‘Censorship’: Ron Howard Not Cutting Gay Joke From Film
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Despite demands from gay rights activists and scoldings from the media, including CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Oscar-winning director Ron Howard will not be removing a gay joke from his new comedy film “The Dilemma.”
“I don’t strip my films of everything that I might personally find inappropriate,” Howard told the Los Angeles Times on Friday. “It is a slight moment in [the film] meant to demonstrate an aspect of our lead character’s personality, and we never expected it to represent our intentions or the point of view of the movie or those of us who made it.”
That slight moment comes from actor Vince Vaughn, whose character calls electric cars “gay” during a meeting in the movie.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, electric cars are gay,” Vaughn’s character Ronnie Valentine says. “I mean, not ‘homosexual’ gay, but ‘my parents are chaperoning the dance gay.”
Vaughn has defended the joke: “Comedy and joking about our differences breaks tension and brings us together.”
“If storytellers, comedians, actors and artists are strong armed into making creative changes, it will endanger comedy as both entertainment and a provoker of thought,” Howard, who says he owns electric cars, added.
Cooper — who is reportedly* homosexual — disagrees. During a recent appearance on Ellen Degeneres’s show he said that the word “gay” should become a term that is “unacceptable,” especially in light of recent gay bullying cases:
In response to the critcism, Universial Pictures has replaced the trailer with one that does not include the joke.
That, however, does not go far enough for GLAAD ( the Gay and Lesbian Aliance Against Defemation) President Jarret Barrios.
“At a time when so many in our country are speaking out against the bullying of gay youth, Universal was right to acknowledge the offensive nature of this ‘joke’ when it removed it from trailers,” he said in a statement reported by the New York Daily News. “Hopefully in the future, Universal and Ron Howard will recognize the power of their words and use their films to bring people together rather than drive us apart.”
“I believe in sensitivity but not censorship,” Howard responded on Friday.
*This word has been changed from “openly.”
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Comments (217)
GittleShel
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 6:03amLet me see if I get this. You can call a Woman polictician or canidate a Whore, Bitch or Slut on free government TV. But calling a car Gay in a comedy movie which you have to pay to see is offensive.
Report Post »RON MARTIN
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 5:34amHomosexuals have been around for 6000 years. I’ve been around for 67 years. There will always be just two genders, male and female, just as there will always be deviants within each gender who desire sex with their own gender. That’s okay with the rest of us. All we ask is that these deviants leave us and our children alone. Do whatever you do to each other away from our sight and we will not interfere. Since homosexuals do not procreate they must recruit new members from heterosexual families. With the advent of the AIDS-driven PC movement,homosexuals became a victim class with superior rights. With invitro-fertilization, adoption and liberal courts, homosexuals can now either breed or otherwise obtain their own stock of defenseless recruits. Since their entire life is structured around a single aspect of human existence, namely the sex act, the children adopted by Rosie O’Donnell and others are sentenced by society to legal sexual abuse from birth. Keep in mind that homosexuality, abortion, porno, promoescuity and statism are all indications that our Republic is nearing it’s end. its-over.info
Report Post »janie46
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 9:30amGay people are the perfect argument against evolution.
Report Post »the_patriot
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 4:13pmWell said!
Report Post »CommunismSurvivor
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 5:27pm“the children adopted by Rosie O’Donnell and others are sentenced by society to legal sexual abuse from birth” – That’s ridiculous. Are there statistics on kids of gay parents than prove these kids grow up messed up? I grew up next door to a boy and a girl who had an openly gay dad, they turned out just fine (and perfectly straight, both are married with kids now). It depends on the person, not their sexual orientation. Gay people don’t talk about sex or make out in front of their kids any more than straight people do – and those who do, shouldn’t, gay OR straight! But you can’t paint everyone with the same brush.
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 5:33amGays are gay.
Report Post »belleharbor
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 5:30amI dont get it>/??
Report Post »NHABE64
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 5:25amWhy is it all the gay boys and girls get their panties in a wad everytime somebody speaks their mind ? Suck it up boys “no pun intended” ?
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:42amThat was a good one my *****
Report Post »phil1765
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 3:49amGeez Anderson you have completely lost it, how does calling someone gay equate to bullying? Are you going to change the Gay and Lesbian alliances name because it is unacceptable? Damn what exactly about the word gay is so offensive?
