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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Hetero Defining Deviancy Down

Posted by Dan Savage on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:48 AM

So an athlete looking at himself in a mirror... is gay now? What are all those mirrors for at my gym? Recruiting?

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Please do some reading on the cultural models that drive conservative thinking, Dan -- Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, Maoist China. Defining ordinary things that no one can possibly avoid doing as Crimes Against The State (or crimes against god's morality) means that everyone is guilty; and if everyone is guilty, every threat to the power structure, or moral edifice in this case, can easily be dealt with without having to even think about it. Poof, you're guilty, take him away. Which means not only do you not have to seriously defend your power with actual arguments, or trials, but also everyone is constantly vigilant against both their neighbors and themselves; and the only sure way to avoid being turned in is to turn others in.

The psychology of the homophobe and the fascist citizen is remarkably similar.

Most homophobes know, or at least fear, that the only thing keeping them from performing gay sex acts is the fear of getting caught. And nothing, nothing is worse than getting caught. So it's best if everyone is guilty, and awaiting sentencing, beforehand, just in case.

Posted by Fnarf on March 18, 2009 at 11:58 AM

Similarly, masturbation is gay because you're getting off from a man's hand stroking your penis.

Posted by Auto Erotism on March 18, 2009 at 11:58 AM

Straight guys don't hang out at the gym

Posted by uhhh on March 18, 2009 at 11:59 AM

The mirrors in gyms are for the narcissistic hotties who are too busy looking at their own reflections to notice that I am staring a hole into the crotches of their gym shorts.
Thank you, mirrors at the West Seattle All-Star Fitness - job well done.

Posted by the bucket on March 18, 2009 at 11:59 AM

no gym in my school ever had mirrors. locker rooms either, unless you count the bathroom.

Posted by guy on March 18, 2009 at 12:17 PM

Big difference between looking at yourself in the mirror and putting your mouth to it.

Posted by Matt on March 18, 2009 at 12:18 PM

If I could do that I'd never leave my house!

Thank you, I'll be here all week -- try the veal.

Posted by Cracker Jack on March 18, 2009 at 12:37 PM

What @6 said -- the photos go a little farther than him just admiring his own body.

Posted by Jigae on March 18, 2009 at 12:47 PM

Um, yeah. Once again, Dan is either retarded or disingenuous. He wasn't lookin in the mirror, he was MAKING OUT WITH HIMSELF in it!!!

Although it is true, that's not gay. It's narcissistic. :)

Posted by Ugh on March 18, 2009 at 1:05 PM

uh, unless Dan's changed gyms in the last year, I think he and I go to the same gym and I've never seen him anywhere in the gym besides the racquet ball court where they have no mirrors...

Posted by michael strangeways on March 18, 2009 at 1:18 PM

well the story of Narcissus is about a male who spurns females, and then falls in love with his own image without knowing he is looking at himself. ghey.

Posted by gcm on March 18, 2009 at 1:23 PM

Oh oh! I think we're all gay! Only solution is mass suicide.

Posted by Vince on March 18, 2009 at 2:05 PM

No, but he probably is. Or at least confused.

His crisis management team is doing a really bad job. "Okay... steroids... how can we stop people from talking about steroids... wait! i got it! an article about how you like dating older women, where we also display cheap quasi-gay shots! that'll do it!"

Posted by bruce springsteen on March 18, 2009 at 2:39 PM