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Many Straight Guys Say 'No Thanks' to 'Brokeback Mountain'
Newhouse News ^ | 1/5/2005 | Dru Sefton

Posted on 01/05/2006 4:21:21 PM PST by Incorrigible

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To: Incorrigible

Why would guys want to see this if they are not gays. Hell gay guys aren't seeing it. But regardless it is not homophobic to not want to see this flik!!!!!


281 posted on 01/06/2006 10:07:48 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: gondramB
That must have been grueling sitting through that. You must be one patient person.
282 posted on 01/06/2006 10:14:08 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: derllak

"Why aren't those little tutu-wearing fairies called heterophobes?"

'Cause its more fun to call them tutu-wearing fairies?


283 posted on 01/06/2006 10:14:29 AM PST by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: napscoordinator
"That must have been grueling sitting through that. You must be one patient person."

Well up to that point she had been holding my hand in her lap - which i took to be an encouraging sign... I had no idea I was supposed to be comforting her in her grief.
284 posted on 01/06/2006 10:17:21 AM PST by gondramB (Democracy: two wolves and a lamb voting on lunch. Liberty: a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: Incorrigible
It does seem to be almost culturally universal that heterosexual men can have a deep repulsion to overt homosexuality

Big hint: things that seem 'culturally universal' almost invariably aren't cultural at all.

285 posted on 01/06/2006 10:18:11 AM PST by Right Wing Professor (Liberals have hijacked science for long enough. Now it's our turn -- Tom Bethell)
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To: ClearCase_guy
"This is a threat to most men because it opens up the possibility that two men who are friendly may become affectionate,"

It's not just the sheep or beeves that are the problem. Movies like this make it more and more difficult for two men to be friends, because it "looks gay," and the homos wink and smirk. People say male/male friendships are shallow, and I am coming to believe it is because militant homosexism is destroying the ability of normal men to bond, because it's "gay". Most men, who are not homosexual sex addicts, congregate for other reasons than sex. These faggots, excuse the term, cannot fathom men getting together without thinking of sex, and they project their unnatural and perverted impulses onto those of us who just want to watch the football game, yet call each other when we have girl trouble. Poor faggots, they can't hep it. To quote the William Hurt character in Kiss of the Spider Woman, talking about a straight man he had the hots for, "He's a REEEAL man, and what a Reeeal man want is is a real woman." OK, ok, ok. There was a homosexual kiss and implied sex in KOTSW between Raul Julia and William Hurt, but it was such a good movie I overlooked it. But that was 20 years ago, and things have changed. Besides, they were in prison.

286 posted on 01/06/2006 10:26:23 AM PST by Flavius Josephus (All Your Base Are belong To Us. Make Your Time.)
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To: SampleMan
As I like to tell people when accused of being "homophobic". A phobia is a fear. I'm not scared, I'm disgusted. There is a difference.

I like the word "mis", as in misogynist. I'm not a "homophobe", I'm a "mishomoist"

287 posted on 01/06/2006 10:30:26 AM PST by Flavius Josephus (All Your Base Are belong To Us. Make Your Time.)
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To: gondramB
I think the word came into to use because of early claims that fear that one might be homosexual is a common factor among those who most oppose homosexuality and the name stuck

There was a study done about 30 years ago. They took 3 groups of 50 men: 1 group was homosexual, the 2nd group was heterosexual, but said they weren't really bothered by homosexuality, it just didn't have any appeal to them, the 3rd group were heterosexual men who said the hated homosexuality.

Each group had their genitals wired to a sensor and were shown a gay pornographic movie.

As expected - 100% of the homosexual group experienced erections. 8% of the heterosexuals who didn't care about homosexuality experienced erections. 80% of the heterosexuals who "hated fags" experienced erections.

The term "homophobe" means exactly what it says - people who are "scared" of homosexuality - not people who don't "like" homosexuality. There's a big difference - and the study proved it. If you truly "hate fags" with an intense passion - there might be a reason.

I happen to not care for asparagus - so what? I don't even want to watch someone else eat it - so what? However, if it became an over-riding passion of my life - to actively hate asparagus and asparagus eaters, then I would have a problem.