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 4:28amIt’s not the word itself, it’s using it to mean lame and insipid instead of simply as a synonym for homosexual – kind of like using “jew” as a verb meaning to chisel somebody. That being said, I’ve heard gay people jokingly use the word this way themselves. I don’t know any gay people who would be offended by it in the context of a joke delivered by a blunt-spoken character. I suspect that many of them are embarrassed by the idiots who make a big deal out of stuff like this instead of concentrating on their real problems.
Report Post »beekeeper
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 11:39amChet, would it be better if we started using “Anderson Cooper-like“ instead of ”gay”? They both have roughly the same meaning (“lame and insipid”), and for most intents and purposes are equivalent…
Report Post »REBELWITHACAUSE
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 4:28pmGood one, BeeKeeper! I’ll try to use that one sometime and see if it takes off. :)
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 3:49amVoting Dem is gay…… and the cars are too
Report Post »SgtHenick
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 9:05am*clicks the like button*
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on November 2, 2010 at 7:19pmYeah *****, that’s really gay
Report Post »belleharbor
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 3:44amIf you are that thin skinned than you easily penetrated.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 4:03amNow I understand MSNBC……lean forward (code 4)
Report Post »Be easily penetrated ya thin shinned Lib
OneFollowingHim
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 6:47amYes! Exactly. The key is not letting the bullying define who you are. We really need to teach our young people that there are jerks out there…and some of them are gay…I mean homosexual. I know plenty of gay jerks…both homosexual and not cool.
Report Post »The American
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 9:38am“Lean Forward” and grab your ankles!
Report Post »beardo
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 3:43amPollitical correctness is passive thought control. You know what comes next Folks
Report Post »beardo
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 3:38amThe phrase “Politically Correct” from our vocabulary. It is passive Thought Control. You know what comes next !
Report Post »jbhansen
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:20am2+2=5. That‘s what’s next.
Report Post »rosie100
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 3:26amAll kinds of people are bullied for all kinds of reasons; are you going to remove it all from our speech? Freckles, whitey, skinny, fatso, fatty, moron, dummy, brainiac, nerd….all parts of bullying. Why should gay be eliminated…it is a descriptive word. Period.
Report Post »beardo
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 3:21amNo First Ammendment backed comment due to political incorrectness.
Report Post »isit1984yet
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 3:19amWhere is the outrage against swearing using the name of our Diety constantly in a degrading manner? I do not subscribe to double standards and I have roughly zero respect for this diaper patrol whining.
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 3:18amHas anyone ever noticed that a minority group,blacks,women and homosexuals use what we consider derogatory terms about themselves and each other all the time and this is acceptable due to them being a member of that group. The Q word,The N word and the B and W word. Let us bring a halt to this nonsense. Sticks and stones may break my bones but words may never hurt me. Harden the F### up people.
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 3:06amAnderson cooper said that the word “gay” should become a term that is “unacceptable,” But I say that an acceptable word here, an unacceptable word there is whittling away at free speech. Freedom of speech includes ALL words. We don’t have to accept PC speech. We have the 1st amendment to back us up. Let’s not be afraid.
Report Post »isit1984yet
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 3:20amgays are perverts… who is afraid?
Report Post »KiQuan
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 10:10amAt 73 years old, I don’t like the term “old” either but I hear it every day. The trouble with gays is they can’t be gay quietly, they have to shout it and that gets “OLD”.
Report Post »ANewActivist
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 3:00amHooray for Ron Howard! We need more people willing to stand up against political correctness because political correctness is just that… POLITICAL correctness.
Report Post »Blacktooth
Posted on November 2, 2010 at 8:32pmHomosexuals are not gay, they are sad, and in a pitiful condition. They know it, we know it, and our Creator knows it. I remember when someone would say they were gay, it meant they were filled with happiness. Now it means they are sick perverts, bringing dishonor upon themselves. The only solution to the wickedness of this world is to pray for Gods Name to be sanctified, for his sovereignty to be vindicated, and for God’s Kingdom to come.
Report Post »Kisha
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 2:40amKid’s need parenting. Not class’s on sensitivity Ellen!
PEOPLE need to stop looking for acceptance from the outside world. And start accepting themselves, inside and out.
And it is NOT true. If it was a female and male in the video, it still could have just as much impact on a young person, no matter the sexual relationship. Young people do not know how to deal with this kind of embarrassment.
