> His fingernails were painted black and had an obvious gay accent.
What does an “obvious gay accent” sound like?
Black nail polish? Goths and Emos both do that: some are gay, some aren’t. Some would beat the stuffing out of anyone suggesting that they were gay. And some would do it just for fun, just because they can.
> Any thoughts?
Yup. I think you’re looking for validation with this vanity post, for somebody to say “attaboy! Good for you, you’re not gay!”
I can’t see any other reason for this Vanity. Which leads me to wonder why you would need Validation...
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks?”
I know what a goth is but what's an emo?
Is there no such thing as a goth homosexual?
I can’t define a gay voice but I know when I hear it.
How would this be a “bait” ? You mean if I was DUmmie or a HuffPo? Don’t those people already think that FreeRepublic is anti gay? What would be the point of a bait? In the grand scheme of things if it were a bait, would it really matter?
I simply had an experience tonight and wanted to share it and get some feedback.
I am not looking for validation, perhaps I phrased my post wrong. I just wanted to know if I was irational in my thinking, flawed thinking, would anyone else have done the same thing?
TheArizona
>>>Yup. I think you’re looking for validation with this vanity post, for somebody to say “attaboy! Good for you, you’re not gay!” I can’t see any other reason for this Vanity.
How about getting a bunch of people to offer homophobic posts so this newbie can go back to whatever site with “OMG LOOK AT THE DUMB HATEFUL FREEPERS”. Just as a possibility you understand, not an accusation at all. No siree.
I’ve been noticing several newbies lately opening threads with a similar “feel”. However they always get lots of unfortunately undeniable posters in agreement.
TheArizona 2009-07-08
Come now. Regardless of the rest of this issue, surely you understand what the poster meant by that?
I don't know what an "obvious gay accent" sounds like in Australia or Italy, but I sure know what one sounds like here in the USA.
My wife and I had a hilarious moment a few years back. We were vacationing on Cape Cod in Massachusetts and took a day trip to one of the most well known homosexual enclaves in the northeast US, Provincetown.
We were having breakfast in a cafe, and were looking at these two guys at a nearby table. Seeing two guys together in Provincetown is pretty much a dead giveaway, but...as they spoke with each other, they didn't "sound" homosexual due to the complete lack of the "obvious gay accent". As my wife and I played the "are they or aren't they" game, the door opened and a guy walked in and went over to their table.
As if someone had flipped a switch, the voice patterns, intonations and inflections of the two guys changed immediately to an "obvious gay accent".
We nearly fell out of our chairs. It was both illustrative and funny.
In any case, perhaps it isn't as obvious to Aussies, but the "obvious gay accent" is pretty much a well understood phenomenon here. Doesn't mean all men who have it are homosexuals, and it doesn't mean those who don't have it are straight, but it is there.