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Pretty in pink? Not only out of the closet, homosexuals are rearranging our cultural closet
WORLD Magazine ^ | Sept. 20, 03 | Gene Edward Veith

Posted on 09/20/2003 6:17:58 AM PDT by Zender500

THE SUMMER'S HOTTEST REALITY SHOW AND THE TV program with the biggest water-cooler buzz continues to be Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. A troop of flamboyant homosexuals—the so-called "Fab Five"—descend on an ordinary schmo, giving him a total makeover. They style his hair and give him a facial. They throw out his comfortable old clothes and garb him in the latest fashions. They redecorate his apartment, cleaning out the mess, reorganizing his closet, and replacing his moth-eaten sofa with a futon. They teach him to appreciate fine wines and how to prepare raw appetizers. They teach him "culture," how to act sophisticated and how to dance.

By the end of the show, what was once a slob has been transformed into a fop. He presents himself to his wife or girlfriend, who is overjoyed at the metamorphosis. Whereupon the Fab Five toast each other for another victory.

Queer Eye has brought more viewers to the artsy Bravo cable network than ever before. Although its ratings pale beside those of mainline broadcast TV, the show is crossing over. When NBC—which owns Bravo—aired an episode, it attracted 8 million viewers, winning its time slot for the coveted 18- to 49-year-old viewers. Its ratings tied with those for preseason professional football.

The show reportedly had its beginnings when its creator overheard a woman complaining to her husband about why he couldn't be like those gay guys, who are always so well-dressed and stylish. Women reportedly constitute the biggest audience for the program, and the motivation for the "straight guy" to submit himself to his flouncing mentors, with all of their catty remarks, is to make himself more attractive to women.

No longer is the male universe divided between homosexuals and heterosexuals. Now we have metrosexuals. These are straight men who act like they are gay.

Metrosexuals obsess over their appearance. They preen in front of mirrors. They love to shop. They try to emulate the look of the pretty boys in GQ and the Abercrombie & Fitch catalogs—buff bodies and effeminate faces, photographs modeled after gay erotica—all, ironically, to attract girls. Though, as the coiner of the term, journalist Mark Simpson, points out in Salon, metrosexuality is a kind of narcissism, the state of being in love with oneself.

Homosexuals have come out of the closet, to the point that they are now rearranging other people's closets and determining what goes inside them. Homosexuality has gone from the love that dare not speak its name to the arbiter of coolness. Gays have always been overrepresented in the culture-making professions—the arts, the entertainment industry, the media—and now they are openly shaping pop culture to their image, and heterosexuals are obediently following their lead.

When Britney Spears and Madonna gave each other an open-mouthed kiss on the MTV awards show, it underscored just how fashionable homosexual behavior has become among young people, even among those who are not homosexual. More and more teenagers, experimenting with a whole range of sexual behaviors, are identifying themselves as "bisexual" (to the consternation of gay activists who insist that homosexuals are born that way and cannot help their identity). Mr. Simpson points out how various acts of sodomy—the sexual practices of homosexuals—have become increasingly prevalent among heterosexuals, even married adults.

In the debates about what causes homosexuality—is it genetic? psychological? a choice?—one factor is commonly left out of consideration: the culture.

Homosexual behavior is rampant, for example, in prisons. Congress has just passed a bill, urged for years by Christian ministries such as Prison Fellowship, to deal with the problem of homosexual rape among prisoners. Wherever people are separated for long periods from the opposite sex into a self-contained culture of their own—prisons, ships at sea, English boarding schools—homosexuality often breaks out. When the sexual segregation is over, as when the prisoner is released, these cultural gays often go back to heterosexuality.

In Ancient Sparta the young warriors, taken from their families as children, were given as lovers to older warriors. Homosexuality was essentially universal among the Spartans, who believed that sexual bonds increased loyalty among soldiers. After the Spartans left the army, they got married, had children, and lived a normal heterosexual life.

The point is, a culture that not only accepts but values and encourages homosexuality will produce more of it. And it will produce even more gay wannabes.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: catholiclist; homosexualagenda; homosexuality; prisoners
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To: Finny
We are fighting a battle now with an upscale fitness center.

They run three TV's along with mostly gansta rap to keep the place jiving. The weired channel is VTR.

A few weeks ago there was a queer seqment where the faggots were running around naked with their clintons semi blurred out kissing each other , and I raised hell. Told them I hope they didn't get upset if I barfed all over the floor.

Meanwhile the sheeple didn't say a word!

We are going to win this battle even though the young ones are objecting to their hedonistic new world garbage, having brought the cavalry into the picture.

Keep tuned in.

41 posted on 09/20/2003 7:21:29 PM PDT by oldtimer (t)
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To: Savage Beast
However, after watching a few episodes of this, I must admit that they gay guys have helped the straight guys and have been very nice about it.

I've seen it twice, and the gay guys are very happy when the made-over guy's girlfriend or wife is pleased with the results.

