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jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
31. My gay friends are gayer than your gay friends
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 02:38 PM
Apr 2012

I mean my gay friends are really, really gay.

They are a lot like my black friends. My black friends are also very black. More so than most black folks even.

Trust me, your gay friends are not as gay as mine are, therefore my opinion has greater validity.

LOL! GoCubsGo Apr 2012 #1
THat wasn't Marcus Bachman that stood up, but the actor who plays Cameron on Modern Family. hlthe2b Apr 2012 #2
Oh thank god. I thought that was really nervy to actually call Marcus out to his face and then make applegrove Apr 2012 #3
No, Eric Stonestreet is straight, he's just a good actor. Zookeeper Apr 2012 #4
Didn't some people with pro gay signs or shirts get a picture with Marcus and he looked really happy JI7 Apr 2012 #5
That is a great line. hifiguy Apr 2012 #6
Ha! Yeah. Calling someone gay is always hi-larious! jberryhill Apr 2012 #7
How the hell is that calling someone gay? Bladian Apr 2012 #8
Teasing him because of perceived effeminity jberryhill Apr 2012 #13
Marcus deserves a little teasing. His "Cure the gay" thing at his clinic, surely has done a lot of crunch60 Apr 2012 #15
And there again, the word "hypocrite" jberryhill Apr 2012 #16
Because Marcus himself is as "gay as a daffodil", Living his life in the closet. crunch60 Apr 2012 #19
How do you know he is gay? cthulu2016 Apr 2012 #23
I see - so if he is gay and closeted, then he should be made fun of jberryhill Apr 2012 #24
I have worked much of my life with the homosexual, transvestite transgender, bisexual community. I crunch60 Apr 2012 #32
Again, I agree with your opinions of their beliefs jberryhill Apr 2012 #36
What does that have to do with the "joke"? obamanut2012 Apr 2012 #37
So, the best way to call out someone closeted is by mocking him for being gay? obamanut2012 Apr 2012 #35
It is the hypocrisy that people don't like about M. Bachmann. He tries to 'fix' the gayness applegrove Apr 2012 #9
And you believe Bachmann is a "hypocrite" because... jberryhill Apr 2012 #12
Because his own issues bleed into a fetish for curing gay people, which actually hurts them. He applegrove Apr 2012 #17
And "his own issues" are... what? jberryhill Apr 2012 #18
Painfully obvious and doesn't need explained to you. phleshdef Apr 2012 #20
And you know he's gay because? jberryhill Apr 2012 #21
Are you always this creepy? lunatica Apr 2012 #25
I find the gay-taunting of Marcus Bachmann to be creepy jberryhill Apr 2012 #26
No. You don't get the humor lunatica Apr 2012 #27
A great thing about being human... jberryhill Apr 2012 #28
I've heard my gay friends laugh and joke about Backmann lunatica Apr 2012 #29
My gay friends are gayer than your gay friends jberryhill Apr 2012 #31
You can have the last word lunatica Apr 2012 #33
Is Jimmy Kimmel gay? obamanut2012 Apr 2012 #39
Well, by the distributive law of gay baiting... jberryhill Apr 2012 #41
Exactly obamanut2012 Apr 2012 #42
Don Lemon on CNN and another gay pundit were laughing at Will's complaint that it was unfair to make applegrove Apr 2012 #47
Actually it's VERY different from ohheckyeah Apr 2012 #30
I agree with you -- it wasn't funny obamanut2012 Apr 2012 #38
Because he sets my gaydar off. And my gaydar has yet to be wrong. phleshdef Apr 2012 #43
Suggesting there is something wrong? jberryhill Apr 2012 #44
No, what makes the joke funny is the fact that a likely hypocrite is being ridiculed. phleshdef Apr 2012 #46
How do you know this? cthulu2016 Apr 2012 #22
I took it that way, too obamanut2012 Apr 2012 #34
The ole' transvestite put-down... cthulu2016 Apr 2012 #10
People think that sexist asshole is funny? Fawke Em Apr 2012 #11
It says more about Kimmel and those supporting his joke than it does about Bachmann. nt NCTraveler Apr 2012 #14
+1 obamanut2012 Apr 2012 #40
Agreed. I didn't think it was funny. n/t tammywammy Apr 2012 #45
Don Lemon can't stop laughing at this joke JI7 Apr 2012 #48
That's it then. It's all good. NCTraveler Apr 2012 #49
I have to question anyone that finds this type of stereotype humor funny or appropriate. The Link Apr 2012 #50
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