Thus why it goes back to the PARENTS to parent their children!
Gay’s need to get a damn life. Leave the rest of us out of it. NO ONE MAKES YOU FEEL ANYTHING! You have a choice no matter what you go through!
Report Post »tmpools
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 2:40amEllen and Cooper are both GAY. and always will be, even if they want Gay to go away. Why is it all about gay bullying, what about children. PERIOD. It is sad that people get bullied. It is not just a GAY problem, so quit making it out to be just for gays.
Report Post »staythecourse
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 3:52amThis is a frightening trend…criminalization of speech. And with respect to the use of the word “gay” instead of “homosexual” and equating that to the politically correct “n-word” is beyond belief. The word “gay” was a word that the homosexual community invented. It was not considered a negative term…. it was the word that was created to express/describe their own lifestyles by they themselves. And now it is a potential “hate crime” word? What word are they looking for people to use? And this plan to teach “compassion” to children… what is that all about? Let Americans teach their children faith based morals and standards, and they will learn compassion. This move to teach kids “compassion” in the school is a move to a state indoctrination of children in order to create kids in the image of the state…..DO NOT LET THAT HAPPEN. We do need compassion…but it is not the place of the state to teach compassion. It is the place of a parent, family, church to do that. The health care act has empowered the state to be responsible for the adult formation of children….from self esteem, to sexual identiy and relations, to parent/child communication and on and on. Be forewarned. This is not about “compassion”. It is about stealing the youth of america to indoctrinate them in a progressive agenda and a socialist/world government. Nothing is as it seems. It is all smoke and mirrors. Jesus said that the poor you will always have with you. It is the same with bullying. Bullying is not new. and it will only go away when people turn back to faith…. not the state.
Report Post »Dstarr55
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:54amI agree – bullying is not just a ‘gay’ problem – the truth is the majority of children bullied is not because of their sexual orientation. Weight is probably the biggest reason and Michelle Obama telling kids they are ‘fat’ instead of concentrating on getting kids to exercise more is not helping. I can see a campaign to eat right and exercise but her focus seems to be more on ‘size’ which only highlights a child with a weight issue making them targets for the bullies.
Report Post »FreedomOfSpeech
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 2:38amI agree with Vaughn. There is too much censorship happening in America today. I make awful jokes about my friends. It makes us closer.
Report Post »mrmikejohnson
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 2:35amHow funny is it that liberals have no problem with people getting chopped to little pieces in movies, but they do have a problem with gay jokes. Liberals are gay.
Report Post »Kisha
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 2:42amI’ve seen this type of behavior first hand. One woman sat there lecturing me on recycling then sat down to read a book. Apparently it was a thriller, fiction. She read out loud a passage from it. Something about a bloody woman laying on the ground dead in her own blood.
I joked with her. Trash make her mad, but cold blooded murder is okay! She didn’t laugh.
Report Post »txpiper
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 2:32amJesus did not use the tern “gay”. He referred to them as “dogs”.
E&G
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:02amWhat is the scripture reference?
Report Post »Jezreel
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 10:40amI would see them more as “swine” that Jesus referred to because of swine loving to roll in filth and rotteness. Dogs are the gentiles, I am sure but I can be wrong. Jesus said, “Don’t cast your bread to dogs neither throw your pearls (gifts) before swine because they will trample them under their feet and turn to rent at you again.”
This is so true, when you give a gay person truth, they turn and gnash on you with their teeth and the hatred that they have for Christ utters forth from their mouths. (an evil man out of the evil abundance of his heart brings for evil things) That is why they curse Christians and Christ.
Sion
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 11:49amI don‘t see the ’dogs’ part. Jesus is the ‘Word’, so God’s instruction in the Bible comes from Jesus. The scripture is Leviticus 18:22.
Report Post »REBELWITHACAUSE
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 4:24pmIt doesn’t take a genius to know WHY God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah… hence the definition of “sodomy”. I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if one of the reasons God destroyed them then was to save man from annihilating himself from the planet by plague(AIDS) long before God’s plan for mankind was worked out. God doesn’t say it, but… I also wouldn’t doubt that AIDS or some form of it was already a killer even then. This is one reason I have no desire to visit SanFrancisco… heaven forbid I should be there and fire and brimstone rain down from the heavens. Hey, it can happen in our time.
