[circlecity]

I wonder if they are aware the man singing those lyrics is, in fact, gay.

[subterfuge]

I wonder if they are aware the man singing those lyrics is, in fact, gay.

Even if they don't they're too stupid to realize the CONTEXT of the song! The song-writer is making a statement, however small and insignificant, of a *dumb*, bigoted, blue-collar sort of hick that uses an utterly "heinous" word like faggot.

[PetroniusMaximus]

Dude!

Mark Knopfler is, in fact, not gay.

[Gondring]

I wonder if they are aware the man singing those lyrics is, in fact, gay.

I wonder if his wife and two ex-wives are aware of that "fact"!

[Darren McCarty]

I wonder if they are aware the man singing those lyrics is, in fact, gay.

Mark Knopfler isn't gay.