Straight guy goes on homophobic rant about ‘Sense8’ and the Internet lashes back
When you have to couch an argument with “I’m not homophobic, but…”, chances are you’re about to put your bias on full display.
That’s precisely what one Redditor proved in a post blasting the Netflix show, Sense8 – and Hollywood in general – for “really shoving the gay propaganda down our throats.”
Here’s what “ggezlol_” just needed to get out of his system in a forum dedicated to the show:
“No, in real life not almost every single person is either a tra*ny, gay or the like. In fact I haven’t even met a single gay person in my life because guess what, they are actually quite rare.
“I am currently watching season 2 and it feels like the entire show is revolving around the sexuality of lito at this point. It starts getting annoying quite frankly, which is a shame because the concept of the show is interesting.
“No I am not homophobic by the way, but the sheer volume of content related to one sexual preference or another is getting very boring.”
Setting aside the fact that the show’s creators, Lana and Lilly Wachowski, are themselves trans, his supremely flawed logic did not make it very far out in the web before being smacked down, then smacked down again. Then really, really smacked down, just for good measure.
First up, this pitch-perfect message from a straight ally:
“I gotta say as a straight dude, I am not even slightly bothered by this. Sure, the gay sex isn’t what I’m into, but I can always alt-tab it for a minute or eat some popcorn. For the rest…it’s about people being happy! Caring about each other! I like all these characters and so it makes me happy when they are happy.
“And further, most of my friends are gay or trans* or brown. They aren’t 90% of the world’s population but they do tend to know one another, in little local groups or across the world. In fact the idea of a “cluster” tends to resonate with these people because, for many of them, the only friends they have who really understand them are their friends on other continents, time zones, cities, not their family, their classmates, their coworkers.
“This show is for them. Not me. Not you. We just have the additional gift of being able to see it, because they’re happy to share it with us. Respect that. Respect that you’re a guest in someone else’s story.
(Also, from a story perspective, Lito’s arc IS about his sexuality, because being a gay celebrity is HUGE in Mexico. So yes, it’s about his sexuality, and if you don’t like it, that’s not a problem with the story.)”
And while that just about covers it, others weighed in with some equally valid points:
–Maybe you should stick to watching the thousands of other heterosexual shows that cater to what you like.
–Pal if you honestly don’t think you qualify as a homophobe then maybe you need to re-evaluate your life or get some therapy.
–YES you ARE homophobic AND transphobic. If you don’t like it then don’t watch. It makes you uncomfortable because you’re insecure with your ever so delicate “masculinity”. What a laugh.
–Out of the main characters in the show (including the main 8 and their family/friends) Lito, Nomi, Hernando, Amanita and Zakia are explicitly part of the LGBTQ+ community. That is 5 people out of around 25-30 characters who all get pretty consistent screen time, or, at least, have their character fleshed out. Meanwhile, the plethora of heterosexual relationships in this program is actually quite consistent with mainstream media. Will/Riley, Kala/Wolfgang, Kala/Rajan, Capheus/Zakia, Sun/Mun (to an extent) – which, i might add, is not a bad thing! It’s normal. In fact, this season (not including the Christmas special) includes two sex scenes (in one) which are between two heterosexual couples. Lito’s story is merely 1/8 of the entire story, so don’t pretend that you aren’t biased/homophobic or uncomfortable with gay people/stories when you try to claim that Lito’s story is taking up the entire show, that the existence of these people is “actually quite rare” and when you use words like “tranny”.
After just two seasons, the sci-fi drama, Sense8, was recently cancelled by Netflix.
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10 Comments
Mandy
June 04, 09:33This guy is just a miserable fucktard.
For the record, how is it that meh shows such as Scandal, Empire and Supergirl are still running, when such a beautiful progressive show like Sense8 is cancelled? What is even wrong with these networks sef?
Pink Panther
June 04, 09:41The thing taya me o. And to think I’d only just started watching and getting invested in Sense8. 🙁
Quinn
June 04, 10:47Well at least they dusted his ass.
Delle
June 04, 10:49“…In fact I haven’t even met a single gay person in my life because guess what, they are actually quite rare”
In all of the gibberish, this was the most astounding ?
Johnny
June 04, 13:30Who hasn’t met a gay person in the world?
Hoeponew person.???
ambivalentone
June 04, 14:26LWKMD. I didn’t know what that meant b4.
Foxydevil
June 04, 16:21He has a right to his opinion and the people that replied him have the right to theirs. I don’t see how this issue is relevant or news worthy.
Next!
Pink Panther
June 04, 16:24Opinions can be wrong or right. You don’t even need anyone to point out to you that you were glaringly wrong in your assertion that Kito Diaries is all about sex. Just accept that you were wrong on that count instead of sounding defensive of your position that day.
IBK
June 04, 16:50Opinions are not untouchable concepts. Opinions can be dangerous. It is the homophobe’s opinion that we don’t deserve to live.. Sheybi it’s an opinion and he has a right to it na.. Until someone comes and stabs you for being gay you will know how dangerous opinions can be.
It is also intellectually lazy people and people who are scared of being pointed out for being wrong that hide behind “my opinion”.
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June 08, 06:25[…] while we’ll give him credit that he doesn’t come off like a raging homophobe like this guy complaining about Sense8, his argument still doesn’t hold much weight […]