 2012	#59
Not sure why you would think otherwise.	onpatrol98	Feb 2012	#63
Here are a couple of links you might find interesting	ruggerson	Feb 2012	#61
Here we go: Right back to the "it's just one song" claim.	Jamastiene	Feb 2012	#68
Amen, OnPatrol. Addiction was Whitney's demon.	Mimosa	Feb 2012	#69
Billie Holliday	onpatrol98	Feb 2012	#72
What's tacky is that someone who has no right to do so, is speaking for her. She	sabrina 1	Feb 2012	#39
You sound like you think it's an insult to discuss whether a public figure was gay	ruggerson	Feb 2012	#42
No...I sound like it was tacky.	onpatrol98	Feb 2012	#50
So putting aside Peter Tachell	ruggerson	Feb 2012	#52
Appropriate	onpatrol98	Feb 2012	#55
if this is true it's very sad	JI7	Feb 2012	#32
Her memorial service was quite beautiful	ruggerson	Feb 2012	#43
For you Whitney	William769	Feb 2012	#48
Beautiful	DURHAM D	Feb 2012	#49
That makes total sense to me.	blue ivy schlotsky	Feb 2012	#58
Of course.....after she's dead and can't deny this.	cbdo2007	Feb 2012	#60
I agree with everyone in this thread who has called this "tacky". Mr. Tachell should get a life &	Tarheel_Dem	Feb 2012	#65
Legally dead people are 'fair game'	Mimosa	Feb 2012	#70
It really is sad, because they can't defend their name against rumors and baseless charges.	Tarheel_Dem	Feb 2012	#74
i hope she wasn't because i think living and dying without being able to be really out	La Lioness Priyanka	Feb 2012	#71

Edit History

Please login to view edit histories.