Report Post »alshere
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 2:31amHe doesn’t get that good of a rating for his show for a reason, PC. It is time PC is put out to pasture. Andy Rooney said when the this Gay Phobia wave hit the U.S. “Just because I don‘t like something it doesn’t make me phobic, I just don’t like it.” Wake up and smell the coffee Cooper. You‘re not all that much fun to watch and for sure it’s because you so high and mighty.
Report Post »Kisha
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 2:26amThis story is gay!
Report Post »Thommy
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 9:45amAmen
Report Post »noLONGERAPAWNOFTHECARLROVEELITE
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 1:30pmI don’t know if the story is gay but I find it to be a bit queer.
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on November 2, 2010 at 7:14pm@Kisha Yeah bitch! This is totally gay!
Report Post »gibberish
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 2:24amYou know how I know your so gay? Because you listen to Coldplay
Report Post »76
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 3:21amYou know how I know you’re gay? You wear macrame jean shorts.
Report Post »beekeeper
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 11:48amWhere was Anderson Cooper when 40 Year-old Virgin came out?
Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p16etiVC__U (from 40 year-old virgin, for reference)
Report Post »OrlandoStrongman
Posted on November 2, 2010 at 11:40am@BEEKEEPER
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 11:48am
Where was Anderson Cooper when 40 Year-old Virgin came out?
They are only making a big deal about this because of the recent suicide at Rutgers where the kid jumped off a bridge. Again, the kid jumped off a bridge, not pushed off a bridge. They want to build up enough sympathy so that more hate crime legislation can be passed for no reason.
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on November 2, 2010 at 7:12pm@Gibberish *****, I listen to Coldplay and I’m straight!
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 2:17amthose cars ARE gay and so are these idiot reporters……………….now bite me :)
Report Post »anOpinion
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 2:28amGood for Ron Howard! I am so sick of political correctness.
Report Post »ThePlainTruth
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 2:45amJust watched an old episode of Happy days, and to think how far we have fallen as a country since then, does anyone think we have “progressed”?
Report Post »rebel
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 2:56amcooper you moron. Gay has a 3rd meaning now. NOT COOL. how would you offend a homosexual if you call an electric car gay?
Anderson copper is gay. which meaning do i mean? bwa ha ha ha ha
southerncross
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 2:59amwhat i want to know is, why are some men getting more “equal”/ womens rights than most women are?
Report Post »Hasn’t anyone noticed, that the world of femaninity is being taken over by men, while the workforce is constantly being flooded with low paid women who are apparently just exercising their right to be treated like men and not like baby machines?
Is this what equal rights has become? Is this what the life of women has become? to be manipulated by ‘gay” men, who hate “gay” comments, and be told all about how to be a real “woman” by them???????
Womens rights movement is just like carbon pricing in the political spectrum…..it pays the bills ( tax free foundations and charities/money laundering services) and keeps crooks in power!
Women always had equal rights, equal responsibilities, and equal strengths and weaknesses. The issue is, men becoming drunkards and beating up women, who in turn, are told by religious morons and lawyers of yesteryear that they must have sinned or broken the law to have been beaten by their husbands.
The issue is, husbands were never held accountable to damages suffered by the wife in domestic violence related incidents, and single mothers with no welfare often end up turning tricks to survive, instead of being given oportunities to start businesses of their own or work close to home in well maintained employment. Times, and laws, have changed…..women have rights too, according to the law. Women are NOT just extensions of their husbands anymore.
You’ll note, that in most instances, gay women do NOT complain about someone using the term “gay”, nor do they argue about rights of the ‘gay”….women have been bisexually active most of their lives when you think about it, and thats not being rude, I’m just stating, women often go into changerooms together, while men, well, real men, would rather not have their friends around while they are in the changerooms……..not saying abything about sportsmen in showers, more the changerooms at the fashion stores.
Women have to start taking back the role and responsibility of women, before men dominate that world too, via anti gay legislation and special gay rights. Why should they be given for free, what women have battled hard for all along……..that being, respect for who they are!
Lets face it ladies………gay men are COMPETITORS in your market of expertice! Are you just going to sit there on the fence and let them steal your men? I wonder how many “i didn’t know i was gay until I met barry” styled lines will be delivered to wives the world over in the next few years, once gays are legally recognised as “families”………..