42 posted on 09/20/2003 7:23:01 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: pram
I hope she is not so foolish. I cannot be changed.
I can be motivated to change myself to some limited degree, but the basics are set in stone.
43 posted on 09/20/2003 9:10:54 PM PDT by King Prout (people hear and do not listen, see and do not observe, speak without thought, post and not edit)
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To: King Prout
Another interesting point is that happiness comes from within, and if both parties know this, they won't blame each other for any miseries that come naturally by the passage of time. If both parties have similar basic philosophy of life, then mutual commitment can be very good and helpful.
44 posted on 09/20/2003 9:15:26 PM PDT by First Amendment
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To: pram
well, so far we have "watched" a couple of movies together.
I say "watched" because we spent most of the time with the sound muted discussing things by candle light.
It's a promising start, in my book.
45 posted on 09/20/2003 9:42:14 PM PDT by King Prout (people hear and do not listen, see and do not observe, speak without thought, post and not edit)
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To: King Prout
Whatever happens, may it help you - and her - in your life's journey!
46 posted on 09/20/2003 10:20:13 PM PDT by First Amendment
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To: King Prout
what to do with all the guns, the armor, the blades, the clay sculptures, the books (I ran out of shelf-space ages ago), the machine tools, the measuring implements, etc...?

Boxes. Either stack them up somewhere, or call a storage company to pick them up and store them indefinitely. (Call around to get the lowest rates.) I had a hundred boxes in storage for a few years (mostly books), not too long ago. I've now got a walk-in closet, and my hundred boxes are all stacked in neat rows, floor to ceiling. You could also put them into one of those self-storage places.

If you send them to storage, make sure you label all the boxes with their contents (just a general name, like BOOKS or TOOLS), and give each box a number or letter - then you can keep a list of the contents. If you ever need to have a box removed from storage, you'll know exactly which one. Make sure you label them on all 4 sides, as well as the lid. It's a bit more time-consuming, but worth it.

47 posted on 09/21/2003 3:45:32 PM PDT by my_pointy_head_is_sharp
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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp
but... but... but...
what am I supposed to do when I am seized with a sudden urge to tinker, to read, to sculpt, to practice martial arts???
48 posted on 09/21/2003 7:09:27 PM PDT by King Prout (people hear and do not listen, see and do not observe, speak without thought, post and not edit)
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To: KarlInOhio
"clothing is strictly for warmth and to cover your body, not to draw attention to yourself. Buy clothes which blend with your surroundings....like camouflage gear."

LOL! Don't forget the mandatory trip to Home Depot. "Compound Miter Saw. Say it!" "C-O-M-P-O-U-N-D M-I-T-E-R S-A-W." "Ooh, John Deere. Say it!" "O-O-H, J-O-H-N D-E-E-R-E."

49 posted on 09/22/2003 5:29:15 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: pram
They'll probably get the kind of shallow women they deserve.

Great insight and analysis.

50 posted on 09/22/2003 5:31:49 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: pram
Having lived in some cities with a lot of homosexuals, I have become adept at picking them out. It isn't that they are necessarily effeminate (although the ones with boobs and lipstick are). They emanate a sick self-centeredness - their awareness is bent back upon their own appearance and (gack) sexuality - it's like a subtle stink that permeates the air around them. Their consciousness is focused on their butts.

...

Homosexuals, OTOH, are attracted to their own sex organs. Their attention is withdrawn into their own bodies, and it is a very subtle yet noticeable thing.

The second law of homosexuality:

To the mentally healthy person (heterosexual), sex is something they do.
To the mentally diseased person ('homosexual'), sex is everything they are

51 posted on 09/22/2003 7:37:33 AM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: King Prout
No, the box thing is bad. You need your tools and so forth handy. Trunks aren't bad, and they can be used to sit on too, with a small rug on the top. Or get shelves - the industrial metal kind if nothing else, and stack them neatly. If she's an intelligent woman she'll appreciate your varied interests. Maybe even share them.
52 posted on 09/22/2003 7:46:04 AM PDT by First Amendment
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To: pram
Anybody else hate Good Morning America? I turned on GMA and at 8:00AM in the morning they feature their own Queer Eye segment. Have they no shame? Worse they acted like Gays are normal. Then I remembered that ABC is owned by Walt Disney which is run by a pack of Homos. To bad I only get CNN and MSNBC which are also influenced by a pack of Homos. I want Fox News Channel Damn it! I pray it's not like CNN.
53 posted on 09/29/2003 4:02:29 PM PDT by Ssrn53
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To: Ssrn53
Yo.. Yo.. Did you see Oprah with those twits on? I came home from a hard day of machismo to see those guys on Oprah and my wife watching it. (She thinks they are odd)
I have hair just like Jeff Garcia, is that a problem?
54 posted on 09/29/2003 4:16:59 PM PDT by bobzeetwin
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To: Ssrn53
I don't own a TV, and I live way out in the boonies and cable isn't out here anyway. As far as I know, only two channels are somewhat viewable out here. I HATE TV!! FR and the internet has all the news I need, and for entertainment, I play music, read, knit, sew, make jewelry, study various things, and cook for my hungry husband!!! I don't even like watching movies. Takes so much time, so many actors are horrible weirdos, and the story lines almost always include indoctrination of some kind or another.

IMHO it's getting very close to the time when we conservatives are going to have to have civil disobedience. For instance, when children are forced into vile sex ed even if homeschooled, or Bibles and holy scriptures are outlawed unless edited, or any criticism of hedonism, atheism and sodomy is outlawed. I am starting to get very riled.
55 posted on 09/29/2003 8:00:49 PM PDT by First Amendment
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