# Is this comment disrespectful to gays?? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 26, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382 "2017-09-26T23:37:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/1 "2017-09-26T23:37:05Z")
Here is my comment, a slight joke. I don’t see anything wrong with it. " Now that gays are no longer in the closet there will be plenty of room for closet football watchers" ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/2 "2017-09-26T23:40:51Z")
I don’t know, but it’s disrespectful to jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/3 "2017-09-26T23:43:08Z")
Jay Leno, I thought you retired! ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/4 "2017-09-26T23:43:57Z")
I don’t think it is disrespectful but, then again, I don’t think I get the joke. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/5 "2017-09-26T23:47:46Z")
I smiled …the joke is 90 percent of the " I wont watch the nfl because of the protest " types will be back in a week or two sneaking peeks on smartphones websites and such like 2 gay but hiding it people back in the day ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/6 "2017-09-26T23:52:50Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I don’t think it is disrespectful but, then again, I don’t think I get the joke. I assume that it relates to Trump’s enjoinder to boycott the NFL. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/7 "2017-09-26T23:54:59Z")
Yes it is about the NFL boycott everyone is talking about. No way in hell these guys are not going to watch football. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/8 "2017-09-27T00:35:12Z")
They gonna boycott football like a 5 year old boycotts cake. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/9 "2017-09-27T00:39:36Z")
Since I don’t think anyone but a few blowhards are going to boycott anything, I don’t think the joke will have much traction. Plus it’s not really that funny. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/10 "2017-09-27T00:45:12Z")
Back in the days when jokes were still allowed, Canadian sportscaster Harry Affagannis quipped (on the air) that in school, he wanted to be a quarterback, but nobody would play center with a Greek quarterback. ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/11 "2017-09-27T03:14:50Z")
I’m gay, and I’m not offended. ---
**Author:** ![huitzilopochtli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e99b99/32.png) [@huitzilopochtli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/huitzilopochtli)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/12 "2017-09-27T03:32:03Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I don’t know, but it’s disrespectful to jokes. This made me laugh out loud. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/13 "2017-09-27T03:38:33Z")
Not a good joke. It’s not offensive, but it doesn’t make very much sense. How do you know gays don’t watch football? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/14 "2017-09-27T03:51:21Z")
Not really responsive to your question, but the setup of the joke is invalid. There are lots of gays, perhaps especially young people, who are still in the closet. Just a smaller percentage than 30 years ago. Still, I get the drift, and I’m not offended but I think the joke needs some work. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/15 "2017-09-27T04:54:38Z")
Not offensive, just a lame joke. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/16 "2017-09-27T05:18:38Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Not a good joke. It’s not offensive, but it doesn’t make very much sense. How do you know gays don’t watch football? I wasn’t really meant to be all that funny just a passing response comment on facebook, a straight person told me it was offensive to gays. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/17 "2017-09-27T05:26:16Z")
It’s offensive to closets. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/18 "2017-09-27T05:43:31Z")
I’m only half-gay; does my opinion count? Here goes: don’t give up your day job. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/19 "2017-09-27T05:50:22Z")
I think it’s an excellent & clever joke!! Probably because my facebook feed and all of my deranged friends have been obsessed with all the nfl kneeling bs, so it hits right home. Not offensive to gay people either imo. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382/20 "2017-09-27T12:49:50Z")
> [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > I think it’s an excellent & clever joke!! Please tell me this is sarcasm. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-comment-disrespectful-to-gays/797382.md?page=2)