CaptainCharisma
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 6:09amtouche PSYCHOSIS……………………touche.
Report Post »ru12
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 6:24amI wonder if the “bullying” going on is due to our children having better sense than we do, but are over- reacting, when it comes to all the b.s. PC stuff. Children always find a way to defy the adult norm. They are showing, in an overt way, that you can not stiffle free speech or natural human emotions. It is a tragedy that others are hurt, however. Still, it seems to be a basic human need to have an enemy…. And some people just need to feel themselves a victim…. pitiful! My generation believed you could expect to be bullied and that STICKS AND STONES CAN BREAK MY BONES BUT WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME! When did we stop teaching that? About the time we stopped teaching AMERICA IS GREAT? WIMPS! We need to teach our kids how to be tough, because tough days are upon us! Too many single moms maybe. The Progressives sure did a job on the American family when they preached FREE LOVE in the 60′s along with free birth control pills so we could whore ourselves out, girls. And we should’ve believed our dad when he said, WHY BUY THE COW WHEN YOU CAN GET THE MILK FOR FREE! Don’t you doubt it! Research the origins of political correctness and understand how we have been manipulated! But I rant….
Report Post »HKS
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:34amNever did understand why gays think it’s cool. NOT
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:46amthey do know that GAY means HAPPY too don’t they??? I am sick of the PC police.. and I am impressed that RON HOWARD is leaving it in.. I don’t know about electric cars being gay but they are PRICEY.. and IF cap n trade goes through during the lame duck session they will cost even MORE to run..
Report Post »SgtHenick
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 9:02amPeople that get worked up over the word gay….are so gay -.-
Report Post »KristiJo
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 9:24amWould Sodomite be a more appropriate word? That’s what I use for heathen fudge-packers like Cooper-Vanderbilt.
The American
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 9:35am“the word “gay” should become a term that is “unacceptable,” What are we supposed to call them? Sexually challenged? I personally feel that homosexuality is unacceptable, but now I am labeled as a hater, bigot, racist nut job!
Report Post »Dstarr55
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 10:01amSince when did words stop having more than one meaning. I ‘saw’ Sue does not mean you hacked her into little pieces. A company ‘in the black’ doesn’t mean it is African-American. Saying your hat is so ‘gay’ doesn’t mean it only dates hats of the same style. When did America turn from rugged individualism into wimp and whiny.
Report Post »VanGrungy
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 10:10amLook for the patterns…
http://www.defendthefamily.com/pfrc/books/pinkswastika/html/the_pinkswastika_4th_edition_-_final.htm
Report Post »FieryRed
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 10:29amKids get bullied because they are fat, or too thin, or wear glasses, or have buck teeth, or dress weird, or act weird. For crying out loud! It is NOT just gay kids that get bullied. The media needs to stop acting like it is just the poor little gay children, and start addressing the bullying issue in a different manner. But they are trying to advance their liberal agenda for gay rights and they freakin know it.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 11:00amPsychosis 100% agree and I would add that anyone who is that PC should seriously consider seeing a shrink. Pathetic. Anyone who watches those dolts needs to a see shrink too.
1 day to go to the a$$ whoopin’ of the century! …
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beekeeper
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 11:29amTwo points:
1) If Vince Vaugh’s character is defaming anything it is Electric Cars, not homosexuals.
2) The point Ron Howard makes is that he is trying to explain the character, and that line does – it has a lot of unspoken meanings and those help move the narrative along without a lot of dialog that could drag the story down. That one line speaks volumes, it is very effective.
I can’t hear someone say “so-and-so is gay“ or ask ”is so-and-so gay?“ without in my head saying ”…not that there’s anything wrong with that!”
Thanks Jerry Seinfeld & Co.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GMZjkNW5b8
Report Post »jds7171
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 11:29amI am going to start a group, and we are going to riot, and march everytime they make a movie that has a joke about asthma. Also I am going to start one that makes fun of tea partiers. I am also going to protests: making fun of religion, making fun of white people (actually only white people can make a movie that makes fun of white people), heterosexual people, and I also want straight rights..
Doesn’t that sound stupid? That is exactly how the left is on their issues.
Report Post »TNT1
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 1:07pmMan, if only Vaugh would have said “only a ****** would drive a car like this” the earthquake caused might have separated Cali from the the mainland.
