Out: Shepard Smith and Anderson Cooper Are Powerful Gay Men

[fetaby]

About the only thing that makes a community of gays is we all like dicks.

Well then by all means, make the first move so we can do this already....

 

[sixthson]

I don't care how (or even if) powerful he is in the gay community

But that is the topic of this thread: Shepard Smith and Anderson Cooper are powerful gay men.
As far as I know these are both men "of a certain age" who have never married and they have been seen out and about with other men. So what? This makes them powerful gay men? George Clooney and most other public figures do the same thing.
They are two men who have careers in the news and this makes them powerful? Debateable.
If being gay makes them powerful, then they can only be powerful to those who know for a fact they are gay and since they have not publicly stated they are gay, they can't be powerful gay men to their audiences or the greater world.
I don't think they have an obligtion to the world to be public about their private lives, but let's not call them powerful gay men until they tell us they are gay.

 

[Kulindahr]

But that is the topic of this thread: Shepard Smith and Anderson Cooper are powerful gay men.
As far as I know these are both men "of a certain age" who have never married and they have been seen out and about with other men. So what? This makes them powerful gay men? George Clooney and most other public figures do the same thing.
They are two men who have careers in the news and this makes them powerful? Debateable.
If being gay makes them powerful, then they can only be powerful to those who know for a fact they are gay and since they have not publicly stated they are gay, they can't be powerful gay men to their audiences or the greater world.
I don't think they have an obligtion to the world to be public about their private lives, but let's not call them powerful gay men until they tell us they are gay.

Well, a professional gossip making a list is his business. But presumably just being a gay person who's that visible would make him "powerful", whatever that's supposed to mean.

Maybe Cooper is more powerful because of the mystery.

 

[NineOfClubs]

^ Wow, is "powerful" now the new wussie?

 

[fetaby]

Maybe Cooper is more powerful because of the mystery

Power as in influence. The ability to influence public thought. If not by his words, by his visibility.

 

[JNewYork]

Your posts haven't disappeared. Anyone is free to go back and read what YOU wrote and make up their own mind about your opinions. I'm not going to argue your perspective. But I will tell you where from where it comes, your ass.

So lets just do what you would have. Lets just round up all the flamers, queens, and effeminate and kill them.

Now you have no one bitterly telling you to let someone, anyone, everyone KNOW you like to suck cock.

Exactly. And nobody but you is disagreeing. Nobody but you is saying another is talking out of his ass. That sounds like a very immature response to something you disagree with.

I also think you have a reading disability, because your "let's round up all the flamers...." line is truly batty.

My original opinion is and has always been about the Gawker piece linked above. It was the rantings of a bitter queen looking to trash and out Anderson Cooper. A gay bashing hetero would not have been any more snide.

And I also said that that type of person unfortunately is common in the gay community. Bitter queens, resentful of masculine men who do not get abuse for being gay, in turn become abusive to the gay who is quiet about it.

Bitter queen. Party of one.

 

[fetaby]

Exactly. And nobody but you is disagreeing. Nobody but you is saying another is talking out of his ass. That sounds like a very immature response to something you disagree with.

I also think you have a reading disability, because your "let's round up all the flamers...." line is truly batty.

My original opinion is and has always been about the Gawker piece linked above. It was the rantings of a bitter queen looking to trash and out Anderson Cooper. A gay bashing hetero would not have been any more snide.

And I also said that that type of person unfortunately is common in the gay community. Bitter queens, resentful of masculine men who do not get abuse for being gay, in turn become abusive to the gay who is quiet about it.

Bitter queen. Party of one.

For a guy who is supposed to be quiet about it your closet sure isn't very soundproofed.

I'm not going to waste breath talking to you.

And for the record, I don't disagree with you. I do believe effeminate gay men hold a level of resentment towards closeted masculine gay men. What I'm disappointed in, is that you provide no answer to alleviate the situation.

If you are quiet about being gay, who knows? How is it possible for a "queen" to show you bitterness? Or is it a fear you hold? That once you step outside that door, it won't matter how much you appear to be masculine, some will try to

get abuse for being gay

Abuse.

It is not a necessity of life. But you have accepted it as a role for the out gay man. You recognize that there is a problem. Offer no solutions, only a gag order. Basically, you're crying.

That anyone would allow abuse to continue, and instead of attacking the systems that allow for it, attack the victims of abuse. It's cowardly.

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Masculine gay men don't care if Anderson Cooper comes out and we don't want every gay to come out too.

It seems to be the domain of the effeminate gays to insist that EVERYBODY MUST COME OUT. (Uh, yeah, as if that is just going to have the world LOVE gays all of a sudden. Wake up. Gays would still be in the minority.)

The effeminate ones are bitter about shouldering the gay label and taking the heat for it so they get very, very mad at us masculine dudes. We don't get the abuse they usually do and that breeds jealousy and bitterness from the queens.

I'm sorry about homophobia and what not, but don't insist that I or Anderson Cooper or anyone else be required to come out.

Put a dress on and do it yourself. Leave me out of it. Don't hate me because I'm masculine.

That's not how it works. The people who already love you continue to love you despite the fact that you are gay.

 

[hungrybrownbear]

Anderson Cooper is kind of cute guys ;3