The upshot is: sex is no different than eating, they are both bodily functions and they are both a matter of taste. If I don't care if you like Chinese food or not - why on earth would I care about your sexual tastes? Unless I plan on seducing someone - I couldn't care less about their personal sex life. Why would you?

288 posted on 01/06/2006 10:54:31 AM PST by Tokra (I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
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To: Tokra

"As expected - 100% of the homosexual group experienced erections. 8% of the heterosexuals who didn't care about homosexuality experienced erections. 80% of the heterosexuals who "hated fags" experienced erections."

I would suggest you quickly find a reference to cite.


289 posted on 01/06/2006 10:55:59 AM PST by gondramB (Democracy: two wolves and a lamb voting on lunch. Liberty: a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: Brett66

try googling "South Park Death Camp of Tolerance."


290 posted on 01/06/2006 11:00:12 AM PST by macrahanish #1
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To: gondramB
I would suggest you quickly find a reference to cite.

While this is not the study I read about - it is another study from 1996 that reached similar conclusions:

http://www.unknownnews.net/homophobia.html

I can't get the link to work, but you can copy and paste the URL to get to it.

291 posted on 01/06/2006 11:07:02 AM PST by Tokra (I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
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To: Tokra
The upshot is: sex is no different than eating, they are both bodily functions and they are both a matter of taste. If I don't care if you like Chinese food or not - why on earth would I care about your sexual tastes? Unless I plan on seducing someone - I couldn't care less about their personal sex life. Why would you? There are eating disorders, too. Bulimina and gluttony, for instance. After all, in eating more is involved than "taste"(pleasure); ditto, sex. You may think that the primary purpose of sex is achieving orgasm, but that is supposed to be a means of aiding the reproductive process, whose end is the survival of the species.
292 posted on 01/06/2006 11:09:21 AM PST by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: silverleaf
But if they had made this movie about two lesbo cowgirls the theaters would be sold out. Right guys?

Porno movie lesbos? Yes.
Real life lesbos? NFW.

293 posted on 01/06/2006 11:12:10 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: gondramB

I'm a chick and I HATED The Bridges of Madison County.

It was a horrible, boring movie, notwithstanding the whole cheating on your husband thing.

I think Heath Ledger is totally hot but that makes me especially adverse to seeing him rub himself all over another guy, even if he is just acting.


294 posted on 01/06/2006 11:14:49 AM PST by GatorGirl (Happy New Year!!)
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To: atomicpossum

Thanks for that photo! I just spilled my water bottle all over my computer!


295 posted on 01/06/2006 11:16:51 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: PJ-Comix

Yeah, we recently got Logo on Direct TV.

I stumbled upon it one night. I thought it was the Travel Channel, until I realized the host was highlighting all the gay nightclubs in the particular destination (Amsterdam).

It has joined the numerous other channels on my Block List. Sigh...300 channels and rarely anything on!


296 posted on 01/06/2006 11:20:20 AM PST by GatorGirl (Happy New Year!!)
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To: Tokra
If I don't care if you like Chinese food or not - why on earth would I care about your sexual tastes? Unless I plan on seducing someone - I couldn't care less about their personal sex life. Why would you?

Well done. I'm a rabid Chinesefoodophobe, myself. And I won't go to see Brokeback Mountain, but not because I fear subliminal gayness, but because I'm not really interested in the subject matter. I don't care for scifi, so I didn't bother with the Star Wars movies. Same thing.

297 posted on 01/06/2006 11:24:14 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Incorrigible

Ahem!...In the immortal words of the late great Sam Kinisson," How can a man look at another man's hairy *** and find love?"


298 posted on 01/06/2006 11:24:55 AM PST by CAPTAINSUPERMARVELMAN
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To: GatorGirl
I think Heath Ledger is totally hot but that makes me especially adverse to seeing him rub himself all over another guy, even if he is just acting.

When you think about it, that's a hell of a lot to ask of an actor: "Make out with another man and make like it's the best thing you've ever done in your life, not like you want to boot all over the floor."

299 posted on 01/06/2006 11:26:19 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost; GatorGirl

heck, if they are even halfway convincing, i would chalk it up to more than good acting....


300 posted on 01/06/2006 11:27:35 AM PST by xsmommy
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