Report Post »REBELWITHACAUSE
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 2:09pmI hear comments like this and much much worse on the show Two and a Half Men ALL the time… why are they not bashed (or are they?) for such content? Thing is, I haven’t a problem with the content, or else I wouldn’t watch the show. For movies that have content that might offend me, I don’t go to see. So what’s the problem here??? I don’t get it… why would ANYONE have the audacity to ask Mr. Howard to change lines in his script when there is so much worse in other filims? THANK YOU MR. HOWARD for standing up to these idiotic jerkwads… keep on keeping on!!! What Vince’s character says is not offensive… if it’s offensive to anyone, then those offended are just stupid!! just sayin’….
Report Post »AudemusJuraNostraDefendere
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 2:15pmGO RON!!! It’s good to see people stand up for what they believe and not back down!
Report Post »Paulypaul10
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 3:31pmYeah this people are morons!!! I personally have had Gay friends who use slang like that all the time!!! As in “ thats so gay” …… the whole “politically correct” B.S. is ruining free speech in our country!!! It needs to stop now!!!!
Report Post »the_patriot
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 4:10pmCongrats to Ron Howard! Good for him for sticking to his guns. Everyone who thinks this is an issue is GAY! All liberals are gay. Communists are gay. Chris Mattspews is gay. Keith Olblabberman is gay. Liberal media is gay. Anderson Pooper is gay. Everyone who reports on this story is gay. Being gay is so gay! Everyone who disagrees with me is gay! Anyone who doesn’t like it is gay! Get over it!
Report Post »LowIQGenius
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 4:15pmSince when did homosexuals coin the word gay anyway? And by the way, it doesn’t even matter what word you use, if someone wants to hate on you, they’ll find a way. Maybe the homosexual crowd should stop getting so butt hurt (no pun intended) over words and collaborate to end violent offenses? One last point: tolerance does not mean acceptance. Be sure you know which one you’re fighting for.
Report Post »BoiseBaked
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 5:18pmAnderson Cooper is gay! There, I said it… don‘t hate me because I’m pretty…
Report Post »naed5048
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:53pmdon’t you see what can happen when you can limet free speech just for the sake of political correct..But then again, thats why Aderson Cooper is on CNN.
Report Post »gimmetheskinny
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:25pmYou sir, are correct “electric cars are gay!” Now there starting to jack me up, Lowes Home Improvement now have special parking places for Hybrid cars. so…… now you park your car, walk past the cart return isle, then the Hybrid isle,then the future mothers isle finally make it to the handicap isle( thats ok by the way). I’m to damn tired to shop once I get inside!
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Posted on November 2, 2010 at 12:28amAnyone who gets their moral teachings from movies and their lessons on life from Hollywood and the movie writers seem to forget that we watch moveis for entertainment, not for a sermon. The left just openly admitted that the movie industry, and entertainment industry for that matter, is meant to educate people on how they should live, eat, drink, speak, and sleep even. This is indoctrination. If the character in the story would have said such a thing, he should say it. Ron Howard is far from conservative and i happen to agree with him that his screenplay should not be censored if that is what the story requires. The double standard on things found offensive by certain groups are overlooked completely such as conservatives being called everything in the book which we do find offensive but cannot, nor even attempt to censor the dialogue in movies. Mincing words for the sake of political correctness makes for no dialogue whatsoever. If it wasn’t for conservatives tolerating it, yes, tolerating it, most actors would have nothing to say on screen at all. A good movie can be made with little dialogue, by the way, e.g. Soldier with Kurt Russel where he hardly speaks at all. In fact, it would be refreshing to see a movie that did NOT try to teach us some moral lesson or preach at us about how evil free society has somehow destroyed the lives of others which is a lie most of the time especially considering that free society has provided MOST of the disaster and hunger aid worldwide. Typical progressive (regressive) thinking and ploys to rewrite history and silence those who would use words that don’t work in their histories. Ludicrous that we would get moral lessons from Hollywood and not from God. Then, there are the elitists in Hollywood that believe that is exactly what they are.
Report Post »Robert W
Posted on November 2, 2010 at 1:04amRon Howards still a knucklehead.
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Posted on November 2, 2010 at 2:04pmOpie could be Barney in real life.
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davidstep
Posted on November 2, 2010 at 5:24pmI wonder if GLAAD would stick up for someone that told a “Christian” joke?
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