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jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
36. Again, I agree with your opinions of their beliefs
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 02:51 PM
Apr 2012

But just so I understand, you are able to remotely determine someone's orientation based on brief video footage and photographs because, like Bill Frist did with Terri Schiavo's condition, you have a finely developed professional gaydar operator's license.

Okay. So ergo, the man wears skirts, is "light in the loafers", "gay as a day in may", a pansy, etc. and it is funny to point this out.

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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