Posted on 10/30/2017 1:08:14 PM PDT by drewh
His late-night statement outraged many, particularly in the LGBT community, who accused Spacey of trying to deflect from a serious accusation — making a sexual advance on a minor — by coming out and implying that it was his choice to be gay. For years, the actor has danced around rumors he had relationships with other men.
“Coming out stories should not be used to deflect from allegations of sexual assault,” GLAAD president Sarah Kate Ellis said in a statement. “This is not a coming out story about Kevin Spacey, but a story of survivorship by Anthony Rapp and all those who bravely speak out against unwanted sexual advances.”
Even worse, they said, was the implication that the two paragraphs in his statement might be related in any way.
“Kevin Spacey has set gay rights back fifty years by a) conflating homosexuality with” Rapp’s allegations, one Twitter user said, “and b) Saying that being gay is a ‘choice.’ ”
Soon, Twitter was flooded with memes from people who were equally dumbfounded and angered by Spacey’s approach to the allegations.
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I do pray that gays are set back 50 years. That would be awesome!
We have always known homos prey on adolescent males. They are typically oversexed and confused - and very desirable to the queers.
“Kevin Spacey has set gay rights back fifty years...”
By telling the truth?
This opens a serious question.
Why do the sexual perverts put such a high value on body integrity (consent) but denigrate conscience integrity outright?
This should be a story about how no one would be speaking out against sexual predators if Hillary had won.
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